Andy, here is the format block for MP3 WORD wFormatTag; WORD nChannels; DWORD nSamplesPerSec; DWORD nAvgBytesPerSec; WORD nBlockAlign; WORD wBitsPerSample; WORD cbSize; WORD wID; DWORD fdwFlags; WORD nBlockSize; WORD nFramesPerBlock; WORD nCodecDelay; #define MPEGLAYER3_ID_UNKNOWN 0 #define MPEGLAYER3_ID_MPEG 1 #define MPEGLAYER3_ID_CONSTANTFRAMESIZE 2 #define MPEGLAYER3_FLAG_PADDING_ISO 0x00000000 #define MPEGLAYER3_FLAG_PADDING_ON 0x00000001 #define MPEGLAYER3_FLAG_PADDING_OFF 0x00000002