I noticed in libao2/ao_win32.c if(format != AFMT_U8 && format != AFMT_S8) ao_data.bps*=2; There is a hack address this issue, but it seems to me, why not fix the afmt.c So all infomations can also display correctly? Monkeyhappy __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/