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=Download Page=

All programs mentioned anywhere in the wiki can be downloaded here.

==CD ripping software==

* [[EAC]]: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/

* [[CDex]]: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

* [[dBpowerAMP]]: http://www.dbpoweramp.com/

==Encoders, Decoders etc.==

All basic tools needed to make use of the audio formats supported here.

===[[MP3]] ([[LAME]])===

* LAME encoder/decoder: [[Lame Compiles|Latest recommended version]]

===[[Ogg Vorbis]]===

Currently, all recommended Ogg Vorbis utilities are available at the [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html Rarewares Ogg Vorbis page]. The following tools are important:

* Oggenc2.3
: A command-line Ogg Vorbis encoder that can be used with most CD rippers.

* OggDec
: Command-line decoder.

* OggDropXPd
: A (very cute-looking) drag'n'drop encoder/decoder with support for automatic tagging, renaming and playlist creation on encoding.

* Encoding DLLs
: DLLs that can be used for encoding within CDex or WinLame.

* VorbisGain
: The [[Replaygain]] utility for Ogg Vorbis.

===Musepack ([[MPC]])===

* MPC Encoder (mppenc): [http://www.saunalahti.fi/~cse/mpc/encoders/mppenc-windows-1.14.zip 1.14 Beta] / [http://www.saunalahti.fi/~cse/mpc/encoders/mppenc-windows-1.15r.zip 1.15r Alpha] (Both these versions are safe to use.)

* MPC Decoder (mppdec): [http://www.saunalahti.fi/~cse/mppdec.zip Download latest version]

* [[Replaygain]] utility: [http://www.saunalahti.fi/~cse/replaygain.zip Download latest version]

==Drivers (ASPI etc.)==

* VOB ASAPI Driver 1.3: [http://www.rarewares.org/files/ASAPI.exe download]

==Tagging utilities==

* Tag, by case: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~cse/html/tag.html

LAME

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[[Image:Lamelogo.png|right|280px|LAME official logo]]

LAME (Lame Ain't an MP3 Encoder) is the recommended encoder. It has been developed by the open-source community since 1998, and has become the highest quality [[MP3]] encoder for most purposes.

Some benefits for using LAME:
* Highly optimised presets
* Fast encoding
* [[CBR]], [[ABR]] and [[VBR]] encoding methods
* [[Gapless]] playback with LAME-header compliant decoders
* [[Exact Audio Copy]] and [[CDex]] support

=History=

LAME development began around mid-1998. Mike Cheng started it as a patch against the 8hz-MP3 encoder sources. After some quality concerns raised by others, he decided to start from scratch based on the dist10 sources. That branch (a patch against the reference sources) became LAME 2.0, and only on LAME 3.81 they got rid of all dist10 code, making LAME a completely new program-not a mere patch of an existing encoder.

The project quickly became a team effort. Mike Cheng eventually left leadership and started working on [http://toolame.sourceforge.net/ tooLAME], an [[MP2]] encoder. Mark Taylor became leader and released version 3.0 featuring gpsycho, a new psychoacoustic model developed by him.

Nowadays LAME is considered the best MP3 encoder at mid-high bitrates and features the best VBR model among MP3 implementations, mostly thanks to the dedicated work of talented developers like Takehiro Tominaga, Naoki Shibata, Darin Morrison, Gabriel Bouvigne, Robert Hegemann, etc. And development is still going on...

=Recommended Encoder Settings=

{{:Recommended LAME}}

=Additional reading=

* [http://lame.sourceforge.net LAME official homepage]
* [http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/lame.html Historical versions of LAME] at ReallyRareWares
* [http://www.rjamorim.com/test/ Several multiformat listening tests] featuring LAME and other encoders.
* [[EAC_and_Lame | Configuring EAC and LAME]]

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