stuff someone should package (Re: Audio CD & MP3)

[Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>]

Eric wrote:
> BladeEnc (http://home8.swipnet.se/~w-82625) is a wonderful encoder if
> you're interested in producing high-quality MP3's.

Heikki Vatiainen wrote:
> My current favourite is L.A.M.E., which stands for
> L.A.M.E Ain't an Mp3 Encoder.
>
> It is fast and the quality is good enough, at least for me. LAME
> needs the ISO example source code to work so you have to do some
> patching and compiling to get it working. All you need is at
>    http://student.uq.edu.au/~s302585/

I think bladenc is binary-only, but LAME is free though it has some assembly
required. 

What's the copright/patent status of mp3 encoders? Could this be packaged up
for non-us?

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