
You may be asked if you 'trust' the program because it is a file downloaded from the Internet. They are also located in the folder on your computer you designate downloads to be saved in). Run the Audacity program installation by double clicking on the file you downloaded (Note: These files should be located in your Downloads list in the Firefox Browser. Select the appropriate file to download (Note: For a PC, you will select the. It will redirect you to a page where the LAME download is available for free. At the LAME Mp3 Encoder Download Page, click the link underneath the operating system for your machine (ie Windows). After you have located the Audacity download for your operating machine and saved the file, select 'Optional Downloads'. Note: You must install this in order to export your audio project to an. Download the Audacity Installation file to your computer by clicking on the link and selecting 'Save File'.
The current version of Audacity is located in the box on the left side of the downloads page. (Remember! You MUST download the Lame Encoder!)ĭownloading and Installing Audacity and the LAME Mp3 Encoder on a PC (Note: You must have the LAME encoder in order to export your audio projects as mp3s!)ĭownload and Install the Lame Mp3 Encoder. Watch the following video to learn how to download and install Audacity and the Lame MP3 Encoder. This means that in these countries (in theory), software that encodes MP3s must be licensed by the patent holders, and that anyone encoding MP3s with unlicensed encoders may also be infringing patents.Video: How to Download and Install Audacity and the LAME Mp3 Encoder However they are generally assumed to be enforceable in USA, Canada, the EEC and Japan. There is no definitive list of countries where the patents unambiguously hold sway. This might vary according to the purpose of the encoding and whether the software being used is licensed. Patenting raises a theoretical possibility that in some countries a user might need to pay a licence fee to legally encode MP3s. The patents are held by Fraunhofer and administered by Thomson.
While the LAME source code is free, the encoding technology that ready-compiled LAME binaries use is patented.