Lame alphas are ONLY for testing. Do NOT use Lame alphas unless you want to test it and maybe provide feedback.
List of Recommended compiles-thread will be updated if something else is recommended by HA.

Lame Versions:
Last Updated: 2005-10-04

3.90.3 -> Dibrom's unofficial but heavily tested compile for use with alt-presets. Developed and tuned by Dibrom with help of many original members of this site in late 2001 establishing "the most concise, well tuned, and most thought out MP3 quality paradigm" at the time.

3.92 -> Practically same functionality as 3.90.2 but compiled using different compiler options, which may lead to very small quality differences. --alt-preset cbr/abr modes go down to the low bitrates. Eg. --alt-preset 40 (abr 40kbps).

3.93 -> Do not use!

3.93.1 -> fixed 3.93 with working --preset support, but not as tested as 3.90.2. --preset fast gives too high bitrates. Fixed broken -q0 in 3.93. --alt-preset and --preset are now the same. Somewhat untested "--preset medium" -profile.

3.96/3.96.1 -> This version was evaluated in comparison to 3.90.3 here. Featured an improved VBR preset system. [/i] 3.96.1 fixed a bug in the new (fast) VBR mode. See this thread about the new VBR preset system.

3.97 final -> Latest LAME version. Recommended! Check List of Recommended LAME settings.

3.98 Alphas and ALL future alpha versions -> ALPHA versions are for testing only! These include new code and are not tested or tuned at all. Many things are usually seriously broken or changed! DO NOT USE for anything, except for testing!


For more information visit the Changelog

This post has been edited by CiTay: Oct 4 2006, 15:40