Ar18@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: [...] > This is, of couse, a very simplistic approach to the issue. There > are > actually many issues to consider in the process: Something like this would be out of the scope for R1, but luckily, it already exists in BeOS and Haiku :-) The Translation Kit handles various file types in an independent way (unfortunately, it lacks heavily in the document area, image support is very good, though), and the Media Kit makes sure that all apps (that use it) support the same set of media encoders and decoders for audio and video. Bye, Axel.