diff --git a/apps/appevents.h b/apps/appevents.h
index a303491..36e19b0 100644
--- a/apps/appevents.h
+++ b/apps/appevents.h
@@ -31,11 +31,19 @@
 
 /** Playback events **/
 enum {
+    /* Playback is starting from a stopped state */
     PLAYBACK_EVENT_START_PLAYBACK = (EVENT_CLASS_PLAYBACK|1),
+    /* Audio has begun buffering for decoding track (or is already completed) */
     PLAYBACK_EVENT_TRACK_BUFFER,
+    /* Handles for current user track are ready (other than audio or codec) */
+    PLAYBACK_EVENT_CUR_TRACK_READY,
+    /* Current user track finished */
     PLAYBACK_EVENT_TRACK_FINISH,
+    /* A new current user track has begun */
     PLAYBACK_EVENT_TRACK_CHANGE,
+    /* A manual skip is about to be processed */
     PLAYBACK_EVENT_TRACK_SKIP,
+    /* Next track medadata was just loaded */
     PLAYBACK_EVENT_NEXTTRACKID3_AVAILABLE,
 };
 
diff --git a/apps/gui/wps.c b/apps/gui/wps.c
index 0103ace..e686fcc 100644
--- a/apps/gui/wps.c
+++ b/apps/gui/wps.c
@@ -1203,6 +1203,11 @@
     /* add the WPS track event callbacks */
     add_event(PLAYBACK_EVENT_TRACK_CHANGE, false, track_changed_callback);
     add_event(PLAYBACK_EVENT_NEXTTRACKID3_AVAILABLE, false, nextid3available_callback);
+#if CONFIG_CODEC == SWCODEC
+    /* Use the same callback as ..._TRACK_CHANGE for when remaining handles have
+       finished */
+    add_event(PLAYBACK_EVENT_CUR_TRACK_READY, false, track_changed_callback);
+#endif
 #ifdef AUDIO_FAST_SKIP_PREVIEW
     add_event(PLAYBACK_EVENT_TRACK_SKIP, false, track_skip_callback);
 #endif
diff --git a/apps/playback.c b/apps/playback.c
index 2fbc4a8..2775e8a 100644
--- a/apps/playback.c
+++ b/apps/playback.c
@@ -1716,6 +1716,17 @@
     }
 #endif
 
+    /* All handles available to external routines are ready - audio and codec
+       information is private */
+
+    if (info == track_list_user_current(0))
+    {
+        /* Send only when the track handles could not all be opened ahead of
+           time for the user's current track - otherwise everything is ready
+           by the time PLAYBACK_EVENT_TRACK_CHANGE is sent */
+        send_event(PLAYBACK_EVENT_CUR_TRACK_READY, id3_get(PLAYING_ID3));
+    }
+
 #ifdef HAVE_CODEC_BUFFERING
     /* Try to buffer a codec for the track */
     if (info != cur_info && !audio_buffer_codec(info, track_id3))