I am asking this on behalf of a friend who has a BookPort. She has two = specific albums on CD which, when ripped, produce MP3 files which = consistently choke the transfer tool. I am guessing that there is = something in the encoding of these particular cd's which is causing the = ripper to default to VBR. I could be way off base on this; does anyone = have any ideas on this and how it might be fixed? It is fortunately = very consistent and all other materials she rips are sent to the bp with = no problem. Don Thanks. Don