diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fbe408b2..4a27492a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -19223,3 +19223,7 @@
 	dialog in rdlogedit(1).
 2019-10-21 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
 	* Incremented the package version to 3.1.0int1.
+2019-10-22 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Added an 'RDStringToHex()' function to 'lib/rd.conf.cpp'.
+	* Fixed bugs in 'RDWaveFile' that caused strings of null characters
+	to be written into unfilled CartChunk string fields.
diff --git a/lib/rdconf.cpp b/lib/rdconf.cpp
index c6f85fb9..cf4bed9b 100644
--- a/lib/rdconf.cpp
+++ b/lib/rdconf.cpp
@@ -1209,6 +1209,19 @@ QByteArray RDStringToData(const QString &str)
 }
 
 
+QString RDStringToHex(const QString &str)
+{
+  QByteArray bytes=str.toUtf8();
+  QString ret="";
+
+  for(int i=0;i<bytes.length();i++) {
+    ret+=QString().sprintf("%02X ",0xFF&bytes[i]);
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+
 QList<pid_t> RDGetPids(const QString &program)
 {
   QList<pid_t> pids;
diff --git a/lib/rdconf.h b/lib/rdconf.h
index a84ce2c9..80bb495b 100644
--- a/lib/rdconf.h
+++ b/lib/rdconf.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ bool RDProcessActive(const QString &cmd);
 bool RDProcessActive(const QStringList &cmds);
 bool RDModulesActive();
 QByteArray RDStringToData(const QString &str);
+QString RDStringToHex(const QString &str);
 QList<pid_t> RDGetPids(const QString &program);
 
 #endif   // RDCONF_H
diff --git a/lib/rdwavefile.cpp b/lib/rdwavefile.cpp
index 2e5447c0..7594bf08 100644
--- a/lib/rdwavefile.cpp
+++ b/lib/rdwavefile.cpp
@@ -2740,20 +2740,20 @@ bool RDWaveFile::GetCart(int fd)
 
   if(wave_data!=NULL) {
     wave_data->setMetadataFound(true);
-    wave_data->setTitle(cart_title);
-    wave_data->setArtist(cart_artist);
+    wave_data->setTitle(QString(cart_title).remove(QChar(0)));
+    wave_data->setArtist(QString(cart_artist).remove(QChar(0)));
     wave_data->setCutId(cart_cut_id);
-    wave_data->setClient(cart_client_id);
-    wave_data->setCategory(cart_category);
-    wave_data->setClassification(cart_classification);
-    wave_data->setOutCue(cart_out_cue);
+    wave_data->setClient(QString(cart_client_id).remove(QChar(0)));
+    wave_data->setCategory(QString(cart_category).remove(QChar(0)));
+    wave_data->setClassification(QString(cart_classification).remove(QChar(0)));
+    wave_data->setOutCue(QString(cart_out_cue).remove(QChar(0)));
     wave_data->setStartDate(cart_start_date);
     wave_data->setStartTime(cart_start_time);
     wave_data->setEndDate(cart_end_date);
     wave_data->setEndTime(cart_end_time);
-    wave_data->setUserDefined(cart_user_def);
-    wave_data->setUrl(cart_url);
-    wave_data->setTagText(cart_tag_text);
+    wave_data->setUserDefined(QString(cart_user_def).remove(QChar(0)));
+    wave_data->setUrl(QString(cart_url).remove(QChar(0)));
+    wave_data->setTagText(QString(cart_tag_text).remove(QChar(0)));
     for(int i=0;i<MAX_TIMERS;i++) {
       if((cart_timer_label[i]=="SEGs")||(cart_timer_label[i]=="SEC1")) {
 	wave_data->setSegueStartPos((int)(1000.0*((double)cart_timer_sample[i])/
@@ -2831,12 +2831,12 @@ bool RDWaveFile::GetBext(int fd)
 
   if(wave_data!=NULL) {
     wave_data->setMetadataFound(true);
-    wave_data->setDescription(bext_description);
-    wave_data->setOriginator(bext_originator);
-    wave_data->setOriginatorReference(bext_originator_ref);
+    wave_data->setDescription(bext_description.remove(QChar(0)));
+    wave_data->setOriginator(bext_originator.remove(QChar(0)));
+    wave_data->setOriginatorReference(bext_originator_ref.remove(QChar(0)));
     wave_data->setOriginationDate(bext_origination_date);
     wave_data->setOriginationTime(bext_origination_time);
-    wave_data->setCodingHistory(bext_coding_history);
+    wave_data->setCodingHistory(bext_coding_history.remove(QChar(0)));
   }
   return true;
 }
@@ -2984,9 +2984,9 @@ bool RDWaveFile::GetScot(int fd)
   }
   if(wave_data!=NULL) {
     wave_data->setMetadataFound(true);
-    wave_data->setTitle(scot_title.stripWhiteSpace());
-    wave_data->setArtist(scot_artist.stripWhiteSpace());
-    wave_data->setUserDefined(scot_etc.stripWhiteSpace());
+    wave_data->setTitle(scot_title.remove(QChar(0)).trimmed());
+    wave_data->setArtist(scot_artist.remove(QChar(0)).trimmed());
+    wave_data->setUserDefined(scot_etc.remove(QChar(0)).trimmed());
     wave_data->setReleaseYear(scot_year);
     wave_data->setCutId(QString().sprintf("%u",cartnum));
     wave_data->setTalkStartPos(0);