Talk:LAME


I think it would be nice if the reason for LAME being named "LAME Ain't an Encoder" despite, in fact, being an encoder was more clearly explained within the article. I purpose changing the first sentence of the History section from:

I'm personally rather new to Wikipedia so I just wanted to run this edit by some more seasoned Wikipedians before making the edit. Please share your thoughts.

Factual error: RazorLame was not previously known as RazorBlade - RazorBlade was the name of a similar frontend designed for the Blade mp3 encoder, RazorLame did, however, take the idea behind its name from RazorBlade (194.80.32.9 11:37, 17 May 2007 (UTC))Reply[reply]

I disagree with you, especially after taking part in this test: http://www.rjamorim.com/test/multiformat128/results.htmlwhich once and for all cleared the air on LAME being THE high-end encoder for MP3... 195.64.95.116 01:09, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I disagree too. LAME is widely regarded as the best mp3 encoder, and has been for a while. If you want citation, check out UberStandard. Supersonic^ 14:17, 17 August 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I've been wondering, why exactly is it called "LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder," when you take into consideration that it is an MP3 encoder, standalone or not?