Export as .mp3 via LAME

[chsmall]

Hello,

I've successfully downloaded LameLib from
http://audacityteam.org/help/faq?s=inst ... m=lame-mp3
which gives me something called libmp3lame.dylib happily nestled in the Audacity folder in my Apps.

Alas, when I go to "File-->Export as mp3" and point Audacity to libmp3lame.dylib 's location, libmp3lame.dylib is greyed out and hence unavailable to do the exporting job.

Quitting and re-starting Audacity doesn't help.

Please give me the piece of the puzzle I'm missing!

TIA, Ch.S.

[billw58]

Make sure you have the right LAME for your version of Audacity.

If you are running 1.2.x on a PPC machine you need LameLib-Carbon.sit from http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/

If this does not fix your problem please let us know the kind of Mac you have (G4, G5 or Intel), which version of OS X, and which version of Audacity.

-- Bill

[kozikowski]

I would not be doing either one of those things. Audacity 1.2 is no longer supported on modern computers and it won't run at all on some Macs.

http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_mac

You can safely install both versions, but only use one at a time. Audacity 1.3 Projects will not open in 1.2

Also download that particular lame version and let it install itself.

Koz