Lame Front-End 1.7

Lame Front-End - Free MP3 encoder and decoder (LAME 3.97)

Lame Front-End is a graphical interface for the popular and very fast MP3 encoder and decoder - LAME. It offers easy access to all LAME parameters without the need for command line usage.
The program offers a simple mode (for beginners), which was designed according to the LAME authors guidelines (http://lame.sourceforge.net/lame_ui_example.php), and an advanced mode which reveals additional expert options.
Lame Front-End can work in batch mode, so it can be used by external applications to encoding/decoding files, e.g. by Exact Audio Copy, CDex.
The application is designed for LAME 3.97 - the last stable release version in November 2006

The most important features of the Lame Front-End:
* Converting WAV, PCM, AIFF, RAW files to MP3 (encoding).
* Converting MP3, MP2, MP1 files to WAV (decoding).
* Two modes: Simple for beginners, Expert for advanced users.
* Saving ID3v2 tags in the MP3 files.
* Integration with the Windows Explorer. Program adds a command Open with Lame Front-End to the context menu for supported files.
* Saving and loading LAME parameters.
* Small, easy to use and don't need any installation.
* 100% freeware (for non-commercial use). No adware. No spyware.

Lame Front-End 1.7 is licensed as Freeware for the Windows operating system / platform. Lame Front-End is provided as a free download for all software users (Freeware).