Lame 3.99 release today 10/16/2011

[ffm76600]

Re: Lame 3.99 release today 10/16/2011

Thanks for this! I wondered how to change the version number in the program itself and this does it: -

Yes I have this but the encoder in my mp3 files is always Xing :cry:

[twit]

Re: Lame 3.99 release today 10/16/2011

Keep in mind that changing that .txt file only impacts what dBpoweramp Configuration displays - what is actually written in to the ID3 tag is only impacted by your lame.exe version. No need to do anything to any other file other than replacing your lame.exe to get the proper ID3 tag for 3.99.3.

[Sigma]

Re: Lame 3.99 release today 10/16/2011

I discovered there is also a text file called "mp3 (Lame).txt", located at \dBpoweramp\Versions\Compression\ which contains the Lame version (currently set to "Lame 3.98.4"). I'm guessing that the contents of this text file is placed into the "Encoder" ID3 tag by dBpoweramp. So even if you replace the .exe file with a newer one, the ID3 tag will still refer to the older version unless you update this .txt file too - which is a bit of an annoyance, IMHO. I'd love to have an easier way of updating the version of Lame used by just dropping in a new .exe and not having to change anything else.

Thanks for this! I wondered how to change the version number in the program itself and this does it: -

[twit]

Re: Lame 3.99 release today 10/16/2011

The latest version of LAME , 3.99.3, is out on the ravewares site. It reverts back to the old header and now works fine with DMC. As Spoon pointed out, the issues were with changes in LAME, not DMC, and this points out the prudent approach Spoon takes in thoroughly vetting LAME changes before updating the encoder in DMC.

For what it's worth, using 3.99.3 with DMC, I see "3.99r" as the "encoded by" data when viewing files in Windows Explorer. Consistent with what I tried, you should only need to replace the LAME.exe file and nothing else. Separately, there is a raging debate going on in the hydrogenaudio forum concerning a revised way of referring to LAME versions, so keep in mind the encoder version data could continue to change in the coming weeks for 3.99.3, and certainly will change in the future given the character limits on version identification. Spoon is all over this issue and made a recommendation to deal with it, so I would not worry about using 3.98.4 as shipped with DMC unless you have a rare sound artifact that 3.98.4 does not deal with well. The hydrogenaudio forums are the place to go to get into the details of shortcomings with different versions of LAME.

[Jezz]

Re: Lame 3.99 release today 10/16/2011

I discovered there is also a text file called "mp3 (Lame).txt", located at \dBpoweramp\Versions\Compression\ which contains the Lame version (currently set to "Lame 3.98.4"). I'm guessing that the contents of this text file is placed into the "Encoder" ID3 tag by dBpoweramp. So even if you replace the .exe file with a newer one, the ID3 tag will still refer to the older version unless you update this .txt file too - which is a bit of an annoyance, IMHO. I'd love to have an easier way of updating the version of Lame used by just dropping in a new .exe and not having to change anything else.

[ijskonijn]

Re: Lame 3.99 release today 10/16/2011

The lame header must not be written correctly in this new version,

You said this before in post "14". Read my post (number) 17.

there should be nothing to change at dBpoweramps end as it has worked for the last 5 years on all versions.

Well, it seems to be that there now is a problem.
It doesn't mean that it has been working for 5 years there still no problems can occur.

After i read your post (14) i 've asked a question about this on the hydrogenaudio forum.
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...t=150&p=775410 , post number 170.
In post 172 the question is answered by Robert (Lame developer).
I quote is answer again:
The rarewares builds look fine. When dMC still shows "3.98.4", then it seems you haven't replaced the correct file(s). IIRC, you'll have to use the CLI encoder from dMC, if you want to use LAME.exe.

So the build (2011-11-11) looks fine now he says.

After the response of Robert i posted a reply in this thread (post 17).

Here (http://www.rarewares.org/index.php) you can read that Lame 3.99.1 is re-compiled on 2011-11-11 to accommodate that correction.

I suppose you also want to solve this problem as soon as possible, and also want to implement the new version of Lame very soon? Or do you still want to continue working with the old version?

[Spoon]

Re: Lame 3.99 release today 10/16/2011

The lame header must not be written correctly in this new version, there should be nothing to change at dBpoweramps end as it has worked for the last 5 years on all versions.

[JJ Johnson]

Re: Lame 3.99 release today 10/16/2011

Another question about the Windows Explorer pop-up information...

Under Encoder Settings, with LAME 3.98.4-encoded files dbpoweramp was able to detect and display the VBR setting as in "-V 2", "-V 4", etc. With 3.99.1-encoded files it shows only 'Variable Bitrate' and the file's average bitrate. Will it be possible to display the same encoding info with the next version of dbpa?

[dbfan]

Re: Lame 3.99 release today 10/16/2011

DBpoweramp configuration will be wrong, as it is the version number when last installed, until the beta it will remain wrong.

[ijskonijn]

Re: Lame 3.99 release today 10/16/2011

When i move my mouse over the file it shows LAME3.99. (no space between LAME and 3.99. , and no digit after the last point).
Why is this not visible in "dBpoweramp configuration" ?

[lame_dev]

Re: Lame 3.99 release today 10/16/2011

If you replaced the LAME.exe in "encoder/mp3 (Lame)" sub-folder, do encode some random track. Use your file explorer and locate the newly created mp3. Move your mouse over that file and look what info dBpoweramp tooltip gives. When it shows "LAME 3.99.", then you are not using 3.98.4 anymore and your upgrade seems to be successful. Alternatively you can open the mp3 file with some HEX-Editor and jump to the end of file, near the end there should appear some "LAME3.99.1" ASCII text.

[ijskonijn]

Re: Lame 3.99 release today 10/16/2011

Sorry for the last post, you replace lame.exe in the mp3 (lame) folder

As you can read in post "15", i 've done that.
"ffm76600" as did this also. :rolleyes:

And the problem still exist.

[ffm76600]

Re: Lame 3.99 release today 10/16/2011

@ mrspoonsi

Already do that and I have same problem :yawn:

[dbfan]

Re: Lame 3.99 release today 10/16/2011

Sorry for the last post, you replace lame.exe in the mp3 (lame) folder

[ijskonijn]

Re: Lame 3.99 release today 10/16/2011

It is lame_enc.exe you have to replace

In the folder "C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\encoder" is the file "mp3 (Lame).dll", and in the folder "C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\encoder\mp3 (Lame)" is the file "lame.exe".
There is no file named "lame_enc.exe" in these folders.
Also no file "lame_enc.dll" in dBpoweramp.

And if i unpack the latest build of Lame 3.99.1 from 2011-11-11 (613kB), is included in this folder the files "lame_enc.dll" and "lame.exe". Here isn't also a file "lame_enc.exe".

@ mrspoonsi

Where do you find this file ? I have mp3 (Lame).dll in the encoder folder of dbpoweramp and lame_enc.dll or lame.exe in the lame downloaded folder

In the folder "C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\encoder\mp3 (Lame)" is only the file "lame.exe". If in yours is also "lame_enc.dll" then this is probably placed by yourself trying to fix this problem.
I don't find the file "lame_enc.dll" in dBpoweramp.


(offtopic: can someone please fix that problem with the changing number sign (or hash key) that i said in my previous post when making messages)