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Lame 3.97 final - 3 3 2008 windows binaries (zip contains lame.exe + lame_enc.dll) :
• lame 3.97.zip (don't link directly to this download)

Lame 3.98 beta - March 3 2008 win32 compile (lame.exe + lame_enc.dll both included) :
• lame 3.98 b6.zip (please don't deeplink)


• source code
• MP3 info and RazorLame download by JTHZ
• useful LAME links by The LAME Project at sourceforge

alternative compilations:
• lame.bakerweb.biz/ Jerry Baker
• www.elecard.com/ (LAME DirectShow Filter) Elecard
• rarewares (official & modified releases, betas, alphas, etc.)
• The LAME MT Project (Multi-Threaded Lame for SMP & HT) Gilad Raichshtain

Some call this "alphas", but I prefer "cvs snapshot", as it's not "released alpha", but only a snapshot from the cvs tree
• lame4-20050628 - LAME version 4.0 (alpha 14) cvs snapshot. src
• lame4-20050628 - LAME version 4.0 (alpha 14) cvs snapshot. binary