Mike950 wrote:[color=blue]
> I like MS but hate it when they screw around with a good program.
> Sound Recorder in Pre-Vista Windows was a simple but useful program.
> Sound Recorder in Vista is a severly crippled version that only
> records in one format without being able to select other compression
> formats. WHY!
>
> I copied Sound Recorder from XP (renamed it Sound Recorder XP) and
> copied it to my Vista machine. It works but only has the "stock"
> compression options. I installed l3codeca.acm (Mpeg Layer3) and
> placed it in my System32 folder but it still doesn't show up as an
> option in Sound Recorder XP.
>
> How can I get the Mpeg Layer3 option to show up as an option in Sound
> Recorder XP on Vista? Can I even do this? I remeber seeing
> something about MS changing something in Vista so it won't recognize
> MP3 code programs.
>
> Thanks for the help. Mike[/color]
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Maybe the following freebie would be worth a try:

Audacity
[url]http://audacity.sourceforge.net/[/url]

Audacity Tutorials
[url]http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/tutorials.html[/url]

Exporting MP3/OGG Files
[url]http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/exportmp3.html[/url]

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