>>because it is faster (heh) and higher quality. I doubt the second statement very musch :) But the slow codec is extremely slow, I agree... :( >>FhG never implemented VBR on their slow codec either. Who cares ? :) >>Hope that answered your question Mostly, thanks ! BTW: It seems that later codecs were developed by Opticom, not Fhg inst. themselves. At least, Opticom stated it for a very long time, but some years ago this phrase disappeared from their advertisment... I think, only Ivan know the truth... :) :)