LAME 3.101

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Official main branch · independently compiled Windows packages

Post-3.100 main-branch development

A Windows build of the 3.101 source line, preserving the familiar 3.x version family while incorporating development after 3.100. It is listed separately from the site’s modified cVBRb builds.

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Development focus
Upstream development following the 3.100 release line.
Observed character
A development-branch package for testing newer upstream behaviour without mixing it into the custom-build catalogue.
Branch significance
Providing the direct continuation of the official 3.x branch.
Archive context

These are independent MinGW Windows compilations of the named official LAME release. They remain separate from the site’s current development-build catalogue.

LAME 3.101 downloads

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Windows x64 package

Portable MinGW command-line build with lame.exe, libmp3lame.dll, libiconv-2.dll, and build information.

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Package
lame-3.101-mingw-x64.zip
Size
1.3 MB
SHA-256
a29f0cce558a389c9820fd815fe65bfdbbdd0946cc643e5fabe21553ce0b7b3b
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Windows x86 package

Portable MinGW command-line build with lame.exe, libmp3lame.dll, libiconv-2.dll, and build information.

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Package
lame-3.101-mingw-x86.zip
Size
1.29 MB
SHA-256
3dd57e8d14fdb94dad0c054d374476659e25418f81e3b00ac96eaa238b594337
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VBR performance

Encoding time and output-size comparisons across 3.95.1 through current builds.

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ABR performance

ABR speed and size behaviour across the official historical versions.

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VBR frequency response

DeltaWave-derived upper-band and frequency-response comparisons.

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Reference closeness

Residual and closeness measurements using 3.99.5 as the site reference.

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