LameXP is a graphical front-end for the LAME MP3, Ogg Vorbis and Nero AAC audio encoders.
It accepts WAV, MP3, MP2, Vorbis, AAC, AC3, FLAC, WavPack, Musepack, Shorten, Speex, APE, TTA and WMA.
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 v3.04 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
  
• 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)