Can't get LAME plug in to work for anything

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beesknees369
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Can't get LAME plug in to work for anything

Post by beesknees369 » Wed Nov 30, 2016 9:22 pm

Please help! Out of options and beyond frustrated.

I've followed everything to a tee from this instruction link:

http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_ ... ml#maclame

The installation part seem to go fine but when it comes to exporting a file as an MP3 I still get the browse window and it says it can't find the file and cannot export as an MP3. I have tried this about 5 times now, deleted, tried again, rebooted system, everything.

I'm using Chrome on a Macbook OSX El Capitan 10.11.4.

Thank you in advance for any help you can offer!

cyrano
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Re: Can't get LAME plug in to work for anything

Post by cyrano » Thu Dec 01, 2016 1:33 am

I'm puzzled. What does Chrome have to do with all of this?

A workaround could be to export as a wav, open in iTunes and convert to mp3. Or use another conversion program like Sox.

beesknees369
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Re: Can't get LAME plug in to work for anything

Post by beesknees369 » Thu Dec 01, 2016 1:57 am

Yeah, after I wrote that, I realized it was probably irrelevant! So, forget my comment about Chrome. I will try your suggestion and see if it works. Thank you!

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