Wow! It works. I found a win32 CLI binary only AAC decoder, and decoded my 96Kbit applaud.aac! It produced two 'PCM' files which are 1 per channel, 16bit signed 44100 raw with a 1byte header. I'm using sox to make them into stereo again and I'll report on quality asap. -- The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of the author of this message and may not reflect the policies of the Martin County Board of County Commissioners. -- MP3 ENCODER mailing list ( http://geek.rcc.se/mp3encoder/ )