Hi. The cdrecord syntax varies depending on whether you want to create a data or audio cd. If you are creating a data cd, you need to use mkisofs to create the data image that will be burnt to the cd. If you are creating an audio cd, then you need to put the wav files, which must be 44100 mhz sterio in a directory. Name them 01-file-name.wav, 02-file-name.wav, etc. The syntax for a data cd is: cdrecord dev=0,0,0 speed=0 -dao -data /path/cd-image-name If you specify speed=0, cdrecord will automatically pick the appropriate speed, based on the cd writer's capabilities, and the media capability. For an audio cd, do this: cdrecord dev=0,0,0 -dao -pad -audio /path/directory-name You can also add a -v at the beginning of the above commands to get verbose output. Gene Collins