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Title: Trying to rip a CD to MP3, I get “Please locate lame.exe”; what to do?
Post by: azpjalex on 2011-09-30 22:16:24
I am having a problem ripping a CD to mp3 using the latest version of foobar2000.  When I select 'convert' I get a window that says 'please locate lame.exe'.  When I open the components folder, there are only drivers listed, but no lame.exe file to select.  I can't get past this problem.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Title: Trying to rip a CD to MP3, I get “Please locate lame.exe”; what to do?
Post by: marc2003 on 2011-09-30 22:19:38
you need to acquire lame.exe by yourself. it's not bundled with foobar. try here: http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lame-bundle.php (http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lame-bundle.php)
Title: Trying to rip a CD to MP3, I get “Please locate lame.exe”; what to do?
Post by: azpjalex on 2011-09-30 22:27:12
you need to acquire lame.exe by yourself. it's not bundled with foobar. try here: http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lame-bundle.php (http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lame-bundle.php)

I've tried that, but the bundle I downloaded has what looks to be a driver, but no lame.exe file.  I'm having trouble importing it into foobar.
Title: Trying to rip a CD to MP3, I get “Please locate lame.exe”; what to do?
Post by: marc2003 on 2011-09-30 22:39:11
drivers?   

i use the very first zip file myself and that contains lame.exe - that's all you need. obviously you need to extract it from the zip first before foobar can use it.
Title: Trying to rip a CD to MP3, I get “Please locate lame.exe”; what to do?
Post by: azpjalex on 2011-09-30 22:48:42
drivers?   

i use the very first zip file myself and that contains lame.exe - that's all you need. obviously you need to extract it from the zip first before foobar can use it.

Thanks for your help.  I opened the zip file and selected lame_enc.dll and dragged it to the components folder an it still doesn't work.  Sorry, I'm not to computer savvy.
Title: Trying to rip a CD to MP3, I get “Please locate lame.exe”; what to do?
Post by: Andreasvb on 2011-09-30 23:04:06
Wrong file, take lame.exe instead.

It might only read lame for you if you've hidden file extensions.
Title: Trying to rip a CD to MP3, I get “Please locate lame.exe”; what to do?
Post by: azpjalex on 2011-09-30 23:17:43
Wrong file, take lame.exe instead.

It might only read lame for you if you've hidden file extensions.

It works!!  Thank you so much for your help.