Hi Kai! Seems ecasound is the tool I was looking for. Thanks a lot! Just one comment: handling of ogg files seems to be somewhat buggy. Example: filename length size ogg-size (oggenc -q-1) 128.wav 0:29:09 321MB 8.7MB 129.wav 0:29:09 321MB 8.6MB 2x stereo -> 2x mono (left/right) oggenc(ecasound(128.wav, 129.wav)) -> 0:29:09, 9.9MB (perfekt) 2x stereo -> 2x stereo (front/rear) oggenc(ecasound(128.wav, 129.wav)) -> 0:29:09, 8.7MB (also perfekt) but 2x stereo -> 2x mono (left/right) ecasound(oggenc(128.wav), oggenc(129.wav)) -> 0:31:33, 30MB (bad) 2x stereo -> 2x stereo (front/rear) ecasound(oggenc(128.wav), oggenc(129.wav)) -> 0:31:32, 21M (also bad) Difference in size may be du to "oggenc -q -1", which is acceptable but difference in length is bad. Thomas P.S.: Tested with ecasound v2.4.3 and v2.4.4 on Gentoo Linux -- keep mailinglists in english, feel free to send PM in german