Missing Windows Lame File

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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I’ve been using Audacity with no problems for about 10 years. Just installed it on my new Windows 10 PC and can’t export mp3 files, it keeps asking for a lame extension however when I follow the download link it takes me to a page which reads as per the text below and therefore doesn’t offer a download and installation option:

LAME is now built-in as part of Audacity
The software patent on LAME encoding library has expired, so now the LAME library for MP3 export is built-in with Audacity for Windows.

Any tips or ideas gratefully received.

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It only does that in Audacity 2.3.2. Earlier Audacity versions had to be patched.

https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/

Audacity 2.3.2 is a major change from earlier versions. It’s a 64-bit app now, so computers will stop complaining about that and, as above, it has the MP3 software built-in.

Koz

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Audacity is only 64-bit on Mac (and some Linux IIRC) - but definitely still 32-bit on Windows.

Peter.

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definitely still 32-bit on Windows.

But all those versions have Lame built-in?

Koz

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Great. Thank you for the link I’ll try uninstalling and re-installing. Fingers crossed!

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Yes indeedy they do, from 2.3.2 onwards.

Peter