OK, here is the screen shot from Total Recorder which lists the = parameters for one of the files which is causing the ffmp3 bad parameter = error. I tried sending it by itself and got the same error. graphic 854 Good Medicine.mp3 (C:\Documents and Settings\Don.ba... Properties Status=20 MPEG Layer-3 24 kBit/s, 11,025 Hz, Mono=20 Data size, bytes: 34,868,140 R Duration: 3:13:42.7 Don Barrett