Freeware Descriptions:

Lame Front-End is a graphical interface for the popular and very fast MP3 encoder and decoder - LAME. It offers easy access to all LAME parameters without the need for command line usage.

Here is complete features (taken from authors site):

The program offers a simple mode (for beginners), which was designed according to the LAME authors guidelines (http://lame.sourceforge.net/lame_ui_example.php”), and an advanced mode which reveals additional expert options.

Lame Front-End can work in batch mode, so it can be used by external applications to encoding / decoding files, e.g. by Exact Audio Copy, CDex. The application is designed for LAME 3.98.2 - the last stable release version in January 2009.

The most important features of the Lame Front-End:

  • Converting WAV, PCM, AIFF, RAW files to MP3 (encoding).
  • Converting MP3, MP2, MP1 files to WAV (decoding).
  • Two modes: Simple for beginners, Expert for advanced users.
  • Saving ID3v2 tags in the MP3 files.
  • Integration with the Windows Explorer. Program adds a command Open with Lame Front-End to the context menu for supported files.
  • Saving and loading LAME parameters.
  • Small, easy to use and don´t need any installation.
  • 100% freeware (for private and commercial use). There are no limitations, adware, spyware etc.

Lame Front-End 1.3 Screenshot

File Size / OS:

  • 1.21 MB / Windows 9x - ME - 2000 - NT - XP - 2003 - Vista

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