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Agreed. mp3 files are good for web access and there are default players out there (we all know them - QT/ WMP/ Real). Quicktime will even play native BWFs. Of course, Windows Media Player won't. It is also very easy to create mp3 files from BWFs - but this topic started as what file type should be used for archival purposes, not access. -- John Spencer http://www.bridgemediasolutions.com/ > From: "Steven C. Barr" <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 18:52:04 -0500 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] ARSCLIST Digest - .BWF backward compatibility > > But...as an average, everyday home computer user...what am I likely to have > that can open and play a .bwf file? In other words, what do I...or can I.. > use as the default association for *.bwf? *.wav will either open Windows > Sound Recorder or one of the free sound-file players I have installed...and > I will hear the contents of the sound file. *.mp3 does likewise...which is > why I can click on "Hear the song" on many web sites and hear it. If *.bwf > has no equivalent, readily-available default player, then it would be great > for archiving sound files (if you have the program needed for playback)... > but not so good for making an archive accessible (which, IMO, it should > be!)...