diff --git a/include/ffcpp/Player.h b/include/ffcpp/Player.h
index 2a3348b..ee545d6 100644
--- a/include/ffcpp/Player.h
+++ b/include/ffcpp/Player.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "ffcpp/MediaFile.h"
 #include <memory>
+#include <thread>
 
 namespace ffcpp {
 
@@ -15,12 +16,20 @@ namespace ffcpp {
                                         int uPitch, int vPitch) = 0;
     };
 
+    enum class PlayerState {
+        Stopped,
+        Playing,
+        Paused
+    };
+
     class Player {
     private:
         std::shared_ptr<IVideoSink> _vSink;
         std::unique_ptr<MediaFile> _curMedia;
         StreamPtr _aStream;
         StreamPtr _vStream;
+        std::thread _decodeThread;
+        PlayerState _state;
 
     public:
         Player(std::shared_ptr<IVideoSink> vSink);
@@ -28,6 +37,9 @@ namespace ffcpp {
 
         void setMedia(std::string path);
         void play();
+
+    private:
+        void decode();
     };
 
 }
diff --git a/include/ffcpp/TSQueue.h b/include/ffcpp/TSQueue.h
index 99656cb..8a34d4c 100644
--- a/include/ffcpp/TSQueue.h
+++ b/include/ffcpp/TSQueue.h
@@ -13,10 +13,16 @@ namespace ffcpp {
 
     private:
         mutable std::mutex _mutex;
-        std::condition_variable _cond;
+        std::condition_variable _readCond;
+        std::condition_variable _writeCond;
         std::queue<std::shared_ptr<T>> _queue;
+        size_t _maxSize;
 
     public:
+        TSQueue(size_t maxSize): _maxSize(maxSize) {
+
+        }
+
         bool empty() const {
             LockType lock(_mutex);
             return _queue.empty();
@@ -26,7 +32,44 @@ namespace ffcpp {
             auto data = std::make_shared<T>(std::move(value));
             LockType lock(_mutex);
             _queue.push(data);
-            _cond.notify_one();
+            _readCond.notify_one();
+        }
+
+        void pushOrWait(T value) {
+            auto data = std::make_shared<T>(std::move(value));
+            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(_mutex);
+            if(_queue.size() == _maxSize) {
+                _writeCond.wait(lock, [this]{ return _queue.size() < _maxSize; });
+            }
+            _queue.push(data);
+            _readCond.notify_one();
+        }
+
+        std::shared_ptr<T> waitAndPop() {
+            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(_mutex);
+            _readCond.wait(lock, [this]{ return !_queue.empty(); });
+            auto res = _queue.front();
+            _queue.pop();
+            return res;
+        }
+
+        std::shared_ptr<T> tryPop() {
+            LockType lock(_mutex);
+            if(_queue.empty())
+                return std::shared_ptr<T>();
+            auto res = _queue.front();
+            _queue.pop();
+            return res;
+        }
+
+        std::shared_ptr<T> popOrWait() {
+            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(_mutex);
+            if(_queue.empty()) {
+                _readCond.wait(lock, [this]{ return !_queue.empty(); });
+            }
+            auto res = _queue.front();
+            _queue.pop();
+            return res;
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 451dd61..f37d3ee 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 project(ffcpp)
 
 find_package(FFMPEG REQUIRED)
-include_directories(${FFMPEG_INCLUDE_DIR})
+# FIXME: FFMPEG_INCLUDE_DIR is incorrect and causes errors
+# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35982639/ctime-std-namespace-conflict
+#include_directories(${FFMPEG_INCLUDE_DIR})
 link_directories(${FFMPEG_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 
 if(NOT FFMPEG_FOUND)
diff --git a/src/Player.cpp b/src/Player.cpp
index 6c53bb2..719f4fa 100644
--- a/src/Player.cpp
+++ b/src/Player.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 #include "ffcpp/Player.h"
 #include "ffcpp/Stream.h"
 #include "ffcpp/Scaler.h"
+#include <iostream>
 
 namespace ffcpp {
 
-    Player::Player(std::shared_ptr<IVideoSink> vSink): _vSink(vSink), _curMedia(nullptr), _aStream(nullptr), _vStream(
-            nullptr) {
+    Player::Player(std::shared_ptr<IVideoSink> vSink): _vSink(vSink),
+                                                       _curMedia(nullptr),
+                                                       _aStream(nullptr),
+                                                       _vStream(nullptr),
+                                                       _decodeThread(&Player::decode, this),
+                                                       _state(PlayerState::Stopped)
+    {
         init();
     }
 
@@ -36,8 +42,13 @@ namespace ffcpp {
                 frame = scaler.scale(frame);
                 AVFrame* f = frame;
                 //_vSink->drawFrame(f->data, f->linesize[0]);
-                _vSink->drawPlanarYUVFrame(f->data[0], f->data[1], f->data[2], f->linesize[0], f->linesize[1], f->linesize[2]);
+                _vSink->drawPlanarYUVFrame(f->data[0], f->data[1], f->data[2],
+                                           f->linesize[0], f->linesize[1], f->linesize[2]);
             }
         }
     }
+
+    void Player::decode() {
+        std::cout << "decode function started" << std::endl;
+    }
 }
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