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>Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 22:00:03 -0500
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Roberto Perez <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7454.9 LAME encoder (was: Recording MP3 sound)
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At 04:18 PM 3/19/04, Dr. Jorg Waltje wrote:

>  You need to download
>a special plug-in to create MP3s (the so-called LAME MP3 Encoder Library),


Now that LAME encoder has been brought up, let me ask this: I converted a 
number of .wav files to MP3 using Sound Forge with the LAME encoder. The 
files played fine in W2000 and WXP computers. They also played fine on the 
same computer I'd used to convert them, a W98SE box (obviously, I had 
installed Sound Forge and LAME on that system).

This is the thing: on W98 systems where neither Sound Forge nor LAME had 
been installed, the files did not play in Media Player, but they did in 
Winamp. So my question is: has any of you have had a similar experience 
(LAME'd MP3 files not playing in W98)? Do you think LAME has to be 
installed on a W98 system for the encoding algorhythms to be recognized? Is 
is a problem of MS Media Player? (if that computer had not had Winamp, no 
files would have been played...)

Thanks in advance,

Roberto Perez
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