Thanks Dominic, >> I tried 23038. No success. It loads the dongle.bin and tries to find a >> mediamvp-server without success. > standalone version within the plugin? My hunch is that this a problem > with IP address of the hostname turning out to be 127.0.0.1 which causes > the MVP to try to connect to itself! This was it. Changed hosts to exclude the VDRs hostname from localhost and everything is working. I even tried vompserver. Both work fine, but I prefer the mediamvp Plugin. I just have to setup some internet radio stations and will be a happy camper. Thanks again. -- Best regards Peer Oliver Schmidt PGP Key ID: 0x83E1C2EA