diff --git a/src/gui/controller/playback-controller.cpp b/src/gui/controller/playback-controller.cpp
index 44251278a..07a1fbd6d 100644
--- a/src/gui/controller/playback-controller.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/controller/playback-controller.cpp
@@ -102,11 +102,96 @@ PlaybackController::playback_thread()
     }
 }
 
+typedef unsigned char byte;
+
+inline int
+clamp(const int &val, const int &maxval, const int &minval)
+{
+  if(val > maxval) return maxval;
+  if(val < minval) return minval;
+  return val;
+}
+
+inline void
+rgb_to_yuv(int r, int g, int b, byte &y, byte &u, byte &v)
+{
+  // This code isn't great, but it does the job
+  y = (byte)clamp((299 * r + 587 * g + 114 * b) / 1000, 235, 16);
+  v = (byte)clamp((500 * r - 419 * g - 81 * b) / 1000 + 127, 255, 0);
+  u = (byte)clamp((-169 * r - 331 * g + 500 * b) / 1000 + 127, 255, 0);
+}
+
+void rgb_buffer_to_yuy2(unsigned char *in, unsigned char *out)
+{
+  for(int i = 0; i < 320*240*2; i+=4)
+    {
+      byte y0, u0, v0;
+      const byte r0 = *(in++);
+      const byte g0 = *(in++);
+      const byte b0 = *(in++);
+      rgb_to_yuv(r0, g0, b0, y0, u0, v0);
+      
+      byte y1, u1, v1;
+      const byte r1 = *(in++);
+      const byte g1 = *(in++);
+      const byte b1 = *(in++);
+      rgb_to_yuv(r1, g1, b1, y1, u1, v1);
+      
+      out[i] = y0;
+      out[i + 1] = (byte)(((int)u0 + (int)u1) / 2);
+      out[i + 2] = y1;
+      out[i + 3] = (byte)(((int)v0 + (int)v1) / 2);
+    }
+}
+
 void
 PlaybackController::pull_frame()
 {
-  for(int i = 0; i < 320*240*4; i++)
-    buffer[i] = rand();
+  static int frame = 0;
+  unsigned char in[320 * 240 * 3];
+  
+  frame--;
+  
+  if(frame <= 0)
+    frame = 200;
+  
+  if(frame > 150)
+  {
+    for(int i = 0; i < 320*240*3; i+=3)
+      {
+        byte value = (byte)rand();
+        in[i] = value;
+        in[i+1] = value;
+        in[i+2] = value;
+      }
+  }
+  else
+  {  
+    unsigned char row[320 * 3];
+
+    
+    for(int x = 0; x < 320; x++)
+      {
+        byte &r = row[x*3];
+        byte &g = row[x*3+1];
+        byte &b = row[x*3+2];
+        
+        if(x < 1*320/7) r = 0xC0, g = 0xC0, b = 0xC0;
+        else if(x < 2*320/7) r = 0xC0, g = 0xC0, b = 0x00;
+        else if(x < 3*320/7) r = 0x00, g = 0xC0, b = 0xC0;
+        else if(x < 4*320/7) r = 0x00, g = 0xC0, b = 0x00;
+        else if(x < 5*320/7) r = 0xC0, g = 0x00, b = 0xC0;
+        else if(x < 6*320/7) r = 0xC0, g = 0x00, b = 0x00;
+        else r = 0x00, g = 0x00, b = 0xC0;
+      }
+    
+    for(int y = 0; y < 240; y++)
+    {
+      memcpy(in + y*320*3, row, sizeof(row));
+    }
+  }
+  
+  rgb_buffer_to_yuy2(in, buffer);
 
   dispatcher.emit();
 }