Hi Tommy, Hell yes, it can go down to 8 kbps if you want, but it sounds pretty grim that tight. You can specify bandwidth in 8k increments from 8k to 320k. It also does vbr where you can specify the minimum and maximum bit rates you will permit it to do. The tarball is a source package and seems to be distribution independent as far as I can tell. Here is the URL: http://www.sulaco.org/mp3/ Good luck! Chuck. My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh Keep grandma off the streets -- legalize bingo.