Hi I have the flac codec installed but I don't think I have Grip (Linux ripper) configured correctly. The default settings in Grip when FLAC is selected as an encoder are: Encoder executable: /usr/bin/flac Encoder command-line: -V -o %m %w Encoder file format: <----- it's blank I have my windows version set-up to encode at max compression. It's a great codec! Thanks for any help in advance, Mauro