Okay, okay, what's the secret? A couple of us are playing CD's with mplayer 1.0pre6 with disappointing results. Choppy, jerky, hesitant, on fast systems with lots of memory and no serious competition. Mplayer works like a charm on files and url's, but accessing the CD drive directly is a bummer. I know several of you are doing it satisfactorily, so what's the secret? Chuck -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (56% of Full) "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson Visit my download site at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh