Index: apps/plugins/mp3_encoder.c
===================================================================
--- apps/plugins/mp3_encoder.c	(revision 28960)
+++ apps/plugins/mp3_encoder.c	(working copy)
@@ -881,6 +881,8 @@
   wBlockAlign     = Read16BitsLowHigh(wavfile);
   bits_per_samp   = Read16BitsLowHigh(wavfile);
   
+  rb->splashf (HZ * 1, "(1) channels %d, rate %d", cfg.channels, cfg.samplerate);
+  
   if(wFormatTag != 0x0001)         return -5;
   if(bits_per_samp != 16)          return -6;
   if(cfg.channels > 2)             return -7;
@@ -893,13 +895,26 @@
   return 0;
 }
 
-int read_samples(uint32_t *buffer, int num_samples)
+int read_samples(uint16_t *buffer, int num_samples)
 {
-  int s, samples = rb->read(wavfile, buffer, 4 * num_samples) / 4;
+  uint16_t tmpbuf[SAMP_PER_FRAME*2]; /*  SAMP_PER_FRAME*MAX_CHANNELS */
+  int byte_per_sample = cfg.channels * 2; /* requires bits_per_sample==16 */
+  int s, samples = rb->read(wavfile, tmpbuf, byte_per_sample * num_samples) / byte_per_sample;
   /* Pad last sample with zeros */
-  for(s=samples; s<num_samples; s++)
-    buffer[s] = 0;
+  memset(tmpbuf + samples*cfg.channels, 0, (num_samples-samples)*cfg.channels);
 
+  if (cfg.channels==1)
+  {
+    /* interleave the mono samples to stereo as required by encoder */
+    for(s=0; s<num_samples; s++)
+        buffer[2*s] = tmpbuf[s];
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    /* interleaving is correct for stereo */
+    memcpy(buffer, tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf));
+  }
+
   return samples;
 }
 
@@ -2163,7 +2178,7 @@
     memcpy(mfbuf, mfbuf + 2*cfg.granules*576, 4*512);
 
     /* read new samples to iram for further processing */
-    if(read_samples((uint32_t*)(mfbuf + 2*512), SAMP_PER_FRAME) == 0)
+    if(read_samples((mfbuf + 2*512), SAMP_PER_FRAME) == 0)
       break;
 
     /* swap bytes if neccessary */
@@ -2182,9 +2197,9 @@
         mfbuf[i/2+513] = (short)(((int)mfbuf[i+1] + mfbuf[i+3]) >> 1);
       }
 
-    if(cfg.channels == 1) /* mix left and right channels to mono */
-      for(i=2*512; i<2*512+2*SAMP_PER_FRAME; i+=2)
-        mfbuf[i] = mfbuf[i+1] = (short)(((int)mfbuf[i] + mfbuf[i+1]) >> 1);
+//AB    if(cfg.channels == 1) /* mix left and right channels to mono */
+//AB      for(i=2*512; i<2*512+2*SAMP_PER_FRAME; i+=2)
+//AB        mfbuf[i] = mfbuf[i+1] = (short)(((int)mfbuf[i] + mfbuf[i+1]) >> 1);
 
     cfg.ResvSize = 0;
     gr_cnt = cfg.granules * cfg.channels;
@@ -2560,7 +2575,7 @@
         ret = wave_open();
         if(ret == 0)
         {
-            init_mp3_encoder_engine(true, brate[srat], cfg.samplerate);
+            init_mp3_encoder_engine((cfg.channels==2), brate[srat], cfg.samplerate);
             get_mp3_filename(wav_filename);
             mp3file = rb->open(mp3_name , O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666);
             frames  = 0;