On 1/13/06, Amadeus W. M. <amadeus84@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > My wav files were created with > > > > lame file.mp3 file.wav > > > > However, with the command > > > > lame --decode file.mp3 file.wav > > > > the wav files produced work fine with play. Furthermore, the command > > > > cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom -eject speed=2 -pad -audio *.wav > > > > creates a fine audio CD. My problem is finally solved! > > No kidding! When you first did > > lame file.mp3 file.wav > > you encoded to mp3 a file which was already mp3. So even though you called > the output file.wav it was a doubly encoded mp3. Not a .wav file. You have just made me laugh about myself, Amadeus! Paul