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On the other hand, in case you installed the LAME in any other manner for any reason, then you might have to show the Audacity Software, where it needs to locate it. You have to open Audacity’s Preferences/Settings and then click on the tab titled ‘Libraries’. In today’s posting we will take our readers through the steps of downloading, installing and setting up Audacity (yes, this includes Lame) for use on Mac OS X. For this tutorial, our readers will see snapshots of Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard), as installed on a MacBook Pro.
Well, I just installed the beta version a couple of weeks ago and had no problems. But the LameLib file I have is different than the one on the site. And the readme just refers to if you want to rebuild it.
But all I did was put the file in /Library/Application Support/Audacity and then start up the program. If you go into preferences you can have it search for the LameLib, or just tell it where you put it. That should be it. If that doesn't work for you let me know and I can email you the file I used. I have encountered the same problem with Audacity and the LAME mp3 library.
I read the txt file that came with the LAME library and it stated that currently the LAME mp3 Library is only coded for PPC Macs and that if you want it for use on an Intel mac it had instructions on how to unpack the source code and edit it. I am not a programmer so I have no idea after this point. I gave up after searching around for an hour and finding the same LAME mp3 libraries all over the net, none of which worked with my Intel Mac or had the required lib file. Eventually I downloaded a Freeware program from VersionTracker that can convert most audio file types to most audio file types. I intend to record with Audacity into WAV and then just convert the resulting WAV file to mp3 later.
Thats what I did, but its by no means a real solution to the issue of the missing LAME mp3 library, just a way around it, and I would be interested in hearing about a real solution. LAME and relevant libs are also available through the FINK project ( ); also through the DarwinPorts project ( ). Both of these projects take care of the nitty-gritty details of downloading, installing, building, and managing library dependencies between projects; you don't need to be a developer to use them. Just follow the instructions carefully. As far as user-friendliness goes, I think that Fink is easier to use (the GUI FinkCommander is pretty straightforward). Darwinports does not come with a GUI, but there is a shareware GUI available ('portauthority').
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Step 1: Download and Install the LAME MP3 Encoder On Windows Head over to the and scroll down to where you see “For Audacity on Windows”. Left click on the link to download the.exe file, and install it as you would any other piece of software. On Mac OS X Head over to the and scroll down to where you see “For Audacity 1.3.3 or later on Mac OS X”. Left click on the link to download the.dmg file, and install it as you would any other piece of software.
On Linux Linux users can just download the “lame” and “libmp3lame0” libraries quickly and easily. Ubuntu users can open up a terminal and just pop in the following command: sudo apt-get install lame libmp3lame0 Be sure to have multiverse repositories enabled!
Step 2: Point Audacity in the Right Direction If you followed the instructions above to install LAME then Audacity should see it without a problem the next time you start it up. However, if you installed LAME differently for various reasons, then you can show Audacity where to find it. Open up Audacity’s Preferences and click on the Libraries tab. Click on the “Locate” button. Hit “Browse” and navigate to wherever your LAME encoder library happens to be, and click OK.
If you’re using Ubuntu, you’ll see something more like this: You only need to do this once, and Audacity will remember this location in the future for all of your mp3-editing goodness!