me@earth: lame --help
usage: lame [options] <infile> [outfile]
<infile> and/or <outfile> can be "-", which means stdin/stdout.
RECOMMENDED:
lame -h input.wav output.mp3
OPTIONS:
-b bitrate set the bitrate, default 128 kbps
-f fast mode (lower quality)
-h higher quality, but a little slower. Recommended.
-m mode (s)tereo, (j)oint, (m)ono
default is (j) or (s) depending on bitrate
-V n quality setting for VBR. default n=4
--preset type type must be "medium", "standard", "extreme", "insane",
or a value for an average desired bitrate and depending
on the value specified, appropriate quality settings will
be used.
"--preset help" gives more info on these
--longhelp full list of options