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• MP3 Creation With The LAME Encoder

To save yourself reading everything, just know that with the following applications you can make the best mp3 possible for free:

--> 3.97 beta 2 is the LAME version you need > [http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.html download the LAME 3.97 beta 2 bundle from this page

--> Use the '[b]-V 2 --vbr-new[/b]' switch

--> The BEST way to rip CDs to mp3 is with [url=http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/]EAC[/url]. The following three [url=http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/]EAC[/url] guides are very good:

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> [url=http://users.pandora.be/satcp/eac-qs-en.htm]Guide 1 - The Coaster Factory[/url]

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> [url=http://home.tiscali-business.be/~tpm54044/index.htm]Guide 2 - Essential Ripping Guide[/url]

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> [url=http://www.teqnilogik.com/tutorials/eac.htm]Guide 3 - Teqnilogik[/url]

--> The easiest way to convert WAVs is with: [url=http://members.home.nl/w.speek/all2lame.htm]ALL2LAME[/url] or [url=http://rarewares.org/mp3.html]LameDropXPd v2[/url]

Audiophile geeks have tested these applications for months, so you know it's going to be the best advice. Also, the TMB admin also use and/or recommend the above.

[url=http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/]Hydrogenaudio[/url]* have officially announced a successor to their previoulsy recommended LAME mp3 encoder version 3.90.3.

The recommended version is now [b]3.97 beta 2[/b].

See [url=http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=37574]this[/url] post for details on the 3.97 beta [url=http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/]Hydrogenaudio[/url] recommendation. See [url=http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=28124]this[/url] post for the [url=http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/]Hydrogenaudio[/url] recommended LAME settings. See [url=http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=28125]this[/url] post for a high level overview of the LAME versions.

• [url=http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/]Hydrogenaudio[/url] are widely regarded as THE digital audiophile site on the web. Most of the audio codec developers are members of the forum, and the information detailed there in stickies & posts, IMO, is the best available anywhere on the internet.

• • for converting mp2 files to mp3, you'll need to use the [url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alex.pheysey/files/lame3.97b2exe-fixed.zip]lame3.97b2exe-fixed.zip[/url] compile, as it correctly accepts mp2 input for decoding.