Hello All,
Can some one help me to find py module for Lame. I have searched but the result is dead py-lame project!
Have anyone got interested in this? Help please

Do you think this would work for what your doing
http://pymedia.org/

Pymedia died at python 2.4 and py-lame is more than dead! But I want to know if there is any available Mp3 encoders for python. Anyway, is pymedia capable of ripping off CD audio and MP3ing them??

well I did alittle searching for you but couldnt find much myself.

maybe you would be interested in disecting one of these too apps that seem to be along the same lines of your project.

Ripoff - http://ripoff.sourceforge.net/#modules
Rox-Ripper - http://code.google.com/p/rox-ripper/

Yes it is complete program relying on external tools!
I can do that via lame.exe and many other external tools but that is not very nice. I would like to get python binding for DLLs like lame_enc

Any example of using Lame dll or any other dl with ctypes?

After long search, I found this Lame documentation:
http://openinnowhere.sourceforge.net/lameo...LLInterface.htm

Then my Question comes, how do I access functions from that DLL using ctypes?

here's a link to some documentation for that.

http://python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/tutorial.html

I get stucked how to translate my code using ctypes
Here is a Question posted

Hi All,
For long now have tried to get Python bindings and none is there.
jlgm suggested me to try ctypes and I dived in. But there are few examples on using ctypes for new bees like me.

I tried to take lame_enc.dll (The file made me to learn ctypes ) as sample to play with. The sad thing is, I find only C/C++ examples of the DLL and I failed to translate them.

/*
 *	LAME DLL Sample Code.
 *
 *	Copyright © 2000 A.L. Faber
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 * Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 */


#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <io.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include "BladeMP3EncDLL.h"

BEINITSTREAM		beInitStream=NULL;
BEENCODECHUNK		beEncodeChunk=NULL;
BEDEINITSTREAM		beDeinitStream=NULL;
BECLOSESTREAM		beCloseStream=NULL;
BEVERSION			beVersion=NULL;
BEWRITEVBRHEADER	beWriteVBRHeader=NULL;


// Main program
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{	
	HINSTANCE	hDLL			=NULL;
	FILE*		pFileIn			=NULL;
	FILE*		pFileOut		=NULL;
	BE_VERSION	Version			={0,};
	BE_CONFIG	beConfig		={0,};

	CHAR		strFileIn[255]	={'0',};
	CHAR		strFileOut[255]	={'0',};

	DWORD		dwSamples		=0;
	DWORD		dwMP3Buffer		=0;
	HBE_STREAM	hbeStream		=0;
	BE_ERR		err				=0;

	PBYTE		pMP3Buffer		=NULL;
	PSHORT		pWAVBuffer		=NULL;

	// check number of arguments
	if(argc != 2)
	{
		fprintf(stderr,"Usage: %s <filename.wav>\n", argv[0]);
		fprintf(stderr,"Descr: Short demo to show how to use the lame_enc.dll library file\n");
		fprintf(stderr,"Note : WAV file is assumed to to have the following parameters\n");
		fprintf(stderr,"     : 44100 Hz, stereo, 16 Bits per sample\n");
		return -1;
	}

	// Setup the file names
	strcpy(strFileIn ,argv[1]);
	strcpy(strFileOut,argv[1]);

	// Add mp3 extention
	strcat(strFileOut,".mp3");

	// Load lame_enc.dll library (Make sure though that you set the 
	// project/settings/debug Working Directory correctly, otherwhise the DLL can't be loaded

#ifdef _MSC_VER
	hDLL = LoadLibrary(".\\Debug\\lame_enc.dll");

  #ifdef _DEBUG
  	hDLL = LoadLibrary(".\\Debug\\lame_enc.dll");
  #else
  	hDLL = LoadLibrary(".\\Release\\lame_enc.dll");

  	if ( NULL == hDLL )
  	{
  		hDLL = LoadLibrary(".\\Release_NASM\\lame_enc.dll");
  	}
  #endif /* _DEBUG */
#else
        /*
          Don't worry about dll location.
          MSVC is the only compiler that creates
          .\Release\ or .\Debug\ directories.
        */
	hDLL = LoadLibrary("lame_enc.dll");
#endif /* _MSC_VER */

	if( NULL == hDLL )
	{
		fprintf(stderr,"Error loading lame_enc.DLL");
		return -1;
	}

	// Get Interface functions from the DLL
	beInitStream	= (BEINITSTREAM) GetProcAddress(hDLL, TEXT_BEINITSTREAM);
	beEncodeChunk	= (BEENCODECHUNK) GetProcAddress(hDLL, TEXT_BEENCODECHUNK);
	beDeinitStream	= (BEDEINITSTREAM) GetProcAddress(hDLL, TEXT_BEDEINITSTREAM);
	beCloseStream	= (BECLOSESTREAM) GetProcAddress(hDLL, TEXT_BECLOSESTREAM);
	beVersion		= (BEVERSION) GetProcAddress(hDLL, TEXT_BEVERSION);
	beWriteVBRHeader= (BEWRITEVBRHEADER) GetProcAddress(hDLL,TEXT_BEWRITEVBRHEADER);

	// Check if all interfaces are present
	if(!beInitStream || !beEncodeChunk || !beDeinitStream || !beCloseStream || !beVersion || !beWriteVBRHeader)
	{
		printf("Unable to get LAME interfaces");
		return -1;
	}

	// Get the version number
	beVersion( &Version );

	printf(
			"lame_enc.dll version %u.%02u (%u/%u/%u)\n"
			"lame_enc Engine %u.%02u\n"
			"lame_enc homepage at %s\n\n",	
			Version.byDLLMajorVersion, Version.byDLLMinorVersion,
			Version.byDay, Version.byMonth, Version.wYear,
			Version.byMajorVersion, Version.byMinorVersion,
			Version.zHomepage);

	// Try to open the WAV file, be sure to open it as a binary file!	
	pFileIn = fopen( strFileIn, "rb" );

	// Check file open result
	if(pFileIn == NULL)
	{
		fprintf(stderr,"Error opening %s", argv[1]);
		return -1;

	}

	// Open MP3 file
	pFileOut= fopen(strFileOut,"wb+");

	// Check file open result
	if(pFileOut == NULL)
	{
		fprintf(stderr,"Error creating file %s", strFileOut);
		return -1;
	}

	memset(&beConfig,0,sizeof(beConfig));					// clear all fields

	// use the LAME config structure
	beConfig.dwConfig = BE_CONFIG_LAME;

	// this are the default settings for testcase.wav
	beConfig.format.LHV1.dwStructVersion	= 1;
	beConfig.format.LHV1.dwStructSize		= sizeof(beConfig);		
	beConfig.format.LHV1.dwSampleRate		= 44100;				// INPUT FREQUENCY
	beConfig.format.LHV1.dwReSampleRate		= 0;					// DON"T RESAMPLE
	beConfig.format.LHV1.nMode				= BE_MP3_MODE_JSTEREO;	// OUTPUT IN STREO
	beConfig.format.LHV1.dwBitrate			= 128;					// MINIMUM BIT RATE
	beConfig.format.LHV1.nPreset			= LQP_HIGH_QUALITY;		// QUALITY PRESET SETTING
	beConfig.format.LHV1.dwMpegVersion		= MPEG1;				// MPEG VERSION (I or II)
	beConfig.format.LHV1.dwPsyModel			= 0;					// USE DEFAULT PSYCHOACOUSTIC MODEL 
	beConfig.format.LHV1.dwEmphasis			= 0;					// NO EMPHASIS TURNED ON
	beConfig.format.LHV1.bOriginal			= TRUE;					// SET ORIGINAL FLAG

//	beConfig.format.LHV1.dwMaxBitrate		= 320;					// MAXIMUM BIT RATE
//	beConfig.format.LHV1.bCRC				= TRUE;					// INSERT CRC
//	beConfig.format.LHV1.bCopyright			= TRUE;					// SET COPYRIGHT FLAG	
//	beConfig.format.LHV1.bPrivate			= TRUE;					// SET PRIVATE FLAG
//	beConfig.format.LHV1.bWriteVBRHeader	= TRUE;					// YES, WRITE THE XING VBR HEADER
//	beConfig.format.LHV1.bEnableVBR			= TRUE;					// USE VBR
//	beConfig.format.LHV1.nVBRQuality		= 5;					// SET VBR QUALITY
	beConfig.format.LHV1.bNoRes				= TRUE;					// No Bit resorvoir

// Preset Test
//	beConfig.format.LHV1.nPreset			= LQP_PHONE;

	// Init the MP3 Stream
	err = beInitStream(&beConfig, &dwSamples, &dwMP3Buffer, &hbeStream);

	// Check result
	if(err != BE_ERR_SUCCESSFUL)
	{
		fprintf(stderr,"Error opening encoding stream (%lu)", err);
		return -1;
	}


	// Allocate MP3 buffer
	pMP3Buffer = new BYTE[dwMP3Buffer];

	// Allocate WAV buffer
	pWAVBuffer = new SHORT[dwSamples];

	// Check if Buffer are allocated properly
	if(!pMP3Buffer || !pWAVBuffer)
	{
		printf("Out of memory");
		return -1;
	}

	DWORD dwRead=0;
	DWORD dwWrite=0;
	DWORD dwDone=0;
	DWORD dwFileSize=0;

	// Seek to end of file
	fseek(pFileIn,0,SEEK_END);

	// Get the file size
	dwFileSize=ftell(pFileIn);

	// Seek back to start of WAV file,
	// but skip the first 44 bytes, since that's the WAV header
	fseek(pFileIn,44,SEEK_SET);


	// Convert All PCM samples
	while ( (dwRead=fread(pWAVBuffer,sizeof(SHORT),dwSamples,pFileIn)) >0 )
	{
		// Encode samples
		err = beEncodeChunk(hbeStream, dwRead, pWAVBuffer, pMP3Buffer, &dwWrite);

		// Check result
		if(err != BE_ERR_SUCCESSFUL)
		{
			beCloseStream(hbeStream);
			fprintf(stderr,"beEncodeChunk() failed (%lu)", err);
			return -1;
		}
		
		// write dwWrite bytes that are returned in tehe pMP3Buffer to disk
		if(fwrite(pMP3Buffer,1,dwWrite,pFileOut) != dwWrite)
		{
			fprintf(stderr,"Output file write error");
			return -1;
		}

		dwDone += dwRead*sizeof(SHORT);

		printf("Done: %0.2f%%     \r", 100 * (float)dwDone/(float)(dwFileSize));
	}

	// Deinit the stream
	err = beDeinitStream(hbeStream, pMP3Buffer, &dwWrite);

	// Check result
	if(err != BE_ERR_SUCCESSFUL)
	{

		beCloseStream(hbeStream);
		fprintf(stderr,"beExitStream failed (%lu)", err);
		return -1;
	}

	// Are there any bytes returned from the DeInit call?
	// If so, write them to disk
	if(dwWrite)
	{
		if( fwrite( pMP3Buffer, 1, dwWrite, pFileOut ) != dwWrite )
		{
			fprintf(stderr,"Output file write error");
			return -1;
		}
	}

	// close the MP3 Stream
	beCloseStream( hbeStream );

	// Delete WAV buffer
	delete [] pWAVBuffer;

	// Delete MP3 Buffer
	delete [] pMP3Buffer;

	// Close input file
	fclose( pFileIn );

	// Close output file
	fclose( pFileOut );

	// Write the VBR Tag
	beWriteVBRHeader( strFileOut );

	// Were done, return OK result
	return 0;
}

and here is my trial; I failed to finish

import ctypes as ct
import os, sys
lame = ct.cdll.lame_enc
#start playing around
#Configure the LAME encoder the to do the conversion.
#use lame configuration structure
lame.beConfig.dwConfig = lame.BE_CONFIG_LAME


# this are the default settings for testcase.wav
lame.beConfig.format.LHV1.dwStructVersion = 1
lame.beConfig.format.LHV1.dwStructSize = sizeof(lame.beConfig)		
lame.beConfig.format.LHV1.dwSampleRate = 44100 # INPUT FREQUENCY
lame.beConfig.format.LHV1.dwReSampleRate = 0 #DON"T RESAMPLE
lame.beConfig.format.LHV1.nMode = BE_MP3_MODE_JSTEREO #OUTPUT IN STREO
lame.beConfig.format.LHV1.dwBitrate = 128 #MINIMUM BIT RATE
lame.beConfig.format.LHV1.nPreset = LQP_HIGH_QUALITY #QUALITY PRESET SETTING
lame.beConfig.format.LHV1.dwMpegVersion = MPEG1 # MPEG VERSION (I or II)
lame.beConfig.format.LHV1.dwPsyModel = 0 #USE DEFAULT PSYCHOACOUSTIC MODEL 
lame.beConfig.format.LHV1.dwEmphasis = 0 #NO EMPHASIS TURNED ON
lame.beConfig.format.LHV1.bOriginal = TRUE	 #SET ORIGINAL FLAG


#init mp3 stream
try:
    mp3 = beInitStream(beConfig, dwSamples, dwMP3Buffer, hbeStream)
    
except:
    print "Error: Cannot open encoding stream "
    sys.exit(True)
    
    
    #failed to go on due to lack of C/C++ knowledge  
    
    
    

and here is TCL example:
http://wiki.tcl.tk/14289
and another CPP example:
http://www.creative-urge.com/ljpics/main.cpp

Please need help