diff --git a/doc/Changelog.html b/doc/Changelog.html
index 9a56e984..58f3b7c2 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog.html
+++ b/doc/Changelog.html
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ a:visited { color: #0000EE; }
 
 <a name="4.09"></a>Changes between v4.08 and v4.09 [<font color="darkred">unreleased</font>]:<br><ul>
 <li>Upgraded build environment to Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 RTM
-<li>Improved internal encoder API, so each encoder can define its own configuration options
 <li>Complete overhaul of the file analyzer, resulting in up to 2.5x faster file import speed
 <li>Reworked the application initialization code, resulting in notably faster startup speed
+<li>Improved file analyzer to retain the original ordering of files imported from a playlist
+<li>Improved internal encoder API, so each encoder can define its own configuration options
 <li>Updated mpg123 decoder to v1.16.0 (2013-10-06), compiled with GCC 4.8.1
 <li>Updated GnuPG to v1.4.15 (2013-10-05), compiled with GCC 4.8.1
 <li>Various bugfixes and code improvements
diff --git a/src/Config.h b/src/Config.h
index 086317e2..35cee53e 100644
--- a/src/Config.h
+++ b/src/Config.h
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 #define VER_LAMEXP_MINOR_HI					0
 #define VER_LAMEXP_MINOR_LO					9
 #define VER_LAMEXP_TYPE						Alpha
-#define VER_LAMEXP_PATCH					3
-#define VER_LAMEXP_BUILD					1418
+#define VER_LAMEXP_PATCH					4
+#define VER_LAMEXP_BUILD					1420
 #define VER_LAMEXP_CONFG					1348
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/Dialog_WorkingBanner.cpp b/src/Dialog_WorkingBanner.cpp
index a278d66b..99f34152 100644
--- a/src/Dialog_WorkingBanner.cpp
+++ b/src/Dialog_WorkingBanner.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 /* It can happen that the QThread has just terminated and already emitted the 'terminated' signal, but did NOT change the 'isRunning' flag to FALSE yet. */
 /* For this reason the macro will first check the 'isRunning' flag. If (and only if) the flag still returns TRUE, then we will wait() for at most 50 ms. */
 /* If, after 50 ms, the wait() function returns with FALSE, then the thread probably is still running and we return TRUE. Otherwise we can return FALSE. */
-#define THREAD_RUNNING(THRD) (((THRD)->isRunning()) ? (!((THRD)->wait(50))) : false)
+#define THREAD_RUNNING(THRD) (((THRD)->isRunning()) ? (!((THRD)->wait(1))) : false)
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Constructor
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ WorkingBanner::WorkingBanner(QWidget *parent)
 	color.setColor(QPalette::WindowText, QColor::fromRgb(0x33, 0x33, 0x33));
 	m_progress->setPalette(color);
 
+	//Set Opacity
+	this->setWindowOpacity(0.85);
+
 	//Set wait cursor
 	setCursor(Qt::WaitCursor);
 }
diff --git a/src/Thread_FileAnalyzer.cpp b/src/Thread_FileAnalyzer.cpp
index 0ba3654d..1da05292 100644
--- a/src/Thread_FileAnalyzer.cpp
+++ b/src/Thread_FileAnalyzer.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@
 #include <QTime>
 #include <QElapsedTimer>
 #include <QTimer>
+#include <QQueue>
+
+//Insert into QStringList *without* duplicates
+static inline void SAFE_APPEND_STRING(QStringList &list, const QString &str)
+{
+	if(!list.contains(str, Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+	{
+		list << str;
+	}
+}
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Constructor
@@ -161,12 +171,18 @@ void FileAnalyzer::run()
 		}
 	}
 
-	//Handle playlist files
-	lamexp_natural_string_sort(m_inputFiles, true);
-	handlePlaylistFiles();
+	//Sort files
 	lamexp_natural_string_sort(m_inputFiles, true);
 
+	//Handle playlist files first!
+	handlePlaylistFiles();
+
 	const unsigned int nFiles = m_inputFiles.count();
+	if(nFiles < 1)
+	{
+		qWarning("File list is empty, nothing to do!");
+		return;
+	}
 
 	//Update progress
 	emit progressMaxChanged(nFiles);
@@ -245,22 +261,51 @@ bool FileAnalyzer::analyzeNextFile(void)
 
 void FileAnalyzer::handlePlaylistFiles(void)
 {
-	QStringList importedFiles;
+	QQueue<QVariant> queue;
+	QStringList importedFromPlaylist;
+	
+	//Import playlist files into "hierarchical" list
 	while(!m_inputFiles.isEmpty())
 	{
 		const QString currentFile = m_inputFiles.takeFirst();
-		if(!PlaylistImporter::importPlaylist(importedFiles, currentFile))
+		QStringList importedFiles;
+		if(PlaylistImporter::importPlaylist(importedFiles, currentFile))
 		{
-			importedFiles << currentFile;
+			queue.enqueue(importedFiles);
+			importedFromPlaylist << importedFiles;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			queue.enqueue(currentFile);
 		}
 	}
 
-	while(!importedFiles.isEmpty())
+	//Reduce temporary list
+	importedFromPlaylist.removeDuplicates();
+
+	//Now build the complete "flat" file list (files imported from playlist take precedence!)
+	while(!queue.isEmpty())
 	{
-		const QString currentFile = importedFiles.takeFirst();
-		if(!m_inputFiles.contains(currentFile, Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+		const QVariant current = queue.dequeue();
+		if(current.type() == QVariant::String)
 		{
-			m_inputFiles << currentFile;
+			const QString temp = current.toString();
+			if(!importedFromPlaylist.contains(temp, Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+			{
+				SAFE_APPEND_STRING(m_inputFiles, temp);
+			}
+		}
+		else if(current.type() == QVariant::StringList)
+		{
+			const QStringList temp = current.toStringList();
+			for(QStringList::ConstIterator iter = temp.constBegin(); iter != temp.constEnd(); iter++)
+			{
+				SAFE_APPEND_STRING(m_inputFiles, (*iter));
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			qWarning("Encountered an unexpected variant type!");
 		}
 	}
 }