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.
Missing Windows Lame File
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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.Please state which version of Windows you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
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kozikowski
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Re: Missing Windows Lame File
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
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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waxcylinder
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Re: Missing Windows Lame File
Audacity is only 64-bit on Mac (and some Linux IIRC) - but definitely still 32-bit on Windows.kozikowski wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 2:01 pmAudacity 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.
Peter.
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Re: Missing Windows Lame File
But all those versions have Lame built-in?definitely still 32-bit on Windows.
Koz
Re: Missing Windows Lame File
Great. Thank you for the link I'll try uninstalling and re-installing. Fingers crossed!
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waxcylinder
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Re: Missing Windows Lame File
Yes indeedy they do, from 2.3.2 onwards.kozikowski wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 6:32 pmBut all those versions have Lame built-in?definitely still 32-bit on Windows.
Peter
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