hey, does anyone know what the requirements are for a file to play when it is named voice_input.wav? i know it has to be a wav obviously, but are there other things?

Needs to be 8.000 kHz, 16 Bit, Mono. You can convert wavs in Windows sound recorder by going to file, properties, but Cool Edit Pro 2.0 seems to work best.

there is a new HLSS out that works good with 1.6 http://www.cox-internet.com/jhmorri/HLSS.html