diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4effa3a2..fc269325 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+September 4, 2009 Wei Mingzhi <weimingzhi@gmail.com>
+
+ * libpcsxcore/cdriso.c: Don't delay before feeding CDDA data to the SPU
+   plugin.
+ * plugins/dfsound/alsa.c: Don't try initializing CDDA sound handle over
+   and over and over again if failed.
+
 September 3, 2009 Wei Mingzhi <weimingzhi@gmail.com>
 
  * libpcsxcore/cdriso.c: Fixed time overflow on 32-bit GNU/Linux system.
diff --git a/libpcsxcore/cdriso.c b/libpcsxcore/cdriso.c
index eb7bbe3b..a65c697a 100644
--- a/libpcsxcore/cdriso.c
+++ b/libpcsxcore/cdriso.c
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ static unsigned char subbuffer[SUB_FRAMESIZE];
 
 static unsigned char sndbuffer[CD_FRAMESIZE_RAW * 10];
 
-#define CDDA_FRAMETIME			(1000 * (sizeof(sndbuffer) / CD_FRAMESIZE_RAW) / 75)
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
 static HANDLE threadid;
 #else
@@ -119,21 +117,6 @@ static void tok2msf(char *time, char *msf) {
 	}
 }
 
-#ifndef _WIN32
-static long GetTickCount(void) {
-	static time_t		initial_time = 0;
-	struct timeval		now;
-
-	gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
-
-	if (initial_time == 0) {
-		initial_time = now.tv_sec;
-	}
-
-	return (now.tv_sec - initial_time) * 1000L + now.tv_usec / 1000L;
-}
-#endif
-
 // this thread plays audio data
 #ifdef _WIN32
 static void playthread(void *param)
@@ -141,25 +124,15 @@ static void playthread(void *param)
 static void *playthread(void *param)
 #endif
 {
-	long		t = GetTickCount();
 	long		d;
 
 	while (playing) {
-		d = t - (long)GetTickCount();
-		if (d <= 0) {
-			d = 1;
-		}
-		else if (d > CDDA_FRAMETIME) {
-			d = CDDA_FRAMETIME;
-		}
 #ifdef _WIN32
-		Sleep(d);
+		Sleep(1);
 #else
-		usleep(d * 1000);
+		usleep(1);
 #endif
 
-		t = GetTickCount() + CDDA_FRAMETIME;
-
 		if ((d = fread(sndbuffer, 1, sizeof(sndbuffer), cddaHandle)) == 0) {
 			playing = 0;
 			fclose(cddaHandle);