First things first- Are you using version 1.01 of Emplode? There were some known bugs in v1.0 with certain v2 tags.

Second- Get a copy of MP3Trim and use its analysis tool to tell you whether there's anything wrong with the file (such as missing frames or bad frame headers).

If MP3Trim reports that there is something wrong with the file, see if you can fix it by doing a "Save As" in MP3Trim. If that fixes the problem, ask the Empeg guys if they want a copy of the "bad" version to see why it made Emplode crash.

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Tony Fabris