LAME

LAME (LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder) is the recommended encoder. It has been developed by the open-source community since 1998, and has become the highest quality encoder for most purposes.

Some benefits for using LAME

• highly optimised presets
• Exact Audio Copy support
• CBR, VBR and ABR encoding methods
• CDex Support

LAME contains presets to provide the consistant high levels of quality across all songs. These are the recommended switches for using LAME with good reason.

• Recommended LAME compile
• Recommended LAME settings