
Really nice and straight forward user interface, but the OPUS output bit rate is max 256 kbs while according to the OPUS specification it allows up to 510 kbs, would be nice if the developers allow all codecs to be used to any settings according with specifications.
Great Program, but... i think this program should be renamed to something other,
LameXP sounds really so pooooooooooor.
Great to see that the new version has added support for the Opus audio codec. I think Opus is a very promising format (it sounds great already) and it will replace MP3/AAC/Vorbis in the near future.
Decent program, been using this one since v3.0. I sometimes prefer EAC+Lame: displays a DOS window that shows how the (VBR) encoding is being distributed over the various bitrates.
If you're not interested in that kind of information, LameXP works perfectly fine: with individual progress bars.
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LameXP 4.02
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06 August 2011, reviewed by:
Korey Sundkvist
This is a fake "free" program. It will only run for a short time then it will abort unless you "update" the program. There is a "Disable Update Reminder" under "Advanced Options" but that setting is ignored.
Last time i "updated" a "free" program (Revo Uninstaller), the only thing happend is that a nag screen got installed urging me to by the "Pro" version of the program instead. This is obviously the same sort of scam.
Users of "free" programs have no rights - just imagine a commercial program aborting every start up unless you "update". (Not that I could update anyway - not all 'puters are connected to internet. I can only "update" the program by installing a new version of the program which would then only work for a short time)
This review definitely is WRONG!
LameXP is free software released under the GNU license, the source code is freely available. There is no time limit. And if there was a time limit, everybody could easily remove it from the source code, because... well.. its OpenSource software. Maybe that guy who wrote this review got confused (either that, or he intentionally is spreading FUD).
There are some BETA (experimental!) versions of LameXP - intended for testing only - which ask for update after 30 days. If you dont want to help the development by testing BETA versions, then dont use the STABLE version and thats it. There is NO time limit in STABLE version for sure.
on 26 Aug 2011, by Chintu
agreed, this review is nonsense
on 02 Jun 2012, by me
Korey Sundkvist was wrong. I use this program for years. Only beta version is limited in time (probably for good reason).
on 05 Sep 2012, by McIan
great app, i have been using it since a lot of time, i hate the new features, they are bloat (autoupdates, shell integration, many annoying popup windows) but they can be disabled
this thing is the best quality encoder, you can setup the encoding, and also it is so fast without losing quality like other apps, really amazing using 4 cores,
the gui is ok too,
great app, almost perfect
Good program it does all i need saving music in any format i want.
And the right click in explorer plus the update reminder is asked with install and changeable in settings after.
O yes its free :)
Very simple and quick, almost as good as Audiograbber as it allows preset VBR settings, AG just has V1~9. BUT for Chr**tsake disable the auto update checker, its driving me nuts...
Finally! When the developer removed the feature for accepting Mp3 as input, I stopped using it but I know this is the best conversion tool period (.) Now that it seems he corrected the past mistake, "Honey, I'm home"!!! ;-)
LameXP ist mit eins der genialsten tools, die mir in letzter zeit in untergekommen ist!
respekt und WOW !!!
Obnoxious little program - it hacks its way into your registry and adds "Convert with Lame XP" to the right-click menu of every audio file, including the "Send To" menu. If you try to delete that manually, next time you use the program it will create a shortcut there again.
Also, there is no way of getting rid of the pop-up window "An update is available etc."
Really annoying program. Use something else instead.
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