Free lame software for linux

BladeEnc is a freeware MP3 encoder. It is based on the same ISO compression routines as mpegEnc, so you can expect roughly the same, or better, quality . The main difference is the appearance and speed.
BladeEnc doesnt have a nice, user-friendly interface like mpegEnc, but it is more than three times faster, and it works with several popular front-end graphical user interfaces.
BladeEncs output quality is one of those rare subjects that completely divides the world in two parts. Either you love it or you hate it, there never seems to be an opinion inbetween. Different audiophiles and mp3 experts tends to come to completely different conclusions depending on their methods and testsamples.
The reason for this is of course that BladeEnc is a very different mp3 encoder (compared to Fraunhofer, LAME etc) with a very unique approach to mp3 encoding.
In order to compress sound to an mp3 file, you need to make certain sacrifices in quality. Taking into account how we percieve sound, the mp3 encoder tries to remove the details that it believes us to be least likely to notice. How much that needs to be removed depends on the bitrate and the encoder often has the choice of doing different kinds of sacrifices.
It can remove low volume tones that are "shadowed" by high volume tones of similar frequencies, remove the high frequency part of the sound spectrum, cut down the stereo effect (so called joint stereo) and simply decrease the samplerate. What approach is the best depends on a lot of things, like the style of music and the selected bitrate.
Main features:
- Sourcecode available under the LGPL-license!
- Stereo or Mono output. Can downmix to Mono on the fly.
- Supports the following bitrates: 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256 and 320 kBit/s. However, for bitrates lower than 128 kBit we seriously recommend you to use another encoder.
- Flags like Private, Original and Copyright can be set.
- Input samples can be in either 32, 44.1 or 48 kHz.
- Both 8 and 16-bit samples are supported.
- Working CRC checksum generation (since 0.80). The ISO reference code had broken CRC calculations, which has been inherited into every ISO based encoder that havent added a fix for it.
- Can be plugged directly into many popular 3rd party products, giving them integrated mp3 encoding abilities.
- Encodes chunks of data from memory to memory, no need to use files or pipes.
- Can be compiled for nearly any operating system still in use.
- Commandline based, makes it easy to include BladeEnc into BAT files and shell scripts.
- Only mp3 encoder that supports gapless encoding.
- Reads standard uncompressed WAV- and AIFF-files as well as well as RAW PCM-data.
- Batch encoding. Can encode any number of samples in a row.
- Wildcards supported. You can for example encode all WAV-files in a directory by typing *.WAV".
- Input samples can be automatically deleted after encoding.
- Large selection of graphical frontends available.
- Task priority can be set from the commandline and is by default set to LOWEST so that you still can use your computer effectively while encoding (Windows & OS/2 only).
- Full support for pipes and redirection (stdin and stdout).
- Textbased configuration file where you can change default settings.

Kwirc is another irc client irc : it is designed to be sexy.
Main features:
- SSL Support
- Multiserver
- Lame mode with smileys
- Ruby scripting
- Sexy interface
- Random crashes
Enhancements:
- Initial release

Grip is a CD player and CD ripper/MP3-encoder for the GNOME desktop. It has the ripping capabilities of cdparanoia built in, but can also use external rippers (such as cdda2wav).
It also provides an automated frontend for MP3 encoders (presets for lame, bladeenc, l3enc, xingmp3enc, mp3encode, and gogo), letting you take a disc and transform it easily straight into MP3s.
The Ogg Vorbis format is also supported. Internet disc lookups are supported for retrieving track information from disc database servers.
Grip works with DigitalDJ to provide a unified, "computerized" version of your music collection.
Main features:
- Full-featured CD player with a small screen footprint in "condensed" mode
- Database lookup/submission to share track information over the net
- HTTP proxy support for those behind firewalls
- Loop, shuffle, and playlist modes
- Ripping of single, multiple, or partial tracks
- Encoding of ripped .wav files into MP3 files (as well support for OGG and FLAC)
- Simultaneous rip and encode
- Support for multiple encode processes on SMP machines
- Adding ID3v1/v2 tags to MP3 files
- Cooperating with DigitalDJ, my SQL-based MP3 jukebox
Enhancements:
- de.po: updated (G?tz Waschk)
- it.po: updated (Ceoldo Costantino)
- fr.po: updated (Eric Lassauge)
- pl_PL.po: added (Piotr Adamocha)
- id3.c: put a zero byte before the id3v1 track number (Vladimir Petrov)
- discdb.c: string parsing fixes to support i18n (Vladimir Petrov)
- discdb.c: better handling of non-UTF-8 local discdb files (Vladimir Petrov)
- various: tweaks to filesystem-safe character escaping (Vladimir Petrov)
- cdplay.c: allow retrieving of non-UTF-8 discdb entries (Vladimir Petrov)
- discdb.c: fixed a possible buffer overflow crash (Dean Brettle)
- grip.spec.in: added some missing BuildRequires (Stephen E. Dudek)
- configure.in: upped version to 3.3.1

CD-Rchive2 is a complete revamp of the popular but now aged CD-Rchive program. It is intended to be used with cdrecord-ProDVD, cdda2wav, and mkisofs for the production of data and music CDs and data DVDs.
Built in tools allow cloning of a complete CD or DVD and writing copies. A Boot Wizard will guide you through steps required to make a bootable CD or DVD, write the code, and compile a binary menu program which runs with isolinux.
Enhancements:
- Functionality was added when ripping tracks from CD to automatically convert to .mp3 instead of .wav via a checkbox on the .wav tab page.
- This requires lame to be installed.
- A problem of occassional incorrect audio device specification on single device machines such as laptops was fixed.

Cdwrite is the shell for creation of data and audio disks, including compilations. It allows to use pregaps and recognizes indices.
The shell needs mkisofs and cdrecord for data and cdparanoia, cdda2wav, cdrdao, and -- optionally -- lame for audio.
Enhancements:
- This release allows you to manage not only CD but also DVD discs (writing, erasing, formatting, and blanking).
- It includes a bugfix for the invalid "create data image" option and a man page.
- The RPM package is now better suited to the valid standards.

CDDB/CDDB_get Perl module gets the CDDB info for an audio CD.
The included script was intended as a demo for CDDB_get, but over time it has gained powerful features like the ability to write to a database, offline mode, HTTP mode (including proxy), saving in standard XMCD format, and writing lame commands.
Enhancements:
- default port is now 8880 (not 888 anymore)
- fixes an ioctl perl problem on current redhat/fedora and maybe other systems too
- thanks to Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade and the redhat/fedora guys

Arson is a KDE frontend to various CD burning, and ripping tools. Arson project was originally begun to burn audio CDs because i could find no other frontends which used cdrdao (in disk at once mode), which could decode various encoded audio formats (mp3, ogg), and displayed accurate track length as the playlist was created. But as usual once the initial plans were implemented I just kept going...
Arson has expanded to be a CD ripper (with many output formats), a VCD/Music/Data burner, a CD copier, a device unlocker, and a CDRW blanker. And thats in the current version!
Main features:
- Full progress displayed for all lengthy operations
- Drag and drop from Konqueror to create play lists
- Audio CD Burning
Accurate track length tally displayed as track list grows
Can burn using cdrdao or cdrecord (in Disk at Once, or Track at Once)
Supports various audio file types, currently:
- Wav
- Mp3 (decode using either mpg123 or LAME)
- Ogg Vorbis (optional)
- SHN
- FLAC (optional)
Can optionally normalize (in batch or mix mode) all tracks before burning to even out volumes
Supports sox to fix broken audio tracks (tracks not in 44100Khz, 16bit, stereo)
Can open, and optionally verify MD5 disk sets
Can load track lists from m3u files
Supports editing and burning CD-Text info with cdrdao
- VCD Burning
Can create and burn VCDs and SVCDs
- Data CD Burning
Existing ISO, and CUE/BIN files
Image creation/burning from single directory tree
Complete filesystem creation
ISO images burned with either cdrdao or cdrecord
- Audio CD ripping/encoding (rip tracks from CD to file)
Can rip audio tracks using cdda2wav OR cdparanoia
Encoding in various output file formats, currently:
- Wav
- Mp3 (bladeenc, and LAME supported)
- Ogg Vorbis (optional)
- FLAC (optional)
- AU
- CDR
- AIFF
- AIFC
CdIndex support (a free CDDB-like service)
HTTP retrieval
Freedb support (a free, open CDDB service)
HTTP, and local retrieval
HTTP, and local submit
CD-Text retrieval
Supports generic SCSI and cooked IOCTL interfaces
Auto tagging of MP3 files using id3v2
Configurable audio quality presets (bitrate, channels, etc)
- CD-to-CD copying
Direct copy
CD-to-file-to-CD copying
Using either readcd/cdrecord or cdrdao
- Data CD ripping
Rip to ISO file with readcd
Rip to CUE/BIN files with cdrdao
- Multisession burning
- Device unlock/reset
- CDRW Blanking
Whats New in 0.9.8 Beta2 Release:
- Fixed bug #829892 - Icon installation broken
- Fixed bug #815006 - Incorrect Freedb Choices. User is now presented with a choice if multiple albums returned
- Fixed bug #826786 - Arson crashes when D&Ding a directory
- Started removal of KDE2 dependancies, including configure.in.in, etc
- Fixed bug with rerunning of configure from a fresh CVS install

Osalp is a project designed to implement a world class set of classes in C++ that will handle all of the audio functions one would like. It is designed to be multi-platform with UNIX based platforms as the base.

This project is still in the beta code phase and a beta version that will illustrate the power and flexibility is now available. This version supports the Linux (OSS) audio device, Solaris Sparc audio device, FreeBSD (OSS) audio device, wav, au, aiff, aifc, mp3, and numerousother formats.

It is important to note that this is not an application but a C++ library that others can use to create an audio application or to easly add audio capabilities to an existing application. OSALP was originally designed and developed by Bruce Forsberg out of need to manage and edit large sound files in a simple manner. Currently the project is being maintained by Darrick Servis.

The library is built on a set of core classes that provide the basic functionality. New classes to operate on data are derived from these classes. These classes provide a powerful chaining process. This allows one to build an audio chain much like one would build with building blocks. Audio data is encapsulated into a single class. This allows one to handle data conversions in one place.

There is a file base class (aflibFile) that defines the API for any device or file classes that are to be developed. They are implemented as dynamically loaded shared objects so that new file types can be added without recompiling the base library or needing to link them to an application. This will allow third parties to support their proprietary formats as a binary "plugable modules".

Linux & FreeBSD Device (OSS) -- aflibDevFile
Solaris Sparc Device -- aflibSolarisSparcDevFile
WAV (linear, mu-law, a-law) -- aflibWavFile
AU (linear, mu-law, a-law) -- aflibAuFile
AIFC -- aflibAifcFile
AIFF -- aflibAiffFile
MP3 using Lame encoder -- aflibLameFile
MP3 using Blade encoder -- aflibBladeFile
MP3 reader using splay library -- aflibMpgFile
MP3 reader using mpg123 executable -- aflibMpg123File
Sox library interface (supports most formats supported by the sox sound tools library -- aflibSoxFile

Currently there are several worker classes. These are the classes that actually do the work. These classes are not tied to any GUI but are GUI neutral. This allows developers to write code using the GUI of their choice.

Audio Sample Rate Converter -- aflibAudioSampleRateCvt
Audio Pitch Change -- aflibAudioPitch
Audio Test Source -- aflibAudioConstantSrc
Audio Editing -- aflibAudioEdit
Audio Timer Recording -- aflibAudioRecorder
Audio VU Meter and Spectrum Display -- aflibAudioSpectrum
Audio Mixing -- aflibAudioMixer
Butterworth Filter -- aflibAudioBWFilter
Reading Audio Data from Memory -- aflibAudioMemoryInput
Reading and Writing Audio Data to Devices or Files -- aflibAudioFile

There are also utility classes. These are not part of the main audio chain but are probably needed by most audio applications or are used indirectly by the worker classes.

FFT -- aflibFFT
User Environment Storage and Retrieval -- aflibEnvFile
Audio sample data -- aflibSampleData
Sample rate conversion -- aflibConverter