> On the general topic of what codecs to use, always make sure that your > codecs are available on the end user's machine. There's quite a few that > come standard with Win9x/Win2K/WinXP, but some that programs you have > might have installed. If you choose to use a special codec, your title > will need to install that codec (and deal with all of the licensing fun > that goes along with it :) Thanks for this, Scott. Can you recommend a codec that will be present on all end user machines, so long as they have DirectX 8? Microsoft ADPCM perhaps? Thanks, -- Bjorn Lynne - Composer, Producer, Sound Designer Main music site: www.lynnemusic.com