diff --git a/app/panel/viewer/viewerbase.cpp b/app/panel/viewer/viewerbase.cpp
index 9f9e4c84e..73fd1cade 100644
--- a/app/panel/viewer/viewerbase.cpp
+++ b/app/panel/viewer/viewerbase.cpp
@@ -111,4 +111,18 @@ void ViewerPanelBase::CreateScopePanel(ScopePanel::Type type)
   vw->ForceUpdate();
 }
 
+void ViewerPanelBase::showEvent(QShowEvent *e)
+{
+  static_cast<ViewerWidget*>(GetTimeBasedWidget())->Pause();
+
+  TimeBasedPanel::showEvent(e);
+}
+
+void ViewerPanelBase::closeEvent(QCloseEvent *e)
+{
+  static_cast<ViewerWidget*>(GetTimeBasedWidget())->Pause();
+
+  TimeBasedPanel::closeEvent(e);
+}
+
 OLIVE_NAMESPACE_EXIT
diff --git a/app/panel/viewer/viewerbase.h b/app/panel/viewer/viewerbase.h
index ed4c5651a..d620a94f1 100644
--- a/app/panel/viewer/viewerbase.h
+++ b/app/panel/viewer/viewerbase.h
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ public slots:
 protected:
   void CreateScopePanel(ScopePanel::Type type);
 
+  virtual void showEvent(QShowEvent* e) override;
+
+  virtual void closeEvent(QCloseEvent* e) override;
+
 };
 
 OLIVE_NAMESPACE_EXIT
diff --git a/app/widget/viewer/CMakeLists.txt b/app/widget/viewer/CMakeLists.txt
index 70df051ae..f745ca0d6 100644
--- a/app/widget/viewer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/widget/viewer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ set(OLIVE_SOURCES
   widget/viewer/viewer.cpp
   widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.h
   widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.cpp
+  widget/viewer/viewerplaybacktimer.h
+  widget/viewer/viewerplaybacktimer.cpp
+  widget/viewer/viewerqueue.h
   widget/viewer/viewersafemargininfo.h
   widget/viewer/viewersizer.h
   widget/viewer/viewersizer.cpp
diff --git a/app/widget/viewer/footageviewer.cpp b/app/widget/viewer/footageviewer.cpp
index 3ee2569b0..b11acc76b 100644
--- a/app/widget/viewer/footageviewer.cpp
+++ b/app/widget/viewer/footageviewer.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ FootageViewerWidget::FootageViewerWidget(QWidget *parent) :
   audio_node_ = new AudioInput();
   viewer_node_ = new ViewerOutput();
 
-  connect(main_gl_widget(), &ViewerDisplayWidget::DragStarted, this, &FootageViewerWidget::StartFootageDrag);
+  connect(display_widget(), &ViewerDisplayWidget::DragStarted, this, &FootageViewerWidget::StartFootageDrag);
 
   controls_->SetAudioVideoDragButtonsVisible(true);
   connect(controls_, &PlaybackControls::VideoPressed, this, &FootageViewerWidget::StartVideoDrag);
diff --git a/app/widget/viewer/viewer.cpp b/app/widget/viewer/viewer.cpp
index 34fd47a6f..4b9461cde 100644
--- a/app/widget/viewer/viewer.cpp
+++ b/app/widget/viewer/viewer.cpp
@@ -63,15 +63,13 @@ ViewerWidget::ViewerWidget(QWidget *parent) :
   sizer_ = new ViewerSizer();
   stack_->addWidget(sizer_);
 
-  ViewerDisplayWidget* main_widget = new ViewerDisplayWidget();
-  connect(main_widget, &ViewerDisplayWidget::customContextMenuRequested, this, &ViewerWidget::ShowContextMenu);
-  connect(main_widget, &ViewerDisplayWidget::CursorColor, this, &ViewerWidget::CursorColor);
-  connect(main_widget, &ViewerDisplayWidget::LoadedBuffer, this, &ViewerWidget::LoadedBuffer);
-  connect(main_widget, &ViewerDisplayWidget::ColorProcessorChanged, this, &ViewerWidget::ColorProcessorChanged);
-  connect(main_widget, &ViewerDisplayWidget::ColorManagerChanged, this, &ViewerWidget::ColorManagerChanged);
-  connect(sizer_, &ViewerSizer::RequestMatrix, main_widget, &ViewerDisplayWidget::SetMatrix);
-  sizer_->SetWidget(main_widget);
-  gl_widgets_.append(main_widget);
+  display_widget_ = new ViewerDisplayWidget();
+  connect(display_widget_, &ViewerDisplayWidget::customContextMenuRequested, this, &ViewerWidget::ShowContextMenu);
+  connect(display_widget_, &ViewerDisplayWidget::CursorColor, this, &ViewerWidget::CursorColor);
+  connect(display_widget_, &ViewerDisplayWidget::ColorProcessorChanged, this, &ViewerWidget::ColorProcessorChanged);
+  connect(display_widget_, &ViewerDisplayWidget::ColorManagerChanged, this, &ViewerWidget::ColorManagerChanged);
+  connect(sizer_, &ViewerSizer::RequestMatrix, display_widget_, &ViewerDisplayWidget::SetMatrix);
+  sizer_->SetWidget(display_widget_);
 
   // Create waveform view when audio is connected and video isn't
   waveform_view_ = new AudioWaveformView();
@@ -117,6 +115,15 @@ ViewerWidget::ViewerWidget(QWidget *parent) :
   SetAutoMaxScrollBar(true);
 }
 
+ViewerWidget::~ViewerWidget()
+{
+  QList<ViewerWindow*> windows = windows_;
+
+  foreach (ViewerWindow* window, windows) {
+    delete window;
+  }
+}
+
 void ViewerWidget::TimeChangedEvent(const int64_t &i)
 {
   if (!time_changed_from_timer_) {
@@ -133,7 +140,7 @@ void ViewerWidget::TimeChangedEvent(const int64_t &i)
 
     PushScrubbedAudio();
 
-    main_gl_widget()->SetTime(time_set);
+    display_widget_->SetTime(time_set);
   }
 
   last_time_ = i;
@@ -170,8 +177,9 @@ void ViewerWidget::ConnectNodeInternal(ViewerOutput *n)
     using_manager = nullptr;
   }
 
-  foreach (ViewerDisplayWidget* glw, gl_widgets_) {
-    glw->ConnectColorManager(using_manager);
+  display_widget_->ConnectColorManager(using_manager);
+  foreach (ViewerWindow* window, windows_) {
+    window->display_widget()->ConnectColorManager(using_manager);
   }
 
   divider_ = CalculateDivider();
@@ -202,8 +210,9 @@ void ViewerWidget::DisconnectNodeInternal(ViewerOutput *n)
   // Effectively disables the viewer and clears the state
   SizeChangedSlot(0, 0);
 
-  foreach (ViewerDisplayWidget* glw, gl_widgets_) {
-    glw->DisconnectColorManager();
+  display_widget_->DisconnectColorManager();
+  foreach (ViewerWindow* window, windows_) {
+    window->display_widget()->DisconnectColorManager();
   }
 
   waveform_view_->ConnectTimelinePoints(nullptr);
@@ -236,14 +245,9 @@ void ViewerWidget::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event)
   UpdateMinimumScale();
 }
 
-const QList<ViewerDisplayWidget*> &ViewerWidget::gl_widgets() const
+ViewerDisplayWidget *ViewerWidget::display_widget() const
 {
-  return gl_widgets_;
-}
-
-ViewerDisplayWidget *ViewerWidget::main_gl_widget() const
-{
-  return gl_widgets_.first();
+  return display_widget_;
 }
 
 void ViewerWidget::TogglePlayPause()
@@ -282,8 +286,9 @@ void ViewerWidget::SetOverrideSize(int width, int height)
 
 void ViewerWidget::SetMatrix(const QMatrix4x4 &mat)
 {
-  foreach (ViewerDisplayWidget* glw, gl_widgets_) {
-    glw->SetMatrix(mat);
+  display_widget_->SetMatrix(mat);
+  foreach (ViewerWindow* vw, windows_) {
+    vw->display_widget()->SetMatrix(mat);
   }
 }
 
@@ -306,19 +311,19 @@ void ViewerWidget::SetFullScreen(QScreen *screen)
 
   ViewerWindow* vw = new ViewerWindow(this);
 
-  vw->showFullScreen();
   vw->setGeometry(screen->geometry());
-  vw->gl_widget()->ConnectColorManager(main_gl_widget()->color_manager());
-  main_gl_widget()->ConnectSibling(vw->gl_widget());
+  vw->showFullScreen();
+  vw->display_widget()->ConnectColorManager(color_manager());
   connect(vw, &ViewerWindow::destroyed, this, &ViewerWidget::WindowAboutToClose);
-  connect(vw->gl_widget(), &ViewerDisplayWidget::customContextMenuRequested, this, &ViewerWidget::ShowContextMenu);
+  connect(vw->display_widget(), &ViewerDisplayWidget::customContextMenuRequested, this, &ViewerWidget::ShowContextMenu);
 
   if (GetConnectedNode()) {
     vw->SetResolution(GetConnectedNode()->video_params().width(), GetConnectedNode()->video_params().height());
   }
 
+  vw->display_widget()->SetImage(display_widget_->last_loaded_buffer());
+
   windows_.append(vw);
-  gl_widgets_.append(vw->gl_widget());
 }
 
 void ViewerWidget::ForceUpdate()
@@ -334,27 +339,29 @@ VideoRenderBackend *ViewerWidget::video_renderer() const
 
 ColorManager *ViewerWidget::color_manager() const
 {
-  return main_gl_widget()->color_manager();
+  return display_widget_->color_manager();
 }
 
 void ViewerWidget::SetGizmos(Node *node)
 {
-  main_gl_widget()->SetTimeTarget(GetConnectedNode());
-  main_gl_widget()->SetGizmos(node);
+  display_widget_->SetTimeTarget(GetConnectedNode());
+  display_widget_->SetGizmos(node);
 }
 
 void ViewerWidget::UpdateTextureFromNode(const rational& time)
 {
   {
-    QMutexLocker locker(&playback_frame_queue_lock_);
-    while (!playback_frame_queue_.isEmpty()) {
-      PlaybackFrame pf = playback_frame_queue_.takeFirst();
+    QMutexLocker locker(playback_queue_.lock());
+    while (!playback_queue_.isEmpty()) {
+      const ViewerPlaybackFrame& pf = playback_queue_.first();
 
       if (pf.timestamp == time) {
         // Frame was in queue, no need to decode anything
-        main_gl_widget()->SetImageFromLoadBuffer(pf.frame.get());
+        SetDisplayImage(pf.frame, true);
         QtConcurrent::run(this, &ViewerWidget::FillPlaybackQueue);
         return;
+      } else {
+        playback_queue_.removeFirst();
       }
     }
   }
@@ -365,10 +372,10 @@ void ViewerWidget::UpdateTextureFromNode(const rational& time)
 
     if (!frame_fn.isEmpty()) {
       FramePtr f = DecodeCachedImage(frame_fn);
-      main_gl_widget()->SetImageFromLoadBuffer(f.get());
+      SetDisplayImage(f, false);
     }
   } else {
-    main_gl_widget()->SetImageFromLoadBuffer(nullptr);
+    SetDisplayImage(nullptr, false);
     video_renderer_->UpdateLastRequestedTime(time);
   }
 }
@@ -393,9 +400,12 @@ void ViewerWidget::PlayInternal(int speed, bool in_to_out_only)
                                           playback_speed_);
   }
 
-  start_msec_ = QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch();
-  start_timestamp_ = ruler()->GetTime();
-  playback_frame_queue_next_frame_ = start_timestamp_;
+  playback_queue_next_frame_ = ruler()->GetTime();
+  playback_timer_.Start(playback_queue_next_frame_, playback_speed_, timebase_dbl());
+
+  foreach (ViewerWindow* window, windows_) {
+    window->Play(playback_queue_next_frame_, playback_speed_, timebase());
+  }
 
   controls_->ShowPauseButton();
 
@@ -404,10 +414,10 @@ void ViewerWidget::PlayInternal(int speed, bool in_to_out_only)
   if (playback_is_audio_only_) {
     connect(AudioManager::instance(), &AudioManager::OutputNotified, this, &ViewerWidget::PlaybackTimerUpdate);
   } else {
-    FillPlaybackQueue();
-
-    connect(main_gl_widget(), &ViewerDisplayWidget::frameSwapped, this, &ViewerWidget::PlaybackTimerUpdate);
+    connect(display_widget_, &ViewerDisplayWidget::frameSwapped, this, &ViewerWidget::PlaybackTimerUpdate);
   }
+
+  FillPlaybackQueue();
 }
 
 void ViewerWidget::PushScrubbedAudio()
@@ -436,7 +446,7 @@ int ViewerWidget::CalculateDivider()
 {
   if (GetConnectedNode() && Config::Current()["AutoSelectDivider"].toBool()) {
     int long_side_of_video = qMax(GetConnectedNode()->video_params().width(), GetConnectedNode()->video_params().height());
-    int long_side_of_widget = qMax(main_gl_widget()->width(), main_gl_widget()->height());
+    int long_side_of_widget = qMax(display_widget_->width(), display_widget_->height());
 
     return qMax(1, long_side_of_video / long_side_of_widget);
   }
@@ -465,12 +475,16 @@ void ViewerWidget::SetColorTransform(const ColorTransform &transform, ViewerDisp
 
 void ViewerWidget::FillPlaybackQueue()
 {
-  playback_frame_queue_lock_.lock();
-  while (playback_frame_queue_.size() < 8) {
+  playback_queue_.lock()->lock();
+  foreach (ViewerWindow* window, windows_) {
+    window->queue()->lock()->lock();
+  }
+
+  while (playback_queue_.size() < 8) {
     // Load frame from cache
     FramePtr frame = nullptr;
 
-    rational rtime = Timecode::timestamp_to_time(playback_frame_queue_next_frame_,
+    rational rtime = Timecode::timestamp_to_time(playback_queue_next_frame_,
                                                  timebase());
 
     QString frame_fn = GetCachedFilenameFromTime(rtime);
@@ -479,15 +493,25 @@ void ViewerWidget::FillPlaybackQueue()
       frame = DecodeCachedImage(frame_fn);
     }
 
-    playback_frame_queue_.append({rtime, frame});
+    ViewerPlaybackFrame f = {rtime, frame};
+
+    playback_queue_.append(f);
+
+    foreach (ViewerWindow* window, windows_) {
+      window->queue()->append(f);
+    }
 
     if (!playback_speed_) {
       break;
     }
 
-    playback_frame_queue_next_frame_ += playback_speed_;
+    playback_queue_next_frame_ += playback_speed_;
   }
-  playback_frame_queue_lock_.unlock();
+
+  foreach (ViewerWindow* window, windows_) {
+    window->queue()->lock()->unlock();
+  }
+  playback_queue_.lock()->unlock();
 }
 
 QString ViewerWidget::GetCachedFilenameFromTime(const rational &time)
@@ -543,6 +567,19 @@ FramePtr ViewerWidget::DecodeCachedImage(const QString &fn)
   return frame;
 }
 
+void ViewerWidget::SetDisplayImage(FramePtr frame, bool main_only)
+{
+  display_widget_->SetImage(frame);
+
+  if (!main_only) {
+    foreach (ViewerWindow* vw, windows_) {
+      vw->display_widget()->SetImage(frame);
+    }
+  }
+
+  emit LoadedBuffer(frame.get());
+}
+
 void ViewerWidget::UpdateStack()
 {
   if (GetConnectedNode()
@@ -616,10 +653,7 @@ void ViewerWidget::ContextMenuSetCustomSafeMargins()
 
 void ViewerWidget::WindowAboutToClose()
 {
-  ViewerWindow* vw = static_cast<ViewerWindow*>(sender());
-
-  windows_.removeAll(vw);
-  gl_widgets_.removeAll(vw->gl_widget());
+  windows_.removeOne(static_cast<ViewerWindow*>(sender()));
 }
 
 void ViewerWidget::ContextMenuScopeTriggered(QAction *action)
@@ -629,9 +663,7 @@ void ViewerWidget::ContextMenuScopeTriggered(QAction *action)
 
 void ViewerWidget::RendererGeneratedFrame(FramePtr f)
 {
-  foreach (ViewerDisplayWidget* glw, gl_widgets_) {
-    glw->SetImageFromLoadBuffer(f.get());
-  }
+  SetDisplayImage(f, false);
 }
 
 void ViewerWidget::UpdateRendererParameters()
@@ -652,7 +684,7 @@ void ViewerWidget::UpdateRendererParameters()
     video_renderer_->InvalidateCache(TimeRange(0, GetConnectedNode()->Length()), nullptr);
   }
 
-  main_gl_widget()->SetVideoParams(vparam);
+  display_widget_->SetVideoParams(vparam);
 
   AudioRenderingParams aparam(GetConnectedNode()->audio_params(),
                               SampleFormat::kInternalFormat);
@@ -809,12 +841,18 @@ void ViewerWidget::Pause()
     if (playback_is_audio_only_) {
       disconnect(AudioManager::instance(), &AudioManager::OutputNotified, this, &ViewerWidget::PlaybackTimerUpdate);
     } else {
-      disconnect(main_gl_widget(), &ViewerDisplayWidget::frameSwapped, this, &ViewerWidget::PlaybackTimerUpdate);
+      disconnect(display_widget_, &ViewerDisplayWidget::frameSwapped, this, &ViewerWidget::PlaybackTimerUpdate);
     }
 
-    playback_frame_queue_lock_.lock();
-    playback_frame_queue_.clear();
-    playback_frame_queue_lock_.unlock();
+    foreach (ViewerWindow* window, windows_) {
+      window->Pause();
+    }
+
+    {
+      playback_queue_.lock()->lock();
+      playback_queue_.clear();
+      playback_queue_.lock()->unlock();
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -859,13 +897,15 @@ void ViewerWidget::ShuttleRight()
 
 void ViewerWidget::SetColorTransform(const ColorTransform &transform)
 {
-  SetColorTransform(transform, main_gl_widget());
+  SetColorTransform(transform, display_widget_);
 }
 
 void ViewerWidget::SetSignalCursorColorEnabled(bool e)
 {
-  foreach (ViewerDisplayWidget* glw, gl_widgets_) {
-    glw->SetSignalCursorColorEnabled(e);
+  display_widget_->SetSignalCursorColorEnabled(e);
+
+  foreach (ViewerWindow* vw, windows_) {
+    vw->display_widget()->SetSignalCursorColorEnabled(e);
   }
 }
 
@@ -881,11 +921,7 @@ void ViewerWidget::TimebaseChangedEvent(const rational &timebase)
 
 void ViewerWidget::PlaybackTimerUpdate()
 {
-  int64_t real_time = QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch() - start_msec_;
-
-  int64_t frames_since_start = qRound(static_cast<double>(real_time) / (timebase_dbl() * 1000));
-
-  int64_t current_time = start_timestamp_ + frames_since_start * playback_speed_;
+  int64_t current_time = playback_timer_.GetTimestampNow();
 
   int64_t min_time, max_time;
 
diff --git a/app/widget/viewer/viewer.h b/app/widget/viewer/viewer.h
index 26abc3985..4fcd386bf 100644
--- a/app/widget/viewer/viewer.h
+++ b/app/widget/viewer/viewer.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 #include "render/backend/opengl/opengltexture.h"
 #include "render/backend/audio/audiobackend.h"
 #include "viewerdisplay.h"
+#include "viewerplaybacktimer.h"
+#include "viewerqueue.h"
 #include "viewersizer.h"
 #include "viewerwindow.h"
 #include "widget/playbackcontrols/playbackcontrols.h"
@@ -52,6 +54,8 @@ class ViewerWidget : public TimeBasedWidget
 public:
   ViewerWidget(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
 
+  virtual ~ViewerWidget() override;
+
   void SetPlaybackControlsEnabled(bool enabled);
 
   void SetTimeRulerEnabled(bool enabled);
@@ -116,7 +120,7 @@ signals:
   void CursorColor(const Color& reference, const Color& display);
 
   /**
-   * @brief Wrapper for ViewerGLWidget::LoadedBuffer()
+   * @brief Signal emitted when a new frame is loaded
    */
   void LoadedBuffer(Frame* load_buffer);
 
@@ -154,8 +158,7 @@ protected:
 
   PlaybackControls* controls_;
 
-  const QList<ViewerDisplayWidget *> &gl_widgets() const;
-  ViewerDisplayWidget* main_gl_widget() const;
+  ViewerDisplayWidget* display_widget() const;
 
 private:
   void UpdateTimeInternal(int64_t i);
@@ -180,13 +183,12 @@ private:
 
   FramePtr DecodeCachedImage(const QString& fn);
 
+  void SetDisplayImage(FramePtr frame, bool main_only);
+
   QStackedWidget* stack_;
 
   ViewerSizer* sizer_;
 
-  qint64 start_msec_;
-  int64_t start_timestamp_;
-
   QAtomicInt playback_speed_;
 
   qint64 frame_cache_job_time_;
@@ -209,18 +211,14 @@ private:
 
   QList<ViewerWindow*> windows_;
 
-  QList<ViewerDisplayWidget*> gl_widgets_;
+  ViewerDisplayWidget* display_widget_;
 
   ViewerDisplayWidget* context_menu_widget_;
 
-  struct PlaybackFrame {
-    rational timestamp;
-    FramePtr frame;
-  };
+  ViewerPlaybackTimer playback_timer_;
 
-  QMutex playback_frame_queue_lock_;
-  QLinkedList<PlaybackFrame> playback_frame_queue_;
-  int64_t playback_frame_queue_next_frame_;
+  ViewerQueue playback_queue_;
+  int64_t playback_queue_next_frame_;
 
 private slots:
   void PlaybackTimerUpdate();
diff --git a/app/widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.cpp b/app/widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.cpp
index 68584b836..6fcc8e0e2 100644
--- a/app/widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.cpp
+++ b/app/widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.cpp
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ bool ViewerDisplayWidget::nouveau_check_done_ = false;
 
 ViewerDisplayWidget::ViewerDisplayWidget(QWidget *parent) :
   ManagedDisplayWidget(parent),
-  has_image_(false),
   signal_cursor_color_(false),
   gizmos_(nullptr),
-  gizmo_click_(false)
+  gizmo_click_(false),
+  last_loaded_buffer_(nullptr)
 {
 }
 
@@ -68,18 +68,18 @@ void ViewerDisplayWidget::SetSignalCursorColorEnabled(bool e)
   setMouseTracking(e);
 }
 
-void ViewerDisplayWidget::SetImageFromLoadBuffer(Frame *in_buffer)
+void ViewerDisplayWidget::SetImage(FramePtr in_buffer)
 {
-  has_image_ = in_buffer;
+  last_loaded_buffer_ = in_buffer;
 
-  if (has_image_) {
+  if (last_loaded_buffer_) {
     makeCurrent();
 
     if (!texture_.IsCreated()
         || texture_.width() != in_buffer->width()
         || texture_.height() != in_buffer->height()
         || texture_.format() != in_buffer->format()) {
-      texture_.Create(context(), in_buffer->video_params(), in_buffer->data(), load_buffer_.linesize_pixels());
+      texture_.Create(context(), in_buffer->video_params(), in_buffer->data(), in_buffer->linesize_pixels());
     } else {
       texture_.Upload(in_buffer);
     }
@@ -88,14 +88,6 @@ void ViewerDisplayWidget::SetImageFromLoadBuffer(Frame *in_buffer)
   }
 
   update();
-
-  emit LoadedBuffer(in_buffer);
-}
-
-void ViewerDisplayWidget::ConnectSibling(ViewerDisplayWidget *sibling)
-{
-  connect(this, &ViewerDisplayWidget::LoadedBuffer, sibling, &ViewerDisplayWidget::SetImageFromLoadBuffer, Qt::QueuedConnection);
-  sibling->SetImageFromLoadBuffer(&load_buffer_);
 }
 
 const ViewerSafeMarginInfo &ViewerDisplayWidget::GetSafeMargin() const
@@ -135,6 +127,11 @@ void ViewerDisplayWidget::SetTime(const rational &time)
   }
 }
 
+FramePtr ViewerDisplayWidget::last_loaded_buffer() const
+{
+  return last_loaded_buffer_;
+}
+
 void ViewerDisplayWidget::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
 {
   if (gizmos_
@@ -161,17 +158,17 @@ void ViewerDisplayWidget::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
   if (signal_cursor_color_) {
     Color reference, display;
 
-    if (has_image_) {
+    if (last_loaded_buffer_) {
       QVector3D pixel_pos(static_cast<float>(event->x()) / static_cast<float>(width()) * 2.0f - 1.0f,
                           static_cast<float>(event->y()) / static_cast<float>(height()) * 2.0f - 1.0f,
                           0);
 
       pixel_pos = pixel_pos * matrix_.inverted();
 
-      int frame_x = qRound((pixel_pos.x() + 1.0f) * 0.5f * load_buffer_.width());
-      int frame_y = qRound((pixel_pos.y() + 1.0f) * 0.5f * load_buffer_.height());
+      int frame_x = qRound((pixel_pos.x() + 1.0f) * 0.5f * last_loaded_buffer_->width());
+      int frame_y = qRound((pixel_pos.y() + 1.0f) * 0.5f * last_loaded_buffer_->height());
 
-      reference = load_buffer_.get_pixel(frame_x, frame_y);
+      reference = last_loaded_buffer_->get_pixel(frame_x, frame_y);
       display = color_service()->ConvertColor(reference);
     }
 
@@ -223,7 +220,7 @@ void ViewerDisplayWidget::paintGL()
   f->glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
 
   // We only draw if we have a pipeline
-  if (has_image_ && color_service()) {
+  if (last_loaded_buffer_ && color_service()) {
 
     // Bind retrieved texture
     f->glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture_.texture());
diff --git a/app/widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.h b/app/widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.h
index 307c350a6..0f0d2b81c 100644
--- a/app/widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.h
+++ b/app/widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.h
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ public:
 
   const QMatrix4x4& GetMatrix();
 
-  void ConnectSibling(ViewerDisplayWidget* sibling);
-
   const ViewerSafeMarginInfo& GetSafeMargin() const;
   void SetSafeMargins(const ViewerSafeMarginInfo& safe_margin);
 
@@ -77,6 +75,8 @@ public:
   void SetVideoParams(const VideoRenderingParams& params);
   void SetTime(const rational& time);
 
+  FramePtr last_loaded_buffer() const;
+
 public slots:
   /**
    * @brief Set the transformation matrix to draw with
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public slots:
    * If there are multiple ViewerGLWidgets showing the same thing, this is faster than decoding the image from file
    * each time.
    */
-  void SetImageFromLoadBuffer(Frame* in_buffer);
+  void SetImage(FramePtr in_buffer);
 
 signals:
   /**
@@ -113,15 +113,6 @@ signals:
    */
   void CursorColor(const Color& reference, const Color& display);
 
-  /**
-   * @brief Signal emitted when a buffer is loaded from file into memory
-   *
-   * This buffer will be the direct output of the renderer in reference space in CPU memory.
-   *
-   * Connect this to the SetImageFromLoadBuffer() slot of another ViewerGLWidget to show the same thing
-   */
-  void LoadedBuffer(Frame* load_buffer);
-
 protected:
   /**
    * @brief Override the mouse press event for the DragStarted() signal and gizmos
@@ -169,17 +160,10 @@ private:
    */
   QMatrix4x4 matrix_;
 
-  /**
-   * @brief Buffer to load images into RAM before sending them to the display
-   */
-  Frame load_buffer_;
-
 #ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
   static bool nouveau_check_done_;
 #endif
 
-  bool has_image_;
-
   bool signal_cursor_color_;
 
   ViewerSafeMarginInfo safe_margin_;
@@ -192,6 +176,8 @@ private:
 
   rational time_;
 
+  FramePtr last_loaded_buffer_;
+
 private slots:
   /**
    * @brief Slot to connect just before the OpenGL context is destroyed to clean up resources
diff --git a/app/widget/viewer/viewerplaybacktimer.cpp b/app/widget/viewer/viewerplaybacktimer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e07e925c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/widget/viewer/viewerplaybacktimer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/***
+
+  Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+  Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+
+  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+***/
+
+#include "viewerplaybacktimer.h"
+
+#include <QDateTime>
+
+OLIVE_NAMESPACE_ENTER
+
+void ViewerPlaybackTimer::Start(const int64_t &start_timestamp, const int &playback_speed, const double &timebase)
+{
+  start_msec_ = QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch();
+  start_timestamp_ = start_timestamp;
+  playback_speed_ = playback_speed;
+  timebase_ = timebase;
+}
+
+int64_t ViewerPlaybackTimer::GetTimestampNow() const
+{
+  int64_t real_time = QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch() - start_msec_;
+
+  int64_t frames_since_start = qRound(static_cast<double>(real_time) / (timebase_ * 1000));
+
+  return start_timestamp_ + frames_since_start * playback_speed_;
+}
+
+OLIVE_NAMESPACE_EXIT
diff --git a/app/widget/viewer/viewerplaybacktimer.h b/app/widget/viewer/viewerplaybacktimer.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4669a571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/widget/viewer/viewerplaybacktimer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/***
+
+  Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+  Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+
+  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+***/
+
+#ifndef VIEWERPLAYBACKTIMER_H
+#define VIEWERPLAYBACKTIMER_H
+
+#include <QtGlobal>
+
+#include "common/define.h"
+
+OLIVE_NAMESPACE_ENTER
+
+class ViewerPlaybackTimer {
+public:
+  void Start(const int64_t& start_timestamp, const int& playback_speed, const double& timebase);
+
+  int64_t GetTimestampNow() const;
+
+private:
+  qint64 start_msec_;
+  int64_t start_timestamp_;
+
+  int playback_speed_;
+
+  double timebase_;
+
+};
+
+OLIVE_NAMESPACE_EXIT
+
+#endif // VIEWERPLAYBACKTIMER_H
diff --git a/app/widget/viewer/viewerqueue.h b/app/widget/viewer/viewerqueue.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a08816051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/widget/viewer/viewerqueue.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/***
+
+  Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+  Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+
+  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+***/
+
+#ifndef VIEWERQUEUE_H
+#define VIEWERQUEUE_H
+
+#include <QLinkedList>
+
+#include "codec/frame.h"
+
+OLIVE_NAMESPACE_ENTER
+
+struct ViewerPlaybackFrame {
+  rational timestamp;
+  FramePtr frame;
+};
+
+class ViewerQueue : public QLinkedList<ViewerPlaybackFrame> {
+public:
+  ViewerQueue() = default;
+
+  QMutex* lock() {
+    return &queue_lock_;
+  }
+
+private:
+  QMutex queue_lock_;
+
+};
+
+OLIVE_NAMESPACE_EXIT
+
+#endif // VIEWERQUEUE_H
diff --git a/app/widget/viewer/viewerwindow.cpp b/app/widget/viewer/viewerwindow.cpp
index 3f92f997d..04ae55afb 100644
--- a/app/widget/viewer/viewerwindow.cpp
+++ b/app/widget/viewer/viewerwindow.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <QKeyEvent>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 
+#include "common/timecodefunctions.h"
+
 OLIVE_NAMESPACE_ENTER
 
 ViewerWindow::ViewerWindow(QWidget *parent) :
@@ -32,13 +34,13 @@ ViewerWindow::ViewerWindow(QWidget *parent) :
   layout->setMargin(0);
   layout->setSpacing(0);
 
-  gl_widget_ = new ViewerDisplayWidget();
-  layout->addWidget(gl_widget_);
+  display_widget_ = new ViewerDisplayWidget();
+  layout->addWidget(display_widget_);
 }
 
-ViewerDisplayWidget *ViewerWindow::gl_widget() const
+ViewerDisplayWidget *ViewerWindow::display_widget() const
 {
-  return gl_widget_;
+  return display_widget_;
 }
 
 void ViewerWindow::SetResolution(int width, int height)
@@ -57,7 +59,26 @@ void ViewerWindow::SetResolution(int width, int height)
     mat.scale(1.0f, window_ar / image_ar, 1.0f);
   }
 
-  gl_widget_->SetMatrix(mat);
+  display_widget_->SetMatrix(mat);
+}
+
+void ViewerWindow::Play(const int64_t& start_timestamp, const int& playback_speed, const rational &timebase)
+{
+  timer_.Start(start_timestamp, playback_speed, timebase.toDouble());
+
+  playback_timebase_ = timebase;
+
+  connect(display_widget_, &ViewerDisplayWidget::frameSwapped, this, &ViewerWindow::UpdateFromQueue);
+
+  display_widget_->update();
+}
+
+void ViewerWindow::Pause()
+{
+  disconnect(display_widget_, &ViewerDisplayWidget::frameSwapped, this, &ViewerWindow::UpdateFromQueue);
+
+  QMutexLocker locker(queue_.lock());
+  queue_.clear();
 }
 
 void ViewerWindow::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e)
@@ -76,4 +97,24 @@ void ViewerWindow::closeEvent(QCloseEvent *e)
   deleteLater();
 }
 
+void ViewerWindow::UpdateFromQueue()
+{
+  int64_t t = timer_.GetTimestampNow();
+
+  rational time = Timecode::timestamp_to_time(t, playback_timebase_);
+
+  QMutexLocker locker(queue_.lock());
+  while (!queue_.isEmpty()) {
+    const ViewerPlaybackFrame& pf = queue_.first();
+
+    if (pf.timestamp == time) {
+      // Frame was in queue, no need to decode anything
+      display_widget_->SetImage(pf.frame);
+      return;
+    } else {
+      queue_.removeFirst();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 OLIVE_NAMESPACE_EXIT
diff --git a/app/widget/viewer/viewerwindow.h b/app/widget/viewer/viewerwindow.h
index 8baa30c9c..2f7742c9f 100644
--- a/app/widget/viewer/viewerwindow.h
+++ b/app/widget/viewer/viewerwindow.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include <QWidget>
 
 #include "viewerdisplay.h"
+#include "viewerplaybacktimer.h"
+#include "viewerqueue.h"
 
 OLIVE_NAMESPACE_ENTER
 
@@ -32,20 +34,37 @@ class ViewerWindow : public QWidget
 public:
   ViewerWindow(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
 
-  ViewerDisplayWidget* gl_widget() const;
+  ViewerDisplayWidget* display_widget() const;
 
   /**
    * @brief Used to adjust resulting picture to be the right aspect ratio
    */
   void SetResolution(int width, int height);
 
+  ViewerQueue* queue() {
+    return &queue_;
+  }
+
+  void Play(const int64_t &start_timestamp, const int &playback_speed, const rational &timebase);
+
+  void Pause();
+
 protected:
   virtual void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent* e) override;
 
   virtual void closeEvent(QCloseEvent* e) override;
 
+private slots:
+  void UpdateFromQueue();
+
 private:
-  ViewerDisplayWidget* gl_widget_;
+  ViewerDisplayWidget* display_widget_;
+
+  ViewerQueue queue_;
+
+  ViewerPlaybackTimer timer_;
+
+  rational playback_timebase_;
 
 };