--- a/iptv/vlc2iptv
+++ b/iptv/vlc2iptv
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@
 {
     local CHANNEL_SETTINGS_FILE="$CHANNEL_SETTINGS_DIR/$CHANNEL_NAME.conf"
 
-    [ ! -e $CHANNEL_SETTINGS_FILE ] && \
+    [ ! -e "$CHANNEL_SETTINGS_FILE" ] && \
       exit_with_error "No vlc input configuration for channel '$CHANNEL_NAME'"
-    . $CHANNEL_SETTINGS_FILE
+    . "$CHANNEL_SETTINGS_FILE"
     
     [ -z "$URL" ] && \
       exit_with_error "No URL specified for channel '$CHANNEL_NAME'"
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     RESIZE_OPTIONS=""
 fi
 
-vlc "${URL}" \
+LC_NUMERIC=C vlc "${URL}" \
   --sout "#transcode{vcodec=mp2v$RESIZE_OPTIONS,acodec=mpga,vb=${VIDEO_BITRATE},ab=${AUDIO_BITRATE}}:standard{access=udp,mux=ts{pid-video=${VPID},pid-audio=${APID},pid-spu=${SPID}},dst=127.0.0.1:${PORT}}" \
   --intf dummy &
 
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iptv/vlc2iptv_raw
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# vlc2iptv is used by the VDR iptv plugin to transcode external sources
+#
+# (C) 2007 Rolf Ahrenberg, Antti Seppälä
+# (C) 2007 Tobias Grimm
+#
+# vlc2iptv is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this package; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+# MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+
+#
+# <Global Settings>
+#
+
+CHANNELS_CONF=/var/lib/vdr/channels.conf
+CHANNEL_SETTINGS_DIR=/etc/vdr/plugins/iptv/vlcinput/
+VIDEO_BITRATE=2400
+AUDIO_BITRATE=320
+
+#
+# </Global Settings>
+#
+
+exit_with_error()
+{
+    logger "vlc2iptv: error: $*"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+read_arguments()
+{
+    [ $# -ne 2 ] && exit_with_error "Invalid parameter count '$#' $*"
+    PARAMETER=$1
+    PORT=$2
+}
+
+lookup_channel_and_pids()
+{
+    [ ! -e "$CHANNELS_CONF" ] && \
+      exit_with_error "channels.conf not found ($CHANNELS_CONF)"
+
+    local CHANNEL_RECORD=`grep "[:]S=[10][|]P=[10][|]F=EXT[|]U=vlc2iptv_raw[|]A=$PARAMETER[:]I" $CHANNELS_CONF`
+    [ -z "$CHANNEL_RECORD" ] && \
+      exit_with_error "no iptv channel with parameter $PARAMETER found"
+
+    CHANNEL_NAME=`echo $CHANNEL_RECORD | awk "-F[;,:]" '{print $1}'`
+    VPID=`echo $CHANNEL_RECORD | awk -F: '{print $6}'`
+    APID=`echo $CHANNEL_RECORD | awk -F: '{print $7}'`
+    SPID=0
+}
+
+load_channel_configuration()
+{
+    local CHANNEL_SETTINGS_FILE="$CHANNEL_SETTINGS_DIR/$CHANNEL_NAME.conf"
+
+    [ ! -e "$CHANNEL_SETTINGS_FILE" ] && \
+      exit_with_error "No vlc input configuration for channel '$CHANNEL_NAME'"
+    . "$CHANNEL_SETTINGS_FILE"
+
+    [ -z "$URL" ] && \
+      exit_with_error "No URL specified for channel '$CHANNEL_NAME'"
+}
+
+read_arguments $*
+lookup_channel_and_pids
+load_channel_configuration
+
+#
+# Start VLC
+#
+
+if [ -n "$WIDTH" -a -n "$HEIGHT" ] ; then
+    RESIZE_OPTIONS=",width=${WIDTH},height=${HEIGHT}"
+else
+    RESIZE_OPTIONS=""
+fi
+
+LC_NUMERIC=C vlc "${URL}" \
+  --sout "#duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts{pid-video=${VPID},pid-audio=${APID},pid-spu=${SPID}},dst=127.0.0.1:${PORT}}}" \
+  --intf dummy &
+
+PID=${!}
+
+trap 'kill -INT ${PID} 2> /dev/null' INT EXIT QUIT TERM
+
+# Waiting for the given PID to terminate
+wait ${PID}