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Dictionary: lame1   (lām) pronunciation
 
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adj., lam·er, lam·est.
  1. Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible: Lame from the accident, he walked with a cane. A lame wing kept the bird from flying.
  2. Marked by pain or rigidness: a lame back.
  3. Weak and ineffectual; unsatisfactory: a lame attempt to apologize; lame excuses for not arriving on time.
tr.v., lamed, lam·ing, lames.

To cause to become lame; cripple.

[Middle English, from Old English lama.]

lamely lame'ly adv.
lameness lame'ness n.
lame2 (lām) pronunciation
n.

A thin metal plate, especially one of the overlapping steel plates in medieval armor.

[French, from Old French, from Latin lāmina, thin plate.]


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Antonyms: lame
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adj

Definition: disabled
Antonyms: able, able-bodied, agile, mobile, uncrippled, walking

adj

Definition: feeble, weak
Antonyms: able, capable, convincing, efficient, satisfactory, strong

 
Veterinary Dictionary: lameness
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The state of being lame.

  • complementary l. — redistribution of weight from one painful leg can cause lameness in another, previously normal, leg.
  • fescue l. — see festuca.
  • regional l. — lameness in a particular part of a limb, e.g. stifle lameness.
  • supporting leg l. — discomfort is evident when the animal is standing or bearing weight on the leg.
  • swinging leg l. — abnormality of movement, such as hitching or failure to flex a joint, is evident when the leg is in motion.
  • three-legged l. — the animal does not put weight on one of its limbs.
  • weightbearing l. — the lameness is not caused by movement of the limb but by putting weight on it.
  • whirlbone l. — see trochanteric bursitis.
 
Word Tutor: lame
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Not able to walk. Also: Poor or weak.

pronunciation I made up a lame excuse for why I did not have my report done when it was due.

 
Dream Symbol: Lame/Limp
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A dream about limping could represent feelings of weakness, inadequacy, or uncertainties about a particular situation. A dream about lameness might also be alluding to the metaphorical use of "lame," as being pathetic or unoriginal.

 
Wikipedia: LAME
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This article is about the audio encoder. For other uses, see lame.
LAME
Developer(s) The LAME development team
Stable release 3.98.2 / 2008-09-22; 9 months ago
Preview release 3.99a1 / 2009-04-29; 2 months ago
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Codec
License GNU Lesser General Public License
Website http://lame.sourceforge.net/

LAME is a free software application used to encode audio into the MP3 file format. The name LAME is a recursive acronym for LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder, reflecting LAME's early history when it was not actually an encoder, but merely a set of patches against the freely available ISO demonstration source code.

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At one time, LAME was simply a set of patches against the separately distributed ISO demonstration source, hence the claim that it "ain't an encoder". The ISO code had a restrictive license but was available without charge.

In May 2000, the LAME project reimplemented the last of the ISO source code, and thus LAME was then a totally new implementation—compiling recent versions of LAME no longer requires the ISO source code.

As recent LAME releases are no longer a patch against ISO encoder code, the LAME acronym has become a misnomer—LAME is now an MP3 encoder.

History and development

LAME development started around mid-1998. Mike Cheng started it as a set of modifications against the "8Hz-MP3" encoder sources, creating LAME 1.0. After some quality concerns raised by others, he decided to start again from scratch based on the "dist10" MPEG reference software sources. His goal was only to speed up the dist10 sources, and leave its quality untouched. That branch (a patch against the reference sources) became Lame 2.0. The project quickly became a team project. Mike Cheng eventually left leadership and started working on tooLAME (an MP2 encoder).

Mark Taylor then started pursuing increased quality in addition to better speed, and released version 3.0 featuring gpsycho, a new psychoacoustic model he developed. This marked the beginning of the development toward quality.

A few key improvements, in chronological order:

  • May 1999: a new psychoacoustic model (gpsycho) is released along with LAME 3.0
  • June 1999: The first variable bitrate implementation is released. Soon after this, LAME also became able to target lower sampling frequencies from MPEG-2
  • November 1999: LAME switches from a GPL license to an LGPL license, allowing it to be used within closed-source applications.
  • May 2000: the last pieces of the original ISO demonstration code are removed. LAME is not a patch anymore, but a full encoder.
  • December 2003: substantial improvement to default settings, along with improved speed. LAME no longer requires user to use complicated parameters to produce good results
  • May 2007: default variable bitrate encoding speed is vastly improved

Patents and legal issues

Like all MP3 encoders, LAME implements some technology covered by patents owned by the Fraunhofer Society and other entities.[1] The developers of LAME do not themselves license the technology described by these patents. Distributing compiled binaries of LAME, its libraries, or programs which are derivative works of LAME in countries which recognize those patents, may be considered infringing on the relevant patents.

The LAME developers state that since their code is only released in source code form, it should only be considered as a description of an MP3 encoder, and thus does not infringe any patent by itself when released as source code only. At the same time, they advise obtaining a patent license for any relevant technologies that LAME may implement before including a compiled version of the encoder into a product.[2] Some software is released using this strategy; companies use the LAME library, but obtain patent licenses.

In November 2005, there were reports that the Extended Copy Protection rootkit malware included on some Sony Compact Discs utilized portions of the LAME library without complying with the terms of the LGPL.[3][4][5]

LAME-compatible software

Microsoft Windows

  • ALL2LAME - A minimalist frontend for LAME that allows piping from commandline decoders of other formats, such as FLAC and Monkey's Audio.
  • Audiograbber
  • BonkEnc is a CD ripper, audio encoder and converter for various formats.
  • Burrrn - a simple Cdrdao-based gapless audio CD burning utility that uses LAME in decoding mode to maximize audio quality.
  • CDex, Windows CD audio extractor
  • dBpoweramp Music Converter
  • Easy CD-DA Extractor
  • Exact Audio Copy (EAC), Windows audio grabber for CD-ROM drives
  • foobar2000, an audio player that supports transcoding to LAME
  • Goldwave
  • J. River Media Center - A media player/manager which supports transcoding to LAME
  • Jack! The Knife
  • lamedropXPd - easy to use open source front-end for Windows, similar to oggdrop
  • LameXP is a graphical front-end for various audio encoders, including LAME.
  • Quintessential Player
  • RazorLame - a Microsoft Windows front-end user interface for the commandline LAME Encoder executable.
  • SunEnc mitsu - an open source front-end for Microsoft Windows with access to almost every parameter of LAME and ID3 editing.
  • SynthFont - a freeware MIDI file player SoundFont synthesizer which can use LAME to export an audio file in mp3 format.
  • Winamp
  • winLAME - a Windows front-end for LAME.
  • ZLURP!
  • Zortam Mp3 Media Studio - a front end that integrates LAME with Zortam Mp3 Media Studio on Windows.

Mac OS X

  • iTunes-LAME - a front end that integrates LAME with iTunes on Mac OS X.
  • LameBrain - Free LAME-based mp3 encoder with drag-and-drop batch file processing, CD ripping with FreeDB support, and saving of encoding "profiles" (note: uses the obsolete LAME 3.95).
  • Max is an application for creating high-quality audio files in LAME or various other formats, from compact discs or files.
  • BarbaBatch is an audio file format converter using LAME for mp3 encoding.
  • iLAS - simple application that allows you to import a CD or encode a playlist in iTunes using Lame.
  • XLD - a versatile application capable of converting between many lossy and lossless formats including MP3, FLAC, Apple Lossless, MPEG-4 AAC, Ogg Vorbis, and others.
  • Peak - an audio recording and editing application. Projects can be encoded to MP3 after adding LameLib as a plug-in.
  • SoundStudio - an audio recording and editing application, which can also encode using LAME after installing the LAME quicktime plugin.

GNU/Linux and other Unix-like operating systems

  • Grip, a front-end for use with GNOME
  • SoundJuicer, part of the GNOME desktop
  • KAudioCreator, part of the KDE desktop
  • K3b, KDE's CD-R and DVD authoring software can rip audio CDs as well

Cross platform

  • jRipper - a Java-based frontend for LAME which includes Windows and GNU/Linux binaries.
  • Audacity, an audio recording, editing and transforming program, available for Windows, Linux, BSD, and Macintosh.
  • Stickloader is another Java-based Lame frontend allowing files to be encoded easily via drag-and-drop.
  • LAMEOnJ - open source Java API wrapping the LAME API exported by native binaries (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris supported).
  • Rubyripper, a secure audiodisc ripper for Linux and Mac OS X

See also

Free software portal

References

  1. ^ mp3licensing.com - Home
  2. ^ http://lame.sourceforge.net/tech-FAQ.txt
  3. ^ - Sony BMG Software May Contain Open-Source Code
  4. ^ - Is Sony in violation of the LGPL?
  5. ^ - Sony's XCP DRM

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Translations: Lame
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - halt, vanfør, bovlam, utilfredsstillende, spag
v. tr. - slå til krøbling, gøre halt

idioms:

  • lame duck    krøbling, havarist, insolvent børsspekulant, en det er gået skævt for i livet

2.
n. - lamé

Nederlands (Dutch)
mank, slecht ter been, niet overtuigend, stijf, defect, stokkend, verlammen, verminken aan voeten/-poten, onbruikbaar maken

Français (French)
1.
adj. - boiteux, estropié, éclopé, (fig) boiteux (une excuse)
v. tr. - estropier

idioms:

  • lame duck    canard boiteux

2.
n. - lamé

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - lahm, holprig
v. - lähmen, lahm reiten

idioms:

  • lame duck    Versager, zahlungsunfähige Firma, Politiker, der nicht wiedergewählt worden ist, zahlungsunfähiger Spekulant

2.
n. - Schuppe (eines Panzers), dünnes Metallplättchen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κουτσαίνω (κάποιον), σακατεύω
adj. - κουτσός, χωλός, μη πειστικός, ανεπαρκής
n. - (ύφασμα) λαμέ

idioms:

  • lame duck    ανήμπορος (άνθρωπος, αξιωματούχος), προβληματική επιχείρηση

Italiano (Italian)
paralizzare, zoppo

idioms:

  • lame duck    fallimento, azienda pericolante

Português (Portuguese)
v. - estropiar, coxear, aleijar
adj. - manco, imperfeito, aleijado

idioms:

  • lame duck    bode (m) expiatório, pessoa incapaz

Русский (Russian)
калечить, хромой, неудачный, тонкая металлическая пластинка

idioms:

  • lame duck    неудачник, банкрот, политик, завершающий свое пребывание на посту

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - cojo, lisiado
v. tr. - lisiar, dejar cojo, incapacitar

idioms:

  • lame duck    funcionario cesante, diputado no reelegido, cosa inútil, persona incapacitada, fracaso, caso perdido

2.
n. - pobre, ineficaz, vano, frívolo, cada una de las placas que superpuestas forman la armadura

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - göra halt, förlama, stympa, ramponera
adj. - halt, ofärdig, bristfällig, otillfredsställande, haltande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
跛足的, 不完全的, 僵痛的, 使成残废

idioms:

  • lame duck    无用的人, 投机者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 跛足的, 不完全的, 僵痛的
v. tr. - 使成殘廢

idioms:

  • lame duck    無用的人, 投機者

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 얇은 금속 판금

2.
adj. - 절름발이의, 불완전한, 아픈, 가락이 맞지 않은
v. tr. - 절름발이를 만들다, 불충분하게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 跛行の, 足の不自由な, 凝って痛い, 不十分な, 不完全な
v. - びっこにする, 不完全にする, 足を不自由にする
n. - 薄い金属板金

idioms:

  • a lame duck    役に立たない人, 落選議員
  • lame duck    無力な人, 役に立たない物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجعله مقعدا أو كسيحا, يضعفه (صفه) مقعد, كسيح, أعرج, ضعيف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮צולע, נכה, חיגר, לא משכנע (תירוץ וכד')‬
v. tr. - ‮עשה לצולע, לא משכנע (תירוץ וכד')‬
n. - ‮למה (אריג שזור בזהב)‬

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