Just to drive the point home, if you want to create MP3's directly from BIAB (or RealBand or PowerTracks), you CANNOT just download the LAME (or anyone else's, for that matter) stand alone MP3 CODEC. Many other programs do allow the use of the standalone (either the EXE or call the DLL version) and you have to point the program to those files.

PGMusic products, however, rely on CODECS registered within the Windows registry. It uses standard calls to the registry to locate the installation of various CODECS. That's why you have to install the ACM version of the CODEC, because this registers in Windows registry.

Over the years I have seen many people say, "I downloaded LAME" and unzipped it to a folder and it still doesn't work. That's because the stand alone version is not "installed"; the files are just copied to a folder and then you have to tell your program to use them. But PGMusic doesn't do it this way. It has to go through the Windows registry.

I personally would like to see PGMusic change to support the standalone version. That allows for easy upgrades to newer versions. I have a number of programs where I just point to the LAME DLL and it uses it. I like that model better.

John

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