diff --git a/gameview.py b/gameview.py
index afb24ab..66baed6 100644
--- a/gameview.py
+++ b/gameview.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
 from pybass_constants import *
 from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
 from functools import partial
+from ctypes import create_string_buffer
+from urllib2 import Request, urlopen
 
 import AOsocket
 import images
@@ -1097,6 +1099,9 @@ class gui(QtGui.QWidget):
         self.wtcesfx = 0
         self.guiltysfx = 0
         self.notguiltysfx = 0
+        
+        self.stream = 0
+        self.download_thread = None
 
     def resetOffsets(self):
         self.pairoffset.setValue(0)
@@ -2495,6 +2500,12 @@ class gui(QtGui.QWidget):
             if audio.handleisactive(self.music):
                 audio.stophandle(self.music)
             audio.freehandle(self.music)
+            if self.stream:
+                del self.stream
+                
+        if self.download_thread:
+            self.download_thread.terminate() # Live dangerously
+            self.download_thread = None
         
         if exists(AOpath + 'sounds/music/' + mus):
             self.music = audio.loadhandle(False, AOpath + 'sounds/music/' + mus, 0, 0, BASS_SAMPLE_LOOP)
@@ -2503,12 +2514,13 @@ class gui(QtGui.QWidget):
             
         elif ini.read_ini_bool("AO2XP.ini", "General", "download music", True):
             if mus.lower().startswith("http"):
-                self.music = audio.loadURLhandle(mus, 0, BASS_STREAM_BLOCK | BASS_SAMPLE_LOOP)
-                print "Trying to play", mus.lower()
+                #self.music = audio.loadURLhandle(mus, 0, BASS_STREAM_BLOCK | BASS_SAMPLE_LOOP)
+                self.music = audio.loadURLhandle(mus, 0, BASS_SAMPLE_LOOP)
+                print "[audio] Trying to play", mus.lower()
             else:
                 for bucket in buckets:
                     if not bucket: continue
-                    print "music stream:", bucket+'base/sounds/music/' + mus.lower()
+                    print "[audio] Music stream:", bucket+'base/sounds/music/' + mus.lower()
                     self.music = audio.loadURLhandle(bucket+'base/sounds/music/' + mus.lower(), 0, BASS_STREAM_BLOCK | BASS_SAMPLE_LOOP)
                     if self.music: break
 
@@ -2516,13 +2528,26 @@ class gui(QtGui.QWidget):
                 audio.sethandleattr(self.music, BASS_ATTRIB_VOL, self.musicslider.value() / 100.0)
                 audio.playhandle(self.music, True)
             else:
-                print "Couldn't play music. Error", audio.getbasserror()
+                print "[audio] Couldn't play music. Error", audio.getbasserror()
+                # Here comes the evil HTTPS hack for XP systems
+                if mus.lower().startswith("https"):
+                    print "[audio] Trying to download music with urllib2"
+                    self.download_thread = DownloadThread(self, mus)
+                    self.download_thread.finished_signal.connect(self.playDownloadedMusic)
+                    self.download_thread.start()
 
     def stopMusic(self):
         if self.music:
             if audio.handleisactive(self.music):
                 audio.stophandle(self.music)
             audio.freehandle(self.music)
+            
+    def playDownloadedMusic(self, file_length):
+        # Part of the evil HTTPS music download hack for XP systems
+        print "[audio] Done downloading; trying to play..."
+        self.music = audio.loadhandle(True, self.stream, 0, file_length, BASS_SAMPLE_LOOP)
+        audio.sethandleattr(self.music, BASS_ATTRIB_VOL, self.musicslider.value() / 100.0)
+        audio.playhandle(self.music, False)
 
     def startGame(self, tcp, playerlist, charlist, musiclist, background, evidence, areas, features=[], oocjoin=[], hplist=[], webAO_bucket=""):
         self.willDisconnect = False
@@ -3077,3 +3102,50 @@ class TCP_Thread(QtCore.QThread):
                     del network[0]
                     #print "(PU) id: %s, type: %d, data: %s" % (network[0], int(network[1]), network[2])
                     self.updatePlayerList.emit(network[0], 1, int(network[1]), network[2].decode('utf-8'))
+
+class DownloadThread(QtCore.QThread):
+    # Part of the evil HTTPS music download hack for XP systems
+    finished_signal = QtCore.pyqtSignal(int)
+
+    def __init__(self, caller, url):
+        super(DownloadThread, self).__init__()
+        self.caller = caller
+        self.url = url
+
+    def run(self):
+        self.download(self.url)
+
+    def download(self, url):
+        headers = {
+            'User-Agent': 'AO2XP',
+            'Accept': 'audio/mpeg, audio/x-mpeg, audio/x-mpeg-3, audio/mpeg3, */*',
+            'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip, deflate',
+            'Accept-Language': 'en-US,en;q=0.9',
+            'Connection': 'keep-alive',
+            'Upgrade-Insecure-Requests': '1'
+        }
+        
+        request = Request(url, headers=headers)
+        request.get_method = lambda: 'HEAD'
+        response = urlopen(request)
+        file_length = int(response.headers.get('Content-Length', 0))
+
+        if file_length > 0:
+            request = Request(url, headers=headers)
+            response = urlopen(request)
+            stream = ""
+            
+            bytes_downloaded = 0
+            buffer_size = 8192
+            
+            while bytes_downloaded < file_length:
+                chunk = response.read(buffer_size)
+                if not chunk:
+                    break
+                stream += chunk
+                bytes_downloaded += len(chunk)
+                #progress = int((bytes_downloaded / float(file_length)) * 100)
+                #print "[debug] progress: %d%%" % progress
+
+            self.caller.stream = create_string_buffer(stream)
+            self.finished_signal.emit(file_length)
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