[DM-MUG] Transcribe a book clarified

[Matthew Nuzum]

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 11:48 AM, D Reger <cdreger at grm.net> wrote:

> I'm having trouble "attaching" LAME to Audacity in order to export an MP3
> (that's how you save). I should probably just use the AUP file for my
> purposes, if I transcribe (type) it myself, and the AUP file just stays on
> my Mac. But I will eventually need to *export a file if I have someone
> else type a transcript for my further editing* (MP3).
>
>
I downloaded the Audacity beta version from here:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/beta_mac

Then I opened the file and drug the Audacity icon to my applications folder.
Then I ran it and recorded a short note. I tried to save it as an MP3 file
and got an error that I needed to install LAME. So I went to this page:
http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/ and
downloaded Lame_Library_v3.98.2_for_Audacity_on_OSX.dmg

After it downloaded I clicked the icon and it opened a finder window that
showed just a single file called "Lame Library v3.98.2 for Audacity.pkg." I
double clicked this file and it asked me to install it. I just accepted all
the defaults and clicking next and finally the "install" button. It asked me
for my system password then installed.

In Audacity I clicked the "Audacity" menu, then preferences to see a window
of options. I clicked "LIbraries" on the left side and in the top section
chose MP3 library: Locate...

It opened a window and I just hit OK. The window closed and then above the
"locate" button I'd clicked it said MP3 Library Version: LAME 3.98.2

I clicked "OK" to get out of preferences and then I clicked export, gave a
name and chose MP3 Files as the format. This time everything worked.

If this doesn't work for you just export the file in FLAC or WAV format.
Both of these are higher quality than MP3 (though this is more theoretical
than practical). FLAC is slightly bigger to e-mail than MP3 and may require
a plugin to listen to (the free program VLC can play it perfectly on any
computer). WAV can be bigger yet but pretty much every computer can play it
and you can zip the files to make them smaller.

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Matthew Nuzum
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