There is another small issue that I don't think has been discussed. The "--nogap" switch itself (which was an attempt by LAME's developers to solve the "gap" issue) is not actively being supporting or developed. It is (from my reading anyways) likely to be dropped from future builds - HELP

Anyone confirm --nogap is still supported in the latest build, I'm using the one supplied with WinLAME, which works for me.

Cheers, Sim