diff --git a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/service/playback/PlayerStatus.java b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/service/playback/PlayerStatus.java
index 7c666abd5..8a222d7ec 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/service/playback/PlayerStatus.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/service/playback/PlayerStatus.java
@@ -1,24 +1,33 @@
 package de.danoeh.antennapod.core.service.playback;
 
 public enum PlayerStatus {
-    INDETERMINATE,  // player is currently changing its state, listeners should wait until the player has left this state.
-	ERROR, 
-	PREPARING, 
-	PAUSED, 
-	PLAYING, 
-	STOPPED, 
-	PREPARED, 
-	SEEKING,
-	INITIALIZING,			// playback service is loading the Playable's metadata
-	INITIALIZED;	// playback service was started, data source of media player was set.
+    INDETERMINATE(0),  // player is currently changing its state, listeners should wait until the player has left this state.
+	ERROR(-1),
+	PREPARING(19),
+	PAUSED(30),
+	PLAYING(40),
+	STOPPED(5),
+	PREPARED(20),
+	SEEKING(29),
+	INITIALIZING(9),			// playback service is loading the Playable's metadata
+	INITIALIZED(10);	// playback service was started, data source of media player was set.
 
+	private int statusValue;
     private static final PlayerStatus[] fromOrdinalLookup;
 
     static {
         fromOrdinalLookup = PlayerStatus.values();
     }
 
+	PlayerStatus(int val) {
+		statusValue = val;
+	}
+
     public static PlayerStatus fromOrdinal(int o) {
         return fromOrdinalLookup[o];
     }
+
+	public boolean isAtLeast(PlayerStatus other) {
+		return other == null || this.statusValue>=other.statusValue;
+	}
 }