diff --git a/data/locale/deutsch.locale b/data/locale/deutsch.locale
index 3b3930340..068d6e85f 100644
--- a/data/locale/deutsch.locale
+++ b/data/locale/deutsch.locale
@@ -1452,6 +1452,12 @@ pictureviewer.help20 Sortierung andern
 pictureviewer.help21 Bild unskaliert einlesen
 pictureviewer.help22 Modus verlassen
 pictureviewer.help3 Sortierung andern
+pictureviewer.help30 Audioplayer-Modus
+pictureviewer.help31 Startet die Wiedergabe
+pictureviewer.help32 Pausiert die Wiedergabe
+pictureviewer.help33 Stoppt die Wiedergabe
+pictureviewer.help34 nächster Titel
+pictureviewer.help35 vorheriger Titel
 pictureviewer.help4 Bild unskaliert einlesen
 pictureviewer.help5 Diashow-Modus
 pictureviewer.help6 vorheriges Bild
diff --git a/data/locale/english.locale b/data/locale/english.locale
index 45aa2db2f..dea61a864 100644
--- a/data/locale/english.locale
+++ b/data/locale/english.locale
@@ -1452,6 +1452,12 @@ pictureviewer.help20 change sort order
 pictureviewer.help21 reread image (no scaling)
 pictureviewer.help22 exit
 pictureviewer.help3 change sort order
+pictureviewer.help30 audioplayer mode
+pictureviewer.help31 starts the playback
+pictureviewer.help32 pauses the playback
+pictureviewer.help33 stops the playback
+pictureviewer.help34 next title
+pictureviewer.help35 previous title
 pictureviewer.help4 do not scale picture
 pictureviewer.help5 diashow mode
 pictureviewer.help6 previous image
diff --git a/src/gui/audioplayer.h b/src/gui/audioplayer.h
index 6a73378e3..daba3d8a9 100644
--- a/src/gui/audioplayer.h
+++ b/src/gui/audioplayer.h
@@ -159,9 +159,6 @@ class CAudioPlayerGui : public CMenuTarget
 	CFileFilter audiofilefilter;
 	void paintItemID3DetailsLine (int pos);
 	void clearItemID3DetailsLine ();
-	void play(unsigned int pos);
-	void stop();
-	void pause();
 	void ff(unsigned int seconds=0);
 	void rev(unsigned int seconds=0);
 	int getNext();
@@ -248,8 +245,6 @@ class CAudioPlayerGui : public CMenuTarget
 	bool openSCbrowser(void);
 	bool clearPlaylist(void);
 	bool shufflePlaylist(void);
-	bool playNext(bool allow_rotate = false);
-	bool playPrev(bool allow_rotate = false);
 
 	bool pictureviewer;
 
@@ -260,6 +255,12 @@ class CAudioPlayerGui : public CMenuTarget
 	int exec(CMenuTarget* parent, const std::string & actionKey);
 
 	void wantNextPlay();
+	void pause();
+	void play(unsigned int pos);
+	void stop();
+	bool playNext(bool allow_rotate = false);
+	bool playPrev(bool allow_rotate = false);
+	int getAdioPayerM_currend() {return m_current;}
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/gui/pictureviewer.cpp b/src/gui/pictureviewer.cpp
index 3165df49b..866f2813a 100644
--- a/src/gui/pictureviewer.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/pictureviewer.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ CPictureViewerGui::CPictureViewerGui()
 	picture_filter.addFilter("jpeg");
 	picture_filter.addFilter("gif");
 	picture_filter.addFilter("crw");
+
+	decodeT		= 0;
+	decodeTflag	= false;
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -109,6 +112,12 @@ CPictureViewerGui::~CPictureViewerGui()
 {
 	playlist.clear();
 	delete m_viewer;
+
+	if (decodeT)
+	{
+		pthread_cancel(decodeT);
+		decodeT = 0;
+	}
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -225,6 +234,9 @@ int CPictureViewerGui::show()
 	bool loop=true;
 	bool update=true;
 
+	if (audioplayer)
+		m_currentTitle = m_audioPlayer->getAdioPayerM_currend();
+
 	while (loop)
 	{
 		if (update)
@@ -544,6 +556,35 @@ int CPictureViewerGui::show()
 				CVFD::getInstance()->setMode(CVFD::MODE_MENU_UTF8, g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HEAD));
 			}
 		}
+		else if (((msg==CRCInput::RC_plus) || (msg==CRCInput::RC_minus)) && decodeTflag)
+		{
+			// FIXME: do not accept volume-keys while decoding
+		}
+		// control keys for audioplayer
+		else if (audioplayer && msg==CRCInput::RC_pause)
+		{
+			m_currentTitle = m_audioPlayer->getAdioPayerM_currend();
+			m_audioPlayer->pause();
+		}
+		else if (audioplayer && msg==CRCInput::RC_stop)
+		{
+			m_currentTitle = m_audioPlayer->getAdioPayerM_currend();
+			m_audioPlayer->stop();
+		}
+		else if (audioplayer && msg==CRCInput::RC_play)
+		{
+			m_currentTitle = m_audioPlayer->getAdioPayerM_currend();
+			if (m_currentTitle > -1)
+				m_audioPlayer->play((unsigned int)m_currentTitle);
+		}
+		else if (audioplayer && msg==CRCInput::RC_forward)
+		{
+			m_audioPlayer->playNext();
+		}
+		else if (audioplayer && msg==CRCInput::RC_rewind)
+		{
+			m_audioPlayer->playPrev();
+		}
 		else if (msg == NeutrinoMessages::CHANGEMODE)
 		{
 			if ((data & NeutrinoMessages::mode_mask) !=NeutrinoMessages::mode_pic)
@@ -726,6 +767,10 @@ void CPictureViewerGui::paint()
 
 void CPictureViewerGui::view(unsigned int index, bool unscaled)
 {
+	if (decodeTflag)
+		return;
+
+	m_unscaled = unscaled;
 	selected=index;
 
 	CVFD::getInstance()->showMenuText(0, playlist[index].Name.c_str());
@@ -733,26 +778,59 @@ void CPictureViewerGui::view(unsigned int index, bool unscaled)
 	strftime(timestring, 18, "%d-%m-%Y %H:%M", gmtime(&playlist[index].Date));
 	//CVFD::getInstance()->showMenuText(1, timestring); //FIXME
 
-	if (unscaled)
-		m_viewer->DecodeImage(playlist[index].Filename, true, unscaled);
-	m_viewer->ShowImage(playlist[index].Filename, unscaled);
+	if (m_state==MENU)
+		m_state=VIEW;
 
+	//decode and view in a seperate thread
+	if (!decodeTflag) {
+		decodeTflag=true;
+		pthread_create(&decodeT, NULL, decodeThread, (void*) this);
+		pthread_detach(decodeT);
+	}
+}
+
+void* CPictureViewerGui::decodeThread(void *arg)
+{
+	CPictureViewerGui *PictureViewerGui = (CPictureViewerGui*) arg;
+
+	pthread_setcancelstate (PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE, NULL);
+	pthread_setcanceltype (PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS, NULL);
+
+	PictureViewerGui->thrView();
+
+	PictureViewerGui->decodeTflag=false;
+	pthread_exit(NULL);
+}
+
+void CPictureViewerGui::thrView()
+{
+	if (m_unscaled)
+		m_viewer->DecodeImage(playlist[selected].Filename, true, m_unscaled);
+
+	m_viewer->ShowImage(playlist[selected].Filename, m_unscaled);
+
+#if 0
 	//Decode next
 	unsigned int next=selected+1;
 	if (next > playlist.size()-1)
 		next=0;
-	if (m_state==MENU)
-		m_state=VIEW;
 	if (m_state==VIEW)
 		m_viewer->DecodeImage(playlist[next].Filename,true);
 	else
 		m_viewer->DecodeImage(playlist[next].Filename,false);
+#endif
 }
 
 void CPictureViewerGui::endView()
 {
 	if (m_state != MENU)
 		m_state=MENU;
+
+	if (decodeTflag)
+	{
+		decodeTflag=false;
+		pthread_cancel(decodeT);
+	}
 }
 
 void CPictureViewerGui::deletePicFile(unsigned int index, bool mode)
@@ -798,8 +876,16 @@ void CPictureViewerGui::showHelp()
 	helpbox.addLine(NEUTRINO_ICON_BUTTON_5, g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP20));
 	helpbox.addLine(NEUTRINO_ICON_BUTTON_0, g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP21));
 	helpbox.addLine(NEUTRINO_ICON_BUTTON_HOME, g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP22));
-
-	helpbox.addLine("Version: $Revision: 1.57 $");
+	if(audioplayer)
+	{
+		helpbox.addPagebreak();
+		helpbox.addLine(g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP30));
+		helpbox.addLine(NEUTRINO_ICON_BUTTON_PLAY, g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP31));
+		helpbox.addLine(NEUTRINO_ICON_BUTTON_PAUSE, g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP32));
+		helpbox.addLine(NEUTRINO_ICON_BUTTON_STOP, g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP33));
+		helpbox.addLine(NEUTRINO_ICON_BUTTON_FORWARD, g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP34));
+		helpbox.addLine(NEUTRINO_ICON_BUTTON_BACKWARD, g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP35));
+	}
 	hide();
 	helpbox.show(LOCALE_MESSAGEBOX_INFO);
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/pictureviewer.h b/src/gui/pictureviewer.h
index 0909d6ef4..4e98071ae 100644
--- a/src/gui/pictureviewer.h
+++ b/src/gui/pictureviewer.h
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ class CPictureViewerGui : public CMenuTarget
 		void deletePicFile(unsigned int index, bool mode);
 
 		bool audioplayer;
+		int m_currentTitle;
+
+		pthread_t	decodeT;
+		static void*	decodeThread(void *arg);
+		bool		decodeTflag;
+
+		void thrView();
+		bool m_unscaled;
 
 	public:
 		CPictureViewerGui();
diff --git a/src/system/locals.h b/src/system/locals.h
index 92fa4c9b3..eb94a4ceb 100644
--- a/src/system/locals.h
+++ b/src/system/locals.h
@@ -1479,6 +1479,12 @@ typedef enum
 	LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP21,
 	LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP22,
 	LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP3,
+	LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP30,
+	LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP31,
+	LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP32,
+	LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP33,
+	LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP34,
+	LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP35,
 	LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP4,
 	LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP5,
 	LOCALE_PICTUREVIEWER_HELP6,
diff --git a/src/system/locals_intern.h b/src/system/locals_intern.h
index 55c0a402b..b4431b571 100644
--- a/src/system/locals_intern.h
+++ b/src/system/locals_intern.h
@@ -1479,6 +1479,12 @@ const char * locale_real_names[] =
 	"pictureviewer.help21",
 	"pictureviewer.help22",
 	"pictureviewer.help3",
+	"pictureviewer.help30",
+	"pictureviewer.help31",
+	"pictureviewer.help32",
+	"pictureviewer.help33",
+	"pictureviewer.help34",
+	"pictureviewer.help35",
 	"pictureviewer.help4",
 	"pictureviewer.help5",
 	"pictureviewer.help6",