Hi, 1) you must patch the xine-lib with original patch from Reinhard, then use the network patch (file to patch is: xine-lib/src/vdr/input_vdr.c): http://mitglied.lycos.de/peterweber69/xine/xine-lib-with-sockets.patch 2) patch for xine-plugin file to patch is xine-lib.c and xineLib.h http://mitglied.lycos.de/peterweber69/xine/vdr-xine-0.7.2-using-tcp-sockets-instead-of-fifos.patch xineLib.h there are hunks, but have a look at the xine-lib.h.rej file and make the changes in xine-lib.c with an editor for other changes have a look to original xine: http://www.vdr-portal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=37650&sid= bye Horst -- Lust, ein paar Euro nebenbei zu verdienen? Ohne Kosten, ohne Risiko! Satte Provisionen für GMX Partner: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/partner