Happy New Year everyone. In case you hadn't heard, my problems with iTunes were with the CD player/burner on my computer. Once I got Apple to fix it, all is well. I am able to convert aiff files to mp3 just like I used too. EXCEPT.....now I have these huge files! I thought previously they were much smaller. Wonder if someone could suggest some good settings? Quality is not an issue but size of file is. I went from 1 or 2 MB files to 19-20 MB. If you don't remember, I'm converting sermon audio files to put on website. Currently I'm using 80 kbps (mono)/160 kbps(stereo), VBR (lowest quality), normal stereo, optimized for velocity Engine. Do I need stereo? Thanks for all your suggestions. -L -- --Lynda http://www.eddfarabee.com/ and http://www.fpc-levelland.org