The port seems to be removed from the servers. I use pkg_add since I don't need to build or customize anything but a lot of packages with that dependency fail and I have checked manually on the ftp servers and I can't find it.
Hi joseche. According to the FreeBSD Freshports site the audio/lame package is marked as RESTRICTED (this port has some restrictions on it) due to patent issues, see; mp3licensing.com. The only way to get lame is to compile it from ports via the /usr/ports/audio/lame/ directory, but you mentioned that you do not need to build anything. The choice is yours.
Sorry I didn't know about the licensing issues of MP3 decoders. Problem is I also use Mac and iTunes doesn't have support for OGG. So basically we are victims of the format war. I guess AAC is not a real solution?
You are victim of iTunes' restrictive functionality. I have very little Mac experience myself, but if I were you I'd search for replacement software that can use files constructed with audio/flac. I believe programs exist for Mac that will convert it, if so needed.
As you can see on their SourceForge page, "LAME is only distributed in source code form."
I don't understand why you have a problem with building it though? Just install all its dependencies (gettext, gmake, libiconv, libtool, nasm) as packages and then build lame using the port system. It's rather small so it shouldn't take more than a few minutes even on years old machines.
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