Lame MP3 in amvapp?

-Xoninmuoshda- · Post by **-Xoninmuoshda-** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:26 pm

I downloaded the amvapp RC8 about a week ago and it said that the lame mp3 codec was provided in the pack. I installed everything in the pack...and i open vdub and go to my audio compression settings and this is all i get for Mpeg Layer-3:

I dont even have 411 hrz or whatever it is...either 320 kbps or 192 or 128...what's up with this?!

Org Profile · Post by **LantisEscudo** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:37 pm

It appears you don't have the LAME MP3 ACM encoder installed. If you did, it would be listed as "LAME MP3" in the left window. What you have selected is the Fraunhoffer-IIS compressor.

Avery Lee at virtualdub.org wrote:Another common question I get is why VirtualDub can't encode MP3 above 56Kbps. Remember, VirtualDub has no audio encoding support of its own -- it relies solely on codec installed in the Windows Audio Compression Manager (ACM) to compress audio, and that usually means the Fraunhofer-IIS MP3 codec. (You may also have the Lame ACM and/or Creative MP3 codecs, but these are known to trigger hangs and crashes on some systems.) There are at least five major versions of the MP3 codec in existence:

* l3codecx.acm: Cannot encode at all.
* l3codeca.acm (Advanced): Encodes up to 56Kbps.
* l3codecp.acm (Professional, older version): Encodes up to 128Kbps.
* l3codecp.acm (Professional, newer version): Encodes up to 320Kbps.
* l3codecp.acm (so-called "Radium" version): Encodes up to 320Kbps. If I remember correctly, this version was actually ripped from an Opticom application that contained it internally, and so its legality is... ahem... interesting.

All versions will decode any format, but because they all register under the entry "msacm.l3acm" only one can be installed at a time. What often happens is that some application will install and overwrite the entry with the Advanced codec, thus dropping your encoding capability to 56Kbps. This will break any older application that might have installed and relied on the Professional codec. Changing the l3acm entry back to l3codecp.acm under Drivers32 in system.ini (95/98/ME) or the Registry (NT/2000/XP) will restore the higher bandwidth modes.

The good news is that for those of you who have lost the Professional version, there is a safe and easy way to obtain it again: install Windows Media Player 10. This installs the recent revision of the Professional version that encodes up to 320Kbps.

(Oct. 5, 2004 News Post)

-Xoninmuoshda- · Post by **-Xoninmuoshda-** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:25 pm

ok..i downloaded the Lame MP3 ACM Encoder v. 3.97 alpha 3 which is the newest...i unzipped all the files and i went to the file called "lame.exe" and i clicked on it and a MS-DOS window popped up for about 1-2 seconds and disappeared...nothing happened so i went to vdub and checked it and it wasnt showing up as a codec available for use...suggestions?

Org Profile · Post by **LantisEscudo** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:34 pm

The lame.exe is the command line encoder. Since you downloaded the ACM encoder, in the same directory, there should be an INI file and an ACM file. Right-click the INI file, and select "Install" in the context menu. If Windows complains about an unsigned driver being installed, say "Continue Installation" or "Install Anyway" (I can't remember what it actually says). The LAME MP3 codec should now be available in Vdub and any other application that uses ACM codecs.

A word of warning, though; Ulead MediaStudio Pro 7 has severe difficulties with a lot of versions of the LAME ACM codec. If you use MSP as your editor, make sure after you install LAME that it won't crash your editor. If it does, you need to find another version.

-Xoninmuoshda- · Post by **-Xoninmuoshda-** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:02 pm

ok...i installed it and this is what i have under 44,100,000:

that's the highest it goes...i used to have the codec that let you encode in 44,100,000 up to 320 kbps, 192, 128, etc. which version do i need to get for those settings to show up so i can use them?

Org Profile · Post by **LantisEscudo** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:22 pm

Hrm... I don't understand why your VDub isn't showing the bitrates. My copy, for the same window segment looks like this:

Try using it. If it works, great. If not, try going back a version; it should still be easily available somewhere.

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:49 pm

AMVapp RC8's Besweet uses Lame to compress audio. Virtual dub is used to compress the video and attach the already compressed mp3 audio from besweet.

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:14 pm

Btw it can be done the way you want in rc8. Are you sure you are using the version of VirtualDubmod that came with the app?

-Xoninmuoshda- · Post by **-Xoninmuoshda-** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 4:41 pm

i have the vdubmod that came with it but i cant choose my audio compression through virtual dub mod...it doesnt have the option.

and if i used besweet for my audio compression how would i import the mp3 file to virtual dub mod?

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 5:48 pm

You open the video file in VdubMod then under audio you go to stream list and the select add on the right hand side of the window that pops up.