Hi all, Good Heavens, Mike, you've just noticed this? It's been a bug in TrPlayer for ages and ages, time out of mind, in fact. I think it's not so much a bug in TrPlayer, but rather in Real Player itself. The techies on the list can correct me. If I were thee, I'd install Zinf. Zinf doesn't do that. <smiling> When I used to make MP3 files, I always allowed about fifteen secs of silence at the end. Why? Because I like TrPlayer because of its ease of use, and I wanted my whole files to play. So, I was proactive! However, if you're listening to files that have been created by others, go for Zinf. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp Skype: Putertutor "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT