diff --git a/pokerth.pro b/pokerth.pro
index ae0277af..9d76c2e1 100755
--- a/pokerth.pro
+++ b/pokerth.pro
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ INCLUDEPATH += . \
 		src/engine/network_engine \
 		src/config \
 		src/core/tinyxml \
+		src/sound \
 		src/gui/qt \
 		src/gui/qt/connecttoserverdialog \
 		src/core \
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ INCLUDEPATH += . \
 DEPENDPATH += . \
               src \
               src/config \
+	      src/sound \
               src/core \
               src/engine \
               src/gui \
@@ -133,7 +135,8 @@ HEADERS += src/game.h \
            src/gui/qttoolsinterface.h \
            src/gui/qt/qttools/qttoolswrapper.h \
            src/gui/qt/qttools/qthelper/qthelper.h \
-           src/gui/generic/serverguiwrapper.h
+           src/gui/generic/serverguiwrapper.h \
+           src/sound/sdlplayer.h
 FORMS += src/gui/qt/mainwindow.ui \
          src/gui/qt/aboutpokerth.ui \
          src/gui/qt/connecttoserverdialog.ui \
@@ -225,7 +228,8 @@ SOURCES += src/game.cpp \
            src/gui/qttoolsinterface.cpp \
            src/gui/qt/qttools/qttoolswrapper.cpp \
            src/gui/qt/qttools/qthelper/qthelper.cpp \
-           src/gui/generic/serverguiwrapper.cpp
+           src/gui/generic/serverguiwrapper.cpp \
+           src/sound/sdlplayer.cpp
 RESOURCES += src/gui/qt/resources.qrc
 TRANSLATIONS = ts/pokerth_de.ts \
                ts/pokerth_es.ts \
diff --git a/src/gui/qt/mainwindow/mainwindowimpl.cpp b/src/gui/qt/mainwindow/mainwindowimpl.cpp
index cc117996..b8c24017 100755
--- a/src/gui/qt/mainwindow/mainwindowimpl.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qt/mainwindow/mainwindowimpl.cpp
@@ -2647,11 +2647,7 @@ void mainWindowImpl::playSound() {
 		have it just play once) */
 		Mix_PlayMusic(music, 0);
 	}
-        /* We want to know when our music has stopped playing so we
-           can free it up and set 'music' back to NULL.  SDL_Mixer
-           provides us with a callback routine we can use to do
-           exactly that */
-//         Mix_HookMusicFinished(mainWindowImpl::musicDone());
+        
         
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sound/sdlplayer.cpp b/src/sound/sdlplayer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..579e0b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sound/sdlplayer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+//
+// C++ Implementation: sdlplayer
+//
+// Description: 
+//
+//
+// Author: FThauer FHammer <webmaster@pokerth.net>, (C) 2007
+//
+// Copyright: See COPYING file that comes with this distribution
+//
+//
+#include "sdlplayer.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+SDLPlayer::SDLPlayer()
+{
+	initAudio();
+	
+}
+
+
+SDLPlayer::~SDLPlayer()
+{
+}
+
+void SDLPlayer::initAudio() {
+
+	audio_rate = 44100;
+  	audio_format = AUDIO_S16; /* 16-bit stereo */
+  	audio_channels = 2;
+  	audio_buffers = 4096;
+	music = NULL;
+
+	SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_AUDIO);
+
+	if(Mix_OpenAudio(audio_rate, audio_format, audio_channels, audio_buffers)) {
+		printf("Unable to open audio!\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	
+	Mix_QuerySpec(&audio_rate, &audio_format, &audio_channels);
+}
+
+void SDLPlayer::playSound(std::string audioString) {
+
+	cout << "play now" << endl;
+	/* Actually loads up the music */
+	string oggString = ".ogg";
+// 	music = Mix_LoadMUS( audioString+oggString );
+	
+	/* This begins playing the music - the first argument is a
+	pointer to Mix_Music structure, and the second is how many
+	times you want it to loop (use -1 for infinite, and 0 to
+	have it just play once) */
+	Mix_PlayMusic(music, 0);
+
+	/* We want to know when our music has stopped playing so we
+           can free it up and set 'music' back to NULL.  SDL_Mixer
+           provides us with a callback routine we can use to do
+           exactly that */
+//         Mix_HookMusicFinished(mainWindowImpl::musicDone());
+
+}
+
+void SDLPlayer::audioDone() {
+
+	Mix_HaltMusic();
+  	Mix_FreeMusic(music);
+  	music = NULL;
+}
+
+void SDLPlayer::closeAudio() {
+
+	Mix_HaltMusic();
+	Mix_FreeMusic(music);
+  	music = NULL;
+	Mix_CloseAudio();
+  	SDL_Quit();
+}
diff --git a/src/sound/sdlplayer.h b/src/sound/sdlplayer.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d0e2c08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sound/sdlplayer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+//
+// C++ Interface: sdlplayer
+//
+// Description: 
+//
+//
+// Author: FThauer FHammer <webmaster@pokerth.net>, (C) 2007
+//
+// Copyright: See COPYING file that comes with this distribution
+//
+//
+#ifndef SDLPLAYER_H
+#define SDLPLAYER_H
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "SDL/SDL.h"
+#include "SDL/SDL_mixer.h"
+
+/**
+	@author FThauer FHammer <webmaster@pokerth.net>
+*/
+class SDLPlayer{
+public:
+    SDLPlayer();
+
+    ~SDLPlayer();
+
+	void initAudio();
+	void playSound(std::string);
+	void audioDone();
+	void closeAudio();
+
+private:
+
+	int audio_rate;
+  	Uint16 audio_format;
+ 	int audio_channels;
+  	int audio_buffers;
+	Mix_Music *music;
+
+};
+
+#endif