diff --git a/src/audio.c b/src/audio.c
index d8abc5648..713519f5c 100644
--- a/src/audio.c
+++ b/src/audio.c
@@ -131,18 +131,21 @@ int isCurrentAudioFormat(AudioFormat * audioFormat) {
 int initAudio(AudioFormat * audioFormat) {
 	ao_sample_format format;
 
-	if(audio_device && !isCurrentAudioFormat(audioFormat)) {
+	if(audioFormat && audio_device && !isCurrentAudioFormat(audioFormat)) {
 		finishAudio();
 	}
 
 	if(!audio_device) {
-		format.bits = audioFormat->bits;
-		format.rate = audioFormat->sampleRate;
+		if(audioFormat) {
+			audio_format.bits = audioFormat->bits;
+			audio_format.sampleRate = audioFormat->sampleRate;
+			audio_format.channels = audioFormat->channels;
+		}
+
+		format.bits = audio_format.bits;
+		format.rate = audio_format.sampleRate;
 		format.byte_format = AO_FMT_NATIVE;
-		format.channels = audioFormat->channels;
-		audio_format.bits = format.bits;
-		audio_format.sampleRate = format.rate;
-		audio_format.channels = format.channels;
+		format.channels = audio_format.channels;
 
 		blockSignals();
 		audio_device = ao_open_live(audio_ao_driver_id, &format, 
diff --git a/src/audiofile_decode.c b/src/audiofile_decode.c
index 9683ce177..0c2824dc6 100644
--- a/src/audiofile_decode.c
+++ b/src/audiofile_decode.c
@@ -104,10 +104,6 @@ int audiofile_decode(Buffer * cb, AudioFormat * af, DecoderControl * dc)
 				if(dc->stop) break;
 				else if(dc->seek) continue;
 				
-#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-				pcm_changeBufferEndianness(chunk,CHUNK_SIZE,
-						af->bits);
-#endif
 				memcpy(cb->chunks+cb->end*CHUNK_SIZE,chunk,
 						CHUNK_SIZE);
 				cb->chunkSize[cb->end] = CHUNK_SIZE;
diff --git a/src/decode.c b/src/decode.c
index 19efd6b1e..b80166af4 100644
--- a/src/decode.c
+++ b/src/decode.c
@@ -180,8 +180,19 @@ void decodeSeek(PlayerControl * pc, AudioFormat * af, DecoderControl * dc,
 	} \
 	if(pc->pause) { \
 		pause = !pause; \
-		if(pause) pc->state = PLAYER_STATE_PAUSE; \
-		else pc->state = PLAYER_STATE_PLAY; \
+		if(pause) { \
+			finishAudio(); \
+			pc->state = PLAYER_STATE_PAUSE; \
+		} \
+		else { \
+			if(initAudio(NULL)<0) { \
+				strncpy(pc->erroredFile,pc->file,MAXPATHLEN); \
+				pc->error = PLAYER_ERROR_AUDIO; \
+				quitDecode(pc,dc); \
+				return; \
+			} \
+			pc->state = PLAYER_STATE_PLAY; \
+		} \
 		pc->pause = 0; \
 		kill(getppid(),SIGUSR1); \
 	} \
@@ -296,7 +307,6 @@ void decode() {
 
 	{
 		/* PARENT */
-		char silence[CHUNK_SIZE];
 		int pause = 0;
 		int quit = 0;
 		int bbp = buffered_before_play;
@@ -306,8 +316,6 @@ void decode() {
 		int nextChunk = -1;
 		int test;
 
-		memset(silence,0,CHUNK_SIZE);
-
 		if(waitOnDecode(pc,af,dc,cb)<0) return;
 
 		pc->state = PLAYER_STATE_PLAY;
@@ -348,9 +356,7 @@ void decode() {
 				}
 				else doCrossFade = -1;
 			}
-			if(pause) {
-				if(playAudio(silence,CHUNK_SIZE)<0) quit = 1;
-			}
+			if(pause) usleep(10000);
 			else if((cb->begin!=cb->end || cb->wrap) && 
 				cb->begin!=cb->next)
 			{
diff --git a/src/mp4_decode.c b/src/mp4_decode.c
index 607253e4f..4a0e168b8 100644
--- a/src/mp4_decode.c
+++ b/src/mp4_decode.c
@@ -251,9 +251,6 @@ int mp4_decode(Buffer * cb, AudioFormat * af, DecoderControl * dc) {
 			size_t size = sampleBufferLen>CHUNK_SIZE-chunkLen ? 
 							CHUNK_SIZE-chunkLen:
 							sampleBufferLen;
-#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-			pcm_changeBufferEndianness(sampleBuffer,size,af->bits);
-#endif
 			while(cb->begin==cb->end && cb->wrap &&
 					!dc->stop && !dc->seek)
 			{