The LAME developers state that since their code is only released in source code form, it should only be considered as a description of an MP3 encoder, and thus does not infringe any patent by itself when released as source code only. Distributing compiled binaries of LAME, its libraries, or programs which are derivative works of LAME in countries which recognize those patents, may be considered infringing on the relevant patents. The developers of LAME do not license themselves the technology described by these patents. Like all MP3 encoders, LAME implements some technology covered by patents owned by the Fraunhofer Society and other entities. May 2007: default variable bitrate encoding speed is vastly improved.LAME no longer requires user to use complicated parameters to produce good results December 2003: substantial improvement to default settings, along with improved speed.
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LAME is not a patch anymore, but a full encoder.
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After some quality concerns raised by others, he decided to start again from scratch based on the "dist10" MPEG reference software sources. Mike Cheng started it as a set of modifications against the "8Hz-MP3" encoder sources, creating LAME 1.0.
LAME development started around mid-1998. In May 2000, the LAME project reimplemented the last of the ISO source code, and thus LAME was then a totally new implementation - compiling recent versions of LAME no longer requires the ISO source code.Īs recent LAME releases are no longer a patch against ISO encoder code, LAME is now itself an MP3 encoder the LAME acronym has become a misnomer. The ISO code had a restrictive license but was available without charge. At one time, LAME was simply a set of patches against the separately distributed ISO demonstration source, hence the claim that it "is not an encoder".