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Standard OggdropXPd and oggenc2.87 compiles updated

2010-11-06

Above updated to fix incorrect 6.1 channel mapping and to incorporate libogg 1.2.1 and libvorbis 1.3.2. x64 compile for oggenc2.87 added.

AACGain and iGain Updated

2010-08-03

Above updated to v1.9 and available on the AAC Encoders and tools page.

LAME Bundles now available as 64bit Compiles for Windows

2010-06-08

As above. The 64bit compile of 3.98.4 is slower than the 32bit version, but the 3.99a10 compile is faster on both XP x64 and Windows 7 64bit Ultimate!

oggenc2.87 Released

2010-04-15

A version bump incorporating a fix to broken stdin/piped input.

New Ogg Vorbis Release

2010-03-27

A full set of compiles is now available incorporating libogg 1.2.0., livorbis 1.3.1 and vorbis-tools 1.4.0.

LAME 3.98.4 Released

2010-03-23

A full set of compiles is now available.

LAME 3.98.3 Released - Error in previous compiles!

2010-02-28

Due to rushing to release these compiles, I managed to provide 3.99.a2 compiles in place of the correct 3.98.3 complies. I humbly apologise for this error. The correct compiles show a compile date of Feb 28 2010. A full new set of compiles is now available.

LAME 3.98.3 Released

2010-02-27

A full set of compiles is now available.

fpMP3Enc + FLAC

2009-12-07

A new package of fpMP3Enc, this time including a FLAC encoder. Uses the Fiber Pool multi-threading framework.

fpMP3Enc

2009-10-29

fpMP3Enc is a multi-threaded version of LAME that uses the Fiber Pool multi-threading framework to take advantage of modern multi-core CPUs.

EAC 0.99 PreBeta 4 and PreBeta 5 added to the "Others" section

2009-10-02

We have added the above .zip archives to the "Others" section so that those who are concerned about virus notifications using the usual installers can install without fear of infection.

LAME bundle compiles updated

2009-09-26

The 3.98.2 and 3.99a1 bundles have been recompiled using the latest Intel 11.1.046 compiler to resolve a bug with the previous compiler when executing on Windows 7.

LAME bundle compiles updated

2009-09-05

The 3.98.2 and 3.99a1 bundles have been recompiled to re-enable the '--priority' switch. If you never use this facility, the only other change is the use of the Intel 11.0 compiler over the 10.1 version.

oggenc 2.85 using libVorbis 1.2.3 updated

2009-07-23

A new set of compiles using 'libVorbis 1.2.3 and libOgg 1.1.4' libraries is now available as a bugfix to re-enable FLAC tag copying.

oggvorbis libVorbis 1.2.3 Updates

2009-07-10

A full set of compiles using 'libVorbis 1.2.3 and libOgg 1.1.4' libraries is now available.

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