Trying to rip a CD to MP3, I get “Please locate lame.exe”; what to do?, Was “Problem ripping a CD to mp3”—nondescript, not a bug/Support issue Options

[azpjalex]

I am having a problem ripping a CD to mp3 using the latest version of foobar2000. When I select 'convert' I get a window that says 'please locate lame.exe'. When I open the components folder, there are only drivers listed, but no lame.exe file to select. I can't get past this problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

[marc2003]

you need to acquire lame.exe by yourself. it's not bundled with foobar. try here: http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lame-bundle.php

This post has been edited by marc2003: Sep 30 2011, 22:19

[azpjalex]

you need to acquire lame.exe by yourself. it's not bundled with foobar. try here: http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lame-bundle.php

I've tried that, but the bundle I downloaded has what looks to be a driver, but no lame.exe file. I'm having trouble importing it into foobar.

[marc2003]

drivers?

i use the very first zip file myself and that contains lame.exe - that's all you need. obviously you need to extract it from the zip first before foobar can use it.

[azpjalex]

drivers?

i use the very first zip file myself and that contains lame.exe - that's all you need. obviously you need to extract it from the zip first before foobar can use it.

Thanks for your help. I opened the zip file and selected lame_enc.dll and dragged it to the components folder an it still doesn't work. Sorry, I'm not to computer savvy.

[Andreasvb]

Wrong file, take lame.exe instead.

It might only read lame for you if you've hidden file extensions.

[azpjalex]

Wrong file, take lame.exe instead.

It might only read lame for you if you've hidden file extensions.

It works!! Thank you so much for your help.