Command-line tool

lame

brew/lame

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

High quality MPEG Audio Layer III (MP3) encoder mp3

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id LAME.LAME -e
scoop install lame

macOS

brew install lame

Linux

brew install lame

Encode an audio file to MP3 using CBR 320 kbit/second

lame -b 320 path/to/file.wav path/to/output.mp3

Encode an audio file to MP3 using the V0 preset

lame -V 0 path/to/file.wav path/to/output.mp3

Encode an audio file to AAC

lame path/to/file.wav path/to/output.aac

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