lol, you didnt need to read my mind, because I sent the email before I even attempted it. So, I have to compile and install liblame into my cygwin shell (I'll use cygwin seeing as Im more familiar with it) and then hope/pray/fiddle with configure until it detects it?

In message <20030609175945.2824.qmail@linuxmail.org> Win32/CygWin porting <mplayer-cygwin@mplayerhq.hu> writes:
> Do you have liblame compiled and installed in your cygwin/mingw install?  You would need that *FIRST* to even be able to try it.  Second, we cannot read your mind, so we don't know what you have/haven't tried yet, and we cannot simply 'do it for you'.
> 
> /S. Smith