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Gew
23rd July 2008, 20:08
Greets.

First of all, I'm really unsure if whether I've posted this thread on the right board, but since there I didn't found any dedicated Win32 Linear-Editing Software forum (maybe I'm blind, if that would be the case please correct me!).

However, to the issue..

Sony Vegas + LAME MPEG Layer-3 Encoder = FALSE/TRUE?

This started until I had upgraded to Fraunhofer Professional (so I was stuck with <56kbps mp3 encoding), then I stripped Google to find a solution. Lots of people then talked about the LAME ACM encoder? So I tried it, however, I got the "An error occured when opening the codec" error box - like everyone else, it seems, after re-visiting Google with that debug message.

So, no one seems to have the correct answer, really wicked. So, I've purchased Fraunhofer Pro and won't really need the LAME anymore, but I still think about the problem a few night a week when I'm laying in my bed.. "What if you can(!) make the LAME ACM work with Vegas, maybe(!!) it was just some conflict, i.e. w/ the ancient(!) Fraunhofer Advanced that was laying there, or something else..?", and so I keep on wondering.

So, my question..

Has _ANYONE(!!!)_ here got LAME to work with Vegas. I'm talking Vegas 8, but any experience from Vegas 6/7 is interesting aswell. So, consider this sort of a poll ;) However, if I get some really elite veteran dropping a "Vegas suffers from LAME ACM incompitability, no workarounds known!", I will cut my quest and rest silent... in peace with myself! ;)

Thanks for all answers!

wertert
2nd August 2008, 17:35
I have this exact same issue. What is wierd is that vegas 8 obviously has the ability to produce higher quality Mp3 because you can perform a 'render as' for JUST an mp3 file and you get must higher quality options. Not must use if you want to produce a decent avi in one step but .... better than nothing.

Jeff

setarip_old
2nd August 2008, 18:02
@Gew

Hi!

Is it possible that you need to download and install "lame_enc.dll", which is based on the open source LAME MP3 codec?

wertert
2nd August 2008, 19:36
interesting i've got this working now. I installed

Radium Fraunhofer Mp3 Codec v1.263

and uninstalled all LAME codecs.

and it works with vegas pro 8.0b build 217

I can now produce an XVID .avi file with 128kbit/s MP3 44,100 Hz, stereo staight out of vegas without a crash.

Lots of other options available up to 320kbit/s

Jeff

burfadel
2nd August 2008, 20:38
Thats a really old codec, lame sounds much better...

cdanddvdpublisher
3rd August 2008, 04:39
I have this exact same issue. What is wierd is that vegas 8 obviously has the ability to produce higher quality Mp3 because you can perform a 'render as' for JUST an mp3 file and you get must higher quality options. Not must use if you want to produce a decent avi in one step but .... better than nothing.

Jeff

That's been my experience as well. Still trying to figure out a better solution...

wertert
3rd August 2008, 08:30
although kind of working I now have lip/sound sync issues when I play back my .avi file. Virtual dub reports that the .avi video and sound have different lengths which is never a good thing.

video : 12:02:08
Audio : 12:00:47

I'll try a few more ideas today and maybe look at other codecs. Everything else i've tried causes a crash.

setarip_old
3rd August 2008, 08:56
@wertert

Your last two posts are Off Topic - The question posted by "Gew" is regarding the use of LAME...

DarkZell666
7th August 2008, 17:40
Gew, what version of LAME ACM are you using ?
The latest stable version is 3.98 : http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.php
v3.97 is also available here for comparison : http://www.free-codecs.com/LAME_ACM_Codec_download.htm