Hi Lois It's possible that the WAV file was either recorded at something other than 16 bit at 44.1KHZ, or that it is actually compressed. You can either press the "configure" button on the Winamp WAV input plug in, and see if you can adjust the default settings. First though, since you can easily reverse this, try renaming the .WAV file (f2 in Explorer), with a .Mp3 extension, in case it is a compressed WAV file. If Winamp still won't play it, then put the .WAV extension back, and try to play it at a different bit rate/sampling rate. Windows Media player seems to be able to reset itself to the input parameters of these files better than does Winamp. Reg In message <062001c4c061$dd7e0200$0301a8c0@LocalHost>, Lois <w5mut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes >I go to play a wav file that I have saved and it won't play it. It gives me >a erra message that says, this file requires MP3 ACM codec to be installed. >Can you tell me what is wrong and how to fix it? Thank you for the help. >Lois and Pilot dog Scout >w5mut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To post a message to the list, send it to winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please send a message to: >winamp4theblind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the >subject line. > Archives located at: >//www.freelists.org/archives/winamp4theblind> > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or >the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list directly. >Instead, please contact >the list owners at winamp4theblind-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- Reg Webb Website: http://www.regwebb.com To post a message to the list, send it to winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please send a message to: winamp4theblind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/winamp4theblind> If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list directly. Instead, please contact the list owners at winamp4theblind-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx