Playing an audio file, but not waiting for it to finish?

[kerbingamer376]

Hi,
I have a library that allows me to play sound files. However, the play function waits for the sound to finish before it returns, and I'd like to be able to start the sound playing, and then have it return immediately so my program can continue, but also be able to know when the sound finishes. Is this possible, without modifying the library?