If crip is able to encode flac files without errors, it means you have the flac program on your system. You can use "flac -d file(s)" to play them as per the flac help screen. Lorenzo -- "Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk ?" Microsoft spel chekar vor sail, worgs grate !! (By leitner at inf.fu-berlin.de, Felix von Leitner)