diff --git a/daemon/audio_player.c b/daemon/audio_player.c
index b485f5d60..472ad720d 100644
--- a/daemon/audio_player.c
+++ b/daemon/audio_player.c
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ static bool audio_player_run(struct media_player *mp) {
 	if (!buf) {
 		if (!size) {
 			// error or not active: just reschedule
-			mp->next_run = timeval_add_usec(mp->next_run, ap->ptime_us);
-			timerthread_obj_schedule_abs(&mp->tt_obj, mp->next_run);
+			mp->next_run += ap->ptime_us;
+			timerthread_obj_schedule_abs(&mp->tt_obj, timeval_from_us(mp->next_run));
 			return false;
 		}
 		buf = g_alloca(size);
@@ -162,16 +162,16 @@ void audio_player_start(struct call_media *m) {
 
 	media_player_set_media(mp, m);
 
-	if (mp->next_run.tv_sec) // already running?
+	if (mp->next_run) // already running?
 		return;
 
 	ilogs(transcoding, LOG_DEBUG, "Starting audio player");
 
 	ap->last_run = timeval_from_us(rtpe_now);
 
-	mp->next_run = timeval_from_us(rtpe_now);
-	mp->next_run = timeval_add_usec(mp->next_run, ap->ptime_us);
-	timerthread_obj_schedule_abs(&mp->tt_obj, mp->next_run);
+	mp->next_run = rtpe_now;
+	mp->next_run += ap->ptime_us;
+	timerthread_obj_schedule_abs(&mp->tt_obj, timeval_from_us(mp->next_run));
 
 }
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ bool audio_player_is_active(struct call_media *m) {
 		return false;
 	if (!m->audio_player->mp)
 		return false;
-	if (!m->audio_player->mp->next_run.tv_sec)
+	if (!m->audio_player->mp->next_run)
 		return false;
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/daemon/media_player.c b/daemon/media_player.c
index e7932521b..27f4424c2 100644
--- a/daemon/media_player.c
+++ b/daemon/media_player.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static void media_player_shutdown(struct media_player *mp) {
 
 	//ilog(LOG_DEBUG, "shutting down media_player");
 	timerthread_obj_deschedule(&mp->tt_obj);
-	mp->next_run.tv_sec = 0;
+	mp->next_run = 0;
 
 	if (mp->sink) {
 		unsigned int num = send_timer_flush(mp->sink->send_timer, mp->coder.handler);
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ retry:;
 
 	// got a packet
 	struct media_player_cache_packet *pkt = entry->packets->pdata[read_idx];
-	long long us_dur = pkt->duration;
+	int64_t us_dur = pkt->duration;
 
 	mp->cache_read_idx++;
 
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ retry:;
 			read_idx == 0, mp->seq++, 0, -1, 0);
 
 	mp->buffer_ts += pkt->duration_ts;
-	mp->sync_ts_tv = timeval_from_us(rtpe_now);
+	mp->sync_ts_tv = rtpe_now;
 
 	media_packet_encrypt(mp->crypt_handler->out->rtp_crypt, mp->sink, &packet);
 
@@ -578,8 +578,8 @@ retry:;
 	mutex_unlock(&mp->sink->out_lock);
 
 	// schedule our next run
-	mp->next_run = timeval_add_usec(mp->next_run, us_dur);
-	timerthread_obj_schedule_abs(&mp->tt_obj, mp->next_run);
+	mp->next_run += us_dur;
+	timerthread_obj_schedule_abs(&mp->tt_obj, timeval_from_us(mp->next_run));
 
 	return false;
 }
@@ -655,17 +655,17 @@ static void media_player_cached_reader_start(struct media_player *mp, str_case_v
 	mp->coder.handler = codec_handler_make_dummy(&entry->coder.handler->dest_pt, mp->media, codec_set);
 
 	mp->run_func = media_player_read_decoded_packet;
-	mp->next_run = timeval_from_us(rtpe_now);
+	mp->next_run = rtpe_now;
 	mp->coder.duration = entry->coder.duration;
 
 	// if we played anything before, scale our sync TS according to the time
 	// that has passed
-	if (mp->sync_ts_tv.tv_sec) {
-		int64_t ts_diff_us = timeval_diff(timeval_from_us(rtpe_now), mp->sync_ts_tv);
+	if (mp->sync_ts_tv) {
+		int64_t ts_diff_us = rtpe_now - mp->sync_ts_tv;
 		mp->buffer_ts += fraction_divl(ts_diff_us * dst_pt->clock_rate / 1000000, &dst_pt->codec_def->default_clockrate_fact);
 	}
 
-	mp->sync_ts_tv = timeval_from_us(rtpe_now);
+	mp->sync_ts_tv = rtpe_now;
 
 	media_player_read_decoded_packet(mp);
 }
@@ -938,8 +938,8 @@ static int media_player_setup_common(struct media_player *mp, const rtp_payload_
 
 	// if we played anything before, scale our sync TS according to the time
 	// that has passed
-	if (mp->sync_ts_tv.tv_sec) {
-		int64_t ts_diff_us = timeval_diff(timeval_from_us(rtpe_now), mp->sync_ts_tv);
+	if (mp->sync_ts_tv) {
+		int64_t ts_diff_us = rtpe_now - mp->sync_ts_tv;
 		mp->sync_ts += fraction_divl(ts_diff_us * (*dst_pt)->clock_rate / 1000000, &(*dst_pt)->codec_def->default_clockrate_fact);
 	}
 
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ void media_player_add_packet(struct media_player *mp, char *buf, size_t len,
 		struct codec_packet *p = packet.packets_out.head->data;
 		if (p->rtp) {
 			mp->sync_ts = ntohl(p->rtp->timestamp);
-			mp->sync_ts_tv = p->ttq_entry.when;
+			mp->sync_ts_tv = timeval_us(p->ttq_entry.when);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1058,8 +1058,8 @@ void media_player_add_packet(struct media_player *mp, char *buf, size_t len,
 		ilog(LOG_ERR, "Error sending playback media to RTP sink");
 	mutex_unlock(&mp->sink->out_lock);
 
-	mp->next_run = timeval_add_usec(mp->next_run, us_dur);
-	timerthread_obj_schedule_abs(&mp->tt_obj, mp->next_run);
+	mp->next_run += us_dur;
+	timerthread_obj_schedule_abs(&mp->tt_obj, timeval_from_us(mp->next_run));
 }
 
 static int media_player_find_file_begin(struct media_player *mp) {
@@ -1207,9 +1207,9 @@ static bool media_player_play_start(struct media_player *mp, const rtp_payload_t
 	if (media_player_cache_entry_init(mp, dst_pt, codec_set))
 		return true;
 
-	mp->next_run = timeval_from_us(rtpe_now);
+	mp->next_run = rtpe_now;
 	// give ourselves a bit of a head start with decoding
-	mp->next_run = timeval_add_usec(mp->next_run, -50000);
+	mp->next_run -= 50000;
 
 	// if start_pos is positive, try to seek to that position
 	if (mp->opts.start_pos > 0) {
@@ -2002,7 +2002,7 @@ static void media_player_run(void *ptr) {
 	mutex_lock(&mp->lock);
 
 	bool finished = false;
-	if (mp->next_run.tv_sec)
+	if (mp->next_run)
 		finished = mp->run_func(mp);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&mp->lock);
@@ -2011,7 +2011,7 @@ static void media_player_run(void *ptr) {
 	if (finished) {
 		rwlock_lock_w(&call->master_lock);
 
-		mp->next_run.tv_sec = 0;
+		mp->next_run = 0;
 
 		if (mp->opts.block_egress)
 			MEDIA_CLEAR(mp->media, BLOCK_EGRESS);
@@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ bool media_player_is_active(struct call_monologue *ml) {
 		return false;
 	if (!ml->player)
 		return false;
-	if (!ml->player->next_run.tv_sec)
+	if (!ml->player->next_run)
 		return false;
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/daemon/t38.c b/daemon/t38.c
index c901e1f23..628b6643b 100644
--- a/daemon/t38.c
+++ b/daemon/t38.c
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ static bool t38_pcm_player(struct media_player *mp) {
 	if (num <= 0) {
 		ilog(LOG_DEBUG, "No T.38 PCM samples generated");
 		// use a fixed interval of 10 ms
-		mp->next_run = timeval_add_usec(mp->next_run, 10000);
-		timerthread_obj_schedule_abs(&mp->tt_obj, mp->next_run);
+		mp->next_run += 10000;
+		timerthread_obj_schedule_abs(&mp->tt_obj, timeval_from_us(mp->next_run));
 		mutex_unlock(&tg->lock);
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ void t38_gateway_start(struct t38_gateway *tg, str_case_value_ht codec_set) {
 
 	// now start our player if we can or should
 	// already running?
-	if (tg->pcm_player->next_run.tv_sec)
+	if (tg->pcm_player->next_run)
 		return;
 
 	// only start our player only if we can send both ways
@@ -504,8 +504,8 @@ void t38_gateway_start(struct t38_gateway *tg, str_case_value_ht codec_set) {
 	ilog(LOG_DEBUG, "Starting T.38 PCM player");
 
 	// start off PCM player
-	tg->pcm_player->next_run = timeval_from_us(rtpe_now);
-	timerthread_obj_schedule_abs(&tg->pcm_player->tt_obj, tg->pcm_player->next_run);
+	tg->pcm_player->next_run = rtpe_now;
+	timerthread_obj_schedule_abs(&tg->pcm_player->tt_obj, timeval_from_us(tg->pcm_player->next_run));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/include/media_player.h b/include/media_player.h
index a164a4fc2..75f162a00 100644
--- a/include/media_player.h
+++ b/include/media_player.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct media_player {
 	struct packet_stream *sink;
 	const struct streamhandler *crypt_handler;
 
-	struct timeval next_run;
+	int64_t next_run;
 
 	media_player_opts_t opts;
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct media_player {
 	unsigned long seq;
 	unsigned long buffer_ts;
 	unsigned long sync_ts;
-	struct timeval sync_ts_tv;
+	int64_t sync_ts_tv;
 	long long last_frame_ts;
 };