[Uncle Ven]

THe problem was that I didnt have any freeware that decoded .ape files- and I had seperate programs to decode shn and flac-

so I looked at Alfie's reccomendation and dowloaded trader's little helper- and it works GREAT.

I dont come across many APE files- but there's a guy who post's bootlegs of the band "LIVE" and he seems to prefer APE

thanks for the help everyone- and if you havent looked at TLH as a decoder - be sure to check it out!