There is a possible bug than can cause encoding errors when -p is used (-V will catch it though). -p is not a practical option anyway and it is only turned on by default with -9. It is mainly there to test the theoretical limits of the encoder. Until I track it down it will be safer not to use -p. Josh __________________________________________________ Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/