Lame Front-End is a graphical interface for the popular and very fast MP3 encoder and decoder - LAME. It offers easy access to all LAME parameters without the need for command line usage.

The program offers a simple mode (for beginners), which was designed according to the LAME authors guidelines (http://lame.sourceforge.net/lame_ui_example.php"), and an advanced mode which reveals additional expert options.

Lame Front-End can work in batch mode, so it can be used by external applications to encoding/decoding files, e.g. by Exact Audio Copy, CDex.

The application is designed for LAME 3.99.3 - the lastest stable version available in December 2011.

The most important features of the Lame Front-End:

• Converting WAV, PCM, AIFF, RAW files to MP3 (encoding).
• Converting MP3, MP2, MP1 files to WAV (decoding).
• Transcoding MP3 files.
• Two modes: Simple for beginners, Expert for advanced users.
• Saving ID3v2 tags in the MP3 files.
• Integration with the Windows Explorer (optional). Program adds a command Open with Lame Front-End to the context menu for supported files.
• Saving and loading LAME parameters.
• Portability. The program can be installed on mobile devices.
• Supported languages: english, polish, chinese, french, german, italian, japanese, portuguese, russian, swedish.