<s>
TooLAME	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
MPEG-1	B-Algorithm
Layer	O
II	O
(	O
MP2	O
)	O
audio	O
encoder	O
written	O
primarily	O
by	O
Mike	O
Cheng	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
there	O
are	O
many	O
MP2	O
encoders	O
,	O
TooLAME	B-Algorithm
is	O
well-known	O
and	O
widely	O
used	O
for	O
its	O
particularly	O
high	O
audio	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
unmaintained	O
since	O
2003	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
directly	O
succeeded	O
by	O
the	O
TwoLAME	B-Algorithm
code	B-Application
fork	I-Application
(	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
,	O
TwoLAME	B-Algorithm
0.4.0	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
October	O
11	O
,	O
2019	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
TooLAME	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
play	O
on	O
LAME	B-Algorithm
and	O
Layer	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
leaving	O
leadership	O
of	O
the	O
LAME	B-Algorithm
project	O
,	O
Mike	O
Cheng	O
decided	O
to	O
redirect	O
his	O
efforts	O
towards	O
the	O
MP2	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
in	O
part	O
due	O
to	O
concern	O
with	O
looming	O
legal	O
threats	O
to	O
those	O
distributing	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
widespread	O
MP3	B-Application
format	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
patents	O
held	O
by	O
Fraunhofer	O
and	O
Thomson	O
,	O
while	O
use	O
of	O
MP2	O
audio	O
was	O
basically	O
unrestricted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
more	O
,	O
see	O
:	O
LAME	B-Algorithm
#Patents	O
and	O
legal	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
TooLAME	B-Algorithm
(	O
v0.1	O
)	O
was	O
November	O
7	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
1999	O
,	O
he	O
started	O
over	O
from	O
scratch	O
,	O
instead	O
basing	O
TooLAME	B-Algorithm
on	O
the	O
more	O
capable	O
ISO	O
Dist10	O
reference	O
implementation	O
,	O
and	O
substantial	O
code	O
from	O
LAME	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
TooLAME	B-Algorithm
was	O
mainly	O
a	O
standalone	O
audio	O
encoder	O
,	O
accepting	O
PCM	O
files	O
in	O
RAW/AIFF/WAV	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
final	O
TooLAME	B-Algorithm
release	O
from	O
Cheng	O
(	O
TooLAME	B-Algorithm
0.2	O
m	O
beta	O
8	O
)	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
use	O
as	O
a	O
library	B-Library
was	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cheng	O
repeatedly	O
resisted	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
features	O
like	O
libsndfile	B-Language
integration	O
for	O
support	O
of	O
a	O
much	O
wider	O
variety	O
of	O
input	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nicholas	O
Humfrey	O
made	O
significant	O
modifications	O
to	O
tooLAME	B-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
released	O
it	O
publicly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Mike	O
Cheng	O
's	O
request	O
he	O
renamed	O
it	O
to	O
TwoLAME	B-Algorithm
to	O
avoid	O
confusion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TooLAME	B-Algorithm
utilizes	O
the	O
highly	O
tuned	O
psychoacoustic	O
model	O
developed	O
for	O
LAME	B-Algorithm
,	O
but	O
applied	O
to	O
MP2	O
audio	O
encoding	O
,	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Includes	O
a	O
rather	O
complex	O
,	O
rarely	O
used	O
,	O
and	O
poorly	O
supported	O
(	O
by	O
MP2	O
players	O
)	O
variable	B-General_Concept
bitrate	I-General_Concept
(	O
VBR	O
)	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MJPEGTools	O
documentation	O
recommends	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
TooLAME	B-Algorithm
instead	O
of	O
their	O
included	O
mp2enc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MPlayer/Mencoder	O
includes	O
support	O
for	O
TooLAME	B-Algorithm
(	O
and	O
TwoLAME	B-Algorithm
)	O
audio	O
encoding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TwoLAME	B-Algorithm
:	O
Mainly	O
code	O
clean-up	O
,	O
API	O
change	O
,	O
performance	O
improvements	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
MCTooLAME	O
:	O
TooLAME	B-Algorithm
fork	B-Application
with	O
MPEG	B-Algorithm
Multichannel	I-Algorithm
5.1-channel	O
surround	O
sound	O
encoding	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Toolame-DAB	O
:	O
Integration	O
with	O
the	O
open-source	O
Digital	O
Audio	O
Broadcasting	O
toolchain	O
ODR-mmbTools	O
:	O
</s>
