[quote=simmosenior post_id=458852 time=1559248700]
I used to have a Gold licence for MM v2 and it always worked fine.
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For Example you can use MM5.0 Beta for free till gets stable Release and MM5 license gets available for purchase.

I tried replacing Lame Enc DLL and it worked.

What am I doing wrong?

I used to have a Gold licence for MM v2 and it always worked fine.

Some time ago, I changed laptop and downloaded MM v4 without upgrading the licence. After 30 days, the embedded MP3 encoder stopped working, as expected, so I downloaded the lame encoder and copied lame_enc.dll to the Program Files (x86)\Media Monkey directory. Everything worked again.

Then my laptop failed and I got a new one. I went through what I think is exactly the same process as I describe in the paragraph above but now get an "Error: lame_enc.dll can't be loaded" message when I try to rip a CD. I have tried deleting and re-downloading the lame_enc.dll but that doesn't work either.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance for any help.

did you read the info at the link that Lowlander posted .. a couple up

How to use MM? Can anyone briefly tell me how to use MM.

Start here on how to get started with MediaMonkey: https://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/index.php?title=WebHelp:Getting_Started/4.0

How to use MM? Can anyone briefly tell me how to use MM. Also, does it help me in downloading SoundCloud file because from such a long time I want to download these soundcloud playlist offline so that I can listen to them whenever I want to.

I'm not sure why you you didn't get an upgrade notification--in normal circumstances, after 30 days of use users are warned that they need to upgrade in order to continue using MP3 encoding.

btw, afaik MP3 patents have expired. I've updated the article at https://www.mediamonkey.com/support/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/22 to reflect the current situation.

Thanks for supporting MediaMonkey!

-Rusty

The MediaMonkey Codec Pack doesn't add MP3 encoding. Encoding means you can create that format. So if you want to Rip files to a format or use Convert (or auto-conversion of DLNA playback/syncing) to one of those formats you'll need the MediaMonkey Codec Pack to do so. For playback it will allow for those formats to be played as well, but it may not be necessary if your system can already play the formats.

If you want free mp3 encoding then you can download the lame encoder here:
http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lame-bundle.php

Download LAME 3.100, then copy the lame_enc.dll to C:\Program Files (x86)\MediaMonkey\


The codec pack lets you encode aac (audio), alac (audio), h.264 (video), and mpeg4 (video) formats. It doesn't include mp3.
aac is a higher quality codec than mp3 so that might be a better option for you.

MediaMonkey Gold is still required if you want to auto-convert as part of syncing to a device, but you can manually select files to convert to a destination without Gold.

I haven't changed a single thing but I'm over it.

Upgrading. Can someone tell me what the Mediamonkey codec pack actually does? "This MediaMonkey addon adds unlimited encoding to MP4, AVI, and M4A files, along with video playback in various formats." And this means?

Like said, this hasn't changed. Maybe you had replaced the lame encoder or hadn't passed the 30 days since first use. All documentation points to this not being a free feature of MediaMonkey.

One of the right holders to MP3 has given up the license rights, but there has been no news of the others doing so.

[quote=rivorson post_id=451243 time=1540726540 user_id=67665]
I can confirm that mp3 encoding has always been a limited trial for at least the 7 years that I have been using MM.

If you installed MM to that PC about two months ago and the last time you were able to use the mp3 encoder was about three weeks ago then you were probably still within the 30 day trial. The trial starts the first time you encode an mp3, not when you install MM.
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That's interesting since I have never had a warning - ever! - and I've used the free version of MM for about 4-5 years. I only got the warning after I updated the software for apparently essential fixes.

The patent for MP3s has also expired, as far as I could tell. I realise that the licensing is a different issue but you can see why I am puzzled and frankly not a little peeved. I really wouldn't mind if someone said "ok the free trial has ended and now you have to pay for the program", but nothing in my history of MM usage has ever indicated that to be the case.

I can confirm that mp3 encoding has always been a limited trial for at least the 7 years that I have been using MM.

If you installed MM to that PC about two months ago and the last time you were able to use the mp3 encoder was about three weeks ago then you were probably still within the 30 day trial. The trial starts the first time you encode an mp3, not when you install MM.

It has been like this for at least 10 years as that's the last time that KB article was updated.

It's also listed as a Gold feature: https://www.mediamonkey.com/information/gold/

I downloaded MM to this PC about 2 months ago.... new PC... this change has come about I think since I updated the software as directed....