"Rob" wrote in message



The Java app looks fine, encoded the wav CD file, but
wouldn't encode the HD or mp3 files. I'm not sure why it
has to encode anything, and I tried it with the
'standardise' (gain and offset correction) on and off.

I haven't tested the Java app on a machine that can play HD files natively.

I've only tested it with 44/16 .wav files on a machine that can only play
44/16 .wav files.

You can convert MP3 files to .wav files a number of different ways that are
accurate. One is to load them into Audacity, and export them as .wav files.
MP3 files can also be accurately saved as .wav files using WinAmp. By
accurate, I mean that the resulting .wav files are represntative of what the
MP3 sounds like when played with a MP3 player.

Dirty little secret - all MP3 files are converted to .wav files during
playback, on-the-fly.