[MP3 ENCODER] wav/riff header support and preciseness of lame

[Frank Leavis]

Hi, I have used lame for 1 day now, and I really like it, except for the following 2 'issues':   - Lame does not support outputting to a wav file with mp3 compression (a mp3 with wav header). Since these files are needed for programs like virtualdub (for combining video and audio), this feature would make lame even more complete.   - 'Preciseness' of lame: when I encode a wav file with a length of 97 minutes and 4 seconds, the resulting mp3 is only 97 minutes and 3 seconds. This impreciseness is much smaller than the fraunhofer codec's as found in AudioActive Production Studio 2.04 (about 5 seconds shorter), but nevertheless unwanted. For perfect video and audio combining, the tracks should be exactly the same length.   I am no programmer and don't know how to implement/fix these issues, and therefor I try to get attention for these issues.