REQ: an alternative to Razorlame for encoding MP3s with lame

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I'm looking for an alternative to Razorlame for encoding MP3s with lame.

Razorlame crashed my computer and doesn't write tags.

LAME command line doesn't do tags easily, the command line options are
just too long and the last time I tried it I couldn't figure out how to
specify multiple files. It only encoded the first file although I'd used
a wildcard in the source file argument.

CDex wasn't really designed to encode WAV files stored on disk.

I could consider writing something for myself but how do I interface to
the LAME DLL and EXEs. Can I bypass the EXE an interface directly to the
DLL from WSH or do the EXE and DLL work in tandem?
 
Zenobia said:
I'm looking for an alternative to Razorlame for encoding MP3s with lame.

Razorlame crashed my computer and doesn't write tags.

LAME command line doesn't do tags easily, the command line options are
just too long and the last time I tried it I couldn't figure out how to
specify multiple files. It only encoded the first file although I'd used
a wildcard in the source file argument.

CDex wasn't really designed to encode WAV files stored on disk.

I could consider writing something for myself but how do I interface to
the LAME DLL and EXEs. Can I bypass the EXE an interface directly to the
DLL from WSH or do the EXE and DLL work in tandem?
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Babya WAV2MP3 based on LAME is better-comes with Babya System 12.1:

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1053832968
 
Zenobia said:
I'm looking for an alternative to Razorlame for encoding MP3s with
lame.

Razorlame crashed my computer and doesn't write tags.

LAME command line doesn't do tags easily
Click to expand...

if your problem is only tags you can use musicbrainz tagger
www.musicbrainz.org
 
A.A. Fussy said:
Babya WAV2MP3 based on LAME is better
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See, this is where you cross the line. You can't possibly claim that
your software is better, run them both next to each other and do the
differencing yourself.

I'm alright with the fact that you want to promote your software
here, but don't recommend it over other products when the others are
clearly better.

Wald
 
2/16/2004 6:00:48 AM: "A.A. Fussy said:
Babya WAV2MP3 based on LAME is better-comes with Babya System 12.1:
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Jeebus, man, does your Babya System go up a version number /every/ single
week? In all honesty, "seamslesly integrated with a clipboard clear
function, ability to change various colors via standard dialogs, control
panel realigned to focus on system configuration." hardly seems like
grounds for upping the version number . . .
 
See, this is where you cross the line. You can't possibly claim that
your software is better, run them both next to each other and do the
differencing yourself.

I'm alright with the fact that you want to promote your software
here, but don't recommend it over other products when the others are
clearly better.

Wald
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I wouldn't claim his software is better - but it hasn't crashed my
computer yet!
 
EAC will do that.

http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
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Are you sure about that? It's great for extracting WAV data from CDs but
it doesn't seem to want to know about WAVs stored on hard-disk.

3 of the icons on the LHS of the program window are greyed out until a
CD is inserted.

EAC is no good (for this). Mine is 0.9 beta 4, but I had a look at their
new features and there was nothing significantly new.
 
Are you sure about that?
Yes.

EAC is no good (for this). Mine is 0.9 beta 4, but I had a look at
their new features and there was nothing significantly new.
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Try Tools | Compress WAVs or simply Alt+V.
 
Carlos the Bull said:
Jeebus, man, does your Babya System go up a version number /every/ single
week? In all honesty, "seamslesly integrated with a clipboard clear
function, ability to change various colors via standard dialogs, control
panel realigned to focus on system configuration." hardly seems like
grounds for upping the version number . . .
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Well, version 12.1.1 will include updates to some of the included software
 
LAME command line doesn't do tags easily, the command line options are
just too long and the last time I tried it I couldn't figure out how to
specify multiple files. It only encoded the first file although I'd used
a wildcard in the source file argument.
Click to expand...

If you're not afraid of the command line - write a batch file to handle the
encoding for you. You'll probably need a good plain text editor to make the most
out of this approach. Here's one I use to encode Books on CD for use in the car.

-------begin all2mp3.bat - do not use this line
:: rem --preset r3mix -o
:: rem --alt-preset standard -o
:: rem --alt-preset cbr 192 -o

g:
cd \temptest
pause . Are you ready to encode parker cd5?
set BLASTER=
set PGM=D:\p_tunes\lame3931\lame.exe
set ENC=--alt-preset standard -o
set TAG=--ta "Robert B. Parker" --tl "Widow's Walk - a Spenser Novel" --ty "2002"
set CMT=--tc "lame3931 --alt-preset standard -o"

%PGM% %ENC% %TAG% %CMT% --tt "cd5track01" --tn "01" "CDImage.wav" cd5track01.mp3
%PGM% %ENC% %TAG% %CMT% --tt "cd5track02" --tn "02" "CDImage.wav" cd5track02.mp3
%PGM% %ENC% %TAG% %CMT% --tt "cd5track03" --tn "03" "CDImage.wav" cd5track03.mp3
:: rem and so on and so on for the rest of the tracks
exit
-------end all2mp3.bat - do not use this line
 
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