> But this is a different problem. Looks like VDR does an EPG scan. > > Just have a look into your syslog for a line like this (in english): > > Nov 14 00:06:31 video vdr[31630]: info: Beginne mit EPG-Scan My syslog is at verbosity level 3 and it does not display such a line. > > You may also set EPG timeout to 0 to disable automatic EPG scans. You'll > see a similar behaviour if you start an EPG scan manually. How to start a manual epg scan? The epg timeout was 5. I've set it to 8 now, because I like to have automatic epg scans, and the problem does occur only every now and then. Is, given these presuppositions, increasing the number the right way, or should I decrease it instead? Best, Maarten