<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>LAME V3 Next Generation High-End MPEG Layer III Encoding</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="LAME V3 Next Generation High-End MPEG Layer III Encoding"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="lame"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso_8859_1"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="lame.css"> </HEAD> <BODY TEXT=#000000 BGCOLOR=#F9FBFB LINK=#006666 VLINK=#4C4C4C ALINK=#995500> <FONT FACE = Helvetica > <P> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+4"><i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">LAME</font></i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> V3.97<BR> </font></FONT> <P><font size="+4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <BR> </font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><BIG>L<font color="#3366FF">ame</font> A<font color="#3366FF">in't an</font> M<font color="#3366FF">P3</font> E<font color="#3366FF">ncoder</font></BIG></font> <P><BIG> <BR> </BIG> </H1> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG>Open Source Project <BR> <A HREF="http://www.mp3dev.org">http://www.mp3dev.org</A> </STRONG></P> <P ALIGN="LEFT"></P> <P> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"> <P> </DIV> <BR> <HR> <br> <LI><A HREF="node6.html#SECTION00310000000000000000"> Introduction</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="node6.html#SECTION00311000000000000000"> The purpose of audio compression</A> <LI><A HREF="node6.html#SECTION00312000000000000000"> The two parts of audio compression</A> <LI><A HREF="node6.html#SECTION00313000000000000000"> Compression ratios, bitrate and quality</A> </UL> <LI><A HREF="examples.html"> Some command line examples</A> <LI><A HREF="modes.html"> CBR, ABR and VBR: the 3 encoding modes</A> <LI><a href="presets.html">Built-in presets</a> <LI><a href="basic.html">Basic command line switch reference</a> <LI><a href="switchs.html">Full command line switch reference</a> <LI><a href="id3.html">ID3 tags</a> <LI><a href="history.html">History</a> <LI><a href="contributors.html">Contributors</a><BR> </font> </BODY> </HTML>