diff -ruN uade.orig/src/frontends/audacious/plugin.c uade/src/frontends/audacious/plugin.c
--- uade.orig/src/frontends/audacious/plugin.c	2007-08-11 15:05:01.000000000 +0200
+++ uade/src/frontends/audacious/plugin.c	2007-08-11 15:05:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -835,6 +835,7 @@
 #if __AUDACIOUS_PLUGIN_API__ >= 3
   decode_thread = pthread_self();
   uade_thread_running = 1;
+  playhandle->set_pb_ready(playhandle);
   play_loop(playhandle);
 #else
   if (pthread_create(&decode_thread, NULL, play_loop, playhandle)) {