thanks John for your reply,
Real Audio was the premier compression software and maybe the only one in the past for songs you wanted to put on websites so they would stream, and the size would be smal for downloads and emails. I recorded only in Real Audio for several years. I would now like to convert all these real audio files of mine and others to MP3 so other people can receive them in email and play them.
I have a converter but it isn't working, see the posts above. I hope to resolve this problem pretty soon with Abacus Bill's help. He is my guru for such things as this problem.
Bebop