<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <meta name="generator" content="PSPad editor, www.pspad.com" /> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles/lame.css" /> <title>Links related to LAME</title> </head> <body> <div id="menu"> <ul> <li><a href="index.html">Index page</a></li> <li><a href="about.html">About LAME</a></li> <li><a href="introduction.html">Intro to encoding</a></li> <li><a href="usage.html">Usage of LAME</a></li> <li><a href="history.html">Version history</a></li> <li><a href="contributors.html">Coders of LAME</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">Contact LAME</a></li> <li><a style="border: 0" href="links.html">LAME links</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="container"> <div id="content"> <div align="center"> <img src="images/logo.gif" width="358" height="231" alt="LAME Official Logo" /> <h2 class="hilight">LAME and MP3-related Links</h2> </div> <h3>Quick Links:</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://lame.sourceforge.net/">Lame official home site</a></li> <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame">Lame development site at sourceforge</a></li> <li><a href="#OpenSource">Free (open source) software which supports or uses LAME</a> <ul> <li><a href="#Multiplatform">Multiplatform</a></li> <li><a href="#Posix">Posix (UNIX-like)</a></li> <li><a href="#MacOS">MacOS Classic</a></li> <li><a href="#Windows">Windows</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#ClosedSource">Free (closed source) software which supports or uses LAME</a></li> <li><a href="#Commercial">Commercial software which supports or uses LAME</a></li> <!--<li><a href="#Shame">Hall of Shame</a></li>--> <li><a href="#Binaries">LAME Binaries (for Windows, *nix, Amiga...)</a></li> <li><a href="#Alternatives">Alternative MP3 encoders</a></li> <li><a href="#Comparisons">Comparisons based on listening tests</a></li> <li><a href="#MP3_sites">MP3 encoding web sites</a></li> <li><a href="#MP3_general">General MP3 Web Sites</a></li> <li><a href="#Soft_hard">MP3 Related Software and Hardware</a></li> <li><a href="#Line_in">MP3 Encoding direct from line-in</a></li> <li><a href="#Patents">Patent Information</a></li> </ul> <h3><a name="OpenSource">Free (open source) software which supports or uses LAME:</a></h3> <p><b> <a name="Multiplatform">Multiplatform:</a></b></p> <ul> <li> <a href="http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/">FFmpeg</a> An awesome collection of codecs (libavcodec) for pretty much all popular audio and video formats. </li> <li> <a href="http://traverso-daw.org/">Traverso</a>, a cross-platform Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). </li> <li> <a href="http://www.turnstyle.com/andromeda/">andromeda</a> (PHP and ASP) Dynamically presents collections of mp3s as streaming web sites. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.getid3.org">getID3()</a> (PHP) PHP4 script that extracts useful information from MP3s & other multimedia file formats. Reads Lame tags. </li> <li> <a href="http://rip.sourceforge.net">rip</a> (Perl) Script for ripping and encoding. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.videolan.org">VideoLAN</a> A powerful multimedia player and streaming solution for Win32, Linux, MacOS, BeOS... </li> <li> <a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">Audacity</a> Open source multiplatform audio editor. </li> <li> <a href="http://jtagger.sourceforge.net/jripper/">jRipper</a> (Java) CD ripper frontend. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.tradebit.com/layouts/featured-technology.php">Tradebit</a> is a file hosting service that offers server-side MP3 encoding with LAME. </li> <li> <a href="www.freac.org">fre:ac</a> (Formerly BonkEnc) A CD ripper, encoder & converter that uses LAME for MP3 encoding. </li> </ul> <p><b> <a name="Posix">Posix (Linux, MacOS X, BSD, Solaris, etc.): </a></b></p> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.k3b.org/">k3b</a> An exceptional CD burning and ripping frontend for KDE. </li> <li> <a href="http://divx.euro.ru">avifile</a> AVI/DIVX encoder and decoder. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.nostatic.org/grip/">Grip</a> A gtk-based cd-player, ripper and encoder. Supports cddb, cdparanoia and LAME. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.transcoding.org/">Transcode</a> Several command line utilities to transcode several audio and video formats. </li> <li> <a href="http://home.netsurf.de/fr.schueler/Apps/index.html">Mp3Maker</a> A WindowMaker enhanced front end to cdda2wav/cdparanoia and LAME/bladeenc. </li> <li> <a href="http://ripperx.sourceforge.net/">ripperX</a> GTK frontend for rippers and several encoders featuring CDDB support. </li> <li> <a href="http://tear.sourceforge.net/">T.E.A.R.</a> frontend to LAME, cdparanoia and CDDB. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.amb.org/xmcd/">Xmcd.</a> CD Player with CDDB and ripping to MP3 and OGG. </li> <li> <a href="http://xtunes.sourceforge.net">xtunes</a> GTK frontend for LAME, MAD, cdparanoia, cdrecord and more. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.agouros.de/dlame/">DLame</a> Perl script to distribute the LAME encoding task among several machines in a network. </li> <li> <a href="http://scara.com/strec/">Strec</a> Stream recorder - A perl wrapper for dsproxy, realplayer and LAME. </li> <li> <a href="http://tcdr.sourceforge.net/">TCDR</a> a menu-driven console frontend for CD recording and ripping that uses LAME to rip CDs into MP3 files. </li> <li> <a href="http://darkice.tyrell.hu/">DarkIce</a> Live streamer for IceCast. </li> <li> <a href="http://star.arm.ac.uk/%7Espm/software/liveice.html">LiveIce</a> Real time streaming of mp3s. Works with <a href="http://www.icecast.org">IceCast</a>. </li> <li> <a href="http://muse.dyne.org">MuSE</a> A mixing, encoding and streaming engine. </li> <li> <a href="http://f4l.sourceforge.net/">Flash For Linux</a> a Flash-like development library. </li> <li> <a href="http://lly.org/~rcw/abcde/page/">ABCDE</a> "A Better CD Encoder" - Shell script to automatize ripping, encoding and tagging process. </li> <li> <a href="http://arson.sourceforge.net">Arson</a> - a KDE fronted to CD burning and ripping tools. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.vortex.prodigynet.co.uk/cripple/">Cripple</a> - A command-line/batch CD ripper/encoder frontend. </li> </ul> <p><b> <a name="MacOS">MacOS Classic:</a></b></p> <ul> <li> <a href="http://philippe.laval.free.fr">DropMP3</a> includes LAME binaries. </li> </ul> <p><b> <a name="Windows">Windows:</a></b></p> <ul> <li> <a href="http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/">CDex</a> Ripper & encoder, includes LAME binaries (the Blade compatible dll). </li> <li> <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lamedrop.php">LameDropXPd</a> OggDrop style drag'n'drop frontend. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.labdv.com/dvdx/">DVDx</a> DVD to VCD/SVCD/AVI(XviD...) one-step converter. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.omniencoder.com/">OmniEncoder</a> a fully featured frontend for LAME and several other encoders. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.interruptx.com">LAMEX</a> An activex control for LAME, and a GUI. Source code only, includes LAME. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.informatik.fh-muenchen.de/%7Eruckert/m3w/">m3w</a> A live mp3 streamer for the WWW. Works with LAME, icecast, soundcard input. </li> <li> <a href="http://out-lame.sourceforge.net/">out_lame</a> Winamp output plug-in. Create MP3 files directly from Winamp! </li> <li> <a href="http://www.dors.de/razorlame/index.php">RazorLame</a> The RazorBlade front end now supports LAME. </li> <li> <a href="http://winlame.sourceforge.net">winLAME</a> The only *nice* windows UI for LAME, according to the author :-) </li> <li> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bbc2mp3/">bbc2mp3</a> a tool for saving BBC "Listen Again" programmes as MP3 files. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.autohotkey.net/~aaronbewza/Aaron%27s%20Sonar%20Mp3%20Patch/index.html">Aaron's Sonar Mp3 Patch</a> a Cakewalk Sonar plugin written in AutoHotkey. </li> </ul> <h3><a name="ClosedSource">Free (closed source) software which supports or uses LAME:</a></h3> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.foobar2000.org">Foobar2000</a> (Windows) an audio player with spartan interface but lots of components and an almost fanatical focus on audio quality. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net">Audiograbber</a> (Windows) CD ripper/encoder. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.skillreactor.org/tools/index.htm">EnLAMEr</a> (Windows) frontend for lame.exe </li> <li> <a href="http://www.exactaudiocopy.de">EAC</a> (Windows) Exact Audio Copy: High quality CD ripper. </li> <li> <a href="http://slideplay.blogspot.com">jtvmaker</a> (Java) A web slideshow generating and photo sharing tool using LAME. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.wavosaur.com/">Wavosaur</a> Free audio editor and batch processor. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.uic.nnov.ru/%7Eloea/">LameBatch</a> (Windows) frontend for lame.exe </li> <li> <a href="http://www.fridgesoft.de/harddiskogg.php">Hard Disk Ogg</a> a line-in recorder that can encode directly to MP3, among other formats. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.1oo-percent.de/lamer/">LAMEr</a> (Windows) Can also encode from line-in. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.riptrax.com/">RipTrax</a> (Windows) Advanced CD Ripper with support for LAME and Vorbis. </li> <li> <a href="http://snow.prohosting.com/emercer/">Music Conduit</a> (Windows) A working substitute for the Transfer to Device feature in Windows Media Player. </li> <li> <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/wlame/">WORM MP3 Encoder</a> (Windows) MP3 encoder based on LAME with reported improvements. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.zlurp.com">ZLURP</a> (Windows, Mac, Linux) Ripper and encoder. Includes LAME binaries. </li> <li> <a href="http://blacktree.com/apps/iTunes-LAME/">iTunes-LAME</a> (MacOS) Integrates LAME into Apple iTunes, as an alternative to the default (rather poor) encoder. </li> <li> <a href="http://funkatron.com/apps/lamebrain/">LameBrain</a> (MacOS) LAME frontend for MacOS X. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.helsinki.fi/~lakahone/amiga/secondspin/">SecondSpin</a> (Amiga) ripper & encoder. </li> </ul> <h3><a name="Commercial">Commercial software which supports or uses LAME:</a></h3> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.winamp.com">WinAmp</a> Can rip CDs using Lame, but only in the Pro (paid) version. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.steinberg.de/25_1.html">WaveLab</a> Digital Audio editing software. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.mackie.com/products/tracktion3/">Mackie Tracktion</a> a sequencer that uses LAME to export to MP3. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.goldwave.com/">Goldwave</a> Audio editor for Windows. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.dbpoweramp.com">dBpowerAMP</a> (Windows) Rip and encode to/from mp3, wma, vorbis and other audio formats. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/">UltraISO</a> ISO CD image builder, editor and extractor. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.jrmediacenter.com/">J. River Media Center</a> a media center software that supports LAME for ripping, transcoding, and gapless playback. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.jrmediacenter.com/">Acoustica</a> digital audio editor . </li> <li> <a href="http://audioedit.mystikmedia.com">AudioEdit Deluxe</a> Windows sound editor. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.blazemp.com/">Blaze Media Pro</a> audio/video converter, editor, CD/DVD burner, and more for Windows. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.swishzone.com/index.php">SWiSH Max</a> Adobe Flash authoring tool for Windows. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.ubercaster.com/">übercaster</a> Podcast production suite for Macintosh. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.audioease.com/">Audio Ease BarbaBatch</a> Batch audio file converter for Macintosh. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.hairersoft.com/Amadeus.html">Amadeus II</a> (Mac) Manipulate, create and analyze sounds. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.bias-inc.com/">Peak 3</a> Macintosh audio editing/processing/mastering software. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.panic.com/audion/">Audion</a> Mac Jukebox software. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.kapraet.com/">CD Stack</a> CD ripping software for Mac. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.nextuptech.com/">Text Aloud MP3</a> Converts text into speech. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.highcriteria.com/">TotalRecorder</a> Universal sound recoder. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.cdcopy.sk/">CDcopy</a> Windows ripper/encoder. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.ejay.com/">eJay DJ Mix Station / Dance eJay</a> Various Windows DJ software, using Gogo. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.poikosoft.com">Easy CD-DA Extractor</a> Windows ripper/encoder, includes LAME binaries. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.mp3observer.com">MP3 Observer</a> MP3 file-manager, ID3 tag editor, playlist creator and CD-archiving tool. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.birdcagesoft.com/">MPAction MP3 Tools</a> Windows jukebox software. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.buttontool.com">1CoolButtonTool</a> Flash and Java button editor. </li> <li> <a href="http://proteron.com/n2mp3pro/">N2MP3 Pro</a> Macintosh jukebox software. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.ultratagger.com/">UltraTagger.</a> ID3 tag management, encoding and decoding. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.musichelponline.com/">UMG protected audio CDs</a> UMG is using Lame for the PC part of protected audio CDs. ("Fast and Furious"). </li> <li> <a href="http://www.iprogramdev.com/">Visual MP3</a> Windows jukebox software with Karaoke support. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.flashdig.com/">Flash Digger Plus</a> - a ShockWave Flash decompiler. </li> </ul> <hr /> <!--<h3><a name="Shame">HALL OF SHAME</a></h3> <h4>The following companies/products have been known to infringe Lame copyright by not respecting the terms and conditions of our license.</h4> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.smart-soft.net/">Smart-Soft</a> - all of their producs that encode to MP3 use LAME or GOGO without abiding to the license. That includes <a href="http://www.smartcdripper.com/"> Smart CD Ripper</a>, <a href="http://www.smartmp3converter.com/">Smart MP3 converter</a> and <a href="http://www.smartwavconverter.com/">Smart WAV converter</a>. </li> </ul> <p><strong>If you want your company name to be removed from this list because you are now complying with our license, please contact us.</strong></p> <hr />--> <h3><a name="Binaries">LAME Binaries:</a></h3> <h4>Linux:</h4> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/">RareWares</a> offers Debian binary packages of LAME and several other audio codecs/tools. Precompiled LAME versions for other distros are also available. </li> <li> <a href="http://freshrpms.net/">FreshRPMs</a> offers Linux RPM <a href="http://bordeaux.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=1473">packages for several popular RPM-based distributions</a>, including Fedora Core. </li> </ul> <h4>Windows:</h4> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/">RareWares</a> offers several compiled LAME versions, including modified versions featuring special functionality. </li> <li> From the Encoder/Windows section of <a href="http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/">Arturo "Buanzo" Busleiman</a> offers up-to-date Windows and Mac OS LAME compiles on his Argentina-hosted site. . </li> <li> In the encoders section of <a href="http://www.maz-sound.com/">MAZ Sound</a>. </li> </ul> <h4>MacOS X:</h4> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.thalictrum.com/">Thalictrum</a> offers optimized binaries for both Intel and PowerPC Macs. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.kjams.com/wiki/index.php/Lame">KJams</a> has a QuickTime component, which allows you to export audio from QuickTime and related apps to MP3 using LAME. </li> <li> The <a href="http://www.finkproject.org/">FINK</a> project provides LAME binaries compiled for MacOS X. </li> <!--<li> From <a href="http://www.culater.net/software.php">culater.net</a>. </li>--> </ul> <h4>Solaris:</h4> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.sunfreeware.com/">Sunfreeware</a> provides up-to-date binaries for several versions of Sun Solaris, both SPARC and x86 architectures. </li> </ul> <h4>Etc.:</h4> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www2.arnes.si/~mmilut/Lame.html">Lame Binary Distribution Point</a> - somewhat outdated, but with compiles for several obscure systems like HP-UX, Irix, VMS, Tru64, AIX, etc. </li> </ul> <h4>Amiga:</h4> <ul> <li> For those of you that just won't give up on your Amiga, check <a href="http://honeypot.net/amiga-alternative-audio-page">The Amiga Alternative Audio Page</a> or <a href="http://amiga.sourceforge.net/">Amiga.SF</a>. </li> </ul> <hr /> <h3><a name="Alternatives">Other MP3 Encoders:</a></h3> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.initialt.org/">Takehiro Tominaga</a> has done some amazing work on LAME recently (see <a href="http://lame.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/lame/lame/doc/html/history.html"> history</a>). His versions are available <a href="http://www.initialt.org/lame-beta/">here (source code only)</a>. Fortunately for us, Takehiro takes the time to fold many of his improvements back into LAME. </li> <li> George Kotorlis created a multithreaded version of LAME called <a href="http://www.fiberpool.de/en/downloads.html">fpMP3Enc</a> based on his multicore framework <a href="http://www.fiberpool.de/en/index.html">Fiber Pool.</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.marinecat.net/free/windows/mct_free.htm">GOGO-no-coda MP3 encoder</a> (<a href="http://homepage2.nifty.com/kei-i/">Alternate link</a>) A forked version of LAME with many key routines rewritten in assembly (I.E, it's much faster). Uses the <a href="http://nasm.sourceforge.net/">NASM assembler.</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/mp3enc.html">FhG MP3enc</a> 3.1. The gold standard of encoders. All other encoders strive to sound this good. Demo version only encodes up to 30 seconds.<br /> <i>Update: according to recent listening tests, Lame already surpassed FhG encoders in quality at most bitrates. :-)</i> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/l3enc.html">FhG l3enc</a>. The older brother of MP3enc. Very slow, but with quite reasonable quality. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/fastencc.html">FhG Fastencc</a> this "free" encoder was created with libraries stolen from Fraunhofer. It's the faster brother of MP3enc, and also the only FhG encoder to offer VBR encoding. Quality is not on par with MP3enc or LAME. </li> <li> <a href="http://www2.arnes.si/~mmilut/BladeEnc.html">BladeEnc</a> One of the first free encoders for Linux. Development has stopped at version 0.94.2. Quality is not satisfactory. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-others.php#helix_enc">Xing MP3 encoder</a> Reasonable quality and extremely fast encoder. Is now the MP3 encoder used in Real Jukebox and Real Player, and has been recently released under an Open Source license (it's still limited to Windows though) </li> <li> <a href="http://www.qdesign.com">QDesign MP3 encoder</a> Horrible quality. Only listed here for completeness purposes. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/">ReallyRareWares</a> is an online museum preserving obsolete and defunct encoders for several audio formats, including old LAME versions and obscure MP3 encoders (most of these encoders are simply compiles of the MPEG reference sources - dist10 - though) </li> </ul> <hr></hr> <h3><a name="Comparisons">MP3 Encoder Comparisons based on <i>listening tests:</i></a></h3> <ul> <li> <a href="http://ff123.net/">Lots of different MP3 encoders, using blind ABX tests</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.rjamorim.com/test/">Roberto's</a> page of public blind listening tests comparing several formats and encoders. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.listening-tests.info">Sebastian Mares'</a> listening tests </li> </ul> <h3><a name="MP3_sites">MP3 Encoding Web Sites:</a></h3> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php">Hydrogenaudio</a> - Public discussion forum focused on psychoacoustic audio compression, featuring an MP3 section. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.maz-sound.com/">MAZ Sound</a> Encoders and other audio software. </li> </ul> <h3><a name="MP3_general">General MP3 Web Sites:</a></h3> <ul> <li> Great site for technical information: <a href="http://www.mp3-tech.org">www.mp3-tech.org</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.rarewares.org">RareWares</a> - audio coding-related download site featuring several audio formats besides MP3. </li> <li> <a href="http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Main_Page"> HydrogenAudio's Wiki</a> is a repository of knowledge on audio-related matters. </li> <li> <a href="http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Recommended_LAME"> HydrogenAudio's list of recommended LAME settings</a> to produce best quality encodes at several bitrates. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.bitburners.com">BitBurners</a> - The CD-R and MP3 resource </li> <li> <a href="http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/">MPEG.ORG</a> Many pointers and resources. </li> </ul> <h3><a name="Soft_hard">MP3 Related Software and Hardware:</a></h3> <ul> <li> A favorite Linux ripper: <a href="http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/">cdparanoia</a> <i>(also, GNU's <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/libcdio/">libcdio</a>, a multiplatform port of CDparanoia)</i> </li> <li> How to figure out which codec was used to make that mp3? Use <a href="http://www.guerillasoft.nstemp.com/EncSpot2/">EncSpot</a> </li> <li> Open source embedded mp3? <a href="http://www.janovetz.com/jake/cantante/index.html"> Cantante</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/">The MAD decoder</a> Bug free, 24bit and GPL! </li> <li> <a href="http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/compare/">PCAVtech sound card benchmarks</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.cmis.csiro.au/dmis/maaate/">Maate</a> looks like a very sophisticated MP3 analysis package. They also have a good description of MP3 frames. </li> <li> A nice .wav file viewer and editor: <a href="http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/index.html"> sweep</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.mptrim.com/">mptrim</a>: Trim silence and adjust volume of mp3 files. </li> <li> <a href="http://programmierer.freepage.de/overmann/">mp3check</a>: A program to check integrity of mp3 files. </li> <li> <a href="http://minnie.tuhs.org/Programs/Mpcut/">Mpcut</a>: X11 mp3 frame editor. </li> <li> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/mp3asm">mp3asm</a>: A program to cut and paste mp3 frames. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.codevisions.de/mp3splitter/">MP3Splitter</a>: Win32 MP3 splitter and frame statistics. </li> <li> <a href="download/util/jchopwave.c">jchopwave</a>: Source code to a utility to split up .wav files. </li> </ul> <h3><a name="Line_in">MP3 Encoding direct from line-in:</a></h3> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.netwaysglobal.com/mpegrec/">mpegrec</a>: Linux/Win32 line-in/mic MP3 recorder (requires LAME). </li> <li> <a href="http://ldb.tpv.ru/">MixMP3</a> by Dmitry Lesnikov </li> <li> <a href="http://www.dago.pmp.com.pl/messer/">Messer</a> by Dariusz Sieradzki </li> <li> <a href="http://www.1oo-percent.de/lamer/">LAMEr</a>, also a nice Windows frontend </li> </ul> <h3><a name="Patents">Patent Information:</a></h3> <ul> <li> Some information from the source themselves: <a href="http://www.mp3licensing.com"> Thomson Multimedia</a> </li> <li> A more accurate portrayal of the situation can be found on <a href="http://www.mp3-tech.org">www.mp3-tech.org</a> </li> <!--<li> Disappeared Eric Scheirer's <a href="http://web.media.mit.edu/%7Eeds/mpeg-patents-faq"> FAQ: MPEG, Patents, and Audio Coding</a> </li>--> </ul> </div> <div id="footer"> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame"><img src="http://sflogo.sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=290&type=12" alt="Get LAME (Lame Aint an MP3 Encoder) at SourceForge.net. 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