Can't get MP3 downloader [SOLVED]

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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I have a new computer with Windows 8.1 and have ripped a music album successfully using Audacity 2.0.6

I then tried to export as an MP3 and was directed to download lame_enc.dll.

This resulted in an error message “ShellExecuteEx failed, code 1314 A required privilege is not held by the client.”

Is this download suitable for Windows 8? What steps should I take to get around this problem?

Bill in Oz

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Follow the instructions on [u]this page[/u]… Download & run the special exe file to install the lame encoder.

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That’s what I did Doug. It resulted as shown in my first post.

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If you’re in a hurry to make MP3s, export to WAV or FLAC and then try [u]TAudioConverter[/u].

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Did you try right-click over the installer and running as Administrator?

Did you try the older zip file “libmp3lame-win-3.98.2.zip” on http://lame.buanzo.org/#lamewindl? Download that zip, right-click and choose “Extract All”. Extract to some folder you have permission to write to, like your Desktop. Then Edit > Preferences… in Audacity, choose the “Libraries” section on the left, then in the “MP3 Library Version” section, press “Locate…”. Then select and open the “lame_enc.dll” file in the folder you extracted that file to.


Gale

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Thanks for that guys, all good now.

Bill

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Great! But it may help other users if you could say what fixed it. :wink:

Gale

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Well, you may not like the reply… I was playing with Windows Media Player, (I’ve recently bought a new desktop, so it is a later version than I had), and I found I can rip a CD and save as MP3 very quickly and simply. Didn’t like to tell you that in my last message.

Sorry! :blush:

(It was all legal; it is a CD I bought and wanted to put onto my MP3 player)

Bill.

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Thanks. Workarounds are fine. Another one is to export as WAV and use iTunes to convert to MP3.

I’ll lock this topic now that it’s solved.


Gale