diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f653092..d72ae55 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 bin_PROGRAMS=tcfs
 tcfs_SOURCES=src/tcfs.c
-tcfs_LDADD = $(LIBOBJS) $(FUSE_LIBS)
-tcfs_CFLAGS = $(FUSE_CFLAGS) -DFUSE_USE_VERSION=28
\ No newline at end of file
+tcfs_LDADD = $(LIBOBJS) $(FUSE_LIBS) $(libavcore_LIBS) $(libavutil_LIBS) $(libavformat_LIBS) $(libavcodec_LIBS)
+tcfs_CFLAGS = $(FUSE_CFLAGS) $(libavcore_CFLAGS) $(libavutil_CFLAGS) $(libavformat_CFLAGS) $(libavcodec_CFLAGS) -DFUSE_USE_VERSION=28
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9ea4546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+aclocal && autoconf && autoheader && automake --add-missing
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9011124..12a1164 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -9,18 +9,24 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 # Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CC
-AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 
 # Checks for libraries.
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([FUSE], [fuse >= 2.8])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libavcodec], [libavcodec >= 52.94])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libavformat], [libavformat >= 52.84])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libavcore], [libavcore >= 0.12])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libavutil], [libavutil >= 50.32])
 
 # Checks for header files.
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([fcntl.h stddef.h stdlib.h string.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([fcntl.h stddef.h stdlib.h string.h errno.h dirent.h])
 
 # Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+AC_PROG_CC_C99
+AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 
 # Checks for library functions.
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memset strerror])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([asprintf], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([asprintf emulation for non-GNU systems NYI])])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/run-autotools.sh b/run-autotools.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 10ad5ca..0000000
--- a/run-autotools.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-aclocal && autoconf && automake --add-missing
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7aa301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#ifndef TCFS_COMMON_H
+#define TCFS_COMMON_H 1
+
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_ASPRINTF
+# define _GNU_SOURCE
+#endif
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#if HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
+# include <sys/types.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
+# include <sys/stat.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef STDC_HEADERS
+# include <stdlib.h>
+# include <stddef.h>
+#else
+# ifdef HAVE_STDLIB_H
+#  include <stdlib.h>
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
+# if !defined STDC_HEADERS && defined HAVE_MEMORY_H
+#  include <memory.h>
+# endif
+# include <string.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_STRINGS_H
+# include <strings.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_INTTYPES_H
+# include <inttypes.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_STDINT_H
+# include <stdint.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
+# include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_ERRNO_H
+# include <errno.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_DIRENT_H
+# include <dirent.h>
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/tcfs.c b/src/tcfs.c
index 150c83d..750bb43 100644
--- a/src/tcfs.c
+++ b/src/tcfs.c
@@ -4,31 +4,300 @@
  This work is licensed under the Open Software License ("OSL") v. 3.0.
  */
 
-#include "config.h"
+#include "common.h"
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
 #include <fuse.h>
 #include <fuse_opt.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
 
 struct options {
   char *base;
   char *tfmt;
 } options;
 
-int is_audio_file(const char *path)
+// Get the filename from a path, i.e. a pointer to the character after the last / in path.
+// If path contains no /, returns path.
+char *get_file_from_path(const char *path)
 {
+  if(!path)
+    return NULL;
+
+  char *ret = strchr(path, '/');
+  if(ret == NULL)
+    return path;
+
+  return ret+1;
+}
+
+// Get the extension from the file name
+char *get_ext_from_file(const char *file)
+{
+  if(!file)
+    return NULL;
+
+  char *ret = strchr(file, '.');
+  if(!ret)
+    return file+strlen(file);
+  if(ret == file)
+    return file+strlen(file); // return pointer to '\0';
+  
+  return ret+1;
+}
+
+char *strip_ext_from_path(const char *path)
+{
+  if(!path)
+    return NULL;
+
+  char *ret = strdup(path);
+
+  char *ext = strchr(ret, '.');
+  char *file = strchr(ret, '/');
+  if(!ext || (ext<file)) // no . or . not in last component
+    return ret;
+  
+  *ext = '\0';
+  return ret;
+}
+
+// returns 1 if the file is a transcodeable audio file, 0 if it is not and a negative value if an error occured
+int is_tc_audio_file(const char *path)
+{
+  if(!path)
+    return -EINVAL;
+
+  struct stat st;
+  int ret = stat(path, &st);
+  if(ret == -1)
+    return -errno;
+  
+  if(!S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
+    return 0;
+
+  char *file = get_file_from_path(path);
+  if(!file || (file[0] == '\0'))
+    return 0;
+
+  char *ext = get_ext_from_file(file);
+  if(!ext)
+    return 0;
+  
+  if(strcmp(ext,options.tfmt) == 0)
+    return 0; // file already has right format
+
+  // TODO: proper detection code here
+
+  // for testing
+  if(strcmp(ext,"ogg") == 0)
+    return 1;
+
   return 0;
 }
 
+// Get the path of the transcodeable audio file that
+// generates 'path'. Returns NULL when there is no such
+// file.
+char *get_tc_source_name(const char *path)
+{
+  if(!path)
+    return NULL;
+
+  if(strcmp(get_ext_from_file(get_file_from_path(path)), options.tfmt)!=0) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  char *path_no_ext = strip_ext_from_path(path);
+  if(!path_no_ext)
+    return NULL;
+
+  // TODO : search for transcodable files in path_no_ext.*
+
+  // for testing
+  char *ret;
+  if(asprintf(&ret, "%s.ogg", path_no_ext) < 0)
+    return NULL;
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+// safely concatenate options.base and path
+// the caller must free() the returned string
+char *path_cat(const char *path)
+{
+  if(!path)
+    return NULL;
+
+  char *ret = (char*)malloc(strlen(options.base)+strlen(path)+1);
+  if(!ret)
+    return NULL;
+
+  memcpy(ret, options.base, strlen(options.base));
+  memcpy(ret+strlen(options.base), path, strlen(path)+1);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
 int tcfs_getattr(const char *path, struct stat *stbuf)
 {
-  return -1;
+  char *base_path = path_cat(path);
+  if(!base_path)
+    return -ENOMEM;
+
+  int ret = stat(base_path, stbuf);
+  if(ret == -1) {
+    if(errno == ENOENT) { // check if this file can be created by transcoding
+      char *tc_src = get_tc_source_name(base_path);
+      if(tc_src) {
+	ret = stat(tc_src, stbuf);
+	stbuf->st_size = 0;
+	if(ret == -1) {
+	  free(base_path);
+	  return -errno;
+	} else
+	  return 0;
+      } else {
+	free(base_path);
+	return -errno;
+      }
+    } else {
+      free(base_path);
+      return -errno;
+    }
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int tcfs_readdir(const char *path, void *buf, fuse_fill_dir_t filler,
+		 off_t offset, struct fuse_file_info *fi)
+{
+  char *base_path = path_cat(path);
+  if(!base_path)
+    return -ENOMEM;
+
+  struct stat st;
+  int ret = stat(base_path, &st);
+  if(ret == -1) {
+    free(base_path);
+    return -errno;
+  }
+  if(!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+    free(base_path);
+    return -ENOTDIR;
+  }
+
+  DIR *dir = opendir(base_path);
+  if(!dir) {
+    free(base_path);
+    return -errno;
+  }
+
+  union {
+    struct dirent de;
+    char b[offsetof(struct dirent, d_name) + NAME_MAX + 1];
+  } u;
+  struct dirent *dep;
+  while(readdir_r(dir, &u.de, &dep) == 0) {
+    if(!dep) {
+      free(base_path);
+      closedir(dir);
+      return 0;
+    }
+    char *full_file_path;
+    if(base_path[strlen(base_path)-1] == '/') {
+      if(asprintf(&full_file_path, "%s%s", base_path, dep->d_name) < 0) {
+	free(base_path);
+	return -ENOMEM;
+      }
+    } else {
+      if(asprintf(&full_file_path, "%s/%s", base_path, dep->d_name) < 0) {
+	free(base_path);
+	return -ENOMEM;
+      }
+    }
+	
+    ret = is_tc_audio_file(full_file_path);
+    free(full_file_path);
+    if(ret < 0) {
+      free(base_path);
+      return ret;
+    }
+
+    if(ret == 0)
+      filler(buf, dep->d_name, NULL, 0);
+    else {
+      char *ext = strchr(dep->d_name, '.');
+      char *file_new_ext;
+      if(ext == NULL) {
+	if(asprintf(&file_new_ext, "%s.%s", dep->d_name, options.tfmt) < 0) {
+	  free(base_path);
+	  return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+      } else {
+	*(ext+1) = '\0';
+	if(asprintf(&file_new_ext, "%s%s", dep->d_name, options.tfmt) < 0) {
+	  free(base_path);
+	  return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+      }
+      filler(buf, file_new_ext, NULL, 0);
+    }
+  }
+
+      free(base_path);
+  closedir(dir);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+struct tcfs_file_info {
+  enum {
+    DIRECT,
+    TRANSCODE
+  } type;
+  FILE *fd;
+};
+
+int tcfs_open(const char *path, struct fuse_file_info *fi)
+{
+  char *base_path = path_cat(path);
+  if(!base_path)
+    return -ENOMEM;
+
+  struct tcfs_file_info *tcfs_fi = (struct tcfs_file_info *)malloc(sizeof(struct tcfs_file_info));
+  if(!tcfs_fi) {
+    free(base_path);
+    return -ENOMEM;
+  }
+
+  tcfs_fi->fd = fopen(base_path, "r");
+
+  if(!tcfs_fi->fd) {
+    char *src_name = get_tc_source_name(base_path);
+    if(src_name) {
+      tcfs_fi->fd = fopen(src_name, "r");
+      if(!tcfs_fi->fd) {
+	return -errno;
+      }
+    } else {
+      return -errno;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  fi->fh = (uint64_t)tcfs_fi;
+  fi->direct_io = 1;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int tcfs_read(const char *path, char *buf, size_t size, off_t offset, struct fuse_file_info *fi)
+{
+  struct tcfs_file_info *tcfs_fi = (struct tcfs_file_info*)fi->fh;
+  if(!tcfs_fi)
+    return -EINVAL;
+
+  errno = 0;
+  int ret = fread(buf, 1, size, tcfs_fi->fd);
+  if((ret == 0) && (errno != 0))
+    return -errno;
+
+  return ret;
 }
 
 void *tcfs_init(struct fuse_conn_info *conn)
@@ -40,7 +309,11 @@ void *tcfs_init(struct fuse_conn_info *conn)
 }
 
 static struct fuse_operations tcfs_oper = {
-  .init = tcfs_init
+  .init = tcfs_init,
+  .getattr = tcfs_getattr,
+  .readdir = tcfs_readdir,
+  .open = tcfs_open,
+  .read = tcfs_read
 };
 
 enum {
@@ -72,6 +345,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     return -1;
   }
 
+  if(options.base[strlen(options.base)-1] == '/')
+    options.base[strlen(options.base)-1] = '\0';
+
   struct stat st;
   if(stat(options.base, &st) != 0) {
     fprintf(stderr, "Could not stat '%s': %s\n", options.base, strerror(errno));