I'm having the same problem, though it seems that it has to do with the ripping rather than the encoding..so the problem is not related to LAME.

I'm curious..though..what OS are you guys who are having the problem running. I have the problem on Win2k, and I'd guess that you two are also on Win2k or XP (or maybe NT) as opposed to the 98 or Me. Is this true?
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