<td><b>format.LHV1.bCRC</b></td>        <td>Set this to TRUE in order to enable CRC-checksum in        the bitstream.</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td><b>format.LHV1.bOriginal</b></td>        <td>If this is set to TRUE the Original bit in the MP3        stream will be set.</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td><b>format.LHV1.bPrivate</b></td>        <td>If this is set to TRUE the Private bit in the MP3        stream will be set.</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td>&nbsp;</td>        <td>&nbsp;</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td><strong>format.LHV1.nVbrMethod</strong></td>        <td>Sepecifes if the VBR method to use, currently the        following settings are supported:<p><font size="3">VBR_METHOD_NONE        (don't use VBR, use CBR encoding instead),<br>        VBR_METHOD_DEFAULT (default VBR method)<br>        VBR_METHOD_OLD (old VBR method, proven to be reliable)<br>        VBR_METHOD_NEW (new VBR method, faster than        VBR_METHOD_OLD)<br>        VBR_METHOD_MTRH (depreciated, same as VBR_METHOD_NEW)<br>        VBR_METHOD_ABR (Average Bitrate Encoding, see also </font><strong>format.LHV1.dwVbrAbr_bps</strong><font        size="3">)</font></p>        </td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td><strong>format.LHV1.bWriteVBRHeader</strong></td>        <td>Sepecifes if the a XING VBR header should be written        or not. When this option is enabled, you have to call the        <font size="3">beWriteVBRHeader function when encoding        has been completed. Keep in mind that the VBR info tag        can also be written for CBR encoded files, the TAG info        can be useful for additional info like encoder delay and        the like.</font></td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td><strong>format.LHV1.bEnableVBR</strong></td>        <td>Specifies if VBR encoding option shall be used or        not, possible values are TRUE/FALSE</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td><strong>format.LHV1.nVBRQuality</strong></td>        <td>Quality option if VBR is enabled (0=highest quality,        9 is lowest quality)</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td><strong>format.LHV1.dwVbrAbr_bps</strong></td>        <td>If the Average Bit Rate is specified, the lame        encoder ignores the nVBRQuality settings (However, <strong>bEnableVBR</strong>        must be set to TRUE and the <strong>format.LHV1.nVbrMethod        </strong>parameter should be set to<strong> </strong><font        size="3"><strong>VBR_METHOD_ABR</strong>). The allowed        range for the </font><strong>format.LHV1.dwVbrAbr_bps </strong>parameter<strong>        </strong>any integer value <font size="3">between:</font><p><strong>MPEG-I:</strong>        32000 .. 320000 bps<b><br>        </b><strong>MPEG-II:</strong> 8000 .. 160000 bps</p>        </td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td>&nbsp;</td>        <td>&nbsp;</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td><strong>format.LHV1.bNoBitRes</strong></td>        <td>Disables the bit-resorvoir and disables the insertion        of padded frames</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td><strong>format.LHV1.nQuality</strong></td>        <td>Quality Setting, HIGH BYTE should be NOT LOW byte,        otherwhise quality is set to 5. This is done to be        backward compatible. So to set quality to 3, you have to        set the nQuality parameter to 0xFC03.</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td><b>format.mp3.btReserved</b></td>        <td>For future use, set all elements to zero</td>    </tr></table><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp; </p><hr><h1><a name="beInitStream()"><font size="5">beInitStream()</font></a></h1><table border="0" cellspacing="16" width="100%">    <tr>        <td valign="top" width="20%"><b>Synopsis:</b></td>        <td valign="top" width="80%">BE_ERR beInitStream(        PBE_CONFIG <i>pbeConfig</i>, PDWORD <i>dwSamples</i>,        PDWORD <i>dwBufferSize</i>, PHBE_STREAM <i>phbeStream</i>        )</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td valign="top" width="20%"><b>Parameters:</b></td>        <td valign="top" width="80%"><table border="0"        cellspacing="10" width="100%">            <tr>                <td valign="top" width="20%"><i>pbeConfig</i></td>                <td>Pointer at the struct containing encoder                settings.</td>            </tr>            <tr>                <td valign="top"><i>dwSamples</i></td>                <td>Pointer at double word where number of                samples to send to each <i>beEncodeChunk()</i> is                returned.</td>            </tr>            <tr>                <td valign="top"><i>dwBufferSize</i></td>                <td>Pointer at double word where minimum size in                bytes of output buffer is returned.</td>            </tr>            <tr>                <td valign="top"><i>phbeStream</i></td>                <td>Pointer at integer where Stream handle is                returned.</td>            </tr>        </table>        </td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td valign="top" width="20%"><b>Description:</b></td>        <td valign="top" width="80%">This function is the first        to call before starting an encoding stream.</td>    </tr></table><hr><h1><a name="beEncodeChunk()"><font size="5">beEncodeChunk()</font></a></h1><table border="0" cellspacing="16" width="100%">    <tr>        <td valign="top" width="20%"><b>Synopsis:</b></td>        <td valign="top" width="80%">BE_ERR beEncodeChunk(        HBE_STREAM <i>hbeStream</i>, DWORD <i>nSamples</i>,        PSHORT <i>pSamples</i>, PBYTE <i>pOutput</i>, PDWORD <i>pdwOutput</i>        )</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td valign="top" width="20%"><b>Parameters:</b></td>        <td valign="top"><table border="0" cellspacing="10"        width="100%">            <tr>                <td valign="top" width="20%"><i>hbeStream</i></td>                <td width="80%">Handle of the stream.</td>            </tr>            <tr>                <td valign="top" width="90"><i>nSamples</i></td>                <td>Number of samples to be encoded for this                call. This should be identical to what is                returned by <i>beInitStream()</i>, unless you are                encoding the last chunk, which might be smaller.</td>            </tr>            <tr>                <td valign="top" width="90"><i>pSamples</i></td>                <td>Pointer at the 16-bit signed samples to be                encoded. These should be in stereo when encoding                a stereo MP3 and mono when encoding a mono MP3.</td>            </tr>            <tr>                <td valign="top" width="90"><i>pOutput</i></td>                <td>Where to write the encoded data. This buffer                should be at least of the minimum size returned                by <i>beInitStream()</i>.</td>            </tr>            <tr>                <td valign="top" width="90"><i>pdwOutput</i></td>                <td>Where to return number of bytes of encoded                data written. The amount of data written might                vary from chunk to chunk.</td>            </tr>        </table>        </td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td valign="top" width="20%"><b>Description:</b></td>        <td valign="top">Encodes a chunk of samples. <i>Please        note that if you have set the output to generate mono MP3        files you must feed beEncodeChunk() with mono samples!</i></td>    </tr></table><hr><h1><a name="beDeinitStream()"><font size="5">beDeinitStream()</font></a></h1><table border="0" cellspacing="16" width="100%">    <tr>        <td valign="top" width="20%"><b>Synopsis:</b></td>        <td valign="top" width="80%">BE_ERR beDeinitStream(        HBE_STREAM <i>hbeStream</i>, PBYTE <i>pOutput</i>, PDWORD        <i>pdwOutput</i> )</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td valign="top" width="20%"><b>Parameters:</b></td>        <td valign="top"><table border="0" cellspacing="10"        width="100%">            <tr>                <td valign="top" width="20%"><i>hbeStream</i></td>                <td width="80%">Handle of the stream.</td>            </tr>            <tr>                <td valign="top"><i>pOutput</i></td>                <td>Where to write the encoded data. This buffer                should be at least of the minimum size returned                by <i>beInitStream()</i>.</td>            </tr>            <tr>                <td><i>pdwOutput</i></td>                <td>Where to return number of bytes of encoded                data written.</td>            </tr>        </table>        </td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td valign="top" width="20%"><b>Description:</b></td>        <td valign="top">This function should be called after        encoding the last chunk in order to flush the encoder. It        writes any encoded data that still might be left inside        the encoder to the output buffer. This function should        NOT be called unless you have encoded all of the chunks        in your stream.</td>    </tr></table><hr><h1><a name="beCloseStream()"><font size="5">beCloseStream()</font></a></h1><table border="0" cellspacing="16" width="100%">    <tr>        <td valign="top" width="20%"><b>Synopsis:</b></td>        <td valign="top">BE_ERR beCloseStream( HBE_STREAM <i>hbeStream</i>        )</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td valign="top" width="90"><b>Parameters:</b></td>        <td valign="top"><table border="0" cellspacing="10"        width="100%">            <tr>                <td width="20%"><i>hbeStream</i></td>                <td>Handle of the stream.</td>            </tr>        </table>        </td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td valign="top" width="90"><b>Description:</b></td>        <td valign="top">Last function to be called when finished        encoding a stream. Should unlike <i>beDeinitStream()</i>        also be called if the encoding is canceled.</td>    </tr></table><hr><h1><a name="beVersion()"><font size="5">beVersion()</font> </a></h1><table border="0" cellspacing="16" width="100%">    <tr>        <td valign="top" width="20%"><b>Synopsis:</b></td>        <td valign="top">VOID beVersion( PBE_VERSION <i>pbeVersion</i>        )</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td valign="top"><b>Parameters:</b></td>        <td valign="top"><table border="0" cellspacing="10"        width="100%">            <tr>                <td valign="top" width="20%"><i>pbeVersion</i></td>                <td>Pointer at struct where version number,                release date and URL for homepage is returned.</td>            </tr>        </table>        </td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td valign="top"><b>Description:</b></td>        <td valign="top">Returns information like version numbers        (both of the DLL and encoding engine), release date and        URL for lame_enc's homepage. All this information should        be made available to the user of your product through a        dialog box or something similar.</td>    </tr></table><p>&nbsp;</p><hr><p>&nbsp;</p><h1><a name="beWriteVBRHeader()"><font size="5">beWriteVBRHeader()</font></a></h1><table border="0" cellspacing="16" width="100%">    <tr>        <td valign="top" width="20%"><b>Synopsis:</b></td>        <td valign="top">VOID beWriteVBRHeader( LPCSTR <i>pszMP3FileName</i>        )</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td valign="top"><b>Parameters:</b></td>        <td valign="top"><table border="0" cellspacing="10"        width="100%">            <tr>                <td valign="top" width="20%"><i>pszMP3FileName</i></td>                <td>Const Pointer zero terminated string, that                contains the MP3 file name.</td>            </tr>        </table>        </td>    </tr>    <tr>        <td valign="top"><b>Description:</b></td>        <td valign="top">Writes a Xing Header in front of the MP3        file. Make sure that the MP3 file is closed, and the the        beConfig.format.LHV1.bWriteVBRHeader has been set to        TRUE. In addition, it is always save to call        beWriteVBRHeader after the encoding has been finished,        even when the beConfig.format.LHV1.bWriteVBRHeader is not        set to TRUE</td>    </tr></table><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><hr><p>&nbsp;</p><h1><a name="Lame_enc.dll debug option">Lame_enc.dll debug option</a></h1><p>The lame_enc.dll has a built-in debug option, that dumps allthe important internal settings to a text file. To enable thisfeature, create a text file in the Windows directory which isnamed lame_enc.ini, and should contain the following two lines</p><p>[debug]<br>WriteLogFile=1</p><p>Save this text file, and each time you encode a file, thesettings are added to a file name lame_enc.txt, that is locatedin the same directory as the lame_enc.dll</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br>&nbsp; </p></body></html>