Andy, here is the format block for MP3 off:00 WORD wFormatTag; off:02 WORD nChannels; off:04 DWORD nSamplesPerSec; off:08 DWORD nAvgBytesPerSec; off:0C WORD nBlockAlign; off:0E WORD wBitsPerSample; off:10 WORD cbSize; off:12 WORD wID; off:14 DWORD fdwFlags; off:18 WORD nBlockSize; off:1A WORD nFramesPerBlock; off:1C 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