LAME on MacBook for use with Audacity! Urgent!

[likeabadhabit]

I'm pretty new to the whole Mac OSX way of computing, so this is probably a stupid error to make...
HOWEVER...
I recently installed Audacity on my MacBook, which worked fine, but when I went to export my track to MP3 form, it told me I needed to install an encoder called LAME.
So I went to the Audacity webpage and downloaded the LAME application. The problem is that now I cannot install the application as every icon I click on in the downloaded file, I get the message "There is no application specified to open this type of file" or something along those lines.
Is there another application I need to install in order to complete the installation of LAME or is there another programme I can use that is guaranteed to work?
Any advice would be appreciated!

 

[Fuchal]

I'm pretty new to the whole Mac OSX way of computing, so this is probably a stupid error to make...
HOWEVER...
I recently installed Audacity on my MacBook, which worked fine, but when I went to export my track to MP3 form, it told me I needed to install an encoder called LAME.
So I went to the Audacity webpage and downloaded the LAME application. The problem is that now I cannot install the application as every icon I click on in the downloaded file, I get the message "There is no application specified to open this type of file" or something along those lines.
Is there another application I need to install in order to complete the installation of LAME or is there another programme I can use that is guaranteed to work?
Any advice would be appreciated!

I am not sure but I think you just stick that file in some folder for Audacity and then in the Audacity preferences point to it.

 

[solvs]

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3

http://spaghetticode.org/lame/

These files are in the Zip format. Either one should automatically extract if you download it with Safari, or if you double-click it in the Finder.

Once you have unzipped the archive, you will have a file called LameLib or libmp3lame.dylib. To use it with Audacity, you can put it anywhere you want, but the first time you want to export an MP3 file, Audacity will ask you for the location of this file, so you'll want to remember where you put it.

 

[likeabadhabit]

I am not sure but I think you just stick that file in some folder for Audacity and then in the Audacity preferences point to it.

Thanks for that, have put it in the file and found the correct Preferences link but it won't let me select the libmp3lame.dylib file...any idea why?

 

[Baron58]

Thanks for that, have put it in the file and found the correct Preferences link but it won't let me select the libmp3lame.dylib file...any idea why?

change the extension from .dylib to .lib or .dll and try again.

 

[sunfast]

found the correct Preferences link but it won't let me select the libmp3lame.dylib file

Do you mean that when you select export as mp3 and them locate lame you can't choose the file?

 

[likeabadhabit]

Do you mean that when you select export as mp3 and them locate lame you can't choose the file?

Yes that's right. Have tried changing the format to .dll and .lib but neither works.

 

[theBB]

As you say this is urgent, you can export from Audacity as AIFF and use iTunes or Max to convert it into mp3.

 

[solvs]

Download Audacity again. I prefer the 1.3.3 beta. Create a folder in Applications called Audacity. Copy Audacity.app, the Nyquist folder, the Plugin folder, and maybe even the Languages folder. You can delete the rest of the languages if you want. Then download the Lame plugin from the link I provided. Make sure it's the one that says:

For Audacity 1.3.3 on Mac OS X (Intel or PPC),
or Audacity 1.2.6 on Mac OS X (Intel):
libmp3lame-osx-universal-3.97.zip

Open up the zip file if it doesn't automatically open. Click on Package, USR, Local, Lib, and drag the libmp3lame.dylib file as-is into the Plugins folder in that Audacity folder in Applications. Open the Audacity.app, got to Audacity, Preferences, File Formats, and go down to where it says MP3 Export Setup. Click on Find Library, then Browse to that Plugin folder and click on the libmp3lame.dylib file. Click Ok, then Ok, then you're all set.

That should work fine now.

 

[arcoates]

Easier way to do it

after you install the lame library package - right click on the package and select "show contents". Open the zipped file "Archive.pax.gz" - once opened, you should find the ".dylib" file that you need. Then save the file to wherever you want to keep it, like in the same folder as you Audacity app. Worked for me nicely.

Cheers