int playMp3(string thePath)
{
    mpg123_handle *mh;
    unsigned char *buffer;
    size_t buffer_size;
    size_t done;
    int err;

    int driver;
    ao_device *dev;

    ao_sample_format format;
    int channels, encoding;
    long rate;

    /* initializations */
    ao_initialize();
    driver = ao_default_driver_id();
    mpg123_init();
    mh = mpg123_new(NULL, &err);
    buffer_size = mpg123_outblock(mh);
    buffer = (unsigned char*)malloc(buffer_size * sizeof(unsigned char));

    /* open the file and get the decoding format */
    mpg123_open(mh, thePath.c_str());
    mpg123_getformat(mh, &rate, &channels, &encoding);

    /* set the output format and open the output device */
    format.bits = mpg123_encsize(encoding) * BITS;
    format.rate = rate;
    format.channels = channels;
    format.byte_format = AO_FMT_NATIVE;
    format.matrix = 0;
    dev = ao_open_live(driver, &format, NULL);
    char *workAround = new char[buffer_size * sizeof(unsigned char)];
    /* decode and play */
    while (mpg123_read(mh, buffer, buffer_size, &done) == MPG123_OK)
    {
        // Shift from unsigned to signed!
        for (auto i = 0; i < buffer_size / 2; i++){workAround[i] = static_cast<char>(buffer[i]);}
        // This was the original ao system
        //ao_play(dev, buffer, done);
        ao_play(dev, workAround, done);
    }
    cout << md5(workAround) << " " << sizeof(workAround) << endl;
    cout << "Buffer size " << buffer_size << endl;
    cout << "Done size " << done << endl;
    cout << "Channels " << channels << endl;
    cout << "Encoding " << encoding << endl;
    cout << "Rate " << rate << endl;
    /* clean up */
    free(buffer);
    ao_close(dev);
    mpg123_close(mh);
    mpg123_delete(mh);
    mpg123_exit();
    ao_shutdown();

    return 0;
}