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Revision: 6418
http://sourceforge.net/p/lame/svn/6418
Author: rjamorim
Date: 2017-10-24 18:17:17 +0000 (Tue, 24 Oct 2017)
Log Message:
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Updated links information based on web site
Modified Paths:
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--- trunk/lame/doc/html/links.html 2017-10-24 17:20:39 UTC (rev 6417)
+++ trunk/lame/doc/html/links.html 2017-10-24 18:17:17 UTC (rev 6418)
@@ -9,219 +9,170 @@
</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>
+ <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>
+ <img src="images/logo.gif" width="358" height="231" alt="LAME Official Logo" />
+ <h1>LAME and MP3-related Links</h1>
</div>
-<h3>Quick Links:</h3>
+<h3><a name="Contents">Quick Links:</a></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>
+ <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="#Binaries">LAME Binaries (for Windows, *nix, Amiga...)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#Alternatives">Alternative MP3 encoders</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>
+<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
+size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <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>
-
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://ffmpeg.org/">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://www.audacityteam.org/">Audacity</a> Open source
+ multiplatform audio editor.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.rbri.org/jripper">jRipper</a> (Java) CD ripper
+ frontend.
+ </li>
+
</ul>
-<p><b> <a name="Posix">Posix (Linux, MacOS X, BSD, Solaris, etc.):
-</a></b></p>
+<p><b> <a name="Posix">UNIX and UNIX-like (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>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://userbase.kde.org/K3b">k3b</a> An exceptional CD burning
+ and ripping frontend for KDE.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/ripperx/">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://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://www.darkice.org/">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>
+
</ul>
<p><b> <a name="MacOS">MacOS Classic:</a></b></p>
@@ -228,10 +179,10 @@
<ul>
- <li>
- <a href="http://philippe.laval.free.fr">DropMP3</a> includes LAME
- binaries.
- </li>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://philippe.laval.free.fr/DropMP3/index_en.php">DropMP3</a>
+ includes LAME binaries.
+ </li>
</ul>
@@ -239,349 +190,248 @@
<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://cdex.mu/">CDex</a> Ripper & encoder, includes LAME
+ binaries (the Blade compatible dll).
+ </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>
+ <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.freac.org/">fre:ac - free audio converter (formerly
+ known as Bonk Encoder)</a> Yet another CD ripper, encoder & converter
+ that uses LAME for MP3 encoding.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://github.com/dswigger/lamex">LAMEX</a> An activex control
+ for LAME, and a GUI. Source code only, includes LAME.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://m3w.sourceforge.net/">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! (this functionality is
+ built-in since Winamp 5)
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.dors.de/razorlame/index.php">RazorLame</a> The
+ RazorBlade front end now supports LAME.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://winlame.sourceforge.io/">winLAME</a> The only *nice*
+ windows UI for LAME, according to the author :-)
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/bbc2mp3/">bbc2mp3</a> a tool for
+ saving BBC "Listen Again" programmes as MP3 files.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/66927-aarons-sonar-mp3-patch-v564/">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>
+<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
+size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <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>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.foobar2000.org">Foobar2000</a> (Win) 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.org/">Audiograbber</a> (Win) CD
+ ripper/encoder.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.exactaudiocopy.de">EAC</a> (Win) Exact Audio
+ Copy: High quality CD ripper.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.wavosaur.com/">Wavosaur</a> Free audio editor and
+ batch processor.
+ </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://freshmeat.net/projects/wlame/">WORM MP3 Encoder</a>
+ (Win) 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="https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/8837/itunes-lame-encoder">iTunes-LAME</a>
+ (MacOS X) Integrates LAME into Apple iTunes, as an alternative to the
+ default (rather poor) encoder.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://funkatron.com/posts/lamebrain_a_lame_based_mp3_encoder_and_cd_ripper.html">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
+<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font size="-1">^</font>
+</sup></a> <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.winamp.com">WinAmp</a> (Win) probably the most
+ famous audio player. Can rip CDs and encode files using Lame, but only
+ in the Pro (paid) version.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://www.steinberg.net/en/products/wavelab/start.html">WaveLab</a>
+ (Win) digital audio editing software.
+ </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>
+ <a href="https://www.tracktion.com/">Mackie Tracktion</a> a sequencer that
+ uses LAME to export to MP3.
+ </li>
-</ul>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.goldwave.com/">Goldwave</a> (Win) audio editor.
+ </li>
-<hr />
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.dbpoweramp.com">dBpowerAMP</a> (Win) Rip and encode
+ to/from MP3, WMA, Vorbis and other audio formats.
+ </li>
-<!--<h3><a name="Shame">HALL OF SHAME</a></h3>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/">UltraISO</a> (Win) ISO CD
+ image builder, editor and extractor.
+ </li>
-<h4>The following companies/products have been known to infringe Lame copyright
-by not respecting the terms and conditions of our license.</h4>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://jriver.com/">J. River Media Center</a> (Win) a media center
+ software that supports LAME for ripping, transcoding, and gapless playback.
+ </li>
-<ul>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://acondigital.com/products/acoustica-audio-editor/">Acoustica</a>
+ digital audio editor
+ </li>
- <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>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://audioedit.mystikmedia.com">AudioEdit Deluxe</a> (Win)
+ sound editor.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.blazemp.com/">Blaze Media Pro</a> (Win) audio/video
+ converter, editor, CD/DVD burner, and more.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.audioease.com/index.php">Audio Ease BarbaBatch</a>
+ (Mac) batch audio file converter.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.hairersoft.com/index.html">Amadeus</a> (Mac)
+ manipulate, create and analyze sounds.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://nextup.com/">Text Aloud MP3</a> (Win) converts text
+ into speech.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.highcriteria.com/">TotalRecorder</a> (Win) universal
+ sound recoder.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.ejay.com/">eJay DJ Mix Station / Dance eJay</a> (Win)
+ a variety of DJ software, using Gogo.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://www.poikosoft.com">Easy CD-DA Extractor</a> (Win)
+ ripper/encoder, includes LAME binaries.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.mp3observer.com">MP3 Observer</a> (Win) MP3 file-manager,
+ ID3 tag editor, playlist creator and CD-archiving tool.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.iprogramdev.com/">Visual MP3</a> (Win) jukebox
+ software with Karaoke support.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.flashdig.com/">Flash Digger Plus</a> (Win) a Shockwave
+ Flash decompiler.
+ </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 />
-<hr />-->
-<h3><a name="Binaries">LAME Binaries:</a></h3>
+<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
+size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <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>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/index.php">RareWares</a> Precompiled
+ LAME versions for several distros.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://freshrpms.net/">FreshRPMs</a> offers Linux RPM packages
+ for several popular RPM-based distributions, including Fedora Core.
+ </li>
+
</ul>
<h4>Windows:</h4>
@@ -588,23 +438,18 @@
<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>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/index.php">RareWares</a> offers several
+ compiled LAME versions, including modified versions featuring special
+ functionality.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <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>
+
</ul>
<h4>MacOS X:</h4>
@@ -611,26 +456,22 @@
<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>-->
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.thalictrum.com/">Thalictrum</a> offers optimized
+ binaries for both Intel and PowerPC Macs.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://karaoke.kjams.com/wiki/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>
+
</ul>
<h4>Solaris:</h4>
@@ -637,11 +478,11 @@
<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>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://www.opencsw.org">OpenCSW</a> provides up-to-date
+ binaries for several versions of Sun Solaris, both SPARC and x86
+ architectures.
+ </li>
</ul>
@@ -649,11 +490,11 @@
<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>
+ <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>
@@ -661,294 +502,273 @@
<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>
+ <li>
+ For those of you that just won't give up on your Amiga, check <a
+ href="https://honeypot.net/the-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>
+<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
+size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <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="https://svn.code.sf.net/p/lame/svn/trunk/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.rarewares.org/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.rarewares.org/rrw/l3enc.html">FhG l3enc</a>. The older
- brother of MP3enc. Very slow, but with quite reasonable quality.
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/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>
+ George Kotorlis created a multithreaded version of LAME called <a
+ href="http://www.fiberpool.de/en/fiberpool_case_studies_fpmp3enc_overview.html">fpMP3Enc</a>
+ based on his multicore framework <a href="http://www.fiberpool.de/en/fiberpool_overview.html">
+ Fiber Pool</a>.
+ </li>
- <li>
- <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/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>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.marinecat.net/free/windows/mct_free.htm">GOGO-no-coda
+ MP3 encoder</a> A forked version of LAME with many key routines rewritten
+ in assembly (I.E, it's much faster). Uses the <a
+ href="http://www.nasm.us/">NASM assembler.</a>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/rrw/mp3enc.php">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.rarewares.org/rrw/l3enc.php">FhG l3enc</a>. The older
+ brother of MP3enc. Very slow, but with quite decent quality.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/rrw/fastencc.php">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. The stereo encoding is buggy and 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> Good quality and very fast encoder. It is now the MP3
+ encoder used in Real Jukebox and Real Player, and has been recently
+ released under an Open Source license (the speed tweaks are still
+ limited to Windows though, because they use MASM)
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/rrw/qdmc.php">QDesign MP3 encoder</a>
+ Horrible quality. Only listed here for completeness.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://www.mp3-tech.org/programmer/encoding.html">Shine</a> is
+ a featureless, but clean and readable MP3 encoder by Gabriel Bouvigne of
+ LAME fame. Great as a starting point or learning tool. Also probably the
+ only open source, fixed point math MP3 encoder.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="download/dist10.tar.gz">dist10</a> - the MPEG (ISO) reference
+ MP1/2/3 encoders. Low quality, very slow and buggy. Good as a starting
+ point, maybe?
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/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 simple compiles of the dist10 MPEG reference sources
+ though).
+ </li>
</ul>
<hr></hr>
-<h3><a name="Comparisons">MP3 Encoder Comparisons based on <i>listening
-tests:</i></a></h3>
+<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
+size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <a name="MP3_sites">MP3 Encoding Web Sites:</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.rarewares.org/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>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://hydrogenaud.io/">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_sites">MP3 Encoding Web Sites:</a></h3>
+<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
+size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <a name="MP3_general">General MP3 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>
+ <li>
+ Great site for technical information: <a
+ href="http://www.mp3-tech.org">www.mp3-tech.org</a>
+ </li>
-</ul>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/index.php">RareWares</a> - audio
+ coding-related download site featuring several audio formats besides MP3.
+ </li>
-<h3><a name="MP3_general">General MP3 Web Sites:</a></h3>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Main_Page">
+ HydrogenAudio's Wiki</a> is a repository of knowledge on audio-related
+ matters.
+ </li>
-<ul>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Recommended_LAME">
+ HydrogenAudio's list of recommended LAME settings</a> to produce best
+ quality encodes at several bitrates.
+ </li>
- <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>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://cd-rw.org/">cd-rw.org</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>
+<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
+size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <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>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://mpg123.de/">mpg123</a> is a fast, featureful and accurate
+ MP1/2/3 decoder that is actively developed and licensed under the LGPL.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ A favorite Linux ripper: <a
+ href="https://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://download.cnet.com/EncSpot/3000-2169_4-10062007.html">EncSpot</a>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/">The MAD decoder</a> 24bit
+ and licensed under the GPL
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://maaate.sourceforge.net/">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="https://sourceforge.net/projects/mp3asm/">mp3asm</a>: A program
+ to cut and paste mp3 frames.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://www.chip.de/downloads/MP3-Splitter_27434282.html">MP3Splitter</a>:
+ Win32 MP3 splitter with 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>
+<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
+size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <a name="Line_in">MP3 Encoding directly 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>
+ <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://messer.aerolit.pl/">Messer</a> by Dariusz Sieradzki
+ </li>
+
</ul>
-<h3><a name="Patents">Patent Information:</a></h3>
+<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
+size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <a name="Patents">Patent Information:</a></h3>
+<h4><i>By April 23rd, 2017 all relevant software patents applying to MP3
+compression technology had expired. MP3 is now considered to be a patent-free
+format, and licenses are not being collected anymore. Anyone is free to implement
+the specification and distribute the implementation.</i></h4>
+
<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>-->
+ <li>
+ Some information from the source themselves: <a
+ href="http://www.mp3licensing.com">Fraunhofer IIS</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>
+
</ul>
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