How can I change the LAME version in MC9?

Here is the link, with links to other links that link to some other places, but if you diligently go through this thread, I think, if you are strong enough, if you are wise enough, if you are obsessive compulsive enough, and not overly medicated, you'll be able to get this to work...Good Luck!!

http://ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=639

Only thing is, if you're going to use LAME as an external encoder, you want the 3.90.2 version--it's the last version where the presets have been optimized...I don't think there's much of an advantage to using 3.90.3 over the MC9 LAME encoder...

Ok, here's the deal: that's a modification of the LAME encoder--but the 3.90.2 is the last version that the main LAME guru actively participated in, and it was the last time he (or anyone else to my knowledge) optimized the presets. I doubt many people would be able to tell the difference, but in most people's opinion over at hydrogenaudio, version 3.90.2 is considered the "best" version for these reasons...So if you're going to use an external encoder, I'd recommend 3.90.2, or just using the MC9 LAME encoder...

You can download EAC/LAME (with LAME version 3.90.2) here:

http://www.chrismyden.com/nuke/modules.php?op=modload&name=Elite_DAE&file=painless

Then use this LAME encoder as your external encoder (Instructions on how to set this up as an external encoder through MC9 are in the link in my first post in this thread).

The link to the site (the chrismyden site) should work fine. You can't add the encoder directly into the plugin manager; it "finds" it in your computer as an external device. If you download EAC/LAME in the link posted above (you can download just the 3.90.2 encoder if you'd like, but you might as well download both), and follow the instructions on how to set it up as an external encoder, it should work with know problem...

There was a time when you couldn't do it, so I've always used it as an external encoder (it's worked just fine that way). Go ahead and give it a shot with 3.90.2, but Jriver really frows on those type of modifications though (or at least they used to, but it seems to have gotten less stringent lately, someone else is doing something similar with AAC and they didn't get too worked up about it...).