diff --git a/src/music/dmusic.cpp b/src/music/dmusic.cpp
index 91f0684..454d886 100644
--- a/src/music/dmusic.cpp
+++ b/src/music/dmusic.cpp
@@ -416,6 +416,19 @@ void MusicDriver_DMusic::PlaySong(const char *filename, int time_start, int time
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/* All original TTD music has a timedivision of 384, while DirectMusic internally
+	 * works with a timedivision of 768 i.e. double. Not hardcoding this would require
+	 * either more addendum data in the baseset files, or reading a couple bytes from
+	 * the MIDI files to get the actual timedivision, and scale accordingly. */
+	time_start *= 2;
+	time_end *= 2;
+	segment->SetStartPoint(time_start);
+	/* Enable looping if required */
+	if (time_end > time_start && loop) {
+		segment->SetLoopPoints(time_start, time_end);
+		segment->SetRepeats(DMUS_SEG_REPEAT_INFINITE);
+	}
+
 	/* tell the segment to 'download' the instruments */
 	if (FAILED(segment->SetParam(GUID_Download, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0, 0, performance))) {
 		DEBUG(driver, 0, "DirectMusic: failed to download instruments");
@@ -423,11 +436,18 @@ void MusicDriver_DMusic::PlaySong(const char *filename, int time_start, int time
 	}
 
 	/* start playing the MIDI file */
+	MUSIC_TIME perf_time_start = 0;
+	performance->GetTime(NULL, &perf_time_start);
 	if (FAILED(performance->PlaySegment(segment, 0, 0, NULL))) {
 		DEBUG(driver, 0, "DirectMusic: PlaySegment failed");
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/* If an ending time is given, request a stop at that point */
+	if (time_end > time_start && !loop) {
+		performance->Stop(segment, NULL, perf_time_start + time_end, DMUS_SEGF_DEFAULT);
+	}
+
 	seeking = true;
 }