diff -Naur vdr-1.5.8.org/recorder.c vdr-1.5.8/recorder.c
--- vdr-1.5.8.org/recorder.c	2007-10-01 16:03:03.509453564 -0400
+++ vdr-1.5.8/recorder.c	2007-10-01 16:15:44.390797569 -0400
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 void cFileWriter::Action(void)
 {
   time_t t = time(NULL);
+  time_t m = MAXBROKENTIMEOUT * 30;  //give more time to first packet
   while (Running()) {
         int Count;
         u_int64_t PTS;
@@ -109,7 +110,8 @@
           t = time(NULL);
         }
         if (p) {
-           if (!Running() && pictureType == I_FRAME) // finish the recording before the next 'I' frame
+          m = MAXBROKENTIMEOUT;
+          if (!Running() && pictureType == I_FRAME) // finish the recording before the next 'I' frame
               break;
            if (isLiveRec && (fileSize/1024/1024)>=(Setup.LiveBufferSize-Setup.MaxVideoFileSize*(fileName->Number()-1)) && pictureType == I_FRAME)
            {
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@
               break;
            t = time(NULL);
            }
-        else if (!isLiveRec && time(NULL) - t > MAXBROKENTIMEOUT) {
+        else if (!isLiveRec && time(NULL) - t > m) {
            esyslog("ERROR: video data stream broken");
            ShutdownHandler.RequestEmergencyExit();
            t = time(NULL);