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def start_worker(self, player):
        def _worker():
            while self.running:
                wq = self.worker_queue
                gq = self.gui_queue
                while wq.qsize() and player and self.running:
                    try:
                        (command, params) = wq.get(0)
                        if command == 'pause':
                            player.pause()
                            self.paused = not self.paused
                            state = 'P' if player.paused  else ''
                            gq.put({'lb_state': state })
                        elif command == 'stop':
                            if not player.paused:
                                player.pause()
                                self.paused = True
                                gq.put({'lb_state': 'P' })
                        # ......
                        else:
                            print 'unknown command %s (%s)'%(command, params)
                    except Queue.Empty:
                        time.sleep(0.1)
            print '_worker stop'
        return _worker
#......
w_thread = threading.Thread(target = self.start_worker(self.player))
w_thread.start()
#......

def pause(self, b=None):
        if self.player:
            if b == True:
                self.worker_queue.put(('stop',''))
            elif b == False:
                self.worker_queue.put(('play',''))
            else:
                self.worker_queue.put(('pause',''))

 [ p.pause(self.paused) for p in self.v_pull ]