Hi, If this is inappropriate for this list then let me know. Basically anything running using xine as a backend, as well as xmms, only plays some of my flac files. Many it won't play. I've just installed the patch libxine-main1_1.1.1+ubuntu2-7.2+patch1_i386.deb but to do it I had to uninstall libexine1 first, then reinstall everything else (by that I mean amarok and kmplayer) but that also installed libxine1 as well, but I don't know if that has incorporated the patch or just overwritten it. Amarok still does not play many of my flacs. Juk however does play _all my flacs, and I've tried to find out what it's using but I've been unable to. Due to personal preferance I dislike juk. There are therefore 2 things going on here. What's the difference between the flac files that xine-backended stuff can play and those it can't, and why can juk play them and why can't xine? And have I installed thepatch adn how can I tell? Apologies if this is all dumbass. Tell me which fm to rt if I need to.