Lorenzo, I believe 'flac -d' is for decompressing, not playing. However, I did find alsaplayer can play flac directly. Thanks for the thought. lorenzo at princenet.sytes.net writes: > From: lorenzo at princenet.sytes.net > > 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) > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175