diff -ruN uade.orig/src/frontends/audacious/plugin.c uade/src/frontends/audacious/plugin.c
--- uade.orig/src/frontends/audacious/plugin.c	2007-07-08 12:47:28.000000000 +0200
+++ uade/src/frontends/audacious/plugin.c	2007-07-24 21:53:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -826,6 +826,11 @@
   if (initialize_song(filename) == FALSE)
     goto err;
 
+#if __AUDACIOUS_PLUGIN_API__ >= 3
+  decode_thread = pthread_self();
+  uade_thread_running = 1;
+  play_loop(playhandle);
+#else
   if (pthread_create(&decode_thread, NULL, play_loop, playhandle)) {
     fprintf(stderr, "uade: can't create play_loop() thread\n");
     uade_unalloc_song(uadesong);
@@ -834,10 +839,10 @@
     uade_unlock();
     goto err;
   }
+  uade_thread_running = 1;
+#endif
 
   free(decoded);
-
-  uade_thread_running = 1;
   return;
 
  err:
@@ -933,7 +938,11 @@
 static int uade_get_time(void)
 #endif
 {
+#if __AUDACIOUS_PLUGIN_API__ >= 3
+  if (abort_playing || last_beat_played || uade_thread_running == 0)
+#else
   if (abort_playing || last_beat_played)
+#endif
     return -1;
 
   if (gui_info_set == 0 && uadesong->max_subsong != -1) {