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Tim Fisher has 30 years professional technology support experience.

He writes troubleshooting content and is the General Manager of Lifewire.

Ryan Perian is a certified IT specialist who holds numerous IT certifications and has 12 years experience working in the IT industry support and management positions.

All lameenc.dll errors are caused by either the missing component from the LAME MP3 encoder or some other issue that the audio program youre using is having with the LAME MP3 encoder.

Any error message involving a missing lameenc.dll DLL file is referring to some issue that the program youre using is having with the LAME MP3 encoder.

The first two errors below, generated by the Audacity software program, are by the far the most common simply because Audacity is the most common application that utilizes the LAME MP3 encoder.

If youre not using that program, your error message will be different and might appear more like the final three examples below.

Would you like to locate lameenc.dll now Audacity needs the file lameenc.dll to create MP3s.

The LAMEENC.DLL File Was Not Found Error loading lameenc.dll This application failed to start because lameenc.dll was not found.

Lameenc.dll errors sometimes occur when the audio program youre using is first opened.

Other times, it will show up when you attempt to save the audio project youre working on as an MP3 file, such as when you use Audacity to convert WAV to MP3.

The DLL error message applies to any audio program that utilizes the LAME MP3 encoder.

Some common software programs that use the LAME MP3 encoder and that might generate lameenc.dll errors include Audacity, MuseScore, FFmpeg, VideoLAN, jRipper, CDex, REAPER, LameDropXPd, DVDx, OmniEncoder, LAMEX, RazorLame, Audigrabber, RipTrax, WinAmp, UltraISO, VirtualDJ, TextAlound MP3, and many more.

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There are a large number of sites offering the lameenc.dll for download but there are few legitimate sites that wed recommend.

If youve already downloaded it from one of those sites, remove it immediately and continue with the following steps.

Close and reopen the audio program that generated the lameenc.dll error.

Audacity, or whatever application youre using, might be having a temporary problem that a restart could fix.

The ZIP file at this Audacity-sanctioned site contains the latest version of the lameenc.dll and related files.

Copy the lameenc.dll file to whatever location your specific audio program requires.

Audacity, for example, only requires you to tell it where the DLL file isit doesnt care where.

If youre having lameenc.dll troubles with Audacity, use its Edit Preferences Libraries menu to find the MP3 Export Library section.

If youve installed the EXE version for Windows, the DLL file should be stored in the C:Program Files (x86)Lame For Audacity folder.

Old versions of the program didnt include the LAME MP3 encoder by default, so you could select it manually.

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