I've spent literally weeks trying to find out how to do this, because I refuse to pay $10-20 for an 'official' WMP MP3 encoder pack when the Lame MP3 encoder is far superior and free.
I've found that Windows Media Player 9 and 10 can encode using the Radium MP3 codec when ripping CD's by adding this to the registry:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Settings\MP3Encoding]
"LowRate"=dword:1f400
"MediumRate"=dword:27100
"MediumHighRate"=dword:2ee00
"HighRate"=dword:36b00
"PreferredCodecName"="Radium MP3 Codec"
"PreferredCodecPath"="c:\\windows\\system32\\l3codecp.acm"
(Copy and paste all the text above into notepad and save as a *.reg file, then double-click to enter into the registry. Obviously it assumes that you have the Radium MP3 codec installed).
Now to my question: How do I do the same with the Lame MP3 codec?
I tried the following:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Settings\MP3Encoding]
"LowRate"=dword:1f400
"MediumRate"=dword:27100
"MediumHighRate"=dword:2ee00
"HighRate"=dword:36b00
"PreferredCodecName"="LAME MP3 Encoder"
"PreferredCodecPath"="c:\\windows\\system32\\lameACM.acm"
But it doesn't work. WMP rips the track, but when the file is played back it sounds like garbage. I have a theory that it is the "Rate"=dword hex values that need changing, but I don't have the knowledge to do this. It may not even be possible to do what I'm trying to do. Anyone any suggestions? Has anybody managed to get Lame working with WMP using this or another method?
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I've spent literally weeks trying to find out how to do this, because I refuse to pay $10-20 for an 'official' WMP MP3 encoder pack when the Lame MP3 encoder is far superior and free.
I've found that Windows Media Player 9 and 10 can encode using the Radium MP3 codec when ripping CD's by adding this to the registry:
(Copy and paste all the text above into notepad and save as a *.reg file, then double-click to enter into the registry. Obviously it assumes that you have the Radium MP3 codec installed).
Now to my question: How do I do the same with the Lame MP3 codec?
I tried the following:
But it doesn't work. WMP rips the track, but when the file is played back it sounds like garbage. I have a theory that it is the "Rate"=dword hex values that need changing, but I don't have the knowledge to do this. It may not even be possible to do what I'm trying to do. Anyone any suggestions? Has anybody managed to get Lame working with WMP using this or another method?
Thanks in advance!
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