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, Monkey´s 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 it´s available from the Nero Webseite as free download. All encoder binaries that ship with LameXP have been kindly provided by Rarewares.org. Changes between v3.09 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
• Updated language files (big “thank you” to all contributors !!!)
• Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8.0 RC-2 (2009-05-24)
• Updated the “Normalization” filter to allow multiple instances running in parallel
• Fixed a few minor issues

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 Nero´s 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, Monkey´s 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)

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