Index: trunk/apps/bookmark.c
===================================================================
--- trunk.orig/apps/bookmark.c
+++ trunk/apps/bookmark.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static int buffer_bookmarks(struct bookm
 static char* get_bookmark_info(int list_index, void* data, char *buffer);
 static char* select_bookmark(const char* bookmark_file_name, bool show_dont_resume, bool is_mrb);
 static bool  system_check(void);
-static bool  write_bookmark(bool create_bookmark_file);
+static bool  write_bookmark(bool create_bookmark_file, char *bookmark);
 static int   get_bookmark_count(const char* bookmark_file_name);
 
 static char global_temp_buffer[MAX_PATH+1];
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ static char global_filename[MAX_PATH];
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 bool bookmark_create_menu(void)
 {
-    write_bookmark(true);
+    if(!system_check())
+        return false;
+    gui_syncsplash(0, ID2P(LANG_WAIT));
+    write_bookmark(true, create_bookmark());
     return false;
 }
 
@@ -171,20 +174,23 @@ bool bookmark_mrb_load()
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 bool bookmark_autobookmark(void)
 {
+    char*  bookmark;
     if (!system_check())
         return false;
 
     audio_pause();    /* first pause playback */
+    bookmark = create_bookmark();
+    audio_stop();
     switch (global_settings.autocreatebookmark)
     {
         case BOOKMARK_YES:
-            return write_bookmark(true);
+          return write_bookmark(true, bookmark);
 
         case BOOKMARK_NO:
             return false;
 
         case BOOKMARK_RECENT_ONLY_YES:
-            return write_bookmark(false);
+          return write_bookmark(false, bookmark);
     }
 #ifdef HAVE_LCD_BITMAP
     unsigned char *lines[]={ID2P(LANG_AUTO_BOOKMARK_QUERY)};
@@ -204,9 +210,9 @@ bool bookmark_autobookmark(void)
     if(gui_syncyesno_run(&message, NULL, NULL)==YESNO_YES)
     {
         if (global_settings.autocreatebookmark == BOOKMARK_RECENT_ONLY_ASK)
-            return write_bookmark(false);
+          return write_bookmark(false, bookmark);
         else
-            return write_bookmark(true);
+          return write_bookmark(true, bookmark);
     }
     return false;
 }
@@ -218,15 +224,10 @@ bool bookmark_autobookmark(void)
 /* resume_index*resume_offset*resume_seed*resume_first_index*              */
 /* resume_file*milliseconds*MP3 Title*                                     */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-static bool write_bookmark(bool create_bookmark_file)
+static bool write_bookmark(bool create_bookmark_file, char *bookmark)
 {
     bool   success=false;
-    char*  bookmark;
 
-    if (!system_check())
-       return false; /* something didn't happen correctly, do nothing */
-
-    bookmark = create_bookmark();
     if (!bookmark)
        return false; /* something didn't happen correctly, do nothing */