LameXP is a graphical front-end for the LAME MP3, Ogg Vorbis and Nero AAC audio encoders. Supported input types are Wave, MP3, MP2, OGG/Vorbis, FLAC, MP4/AAC, AC3, DTS, WavPack, Musepack, Shorten, Speex, Monkeys Audio, TTA, WMA. It also reads M3U, PLS and ASX playlists as well as Cuesheets. The easy-to-use interface supports multiple languages, including English, German, Spanish and Italian. Batch processing is implemented and multi-threading will be used, if several processors/cores are available. The Nero AAC encoder is *not* included, but its available from the Nero Webseite as free download. All encoder binaries that ship with LameXP have been kindly provided by Rarewares.org.
Changes between v3.17 and v3.18:
- Added an Unicode-safe "Open" dialog: File names are converted to "short" names if required
- Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.4 (2010-03-23), compiled with ICL 11.1.054
- Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.30 (2010-03-26), compiled with ICL 11.1.060
- Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.12.1 (2010-03-31), compiled with GCC 4.4.3
- Updated Ogg Vorbis decoder to v1.9.7 (2010-03-29), compiled with MSVC 9.0
- Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
Changes between v3.16 and v3.17:
- Updated TAK decoder to v2.0.0 (2010-01-07)
- Updated ALAC decoder to v0.2.0 (2009-09-05)
- Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.28 (2010-02-19), compiled with ICL 11.1.054
- Fixed "No Disk" error message box that could appear under certain circumstances
- Fixed "...is not responding" error message box that could appear during startup
- Various minor fixes and improvements
Changes between v3.15 and v3.16:
- Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.5.3.0 (2009-12-29)
- Disable DPI warning on Vista and later, as they handle DPI != 96 much better than WinXP
- Updated WavPack decoder to v4.60.1 (2009-11-29)
- Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.27 (2010-01-04), compiled with ICL 11.1.054
- Updated GnuPG to v1.4.10b (2009-09-03), compiled with GCC 4.2.1
Changes between v3.14 and v3.15:
- Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.5.1.0
- Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.10.0 (2009-12-05)
- Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.26 (2009-12-18), compiled with ICL 11.1.051
- Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.051
Changes between v3.13 and v3.14:
- Added Suspend and Resume buttons to the processing window
- Added another language: Castilian Spanish (Spanish from north/central Spain)
- Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.2 (2009-11-20)
- Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.25 (2009-11-13), compiled with ICL 11.1.046
- Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.046
- Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
- Updated JEDI-VCL from v3.38 to v3.39 (2009-11-05)
- Various minor fixes and improvements
Changes between v3.12 and v3.13:
- Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 (2009-09-26), compiled with ICL 11.1.046
- Updated FLAC encoder to v1.2.1b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.046
- Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.23 (2009-10-16), using statically linked build (MSVC 9.0)
- Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01)
- Updated TAK decoder to v1.1.2 (2009-07-27)
- Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.1 (2009-10-09)
- Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
- Updated the Splash screen and modified the sound that plays on very first launch
- Updated JEDI-VCL from v3.34 to v3.38 (2009-08-27)
- Updated GnuPG to v1.4.10 (2009-09-02)
Changes between v3.11 and v3.12:
- Added support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) output
- Added progress display for individual files (for the "encoding" step only)
- Added a SSE2 (Pentium 4) build of the Ogg Vorbis encoder that will be used if supported by the CPU
- Added options to override the Nero AAC profile (be aware: its not recommended to do that!)
- Added an option to analyze media files (powered by MediaInfo)
- Added experimental support for Windows 7 taskbar progress indicator and overlay icons
- Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 (2009-09-05), compiled with ICL 11.0
- Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.21 (2009-09-04), using statically linked build
- Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.0 (2009-08-14)
- Updated Speex decoder to v1.2 RC-1 (2009-07-04)
- Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.3b (2009-09-19)
- Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
- Updated Auto-Update tool, from now on only signed updates will be accepted (using GnuPG)
- Fixed a number of minor glitches
Changes between v3.10 and v3.11:
- Added options to sort the source files (by title, by filename or by track number)
- Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
- Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8.1 (2009-06-14)
- Updated FLAC decoder, now using the ICL 9.1 build of FLAC v1.2.1b
- Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.17 (statically linked)
- Updated the "Normalization" filter to v0.41 (2009-06-16)
- Fixed a few minor issues in meta tag processing
Changes between v3.09 and v3.10:
- Added a NSIS-based installer (will be released in addition to the ZIP package)
- Added support for the TAK lossless audio format
- Added two new languages: Serbian (Latin) and Ukrainian
- Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
- Updated MediaInfo to a custom build of v0.7.16 that is statically linked (and removed the DLL)
- Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8.0 RC-3 (2009-06-03)
- Updated Musepack decoder to v1.0.0 (2009-04-02) and fixed Musepack VS8 support
- Updated Monkeys Audio decoder to v4.06 (2009-03-17)
- Updated the "Normalization" filter to allow multiple instances running in parallel
- Updated Auto-Update tool
- Fixed a few minor issues and refactored the code
Changes between v3.08 and v3.09:
- Added support for detecting the file type via MediaInfo instead of guessing the type from file extension
- Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.7.3 (2009-04-27)
- Updated FAAD decoder to v2.7 (2009-05-13)
- Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.16.0 (2009-05-20)
- Fixed detection of the WMA decoder under certain circumstances (e.g. Windows 7)
Changes between v3.07 and v3.08:
- Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.7 (2009-03-04)
- Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6.4 (2009-01-10)
- Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.11.0 (2009-02-13)
Changes between v3.06 and v3.07:
- Added an option to disable multi-threading on multi-core machines
- Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.61 (2008-12-24)
- Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6.3 (2008-12-20)
- Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.8.0 (2008-12-10)
- Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
Changes between v3.05 and v3.06:
- Added a custom build of the mpg123 decoder v1.5.1
- Added two more languages: Romanian and Polish
- Added support for the ALAC audio format
- Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.7.7 (2008-10-17)
- Updated AC3 Filter Tools to v0.2a (2008-06-30)
- Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
- Fixed and improved "Normalization" filter
- Fixed a few minor bugs
Changes between v3.04 and v3.05:
- Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.3.3.0
- Added option to add an entire directory or an entire directory-tree
- Added new languages: Russian, Nederlands, Greek and Hungarian
- Added Dropbox for improved Drag&Drop support
- Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
- Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 Final (2008-09-24)
- Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.7.6 (2008-09-12)
Changes between v3.03 and v3.04:
- Added support for reading Meta Data from source files (using MediaInfo)
- Added support for languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified) and Taiwanese
- Added support for WMA, Shorten and TTA files (input only)
- Added support for various playlist formats (M3U, PLS, ASX, CueSheet)
- Added an option to permanently disable the Shell Integration (Explorer Context Menus)
- Added an option to disable the periodic Update Reminder
- Added an option to shutdown the computer automatically as soon as all files are completed
- Added code to minimize the LameXP window into the taskbar notification area
- Added balloon tooltip to inform the user about "hidden" options
- Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.6 (2008-09-05)
- Improved code to handle child processes and capture the console output
Changes between v3.02 and v3.03:
- Added generic support for pre-processing filters
- Added "Normalization" filter, based on Volumax by John33
- Improved code to add/remove context menus in Window Explorer
- Improved code to handle multiple instances of LameXP
Changes between v3.01 and v3.02:
- Added support for new input format: MPEG Audio Layer-2 (mp2)
- Added option to choose a custom TEMP folder
Changes between v3.00 and v3.01:
- Added an option to disable all sounds in LameXP
- Added warning message for bitrates that violate the current bitrate restriction
- Fixed bitrate restrictions for LAME encoder (strictly enforce bitrate restrictions using "-F" parameter)
- Fixed file associations code (set file associations only for the current user)
- Updated load/save configuration code (store settings in an INI file instead of the registry)
Changes between v2.03 and v3.00:
- Added support for Neros AAC Encoder (not included, available as free download from Nero website)
- Added support for more input formats: Wave, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC/MP4, FLAC, Speex, WavPack, Musepack, Monkeys Audio
- Added support for uncompressed Wave output
- Added support for Multi-Threading (use multiple instances for batch processing)
- Added shell integration for Windows Explorer (Context-Menus and "Send To" folder)
- Added commandline support: LameXP.exe -add [ ... ]
- Added new auto-update utility
- Updated LAME encoder to v3.98 Final (2008-07-04)
- Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, aoTuV Beta-5.5 (2008-03-31)
6.72 M (file size)
Price: Free 
