diff --git a/src/decode.c b/src/decode.c
index 334812d8b..3fbbc9c8c 100644
--- a/src/decode.c
+++ b/src/decode.c
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ int waitOnDecode(PlayerControl * pc, AudioFormat * af, DecoderControl * dc,
 
 	if(dc->start || dc->error!=DECODE_ERROR_NOERROR) {
 		strncpy(pc->erroredFile,pc->file,MAXPATHLEN);
-		printf("error: %i, start: %i, decode_pid: %i\n",dc->error,
-			dc->start,*decode_pid);
 		pc->error = PLAYER_ERROR_FILE;
 		quitDecode(pc,dc);
 		return -1;
@@ -214,6 +212,7 @@ void decodeSeek(PlayerControl * pc, AudioFormat * af, DecoderControl * dc,
 int decoderInit(PlayerControl * pc, Buffer * cb, AudioFormat *af, 
 			DecoderControl * dc) {
 	int pid;
+	int ret; 
 	decode_pid = &(pc->decode_pid);
 	pid = fork();
 
@@ -226,36 +225,37 @@ int decoderInit(PlayerControl * pc, Buffer * cb, AudioFormat *af,
 				switch(pc->decodeType) {
 #ifdef HAVE_MAD
 				case DECODE_TYPE_MP3:
-					dc->error = mp3_decode(cb,af,dc);
+					ret = mp3_decode(cb,af,dc);
 					break;
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_FAAD
 				case DECODE_TYPE_AAC:
-					dc->error = aac_decode(cb,af,dc);
+					ret = aac_decode(cb,af,dc);
 					break;
 				case DECODE_TYPE_MP4:
-					dc->error = mp4_decode(cb,af,dc);
+					ret = mp4_decode(cb,af,dc);
 					break;
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_OGG
 				case DECODE_TYPE_OGG:
-					dc->error = ogg_decode(cb,af,dc);
+					ret = ogg_decode(cb,af,dc);
 					break;
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_FLAC
 				case DECODE_TYPE_FLAC:
-					dc->error = flac_decode(cb,af,dc);
+					ret = flac_decode(cb,af,dc);
 					break;
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_AUDIOFILE
 				case DECODE_TYPE_AUDIOFILE:
-					dc->error = audiofile_decode(cb,af,dc);
+					ret = audiofile_decode(cb,af,dc);
 					break;
 #endif
 				default:
-					dc->error = DECODE_ERROR_UNKTYPE;
+					ret = DECODE_ERROR_UNKTYPE;
 				}
-				if(dc->error!=DECODE_ERROR_NOERROR) {
+				if(ret<0) {
+					dc->error = DECODE_ERROR_FILE;
 					dc->start = 0;
 					dc->stop = 0;
 					dc->state = DECODE_STATE_STOP;
diff --git a/src/decode.h b/src/decode.h
index faf18f344..4bcc5abfa 100644
--- a/src/decode.h
+++ b/src/decode.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 #define DECODE_ERROR_NOERROR	0
 #define DECODE_ERROR_UNKTYPE	1
+#define DECODE_ERROR_FILE	2
 
 typedef struct _DecoderControl {
 	mpd_sint8 state;
diff --git a/src/mp4_decode.c b/src/mp4_decode.c
index e9e3d22eb..6ecce1853 100644
--- a/src/mp4_decode.c
+++ b/src/mp4_decode.c
@@ -223,15 +223,6 @@ int mp4_decode(Buffer * cb, AudioFormat * af, DecoderControl * dc) {
 		sampleBuffer = faacDecDecode(decoder,&frameInfo,mp4Buffer,
 						mp4BufferSize);
 
-		if(dc->start) {
-			channels = frameInfo.channels;
-			scale = frameInfo.samplerate;
-			af->channels = frameInfo.channels;
-			af->sampleRate = frameInfo.samplerate;
-			dc->state = DECODE_STATE_DECODE;
-			dc->start = 0;
-		}
-
 		if(mp4Buffer) free(mp4Buffer);
 		if(frameInfo.error > 0) {
 			ERROR("error decoding MP4 file: %s\n",dc->file);
@@ -241,6 +232,15 @@ int mp4_decode(Buffer * cb, AudioFormat * af, DecoderControl * dc) {
 			break;
 		}
 
+		if(dc->start) {
+			channels = frameInfo.channels;
+			scale = frameInfo.samplerate;
+			af->channels = frameInfo.channels;
+			af->sampleRate = frameInfo.samplerate;
+			dc->state = DECODE_STATE_DECODE;
+			dc->start = 0;
+		}
+
 		if(channels*(dur+offset) > frameInfo.samples) {
 			dur = frameInfo.samples/channels;
 			offset = 0;