LAME MP3 Encoder is the best mp3 encoder and is available for free! LAME originally stood for L AME A in't an M p3 E ncoder . LAME is an educational tool to be used for learning about MP3 encoding.
You can use the LAME executable with RazorLAME interface or you can use the DLL with another software (AudioGrabber, CDEx etc).
I prefer the combination CDEx or AudioGrebber + LAME DLL.
In the archive are included both: exe and DLL.
What's New in Curent Version:
- Fixed lowpass values when using vbr with mono files
- Faster quantization loops
- Faster count_bits
- Fixed a buffer requirement error in ACM codec
- Fixed mpglib and other decoding support code to prevent the crash when invalid mp3 input
- Removed Layer I decoding support
- Use FastLog and IEEE 754 hack on PowerPC too (approx. 10 percent faster)
Features:
- Many improvements in quality in speed over ISO reference software.
- MPEG1,2 and 2.5 layer III encoding.
- CBR (constant bitrate) and two types of variable bitrate, VBR and ABR.
- Encoding engine can be compiled as a shared library (Linux/UNIX), DLL or ACM codec (Windows).
- Free format encoding and decoding
- GPSYCHO: a GPL'd psycho acoustic and noise shaping model.
- Powerfull and easy to use presets.
- Quality is comparable to FhG encoding engines and substantially better than most other encoders.
- Fast! Encodes faster than real time on a PII 266 at highest quality mode.
- MP3x: a GTK/X-Window MP3 frame analyzer for both .mp3 and unencoded audio files.
Download: LAME MP3 Encoder 3.95.1 [614 KB]
News source: Free-Codecs.com
