diff --git a/app/controllers/media_controller.rb b/app/controllers/media_controller.rb
index b42796a5..7c0c918e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/media_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/media_controller.rb
@@ -1,100 +1,104 @@
 class MediaController < ApplicationController
   include Cache, Spectrogram, Audio
 
-  respond_to :xml, :json, :html, :png
+  respond_to :xml, :json, :html, :png, :ogg, :oga, :webm, :webma, :mp3
 
   def index
     # index page for media files
-    @testing = QubarSite::Application.config.media_file_config
+    #@testing = QubarSite::Application.config.media_file_config
   end
   
   def item
     # page for an individual media file
+
+    @requested_format1 = request.format
+    @requested_format2 =  params[:format]
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html { render 'item.html.erb'}
+      format.json { render 'item.html.erb' }
+      format.png { render 'item.html.erb' }
+      format.mp3 { render 'item.html.erb' }
+      format.oga { render 'item.html.erb' }
+      format.ogg { render 'item.html.erb' }
+    end
+
+
+=begin
+    # determine the request format
+    if request.format == :html
+
+    elsif %w(png jpg).include? request.format
+      file_name = Cache::cached_spectrogram_file(params)
+      file_paths = Cache::existing_paths(Cache::cached_spectrogram_storage_paths,file_name)
+
+    elsif %w(ogg oga webm webma mp3).include?  request.format
+      file_name = Cache::cached_audio_file(params)
+      file_paths = Cache::existing_paths(Cache::cached_audio_storage_paths,file_name)
+
+    else
+
+    end
+
+    # use the
+    @requested_format = request.format
+    return render
+
     # use params to get query string or parsed route parameters
-    
-    @avail_params = params
-    
-    # see if a file extension was specified.
-    # if none was specified, default to html
-    if !params.include? 'format'
+    #@avail_params = params
+
+    if params.include? :format
+
+    else
       params[:format] = 'html'
     end
-    
-    if params[:format] == 'png'  # if the extension is png, it is a spectrogram request
+
+    # if an image format was specified, get spectrogram information, otherwise audio
+    if %w(png jpg).include? params[:format]  # if the extension is png or jpg, it is a spectrogram request
       file_name = Cache::cached_spectrogram_file(params)
-      file_paths = Cache::possible_paths(Cache::cached_spectrogram_storage_paths,file_name)
-    
-    elsif ['mp3', 'webm', 'webma', 'ogg', 'oga'].include? params[:format] # if the extension is mp3, webma, ogg, it is an audio request
-      file_name = Cache::cached_audio_file(params)
-      file_paths = Cache::possible_paths(Cache::cached_audio_storage_paths,file_name)
+      file_paths = Cache::existing_paths(Cache::cached_spectrogram_storage_paths,file_name)
     else
-      # invalid request, what to do?
+      file_name = Cache::cached_audio_file(params)
+      file_paths = Cache::existing_paths(Cache::cached_audio_storage_paths,file_name)
     end
-    
-    @file_paths = file_paths
-    
-    mimeType = Mime::Type.lookup_by_extension(params[:format])
-#=begin
+
+    # construct a hash of information to be returned
+    @file_info = params
+
+    @file_info.delete 'controller'
+    @file_info.delete 'action'
+    @file_info.delete 'format'
+
+    if file_paths.length > 0 && %w(html htm js json).include?(params[:format])
+      @file_info[:information] = Audio::info file_paths.first
+    end
+
+    mime_type = Mime::Type.lookup_by_extension(params[:format])
+
     # respond to the request
     respond_with do |format|
-      format.html { render }
-      format.htm { render 'index.html.erb' }
-      format.json { render json: params }
-      format.js { render json: params }
-      format.mp3 { send_file_response @file_paths, mimeType }
-      format.webma { send_file_response @file_paths, mimeType }
-      format.webm { send_file_response @file_paths, mimeType }
-      format.oga { send_file_response @file_paths, mimeType }
-      format.ogg { send_file_response @file_paths, mimeType }
-      format.png { send_file_response @file_paths, mimeType }
+      format.html {
+        render
+      }
+      format.htm {
+        render 'index.html.erb'
+      }
+      format.json { render json: @file_info }
+      format.js { render json: @file_info }
+      format.mp3 { send_file_response file_paths, file_name, mime_type }
+      format.webma { send_file_response file_paths, file_name, mime_type }
+      format.webm { send_file_response file_paths, file_name, mime_type }
+      format.oga { send_file_response file_paths, file_name, mime_type }
+      format.ogg { send_file_response file_paths, file_name, mime_type }
+      format.png { send_file_response file_paths, file_name, mime_type }
     end
-#=end
-    #render :formats => [:html]
+=end
   end
   
 private
 
-  def send_file_response (file_paths, mime_type)  
-    send_file file_paths[0], :stream => true, :buffer_size => 4096, :disposition => 'inline', :type => mime_type
-  end
-  
-  def info
-    @input_path = './test/fixtures/'
-    # not-an-audio-file.wav 
-    # TorresianCrow.wav 
-    # TestAudio1.wv 
-    # sites.yml
-    # this file does not exist.nope
-    @audio = 'TestAudio1.wv'
-    @input_audio = @input_path + @audio
-    @result = Audio::info(@input_audio)
-  end
-  def audio
-    print params
-    
-    @input_path = './test/fixtures/'
-    @output_path = './public/tests/'
-    
-    @audio = 'TestAudio1.wv'
-    @modified_audio = 'TestAudio1.wav'
-    
-    @input_audio = @input_path + @audio
-    @output_audio = @output_path + @modified_audio
-    
-    
-    #@result = Audio::modify(@input_audio, @output_audio, [])
-  end
-  def spectrogram
-    print params
-    @input_path = './test/fixtures/'
-    @output_path = './public/tests/'
-    
-    @audio = 'TorresianCrow.wav'
-    @image = 'TorresianCrow.png'
-    
-    @input_audio = @input_path + @audio
-    @output_image = @output_path + @image
-    
-    #@result = Spectrogram::generate(@input_audio, @output_image)
+  def send_file_response (file_path, file_name, mime_type)
+    #raise RuntimeError, "Can't find a source for file: #{file_name}" unless file_paths.length > 0
+    send_file file_path, :stream => true, :buffer_size => 4096, :disposition => 'inline', :type => mime_type, :content_type => mime_type
   end
 end
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diff --git a/app/views/media/index.html.erb b/app/views/media/index.html.erb
index 4b560577..461a9934 100644
--- a/app/views/media/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/media/index.html.erb
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 <h1>Media#index</h1>
-<p>Index page for media controller.</p>
-<p><%= @testing %></p>
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+<p>Index page for media controller.</p>
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diff --git a/app/views/media/item.html.erb b/app/views/media/item.html.erb
index 5a4ede73..487bcf3f 100644
--- a/app/views/media/item.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/media/item.html.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <h1>Media#item</h1>
 <p>Individual item page for media controller.</p>
-<p><%= @avail_params %></p>
-<p><%= @file_paths %></p>
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+<h2>File Info</h2>
+<%= @requested_format1 %>
+<%= @requested_format2 %>
+<%= @file_info %>
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diff --git a/lib/modules/audio.rb b/lib/modules/audio.rb
index 2ece35d6..1f818b79 100644
--- a/lib/modules/audio.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/audio.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'audio_sox'
-
 module Audio
   include AudioSox, AudioMp3splt, AudioWavpack, AudioFfmpeg
 
diff --git a/lib/modules/audio_sox.rb b/lib/modules/audio_sox.rb
index a91861eb..3fd310f0 100644
--- a/lib/modules/audio_sox.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/audio_sox.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'OS'
-
 module AudioSox
   include OS
   @sox_path = if OS.windows? then "./vendor/bin/sox/windows/sox.exe" else "sox" end
diff --git a/lib/modules/cache.rb b/lib/modules/cache.rb
index 0571fda5..efa3ce31 100644
--- a/lib/modules/cache.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/cache.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'String'
-
 # Determines file names for cached and original files.
 module Cache
   
@@ -104,9 +102,9 @@ def self.get_parameter(parameter, modify_parameters, include_separator = true)
     if modify_parameters.include? parameter
       result_name = modify_parameters[parameter].to_s
       
-      if parameter == :format
-        result_name = result_name.trim '.', ''
-      end
+      #if parameter == :format
+        #result_name = result_name.trim '.', ''
+      #end
       
       if include_separator
         result_name = @parameter_file_name_separator+result_name
diff --git a/lib/modules/spectrogram.rb b/lib/modules/spectrogram.rb
index 4442b0e2..b6307fd5 100644
--- a/lib/modules/spectrogram.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/spectrogram.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@ module Spectrogram
   @sox_arguments_sample_rate = "rate 22050"
   @sox_arguments_spectrogram = "spectrogram -m -r -l -a -q 249 -w hann -y 257 -X 43.06640625 -z 100"
   @sox_arguments_output = "-o"
-  
+
+  def self.colour_options()
+    { :g => :greyscale }
+  end
+
+  def self.window_options()
+    [ 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 ]
+  end
+
   # Generate a spectrogram image from an audio file.
   # The spectrogram will be 257 pixels high, but the length is not known exactly beforehand.
   # The spectrogram will be created for the entire file. Durations longer than 2 minutes are not recommended.