LameXP is a graphical front-end for the LAME MP3, Ogg Vorbis and Nero AAC encoders. The Nero Encoder is *not* included in the download, it´s available from the Nero Webseite as free download.

Accepted input formats are: Wave, MP3, MP2, Ogg Vorbis, AAC/MP4, FLAC, AC-3, WavPack, Musepack, Speex, APE and WMA. Batch processing is implemented and will use multi-threading when several processors/cores are available. All encoder binaries included in the download have been kindly provided by Rarewares.org.

Changes between v3.03 and v3.04:

• Added support for reading Meta Data from source files (using MediaInfo)
  
• Added support for WMA files (input only)
  
• Added support for various playlist formats (M3U, PLS, ASX, CueSheet)
  
• Added an option to permanently disable the Shell Intgegration (Explorer Conext Menus)
  
• Added an option to disable the periodic Update Reminder
  
• Added code to minimize the LameXP window into the taskbar notification area
  
• Added balloon tooltip to inform the user about "hidden" options
  
• 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)