How to use lame.exe in my application?

Question

I capture audio files in the wave format in my Microsoft Surface application. Now for file size reasons, I'd like to convert the wave file into a mp3 file. I read in the Internet that a good possibility to do that is using lame.

But how can I call this exe file from my application? and how can I include it into my application?

Answer 1

Use Process class to call an external application:

string lameEXE = @"C:\path_of_lame\lame.exe";
string lameArgs = "-V2";

string wavFile = @"C:\my_wavs\input.wav";
string mp3File = @"C:\my_mp3s\output.mp3";

Process process = new Process();
process.StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
process.StartInfo.FileName = lameEXE;
process.StartInfo.Arguments = string.Format(
    "{0} {1} {2}",
    lameArgs,
    wavFile,
    mp3File);

process.Start();
process.WaitForExit();

int exitCode = process.ExitCode;