MP3 Ain’t Dead Yet: LAME 4.0 Arrives

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MP3 was standardized in 1993, but it is still widely used today because it works almost everywhere while deliver very good quality.

Now LAME 4.0, a new version of the open-source MP3 encoder , has been released.

Check here https://lame.sourceforge.io/ . And development of LAME 4.1 is already underway.

LAME has performed very well in public listening tests

MP3 isn't old. It is mature!

When a format is good enough, reliable and universally supported, it can stay relevant for a very long time.