Whoah! Xcuse the facial xressions. I must admit I was using LW on os 8.5 just 5 mths or so ago. Yes OS9 is becoming more & more limited when it comes to the newer mp3 formats b/c everybody has now stopped developing for os9 or earlier. My best suggestion is Audion which can play Orb, etc, that iTunes can't even play. The newest version is 3 which I think also recognises the new mp3 format whatever it's called 'super mp3' or whatever!