Lame_enc.dll Audacity

Error Cause

The Lame_enc.dll module is a standalone mp3 module required for encoding videoLan Audacity projects and is considered as a near lossless encoding a mid to high bitrates, there are other popular soundforge type application that also make use of the Lame_enc.dll  encoder module. The typical error a user may encounter in Audacity is pictured below.

1)  Audacity does not export MP3 files directly, but instead uses the freely available LAME library to handle MP3 file encoding. You must obtain lame_enc.dll separately, by downloading the LAME MP3 encoder, and then locate this file for Audacity. You only need to do this once. Would you like to locate lame_enc.dll now?

2) The LAME_ENC.DLL File Was Not Found

3) Error loading lame_enc.dll

This error can occur in any Windows OS as Lame_enc.dll errors come about if the LAME MP3 mpeg encoder is missing  or there are other problem with the program that requires lame_enc.dll. As for the later it is best to re-install the offending application 

If you are sure the problem is a missing lame_enc.dll the solution is to download the file and extract it to the corresponding folder .

Download the lame_enc.dll Zip  and unzip the the dll file directly to the program ditectory that is requesting it also it would be a good idea to copy it to your windows system folder eg C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or  C:\Windows\SysWOW64 for 64 bit systems. In the case of Audacity when you get the error “Audacity does not export MP3 files directly, but instead uses the freely available LAME library to handle MP3 file encoding. You must obtain lame_enc.dll separately, by downloading the LAME MP3 encoder, and then locate this file for Audacity. You only need to do this once. Would you like to locate lame_enc.dll now” Just click Yes and locate the Lame_enc.dll file and audacity will take care of the rest .  

Restart your machine and all should be ok .