i cant convert .wav to .mp3 please help.

[StinkPot]

i understand audacity for whatever legal reasons cannot do this so you have to download LAME, i did do this i went through the steps and determined the program does not work on my computer. i need to convert this .wav file to .mp3, could somebody do this for me? i have attached the file below. Thanks!

[kozikowski]

No, because that's not a sound file.

Audacity does not Save sound files. To get a sound file of your show, you have to Export one. One of the options in the Export dialog is AIFF, WAV... and MP3, if you installed the lame software correctly.

MP3, or MPEG1, Layer 3 sound is a licensed format from Fraunhofer Gesellschaft. Free Audacity can not offer it built-in because then it wouldn't be free any more.

Koz

[StinkPot]

i explained to you the lame program is incompatible with my computer, i tried for 2 days it will not work, im asking if someone could please convert it for me.

[steve]

im asking if someone could please convert it for me.

No, we are unable to convert that file because it is only an Audacity Project file and does not contain any audio data. The audio data may still be on your computer in a file called "mac dre cut.wav_data".
See here for an explanation of how Audacity handles data: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/File_Management_Tips

If you are unable to get Lame to work, you could Export an audio file from the Audacity Project as a WAV file, then use any MP3 encoder to convert it to an MP3.