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LameFE 3.0 Beta 1 is ready for download!

This is the first public test release of LameFE 3.0. New features include:

- Support for Windows Vista
- New redesigned userinterface
- Almost completly rewritten core
- New default settings
- New more powerfull filename setups
- Better resampling support
- Moved Wave and Ogg/vorbis encoders
into the core (previously plugins)
to optimize encoding speed
- Redesigned and much simpler settings... read more

The new LameFE 3.0, the first beta will be released on the next weekend, is now ready for Windows Vista. LameFE 3.0 has been rewritten from the scratch and is now easier to use, more stable and even faster then the previous releases, with support for dual core processors and hyperthreading.

Check out the screenshots on http://lamefe.nauta-clarus.de/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2&mode=&order=0&thold=0... read more

LameFE 2.4.0 has been released to replace the two years old lameFE 2.2.x series.

LameFE has been completly reworked. It features a new GUI and a new Plugin system. Among the new features are multi-core/-cpu support, a very complex and powerfull, yet easy to use, filename-setup-system and much more.

changes LameFE 2.4.0 from LameFE 2.3a11
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- Intermediate 'stable' release to replace
outdated LameFE 2.2.x series
- Added 'download other languages' to
'Settings/Languages'
- Fixed 'Download lame_enc.dll' button
- Re-do of german translation
- Disabled 'unstable features' from
previous previous versions (such
as Collection support etc.)
- Fixed bugs in the (un-)installer
- "Apply button" in Settingsdialog now only
clickable when settings modified, to match
the windows userinterface guidelines
- New icons in settings dialog
- Cleaned up Settings dialogs
- Updated/Removed obsolete strings here and
there...

LameFE 2.3 Alpha 11 has been released for testing.
Here is the changelog:
LameFE 2.3 Alpha 11 (Aug 31 2005)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- Fixed wrong error message displayed for
users without permission to access local CD drives
- Started to write Help-file. F.A.Q. and small parts
of the documentation are now included with LameFE
- Fixed "FreeDB timeout-value is ignored"-bug
- Rewrote parser for FreeDB.ini files and
changed the format of the file.
- Added detailed error messages to decoder and encocder
engines
- Some visual improvements in the encoding dialog
- Greatly improved batch processing for CDs
by adding new commands to the scripting language:
IF IS VARIOUS ARTIST CD, IF IS NOT VARIOUS ARTIST CD,
SELECT FILENAME PROFILE(#), TAG FIRST UPPER,
TAG FIRST OF WORD UPPER, TAG UPPER, TAG LOWER,
TAG FIX VARIOUS ARTIST, IF GENRE IS(#), SELECT
ENCODER PROFILE(#)
- Fixed crashbug when adding files for encoding
- Fixed crashbug when calculating estimated filesize
on certain wavefiles
- Added 'Open destination folder' button to toolbar
- Fixed missing tooltip on MusicBrainz button
- Added new modifier G to the filename setup
(ie. %G1). See documentation for more details.
- Fixed bad characters not removed from filename
- Fixed bug in Ogg decoder causing audio-clipping.
- Applied a one line patch to Ogg decoder for
ogg files with malformed headers
(thx to Joshua Haberman from Audacity)
- Fixed a memory leak when reading ogg vorbis tags
- Fixed display-bug when clicking 'Apply' in
the configuration dialog
- Fixed crashbug when clicking on 'Clear' in
the tag editor
- Fixed TLEN-Tag bug (MP3)
- Rewrote CI18n::TranslateDialog(...) using pure
Win32 API now instead of MFC for more reliable
processing (curse RUNTIMECLASS(CTempWnd)!)
- When saving settings the language-file will
now only be loaded when the language has changed
to speed things a bit up ;)... read more

I released LameFE 2.3 Alpha 10 for public testing.

http://www.sf.net/projects/lamefe
http://lamefe.nauta-clarus.de

Here is the changelog

LameFE 2.3 Alpha 10 (Aug 2 2005)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- Moved Ogg/Vorbis support into LameFE main module
- Moved Wave Audio support into LameFE main module
- Moved MP3 support into LameFE main module
- lame_enc.dll not included with installer anymore
due to licensing and patenting issues
- Winamp plugin support removed due to licensing
issues
- New highcolor icon set
- Implemented resampling functionality for Wave-Audio
and Ogg/Vorbis (experimental)
- Fixed Upmix/Downmix Stereo/Mono bugs
- Fixed several Heap curruptions
- Fixed several memory leaks
- Optimized Encoder / Decoder desing
- Fixed several bugs in the ID3 Tag Editor
- Fixed ID3 Tag not written for MP3 files
- Better handling of Compilation CDs when dealing
with CDPlayer.ini
- CDPlayer.ini entries can now be overwritten
- Fixed a little bug with Ogg-Tag handling
- Changed several default settings
- Removed support for deprecated Windows versions
(Win9x/ME)
- Changed default CD driver to NT-SCSI
(ASPI is still available if required)
- Dualcore/hyperthreading support is incomplete
(only working for ripping cd's)
- Better unicode support
- Settings now reside in C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\LameFE
- a lot more, but I forgot ;)

The LameFE project is getting back on the road. After over a years break I decided to revive the project . As a first step I moved the homepage to http://lamefe.nauta-clarus.de to be able to offer a working support and discussion forum with email support (as sf.net disabled php-mail :(.... )

In the next weeks I will slowly start to release new alpha versions of LameFE with:
- Multicore-/Hyperthreading support
- Newest lame encoding engine*
- Better Ogg Vorbis support (!)*
- Support for Windows Codecs
- Remove support for deprecated Windows versions such as Windows 95/98/ME
- Full Windows NT multiuser compliance
- New and improved user interface... read more

LameFE is a powerfull frontend for LAME: CDRipper (with batch processing), Extendable through plugins, Winamp plugin support, Ogg/Vorbis, Monkeys Audio, Wave, Cuesheet, FreeDB and much more.

Released LameFE 2.2.3

New in version 2.2.3:

- Fixed Multiuser support on Windows Server OS
- Fixed Ogg/Vorbis Tag UTF support
- Fixed Sync problem on large Ogg/Vorbis files
- Added TLEN Tag for MP3
- Fixed "Encoding Dialog shown in taskbar" feature and made LameFE default to display the dialog always in taskbar
- Renamed cddb.cfg to FreeDB.ini for later LameFE 2.3 compability
- Removed Flatlook dialog controls for better compability
- Fixed tooltips in Settingsdialog... read more

The LameFE Project has released a new Alpha version of LameFE 2.3.

The new release features many improvements and bugfixes:
- Unicode support is now enabled
- Monkeys Audio support is back
- New translation: Italian
- Fixed lot's of stuff in the tag editor
- Fixed presets
- Fixed weird progress status in audiofile mode
- Fixed CD player
- Fixed languages aren't loaded because of wrong "i18n-path"
- Fixed typos in the UI
- Fixed My Music folder is created everytime LameFE starts
- Fixed Settingsdialog
- Fixed problem with Windows Common Controls Library... read more

The LameFE project has released a improved version of LameFE 2.2 with many changes improving the usability of the program and a couple of bug fixes.

Change log since LameFE 2.2.1:

Added support for Windows 2000/XP multiuser enviroment
Changed Toolbar and menu structure for easier use
added contex menu to tracklist for faster access to
main features
Fixed several problems with ASPI handling
New help file, with FAQ and trouble-shooting guide
Corrected a lot of errors in the user interface
and removed some odd bit of german left in the
english version... read more

The LameFE project has released a new Alpha version of the upcoming 2.3 release.

Nice new features are included such as:
- internal CD player
- Windows NT multiuser compliance
- better GUI
- Multilanguage support
- and more

for a complete change list and release not have a look in the news forum on http://lamefe.sf.net

The project is also looking for a spanish and a french translator -> please email me or post in the lamefe forum on http://lamefe.sf.net... read more

The LameFE project has released 2.2.1.

New since LameFE 2.2
Fixed crashbug on Windows 98/ME machines with the "weird" ASPI driver :-) (LameFE has caused an error at 0167:100001ba9 blabla)
Directories can now be dragged into the LameFE indow
and also be added via File/Add directory...
Bugfix: ID3 Tag is now read from all files (Reading of APE and Ogg Tags still unsupported - sorry)
Bugfix: ID3 Version 2 Tag written incorrectly
Bugfix: Crash due to stack overflow on some operations (uups)
Removed Thread priority feature on Windows 9x/ME
Fixed Thread priority is set to "Higher than normal" by default. It is now set to "Normal"
Include LameFE ASPI Tool to track down problems ith the ASPI drivers... read more

The LameFE project proudly announces the release of LameFE 2.2 Final. After nearly one year of beta testing we have reached the goal: LameFE 2.2 LameFE is more than a powerfull frontend for LAME. It reads CDDA, Wave, APE, supports Winamp plugins. Besides MP3 it encodes to Ogg/Vorbis, Monkeys Audio and Wave.
Other Features: Cue-Sheets, FreeDB, CD-Text, Batchprocessing mode for CD-Ripping, and many more.... read more

Corrected known bugs from LamFE 2.2 RC1.
Included the new Vorbis Plugin to the distribution package.
Last Minute change: Presets now save all settings and not only LAME Encoder settings.

You can download Release Candidate 2 from
http://lamefe.sourceforge.net/index.php?showpage=download

Thees Winkler
Project Administrator

A new OGG/Vorbis Encoder plugin for use with LameFE 2.2 RC 1 has been released. This plugin features Ogg/Vorbis 1.0 support, Quality based encoding, ABR / VBR / CBR encoding, and support for standard Ogg Tags.

You can download both LameFE and the plugin at
http://lamefe.sourceforge.net/index.php?showpage=download

Thees Winkler
- Project Administrator

Here is the Release Candidate 1 of LameFE :-)
As a last new feature I have added Winamp plugin support and upgraded the Encoder to lame 3.93.1

I include also several bugfixes (COMCTL32.DLL crash under Win98/ME/2000, VBR/ABR bug etc.) For a complete list of changes have a look at

http://lamefe.sourceforge.net/index.php?showpage=features&param=history

You can download the Release Candidate at
http://lamefe.sourceforge.net/index.php?showpage=download... read more

New in version 2.2 Beta 7:

New Settingsdialog
Upgraded CDRip.dll to include several bugfixes
Restart after changing ASPI Layer no longer
required
Added presets for the Lame Encoder
Check for new Version on the internet
HTTP-Proxy Password no longer stored as
plain text
Finally updated help
Now using XP Menus (thx to Brent Corkum,
http://www.codeproject.com/menu/bcmenu.asp\)
Better icons for ppl not using the highcolor
toolbar
Only one instance allowed from now on
Bugfix: Fileextension added twice
Bugfix: Albumeditor fixed
Bugfix: Wrong VBR header for MP3s
Bugfix: CRC not written correctly for MP3s
Bugfix: Playlist not written in Batchmode
Bugfix: Startup check for COMCTL32.DLL version fails
Other minor changes and bugfixes

1st Advent Release (Beta 6) :-)

Upgraded to lame 3.93
Fixed Batchmode and added Batchmode for Singletrack ripping.
Added possibbility for lower and upper case formatting in the filename strings
Other minor bugfixes.

Download at http://lamefe.sourceforge.net/index.php?showpage=download

Have a nice 1st Advent :-)

LameFE is a CD-Ripper and frontend for LAME, Ogg/Vorbis and APE. Mainly a Bugfixrelease, but I made the "Fully automated batch cd-backup"-Feature available for public testing now. User inserts only the CDs and LameFE rips them, no User interaction required. Can use all CD-Drives in the PC.
Added some Performance settings and optimzed the compilation and code for Speed. On my system I could increase the Ripping and Encoding speed by nearly factor 2.... read more

Lot's of bugfixes and a nice GUI update :-)

Download at http://lamefe.sourceforge.net/index.php?showpage=download

Talkback at
http://lamefe.sourceforge.net/forums

Have fun.

OK, I know I schouldnt do this in Betas but I see it as a Bugfix: I replaced the old Id3 Tag editor because nearly every click produced a crash... The new one docks at the bottom of the main program window, nice:-)
Other new stuff:
Some bugfixes (freeDB setup works now, Crash on CDExtra, etc.)
Added option to turn Splashscreen off.
Have fun

Beta 2 of lameFE 2.2 is released and can be download at http://lamefe.sourceforge.net/index.php?showpage=download
Fixed all know bugs and removed some memory-leak. New Artwork and some interface improvements.
Try out and have fun!

And hereby i open an other betacycle:
LameFE 2.2 is now available from the from sourceforge.net
Upgraded Ogg/Vorbis Encoder and CDRipping Module. Better logging and extended filename setup. Better error handling. And some GUI changes. Drag and drop support added.

Download and have fun.
Thees Winkler.

The Bugfixrelease for LameFE 2.1 is out.
Comes with some new features and improvements and mostly bugfixes.
Fixed all reported bugs and some unreported one (hope this damned id3tag problem is now solved) There are some incomplete features in this release which are grayed out...

New features are:
- CD-Backupfeature (Rip CD to single file)
- Write Cuesheet for Audio CDs (manually or automaticly with CD-Backup)
- Inavailable menu- and toolbaritems are now grayed out to avoid confusion
- Extended filename setup with more options and identifiers (it's cool :-))

OK, it's done. Here it is the new LameFE.
check out, it'S pretty cool :)

just uploaded lameFE 2.1 Beta 3

- New GUI :-) The old one sucked...
- support for Monkeys Audio De-/Encoding
- support for OGG/Vorbis Encoding
- better WAVE support (non PCM Wave Compression i.e.)
- much more, check out and have fun