diff --git a/Application/PlaybackController.h b/Application/PlaybackController.h
index f2f8f6432..88c52d842 100644
--- a/Application/PlaybackController.h
+++ b/Application/PlaybackController.h
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 	
 	IBOutlet NSSlider *volumeSlider;
 	
-	IBOutlet NSSegmentedControl *playbackButtons;
-	
 	IBOutlet NSArrayController *outputDevices;
 	
 	NSTimer *positionTimer;
@@ -33,8 +31,6 @@
 	double position;
 	BOOL seekable;
 	
-	BOOL showTimeRemaining;
-	
 	AudioScrobbler *scrobbler;
 	
  }
@@ -49,7 +45,6 @@
 - (IBAction)pauseResume:(id)sender;
 - (IBAction)skipToNextAlbum:(id)sender;
 - (IBAction)skipToPreviousAlbum:(id)sender;
-- (IBAction)playbackButtonClick:(id)sender;
 
 - (IBAction)play:(id)sender;
 - (IBAction)pause:(id)sender;
diff --git a/Application/PlaybackController.m b/Application/PlaybackController.m
index 4ad1cb545..385ab8f4a 100644
--- a/Application/PlaybackController.m
+++ b/Application/PlaybackController.m
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@
 	
 		audioPlayer = [[AudioPlayer alloc] init];
 		[audioPlayer setDelegate:self];
-		playbackStatus = kCogStatusStopped;
-		
-		showTimeRemaining = NO;
+		[self setPlaybackStatus: kCogStatusStopped];
 		
 		scrobbler = [[AudioScrobbler alloc] init];
 		[GrowlApplicationBridge setGrowlDelegate:self];
@@ -94,7 +92,7 @@
 - (IBAction)pause:(id)sender
 {
 	[audioPlayer pause];
-	playbackStatus = kCogStatusPaused;
+	[self setPlaybackStatus: kCogStatusPaused];
 	
 	if([[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:@"enableAudioScrobbler"]) {
 		[scrobbler pause];
@@ -130,24 +128,6 @@
 }
 
 
-- (IBAction)playbackButtonClick:(id)sender
-{
-	int clickedSegment = [sender selectedSegment];
-	if (clickedSegment == 0) //Previous
-	{
-		[self prev:sender];
-	}
-	else if (clickedSegment == 1) //Play
-	{
-		[self playPauseResume:sender];
-	}
-	else if (clickedSegment == 2) //Next
-	{
-		[self next:sender];
-	}
-}
-
-
 - (IBAction)play:(id)sender
 {
 	if ([playlistView selectedRow] == -1)
@@ -252,7 +232,8 @@
 	[self setPosition:seekTo];
 }
 
-- (void)changePlayButtonImage:(NSString *)name
+/*
+ - (void)changePlayButtonImage:(NSString *)name
 {
 	NSImage *img = [NSImage imageNamed:name];
 //	[img retain];
@@ -264,7 +245,7 @@
 	
 	[playbackButtons setImage:img forSegment:1];
 }
-
+*/
 - (IBAction)changeVolume:(id)sender
 {
 	NSLog(@"VOLUME: %lf, %lf", [sender doubleValue], linearToLogarithmic([sender doubleValue]));
@@ -295,7 +276,7 @@
 		[audioPlayer setVolume:originalVolume];
 		[volumeSlider setDoubleValue: logarithmicToLinear(originalVolume)];
 		[audioTimer invalidate];
-		playbackStatus = kCogStatusPaused;
+		[self setPlaybackStatus: kCogStatusPaused];
 	}
 	
 }
@@ -319,7 +300,7 @@
 	{
 		[volumeSlider setDoubleValue: logarithmicToLinear(originalVolume)];
 		[audioTimer invalidate];
-		playbackStatus = kCogStatusPlaying;
+		[self setPlaybackStatus: kCogStatusPlaying];
 	}
 	
 }
@@ -355,7 +336,7 @@
 		[self pauseResume:self];
 	}
 
-	playbackStatus = kCogStatusFading;
+	[self setPlaybackStatus: kCogStatusFading];
 
 }
 
@@ -521,9 +502,6 @@
 			[self setPosition:0];
 			[self setSeekable:NO]; // the player stopped, disable the slider
 		}
-		
-		//Show play image
-		[self changePlayButtonImage:@"play"];
 	}
 	else if (status == kCogStatusPlaying)
 	{
@@ -531,9 +509,6 @@
 			positionTimer = [NSTimer timerWithTimeInterval:1.00 target:self selector:@selector(updatePosition:) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
 			[[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] addTimer:positionTimer forMode:NSRunLoopCommonModes];
 		}
-		
-		//Show pause
-		[self changePlayButtonImage:@"pause"];
 	}
 	
 	if (status == kCogStatusStopped) {
@@ -546,7 +521,7 @@
 		[self setSeekable:YES];
 	}
 	
-	playbackStatus = status;
+	[self setPlaybackStatus:status];
 }
 
 - (void)playlistDidChange:(PlaylistController *)p
diff --git a/Cog.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Cog.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index e89c7b2ca..a70d8244e 100644
--- a/Cog.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Cog.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 		1738589B0E0D92DD00488CD4 /* SideBarController.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 173858950E0D92DD00488CD4 /* SideBarController.m */; };
 		1738589D0E0D92DD00488CD4 /* SideWindowController.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 173858990E0D92DD00488CD4 /* SideWindowController.m */; };
 		173A43A10F3FD26500676A7B /* ToolTipWindow.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 173A43A00F3FD26500676A7B /* ToolTipWindow.m */; };
+		1752C36C0F59E00100F85F28 /* PlaybackButtons.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 1752C36B0F59E00100F85F28 /* PlaybackButtons.m */; };
 		1755E1F90BA0D2B600CA3560 /* PlaylistLoader.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 1755E1F70BA0D2B600CA3560 /* PlaylistLoader.m */; };
 		1766C6930B911DF1004A7AE4 /* AudioScrobbler.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 1766C68F0B911DF1004A7AE4 /* AudioScrobbler.m */; };
 		1766C6950B911DF1004A7AE4 /* AudioScrobblerClient.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 1766C6910B911DF1004A7AE4 /* AudioScrobblerClient.m */; };
@@ -537,6 +538,8 @@
 		173858990E0D92DD00488CD4 /* SideWindowController.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; name = SideWindowController.m; path = SideView/SideWindowController.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		173A439F0F3FD26500676A7B /* ToolTipWindow.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = ToolTipWindow.h; path = ToolTip/ToolTipWindow.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		173A43A00F3FD26500676A7B /* ToolTipWindow.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; name = ToolTipWindow.m; path = ToolTip/ToolTipWindow.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		1752C36A0F59E00100F85F28 /* PlaybackButtons.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = PlaybackButtons.h; path = Window/PlaybackButtons.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		1752C36B0F59E00100F85F28 /* PlaybackButtons.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; name = PlaybackButtons.m; path = Window/PlaybackButtons.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		1755E1F60BA0D2B600CA3560 /* PlaylistLoader.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 30; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = PlaylistLoader.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		1755E1F70BA0D2B600CA3560 /* PlaylistLoader.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 30; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = PlaylistLoader.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		1766C68E0B911DF1004A7AE4 /* AudioScrobbler.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 30; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = AudioScrobbler.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -1133,6 +1136,8 @@
 		17E0D5D20F520E75005B6FED /* Window */ = {
 			isa = PBXGroup;
 			children = (
+				1752C36A0F59E00100F85F28 /* PlaybackButtons.h */,
+				1752C36B0F59E00100F85F28 /* PlaybackButtons.m */,
 				172A123A0F5912AE0078EF0C /* ShuffleTransformers.h */,
 				172A123B0F5912AE0078EF0C /* ShuffleTransformers.m */,
 				172A12310F5911D20078EF0C /* RepeatTransformers.h */,
@@ -1848,6 +1853,7 @@
 				172A12330F5911D20078EF0C /* RepeatTransformers.m in Sources */,
 				172A123C0F5912AE0078EF0C /* ShuffleTransformers.m in Sources */,
 				172A12A90F59AF8A0078EF0C /* NSString+CogSort.m in Sources */,
+				1752C36C0F59E00100F85F28 /* PlaybackButtons.m in Sources */,
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 		};
diff --git a/English.lproj/MainMenu.xib b/English.lproj/MainMenu.xib
index 812e235ba..ce7e18538 100644
--- a/English.lproj/MainMenu.xib
+++ b/English.lproj/MainMenu.xib
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 		<string key="IBDocument.HIToolboxVersion">353.00</string>
 		<object class="NSMutableArray" key="IBDocument.EditedObjectIDs">
 			<bool key="EncodedWithXMLCoder">YES</bool>
-			<integer value="29"/>
 			<integer value="2234"/>
 			<integer value="21"/>
+			<integer value="29"/>
 		</object>
 		<object class="NSArray" key="IBDocument.PluginDependencies">
 			<bool key="EncodedWithXMLCoder">YES</bool>
@@ -5046,22 +5046,6 @@ OQA</bytes>
 					</object>
 					<int key="connectionID">1597</int>
 				</object>
-				<object class="IBConnectionRecord">
-					<object class="IBOutletConnection" key="connection">
-						<string key="label">playbackButtons</string>
-						<reference key="source" ref="936098491"/>
-						<reference key="destination" ref="40234197"/>
-					</object>
-					<int key="connectionID">1603</int>
-				</object>
-				<object class="IBConnectionRecord">
-					<object class="IBActionConnection" key="connection">
-						<string key="label">playbackButtonClick:</string>
-						<reference key="source" ref="936098491"/>
-						<reference key="destination" ref="40234197"/>
-					</object>
-					<int key="connectionID">1604</int>
-				</object>
 				<object class="IBConnectionRecord">
 					<object class="IBActionConnection" key="connection">
 						<string key="label">changeVolume:</string>
@@ -6784,14 +6768,6 @@ OQA</bytes>
 					</object>
 					<int key="connectionID">2388</int>
 				</object>
-				<object class="IBConnectionRecord">
-					<object class="IBActionConnection" key="connection">
-						<string key="label">playbackButtonClick:</string>
-						<reference key="source" ref="936098491"/>
-						<reference key="destination" ref="554424892"/>
-					</object>
-					<int key="connectionID">2389</int>
-				</object>
 				<object class="IBConnectionRecord">
 					<object class="IBBindingConnection" key="connection">
 						<string key="label">image: shuffle</string>
@@ -6876,6 +6852,22 @@ OQA</bytes>
 					</object>
 					<int key="connectionID">2400</int>
 				</object>
+				<object class="IBConnectionRecord">
+					<object class="IBOutletConnection" key="connection">
+						<string key="label">playbackController</string>
+						<reference key="source" ref="40234197"/>
+						<reference key="destination" ref="936098491"/>
+					</object>
+					<int key="connectionID">2401</int>
+				</object>
+				<object class="IBConnectionRecord">
+					<object class="IBOutletConnection" key="connection">
+						<string key="label">playbackController</string>
+						<reference key="source" ref="554424892"/>
+						<reference key="destination" ref="936098491"/>
+					</object>
+					<int key="connectionID">2402</int>
+				</object>
 			</object>
 			<object class="IBMutableOrderedSet" key="objectRecords">
 				<object class="NSArray" key="orderedObjects">
@@ -9375,6 +9367,7 @@ OQA</bytes>
 					<string>1532.ImportedFromIB2</string>
 					<string>1533.IBPluginDependency</string>
 					<string>1533.ImportedFromIB2</string>
+					<string>1537.CustomClassName</string>
 					<string>1537.IBPluginDependency</string>
 					<string>1537.ImportedFromIB2</string>
 					<string>1538.IBPluginDependency</string>
@@ -9637,6 +9630,7 @@ OQA</bytes>
 					<string>2294.CustomClassName</string>
 					<string>2294.IBPluginDependency</string>
 					<string>2294.ImportedFromIB2</string>
+					<string>2295.CustomClassName</string>
 					<string>2295.IBPluginDependency</string>
 					<string>2295.ImportedFromIB2</string>
 					<string>2296.IBPluginDependency</string>
@@ -9994,6 +9988,7 @@ OQA</bytes>
 					<reference ref="9"/>
 					<string>com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.CocoaPlugin</string>
 					<reference ref="9"/>
+					<string>PlaybackButtons</string>
 					<string>com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.CocoaPlugin</string>
 					<reference ref="9"/>
 					<string>com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.CocoaPlugin</string>
@@ -10256,6 +10251,7 @@ OQA</bytes>
 					<string>TrackingCell</string>
 					<string>com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.CocoaPlugin</string>
 					<reference ref="9"/>
+					<string>PlaybackButtons</string>
 					<string>com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.CocoaPlugin</string>
 					<reference ref="9"/>
 					<string>com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.CocoaPlugin</string>
@@ -10451,7 +10447,7 @@ OQA</bytes>
 				</object>
 			</object>
 			<nil key="sourceID"/>
-			<int key="maxID">2400</int>
+			<int key="maxID">2402</int>
 		</object>
 		<object class="IBClassDescriber" key="IBDocument.Classes">
 			<object class="NSMutableArray" key="referencedPartialClassDescriptions">
@@ -10747,6 +10743,18 @@ OQA</bytes>
 						<string key="minorKey">FileTree/PathWatcher.h</string>
 					</object>
 				</object>
+				<object class="IBPartialClassDescription">
+					<string key="className">PlaybackButtons</string>
+					<string key="superclassName">NSSegmentedControl</string>
+					<object class="NSMutableDictionary" key="outlets">
+						<string key="NS.key.0">playbackController</string>
+						<string key="NS.object.0">PlaybackController</string>
+					</object>
+					<object class="IBClassDescriptionSource" key="sourceIdentifier">
+						<string key="majorKey">IBProjectSource</string>
+						<string key="minorKey">Window/PlaybackButtons.h</string>
+					</object>
+				</object>
 				<object class="IBPartialClassDescription">
 					<string key="className">PlaybackController</string>
 					<string key="superclassName">NSObject</string>
@@ -10763,14 +10771,12 @@ OQA</bytes>
 							<string>pauseResume:</string>
 							<string>play:</string>
 							<string>playPauseResume:</string>
-							<string>playbackButtonClick:</string>
 							<string>prev:</string>
 							<string>resume:</string>
 							<string>seek:</string>
 							<string>skipToNextAlbum:</string>
 							<string>skipToPreviousAlbum:</string>
 							<string>stop:</string>
-							<string>toggleShowTimeRemaining:</string>
 							<string>volumeDown:</string>
 							<string>volumeUp:</string>
 						</object>
@@ -10793,8 +10799,6 @@ OQA</bytes>
 							<string>id</string>
 							<string>id</string>
 							<string>id</string>
-							<string>id</string>
-							<string>id</string>
 						</object>
 					</object>
 					<object class="NSMutableDictionary" key="outlets">
@@ -10802,7 +10806,6 @@ OQA</bytes>
 						<object class="NSMutableArray" key="dict.sortedKeys">
 							<bool key="EncodedWithXMLCoder">YES</bool>
 							<string>outputDevices</string>
-							<string>playbackButtons</string>
 							<string>playlistController</string>
 							<string>playlistView</string>
 							<string>volumeSlider</string>
@@ -10810,7 +10813,6 @@ OQA</bytes>
 						<object class="NSMutableArray" key="dict.values">
 							<bool key="EncodedWithXMLCoder">YES</bool>
 							<string>NSArrayController</string>
-							<string>NSSegmentedControl</string>
 							<string>PlaylistController</string>
 							<string>PlaylistView</string>
 							<string>NSSlider</string>
diff --git a/Window/PlaybackButtons.h b/Window/PlaybackButtons.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92d60e866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Window/PlaybackButtons.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//
+//  PlaybackButtons.h
+//  Cog
+//
+//  Created by Vincent Spader on 2/28/09.
+//  Copyright 2009 __MyCompanyName__. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
+
+@class PlaybackController;
+
+@interface PlaybackButtons : NSSegmentedControl {
+	IBOutlet PlaybackController *playbackController;
+}
+
+- (void)startObserving;
+- (void)stopObserving;
+
+@end
diff --git a/Window/PlaybackButtons.m b/Window/PlaybackButtons.m
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9ecfe258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Window/PlaybackButtons.m
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+//
+//  PlaybackButtons.m
+//  Cog
+//
+//  Created by Vincent Spader on 2/28/09.
+//  Copyright 2009 __MyCompanyName__. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+#import "PlaybackButtons.h"
+#import "PlaybackController.h"
+
+#import <CogAudio/Status.h>
+
+@implementation PlaybackButtons
+
+static NSString *PlaybackButtonsPlaybackStatusObservationContext = @"PlaybackButtonsPlaybackStatusObservationContext";
+
+- (void)dealloc
+{
+	[self stopObserving];
+	
+	[super dealloc];
+}
+
+- (void)awakeFromNib
+{
+	[self startObserving];
+}
+
+- (void)startObserving
+{
+	[playbackController addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"playbackStatus" options:(NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew | NSKeyValueObservingOptionInitial) context:PlaybackButtonsPlaybackStatusObservationContext];
+}
+
+- (void)stopObserving
+{
+	[playbackController removeObserver:self forKeyPath:@"playbackStatus"];
+}
+
+- (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath ofObject:(id)object change:(NSDictionary *)change context:(void *)context
+{
+	if ([PlaybackButtonsPlaybackStatusObservationContext isEqual:context])
+	{
+		NSInteger playbackStatus = [[change objectForKey:NSKeyValueChangeNewKey] integerValue];
+
+		NSImage *image = nil;
+
+		if (playbackStatus == kCogStatusPlaying || playbackStatus == kCogStatusFading) {
+			image = [NSImage imageNamed:@"pause"];
+		}
+		else {
+			image = [NSImage imageNamed:@"play"];
+		}
+		
+		[self setImage:image forSegment:1];
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		[super observeValueForKeyPath:keyPath ofObject:object change:change context:context];
+	}
+}
+
+- (BOOL)sendAction:(SEL)theAction to:(id)theTarget
+{
+	NSLog(@"Mouse down!");
+	
+	int clickedSegment = [self selectedSegment];
+	if (clickedSegment == 0) //Previous
+	{
+		[playbackController prev:self];
+	}
+	else if (clickedSegment == 1) //Play
+	{
+		[playbackController playPauseResume:self];
+	}
+	else if (clickedSegment == 2) //Next
+	{
+		[playbackController next:self];
+	}
+	else {
+		return NO;
+	}
+	
+	return YES;
+	
+}
+			
+
+@end