LAME version 3.92  (http://www.mp3dev.org/)
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What is this?
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This is a port of LAME 3.92 for DOS. 
It should also work in a DOS box under Windows 95/98.
I did it as a convience for DOS users and I've
tested it on my home machine 
(P166MMX, 32MB RAM running IBM PCDOS 2000)

It was compiled using DJGPP v3.1.
The LAME.EXE file was compressed with UPX v1.22 executable packer.

DJGPP is at http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/
UPX is at http://upx.sourceforge.net/

It should run in plain DOS, once you have a DPMI server. 
If your DOS system doesn't have a DPMI server on it 
(program complains "DPMI not found, get CWSDPMI) 
Then get the CSDPMI5B.ZIP via the DJGPP site
and put CWSDPMI.EXE in your path


Okay, what is LAME?
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LAME is the source code for a fully LGPL'd command line 
MP3 encoder, with speed and quality to rival all 
commercial competitors.

It will take a WAV file as input and produce an MP3 file.

The offical LAME home page is at http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/
and the SourceForge mirror is at http://lame.sourceforge.net


How to use LAME?
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LAME is a command line encoder. 

usage: lame.exe [options] <infile> [outfile]

    <infile> and/or <outfile> can be "-", which means stdin/stdout.

RECOMMENDED:
    lame -h input.wav output.mp3

OPTIONS:
    -b bitrate          set the bitrate, default 128 kbps
    -f                  fast mode (lower quality)
    -h                  higher quality, but a little slower.  Recommended.
    -k                  keep ALL frequencies (disables all filters)
                        Can cause ringing and twinkling
    -m mode             (s)tereo, (j)oint, (m)ono or (a)uto
                        default is (j) or (s) depending on bitrate
    -V n                quality setting for VBR.  default n=4
    --? or --longhelp   full list of options


Final comments
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I won't be able to answer detailed questions about LAME itself,
you should download the source code from LAME website and
read the included text files for the many options LAME can do.
If you do, you will see a README.DJGPP which gives instructions on
how to compile your version using DJGPP.

However, I would like to hear from other users if this DOS port
worked as I am only just started using DJGPP :-)
My email address : devtee@trinidad.net

Visit my Interesting DOS programs at http://www.opus.co.tt/dave

You might also want to visit the computer user group I'm with,
the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org

Dev Anand Teelucksingh
devtee@trinidad.net
August 2002
