Implement Lame 3.96.1 afterwards ?

[Knart]

Hello everyone.
First i want to say that DMC Poweramp is a great program. I love its ease of use and it really rocks. I saw it uses the Lame-Codec. Is it possible to integrate Lame 3.69.1 into it ? Is it possible at all ? In the Compression Folder there is a lame_enc.dll. Can i just replace that file with a new one or is there more that needs to be done ? Another question, if it uses Lame, why isn't any Lame.exe around ?

I hope you can help me. Thank you very much.

[Spoon]

Re: Implement Lame 3.96.1 afterwards ?

3.96.1 is implemented in the latest R11 beta.

[Unregistered]

Re: Implement Lame 3.96.1 afterwards ?

Ah ok. Then i hope it won't take too unitl the official version is released. Thank you. ;-)

[roger]

Re: Implement Lame 3.96.1 afterwards ?

Hi. I just d/led r11 and have read in other posts that it's supposed to contain lame 3.96. However, when I look at the dMC config screen it reports lame 3.92??

I have a copy of the lame 3.96 lame_enc.dll and notice that it is 171kb in size versus 200kb for the one installed in dMC. Does this mean there is a bug in r11 or, for some other reason, it isn't using lame 3.96???

Btw, I'm thoroughly impressed with dBpowerAMP - it's really user-friendly and does what it's supposed to do really well. Rather than registering it, is there a way you can make a donation to support the project? (I won't have much use for it after I'm done ripping my entire CD/vinyl collection, since I don't buy any new music. My taste is independent/alternative and, even with that stuff, what gets produced these days sounds like a rehash of stuff I was listening to in the 80s or early 90s. This ripping effort is purely for posterity's sake ).

[ChristinaS]

Re: Implement Lame 3.96.1 afterwards ?

Hi. I just d/led r11 and have read in other posts that it's supposed to contain lame 3.96. However, when I look at the dMC config screen it reports lame 3.92??

I have a copy of the lame 3.96 lame_enc.dll and notice that it is 171kb in size versus 200kb for the one installed in dMC. Does this mean there is a bug in r11 or, for some other reason, it isn't using lame 3.96???

Btw, I'm thoroughly impressed with dBpowerAMP - it's really user-friendly and does what it's supposed to do really well. Rather than registering it, is there a way you can make a donation to support the project? (I won't have much use for it after I'm done ripping my entire CD/vinyl collection, since I don't buy any new music. My taste is independent/alternative and, even with that stuff, what gets produced these days sounds like a rehash of stuff I was listening to in the 80s or early 90s. This ripping effort is purely for posterity's sake ).

That's strange. It is Lame mp3 3.96.1 that's showing in my dMC Configuration panel.

I don't know if by mistake the unregistered version of Powerpack reports Lame 3.92 instead of 3.96, but I definitely have 3.96.1 .

I can't help but comment on your statement that you will not buy any new music, therefore you will have no further need for dBpowerAMP's programs after you've finished converting your current collection.

Do you not foresee wanting to convert the same music to diffferent media types for different purposes?

It is customary for people to rip cd's, vinyls and tapes to some type of lossless format, possibly compressed, for purposes of long-term storage and playing off the computer. It is also common to make copies in diffrent formats for different devices, or at the very least burn new cd's from your collection.

Who knows, in the future there may appear different media storage devices, players, all requiring perhaps further data conversions.

[LtData]

Re: Implement Lame 3.96.1 afterwards ?

My dMC Config window shows 3.96.1. Did you uninstall your old version before you installed the newest one?

[roger]

Re: Implement Lame 3.96.1 afterwards ?

ChristinaS-

If this doesn't have lame 3.96 I should just be able to overwrite the existing lame_enc.dll with the 3.96 one, and then edit the relevant .txt file so the config panel reports correctly, right? (I read that in another post). It's just that the difference in file size has me a little concerned...

Re future music conversions - It's unlikely mp3 will ever disappear though, is it? Call me a philistine, but to my ear there is not any real difference between lossy and lossless compression in terms of sound quality Certainly none that would justify the larger file size. Unless mp3s degrade over time like video tape?? In which case, to avoid that, you can just back your music up on to different CDs every few years, no? (I won't have the opportunity to re-rip, in any case, since when I'm done all my CDs/records are headed for the second-hand music store Plus another object of this exercise is to have all my music on as few CDs as possible).

LtData-

Yes, I uninstalled version 10 before installing version 11. Is there a way or some editing program I can use to check that the currently installed lame_enc.dll is 3.96?

[LtData]

Re: Implement Lame 3.96.1 afterwards ?

Well, there's those of us who can tell the difference betwee, say, mp3 and ogg. Also, the side of my lame_enc.dll is 163KB.

[ChristinaS]

Re: Implement Lame 3.96.1 afterwards ?

ChristinaS-

If this doesn't have lame 3.96 I should just be able to overwrite the existing lame_enc.dll with the 3.96 one, and then edit the relevant .txt file so the config panel reports correctly, right? (I read that in another post). It's just that the difference in file size has me a little concerned...

Re future music conversions - It's unlikely mp3 will ever disappear though, is it? Call me a philistine, but to my ear there is not any real difference between lossy and lossless compression in terms of sound quality Certainly none that would justify the larger file size. Unless mp3s degrade over time like video tape?? In which case, to avoid that, you can just back your music up on to different CDs every few years, no? (I won't have the opportunity to re-rip, in any case, since when I'm done all my CDs/records are headed for the second-hand music store Plus another object of this exercise is to have all my music on as few CDs as possible).

LtData-

Yes, I uninstalled version 10 before installing version 11. Is there a way or some editing program I can use to check that the currently installed lame_enc.dll is 3.96?

There are 2 .dll files involved: Mp3 (Lame).dll 121Kb in the folder Illustrate\dBpowerAMP\Compresion and lame_enc.dll 163Kb in the folder Illustrate\dBpowerAMP\Compresion\Lame . The latter .dll is also present in many other applications like Audacity and a Winamp plugin and they are not the same size files, thus they are not the same file. In which way they are different I don't know. I even have yet another Winamp plugin called enc_lame.dll. An older yet lame_enc.dll 232Kb is also in my system32 folder - go figure!

I'd not attempt to move these files around and copy them from elsewhere or rename them. Not sure what the differences are and what may end up not working. I'm leaving all of them right where they are, things work fine as it is. :p

[roger]

Re: Implement Lame 3.96.1 afterwards ?

LtData - So what could explain the difference in file size? Is it that the lame_enc.dll has been coded differently from the one I downloaded from http://mitiok.cjb.net ?

[roger]

Re: Implement Lame 3.96.1 afterwards ?

ChristinaS - According to http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthre...latest+version however, it's a simple operation to manually update your lame version. Does this still apply to the new dbpoweramp version 11?

[ChristinaS]

Re: Implement Lame 3.96.1 afterwards ?

ChristinaS - According to http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthre...latest+version however, it's a simple operation to manually update your lame version. Does this still apply to the new dbpoweramp version 11?

Well, you got me stumped here. I never got mine from that site. That post is pretty old, I rather think the latest dMC and powerpack contain the latest lame encoder so you won't have to do that step.

[roger]

Re: Implement Lame 3.96.1 afterwards ?

Well, you got me stumped here. I never got mine from that site. That post is pretty old, I rather think the latest dMC and powerpack contain the latest lame encoder so you won't have to do that step.

Yes, but, as per my original post, my problem is that there is some doubt about this

[LtData]

Re: Implement Lame 3.96.1 afterwards ?

Mabye uninstall dMC and all associated codecs, delete the directory, then reinstall?

[ChristinaS]

Re: Implement Lame 3.96.1 afterwards ?

Yes, but, as per my original post, my problem is that there is some doubt about this

Check the dates you have as well. Perhaps you never uninstalled the older versions when you instaleld the latest, is that possible? or did you install the latest and then went and downloaded what you thought was latest from that other site and installed that over the one from dB?

Anyway, I don't think you can go wrong with the latest versions from dB.