LameXP is a graphical front-end for the LAME MP3, Ogg Vorbis and Nero AAC audio encoders. Supported input types are Wave, MP3, MP2, OGG/Vorbis, FLAC, MP4/AAC, AC3, DTS, WavPack, Musepack, Shorten, Speex, Monkey´s Audio, TTA, WMA. It also reads M3U, PLS and ASX playlists as well as Cuesheets. The easy-to-use interface supports multiple languages, including English, German, Spanish and Italian. Batch processing is implemented and multi-threading will be used, if several processors/cores are available. The Nero AAC encoder is *not* included, but it´s available from the Nero Webseite as free download. All encoder binaries that ship with LameXP have been kindly provided by Rarewares.org.

Changes between v3.12 and v3.13:

• Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 (2009-09-26), compiled with ICL 11.1.046
• Updated FLAC encoder to v1.2.1b (2009-10-01), compiled with ICL 11.1.046
• Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.23 (2009-10-16), using statically linked build (MSVC 9.0)
• Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.31b (2009-10-01)
• Updated TAK decoder to v1.1.2 (2009-07-27)
• Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.1 (2009-10-09)
• Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
• Updated the Splash screen and modified the sound that plays on very first launch
• Updated JEDI-VCL from v3.34 to v3.38 (2009-08-27)
• Updated GnuPG to v1.4.10 (2009-09-02)

Changes between v3.11 and v3.12:

• Added support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) output
• Added progress display for individual files (for the "encoding" step only)
• Added a SSE2 (Pentium 4) build of the Ogg Vorbis encoder that will be used if supported by the CPU
• Added options to override the Nero AAC profile (be aware: it´s not recommended to do that!)
• Added an option to analyze media files (powered by MediaInfo™)
• Added experimental support for Windows 7 taskbar progress indicator and overlay icons
• Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 (2009-09-05), compiled with ICL 11.0
• Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.21 (2009-09-04), using statically linked build
• Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.9.0 (2009-08-14)
• Updated Speex decoder to v1.2 RC-1 (2009-07-04)
• Updated AC3Filter Tools to v0.3b (2009-09-19)
• Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
• Updated Auto-Update tool, from now on only signed updates will be accepted (using GnuPG)
• Fixed a number of minor glitches

Changes between v3.10 and v3.11:

• Added options to sort the source files (by title, by filename or by track number)
• Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
• Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8.1 (2009-06-14)
• Updated FLAC decoder, now using the ICL 9.1 build of FLAC v1.2.1b
• Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.17 (statically linked)
• Updated the "Normalization" filter to v0.41 (2009-06-16)
• Fixed a few minor issues in meta tag processing

Changes between v3.09 and v3.10:

• Added a NSIS-based installer (will be released in addition to the ZIP package)
• Added support for the TAK lossless audio format
• Added two new languages: Serbian (Latin) and Ukrainian
• Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
• Updated MediaInfo to a custom build of v0.7.16 that is statically linked (and removed the DLL)
• Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.8.0 RC-3 (2009-06-03)
• Updated Musepack decoder to v1.0.0 (2009-04-02) and fixed Musepack VS8 support
• Updated Monkey´s Audio decoder to v4.06 (2009-03-17)
• Updated the "Normalization" filter to allow multiple instances running in parallel
• Updated Auto-Update tool
• Fixed a few minor issues and refactored the code

Changes between v3.08 and v3.09:

• Added support for detecting the file type via MediaInfo instead of guessing the type from file extension
  
• Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.7.3 (2009-04-27)
  
• Updated FAAD decoder to v2.7 (2009-05-13)
  
• Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.16.0 (2009-05-20)
  
• Fixed detection of the WMA decoder under certain circumstances (e.g. Windows 7)
  

Changes between v3.07 and v3.08:

• Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.7 (2009-03-04)
  
• Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6.4 (2009-01-10)
  
• Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.11.0 (2009-02-13)
  

Changes between v3.06 and v3.07:

• Added an option to disable multi-threading on multi-core machines
  
• Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.61 (2008-12-24)
  
• Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.6.3 (2008-12-20)
  
• Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.8.0 (2008-12-10)
  
• Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
  

Changes between v3.05 and v3.06:

• Added a custom build of the mpg123 decoder v1.5.1
  
• Added two more languages: Romanian and Polish
  
• Added support for the ALAC audio format
  
• Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.7.7 (2008-10-17)
  
• Updated AC3 Filter Tools to v0.2a (2008-06-30)
  
• Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
  
• Fixed and improved "Normalization" filter
  
• Fixed a few minor bugs
  

Changes between v3.04 and v3.05:

• Added support for Nero AAC encoder v1.3.3.0
  
• Added option to add an entire directory or an entire directory-tree
  
• Added new languages: Russian, Nederlands, Greek and Hungarian
  
• Added Dropbox for improved Drag&Drop support
  
• Updated language files (big "thank you" to all contributors !!!)
  
• Updated LAME encoder to v3.98.2 Final (2008-09-24)
  
• Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.7.6 (2008-09-12)
  

Changes between v3.03 and v3.04:

• Added support for reading Meta Data from source files (using MediaInfo)
  
• Added support for languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified) and Taiwanese
  
• Added support for WMA, Shorten and TTA files (input only)
  
• Added support for various playlist formats (M3U, PLS, ASX, CueSheet)
  
• Added an option to permanently disable the Shell Integration (Explorer Context Menus)
  
• Added an option to disable the periodic Update Reminder
  
• Added an option to shutdown the computer automatically as soon as all files are completed
  
• Added code to minimize the LameXP window into the taskbar notification area
  
• Added balloon tooltip to inform the user about "hidden" options
  
• Updated Ogg Vorbis encoder to v2.85, libvorbis v1.2.1 RC2, aoTuV b5.6 (2008-09-05)
  
• 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)