On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br> wrote: > f = io.open("foo.mp3","rb") > h = f:read(128) > f:close() Isn't h the first 128 bytes in this instance rather than the last 128 bytes?