The LAME package contains a MP3 encoder. This is useful for creating compressed audio files.
Download (HTTP): http://telia.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/lame/lame-3.93.1.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.yars.free.net/pub/software/unix/util/mpeg/lame-3.93.1.tar.gz
Download size: 1 MB
Estimated Disk space required: 7.1 MB
Estimated build time: 0.39 SBU
Install LAME by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-gtk-prefix=/usr && make && make install |
--with-gtk-prefix=/usr: This switch directs configure to gtk-config.
The LAME package contains lame and libmp3lame libraries.
lame creates MP3 audio files.
libmp3lame libraries provide the functions necessary to convert WAV files to MP3 files.