More about Lame Since the software was added to our catalog in 2005, it has obtained 110,473 downloads, and last week it had 5 downloads. Lame is a not that heavy software that will not require as much free space than the average program in the section Audio & Video. It's a program often downloaded in Finland, Ukraine, and United States.The program version is 3.97 and the latest update was on. It's available for users with the operating system Mac OS X and prior versions, and you can get it in English.
For FFmpeg and LAME on Mac OSX click below: If Audacity does not detect FFmpeg, download the ZIP option, extract the files inside to a well known folder, then open Audacity, go to Library Preferences and configure it to search on the well known folder you extracted the files to.
M4A stands for MPEG 4 Audio and is a filename extension used to represent audio files. Music purchased through the iTunes store has been in m4a format since 2007. It is compatible with Apple devices but cannot be used in many former portable devices and cannot be edited in many audio editors like Wavosaur, CoolEdit and more. It is also not an ideal format for storing.
Compared with M4A, Waveform Audio File Format, as a standard file format, with filename extension WAV, has higher compatibility. Converting M4A to WAV will preserve high quality sound as well as have high compatibility with more old and former portable devices and many audio editors. WAV format is also an excellent format for storing files. In this post I will show you how to easily convert M4A to WAV with Audacity, which is an ideal audio converter that can do the job beautifully. How to Download the LAME and FFmpeg Libraries Step1. Go to the web and visit Audacity’s official website, audacity.sourceforge.net. From there, you will be able to download, install, and run Audacity to your computer.
Once installed, open Audacity. On its main window, click Edit located on the menu bar. Select Preferences. A dialog box will appear.
Go to the Library section. You will need to download LAME and FFmpeg to play the files. Download both to your PC. Click Download on LAME MP3 Library first to start the process. Once clicked, a window will pop up. Click Download Page and then select Download for Windows. Then, click Save File and wait for it to download.
Run the downloaded file. Then, install the Setup wizard, browse the Audacity, and then click Finish. Once you go back to Audacity, you shall see the LAME successfully downloaded. (If you didn’t see any changes, close the Audacity you’ve used a while ago.
Try opening a new one, go to Edit, and select Preferences again.) Now it’s time to download FFmpeg. It has basically the same steps as LAME.
Click Download on FFmpeg Library. A window will pop up again. Click FFmpeg 0.6.2 installer. Save the file, run, and install the Setup wizard for FFmpeg. Go again to Audacity and you will see Lame and FFmpeg successfully downloaded to Audacity. Now, you can import M4A to Audacity for editing or converting. How to Convert M4A to WAV in Audacity Step 1.
Launch Audacity and click on File Open and select the M4A files you want. To convert M4A to WAV, go to the menu bar’s File and select Export Step 3. On a dialog box, choose WAV as output format. After that, you can edit the Metadata info before conversion. When all is done, click on “OK” to save the changes. As a frequently-used open-source program for audio editing and recording, Audacity has attracted many users’ attention.
What’s more, this brilliant software can also convert diverse audio formats. If you want to know more about how to use Audacity to convert audio between different formats, tell us in the comments! Category: Tag.