Audacity problem with new lame version

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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Hello,

I am running Windows 7 64 bit.

I uninstalled an older version of Audacity and downloaded version 2.1.2. I keep it on a thumb drive.

I also uninstalled an older version of LAME and installed version 3.99.5. It is also kept on a thumb drive.

I’ve used this configuration (thumb drive) for about a year.

Suddenly, I am receiving two error messages from Audacity

  1. Cannot find lame_enc.dll. (or something like that)

  2. The version of LAME is not compatible with the (version) of Audacity (or something like that)

I have tried using the preferences>find the location of the dll etc. it didn’t work.

I assumed that Audacity would be compatible with the new LAME version but I am wondering if that is the case. ?

If I decide to reinstall on to the C:\ drive what path(s) would I direct the unzipped files to ?

Thanks

17bob3O

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I’ve always downloaded the “Audacity version” of LAME from [u]here[/u], and I’ve installed it by running the EXE file. It’s version 3.99.3, but there’s nothing in the latest version that affects sound quality, and as far as I know nothing that would improve it’s use with Audacity ([u]LAME Changelog[/u]). 3.100 will have sound quality changes/improvements.

If I decide to reinstall on to the C:\ drive what path(s) would I direct the unzipped files to ?

On my computer:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Lame For Audacity.

There is some information about that on [u]ths page[/u].

  1. The version of LAME is not compatible with the (version) of Audacity (or something like that)

I believe you need the 32-bit version even if you’re running 64-bit Windows, because Audacity is a 32-bit application.