LAME

LAME is an open source MP3 (that is, MPEG-1 audio layer 3) audio compression application.

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LAME is a recursive acronym for LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder, although the current version is a stand-alone encoder. (See below.)

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The consensus (as of 2004) seems to be that LAME produces the highest quality MP3 files for (average) bitrates of 128 kbit/s and higher. In a public listening test early in 2004, 128 kbit/s LAME MP3 files were the least detectable when compared to uncompressed audio. About 20 people participated in that listening test. http://www.rjamorim.com/test/mp3-128/results.html

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MP3: MP3 is a popular digital audio encoding and lossy compression format invented and standardised in 1991 by a team of engineers working in the framework of the ISO/IEC MPEG audio committee under the chairmanship of Professor Hans Musmann (University of Hannover - Germany). It was designed to greatly ...

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LAME related Images and Photos (experimental)

Gabriel Lame French Mathematician and Engineer Worked on First French Railways