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About winLAME
winLAME is an encoder for several audio formats, including mp3 (MPEG Layer 3), Ogg Vorbis and more. winLAME lets you set up the encoding process with an easy-to-use wizard-style user interface.
winLAME supports many input audio formats, and uses the LAME mp3 encoding library for encoding and the MAD decoding library for decoding. See the features page for a list of all supported formats.
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Latest news
2010-06-28 - winLAME 2010 beta 2 released
A new version of winLAME was released, mainly a bugfix released. The following bugs were fixed:
Fixed renaming output files from temporary file to final file.
Fixed lockup when writing an output file is skipped, and the next file is about to be written.
Fixed version check for libFLAC.dll; only version up to 1.1.2 are supported currently (porting
winLAME to the API changes would be welcomed!)
Get the new installers in the download section.
2010-01-12 - winLAME 2010 beta 1 released
Since we're in 2010 now, I released winLAME with the new year name. The following changes were made:
Fixed bug where encoding a file contained in a path containing non-ASCII characters would give an error.
Upgraded LAME to 3.98.2, compiled with Intels ICL compiler
Other small bug fixes
The files can be found in the download section as usual.
2009-11-17 - Installer fixes for winLAME 2009 beta 2
After getting reports from some users about not being able to properly install winLAME 2009 beta 2, I re-released the installer today. The following bugs were fixed:
After installing winLAME, the following error appeared: "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect."
When trying to encode .wav files the error appeared: "Couldn't open input file (System error.)"
When trying to encode to .wav format, the file could not be written, or the file ended up being created in the same folder as winLAME.exe, with the filename containing square symbol characters.
The files can be found in the download section as usual. The broken installer package was removed.
2009-11-02 - winLAME 2009 beta 2 released
Today I released a new beta version of winLAME, with some bug fixes.
For those dying to get the latest version, head over to the download section.
This release fixes some bugs that appeared in beta 1:
The about page showed a blank page.
When a playlist was written, the playlist file only contained the last encoded file.
When converting to Wave format, the comboboxes showed no drop-down list.
Fixed a crash when reading an mp3 file that contained invalid ID3v2 tags
Fixed crash when a freedb query for a CD returned multiple entries
Fixed transferring genre field to encoded files
Fixed reading and writing tags for WMA.
Fixed installer that didn't install correct msvcr80.dll and msvcp80.dll
Fixed bug where track numbers was always set to the same value and genre field was always set to "Blues"
Fixed bug where the ID3v2 tag always contained a large length value
Added a patch from Adam Kropelin that provides reading FLAC metadata when converting from FLAC files.
Updated BASS and libsndfile libraries to latest versions
Unfortunately no new translations were provided yet. If you'd like to translate winLAME to your
native language, you're welcome!
2009-05-13 - Translation Guide
I created a translation guide that describes how to translate winLAME into other languages. You can find it here: Translation Guide.txt. If you have any questions about translating or if you want to know if translation to a certain language is already under way, please send me an email.
2009-04-16 - winLAME 2009 beta 1 released
In the last years I made some additions and changes to winLAME and fixed quite a few bugs. I decided to occasionally release a new version with updated libraries and bug fixes when I have time. Therefore winLAME got a new naming scheme. The year of release will be appended to the version name, and there will be a beta, a release candidate and a full release version for each version released.
Note that this beta 1 release is not intended for production use! It may contain bugs that may reduce audio quality and prevent some features to be used. Testing is encouraged, though. If you find a bug, describe and add it to the winLAME bugtracker on SourceForge or send it to .
Here's an (incomplete) list of changes:
Updated encoding/decoding libraries: LAME 3.98.2, libsndfile-1.0.19 (fixes security vulnerability, see Secunia advisory SA33980), libvorbis 1.2.0
Support for reading/writing ID3v2 tags from/to .mp3 files
Translatable user interface (english and german, at the moment)
Full Unicode support for filenames
Numerous bug fixes (see the winLAME bugtracker)
Note: If you previously used custom presets using the presets.xml file, consult the help file for changes according to presets.
If you're interested in translating the user interface of winLAME, please send me an E-Mail. There's no money to be made, though, only eternal fame and glory :)
Archived news items can be found in the archive section.