diff --git a/lib/linux-x86_64/libao-play-async.so b/lib/linux-x86_64/libao-play-async.so
index 0ef5f00..5401d6b 100755
Binary files a/lib/linux-x86_64/libao-play-async.so and b/lib/linux-x86_64/libao-play-async.so differ
diff --git a/libao/c/ao-play-async/ao_playasync.c b/libao/c/ao-play-async/ao_playasync.c
index f0ac282..e35dae2 100644
--- a/libao/c/ao-play-async/ao_playasync.c
+++ b/libao/c/ao-play-async/ao_playasync.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ typedef struct {
     double          music_duration;
     ao_play_func_t  ao_play_f;
     int             buf_size;
+    int             paused;
 } AO_Handle;
 
 //static int(*ao_play)(void *device, char *samples, uint32_t n) = NULL;
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ static DWORD run(LPVOID arg)
 
     while(go_on) {
         MUTEX_LOCK(handle->mutex);
-        int has_frames = (handle->play_queue != NULL);
+        int has_frames = (!handle->paused) && (handle->play_queue != NULL);
 
         if (has_frames) {
             Queue_t *q = get(handle);
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ void *ao_create_async(void *ao_device_yeah, void *ao_play_f)
 
     handle->ao_play_f = ao_play_f;
     handle->buf_size = 0;
+    handle->paused = (1 == 0);
 
 #ifdef USE_PTHREADS
     pthread_mutex_t m = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
@@ -266,7 +268,6 @@ double ao_is_at_second_async(void *ao_handle)
     return s;
 }
 
-
 double ao_music_duration_async(void *ao_handle)
 {
     AO_Handle *h = (AO_Handle *) ao_handle;
@@ -285,4 +286,12 @@ int ao_bufsize_async(void *ao_handle)
     return s;
 }
 
+void ao_pause_async(void *ao_handle, int paused)
+{
+    AO_Handle *h = (AO_Handle *) ao_handle;
+    MUTEX_LOCK(h->mutex);
+    h->paused = paused;
+    MUTEX_UNLOCK(h->mutex);
+}
+
 
diff --git a/libao/libao-async-ffi.rkt b/libao/libao-async-ffi.rkt
index 0a9fd04..eb73c75 100644
--- a/libao/libao-async-ffi.rkt
+++ b/libao/libao-async-ffi.rkt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
          ao_music_duration_async
          ao_bufsize_async
          ao_clear_async
+         ao_pause_async
          )
 
 (define lib (get-lib '("ao-play-async" "libao-play-async") '(#f)))
@@ -42,3 +43,6 @@
 ;extern void ao_clear_async(void *handle);
 (define-libao-async ao_clear_async(_fun _libao-async-handle-pointer -> _void))
 
+;extern void ao_pause_async(void *handle, int pause);
+(define-libao-async ao_pause_async(_fun _libao-async-handle-pointer int -> _void))
+
diff --git a/libao/libao-async.rkt b/libao/libao-async.rkt
index 79a77a8..d8ce323 100644
--- a/libao/libao-async.rkt
+++ b/libao/libao-async.rkt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
          ao_music_duration_async
          ao_bufsize_async
          ao_clear_async
+         ao_pause_async
          )
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
    queue-sem
    [queue #:mutable]
    [stopped #:mutable]
+   [paused #:mutable]
    )
   #:transparent
   )
@@ -53,6 +55,14 @@
    (λ ()
      (let ((ao-device (ao-shm-device shm)))
        (define (player)
+         
+         (mutex-lock (ao-shm-mutex shm))
+         (let ((p (ao-shm-paused shm)))
+           (mutex-unlock (ao-shm-mutex shm))
+           (when p
+             (sleep 0.25)
+             (player)))
+                     
          (os-semaphore-wait (ao-shm-queue-sem shm))
          (mutex-lock (ao-shm-mutex shm))
          (if (= (queue-length (ao-shm-queue shm)) 0)
@@ -97,7 +107,7 @@
   )
 
 (define (ao-player ao_device)
-  (let ((shm (make-ao-shm (make-mutex) ao_device 0.0 0.0 0 (make-os-semaphore) (make-queue) #f)))
+  (let ((shm (make-ao-shm (make-mutex) ao_device 0.0 0.0 0 (make-os-semaphore) (make-queue) #f #f)))
     (ao-player* shm)
     shm
     )
@@ -173,4 +183,8 @@
   (set-ao-shm-queue! shm (make-queue))
   (set-ao-shm-bufsize! shm 0)
   )
+
+(define (ao_pause_async shm pause)
+  (set-ao-shm-paused! shm pause)
+  )
   
diff --git a/libao/libao.rkt b/libao/libao.rkt
index ad7eba6..7c7717b 100644
--- a/libao/libao.rkt
+++ b/libao/libao.rkt
@@ -230,6 +230,12 @@
     )
   )
 
+(define (ao-pause handle pause)
+  (if (eq? libao-async-mode 'ffi)
+      (ffi:ao_pause_async (ao-handle-async-player handle) pause)
+      (scm:ao_pause_async (ao-handle-async-plauer handle) pause)
+      ))
+
 (define (ao-at-second handle)
   (if (eq? libao-async-mode 'ffi)
       (ffi:ao_is_at_second_async (ao-handle-async-player handle))
diff --git a/libtag/taglib.rkt b/libtag/taglib.rkt
index ef56a3c..7d1e8ff 100644
--- a/libtag/taglib.rkt
+++ b/libtag/taglib.rkt
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
          'jpg)
         ((string-suffix? mt "/png")
          'png)
-        (else (error (format "mimetype not supported: ~a" mt)))
+        (else #f)
         )
       ))