diff -Nru xine-0.7.5/xineLib.c xine-0.7.5+net/xineLib.c
--- xine-0.7.5/xineLib.c	2005-08-14 19:46:08.000000000 +0200
+++ xine-0.7.5+net/xineLib.c	2005-08-16 14:02:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -1855,6 +1855,10 @@
       , m_plugin(plugin)
       , m_settings(settings)
       , m_osdFlushRequired(false)
+      , fd_fifo0_serv(-1)
+      , fd_result_serv(-1)
+      , fd_control_serv(-1)
+      , fd_remote_serv(-1)
       , fd_fifo0(-1)
       , fd_result(-1)
       , fd_control(-1)
@@ -1941,6 +1945,34 @@
     m_eventSink = eventSink;
   }
 
+  int cXineLib::CreateServerSocket(unsigned short port)
+  {
+	int fd;
+	int onoff = 1;
+	struct sockaddr_in sain;
+
+	if ((fd = ::socket(PF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0)) < 0) {
+		perror("socket failed.");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	sain.sin_addr.s_addr = 0;
+	sain.sin_port = htons(port);
+
+	::setsockopt(fd,SOL_SOCKET,SO_REUSEADDR,&onoff, sizeof(int) );
+
+	if (::bind(fd,(struct sockaddr*)&sain, sizeof(sain)) != 0) {
+		perror("bind failed.");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (::listen(fd,1) != 0) {
+		printf("listen failed.");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return fd;
+  }
+  
   bool cXineLib::Open()
   {
     ::unlink(m_fifoNameExtControl.c_str());
@@ -2017,6 +2049,25 @@
     }
     
     ::umask(origUmask);
+/*
+{ .path = FIFO_STREAM,           .mode = 0644, .port = 18701 },
+{ .path = FIFO_STREAM_CONTROL,   .mode = 0644, .port = 18702 },
+{ .path = FIFO_STREAM_RESULT,    .mode = 0666, .port = 18703 },
+{ .path = FIFO_STREAM_EVENT,     .mode = 0666, .port = 18704 },
+	
+*/
+	/* sockets - create the server sockets */
+	if ((fd_fifo0_serv = CreateServerSocket(18701)) == -1) 
+		return false;
+		
+	if ((fd_control_serv = CreateServerSocket(18702)) == -1)
+		return false;
+		
+	if ((fd_result_serv = CreateServerSocket(18703)) == -1)
+		return false;
+
+	if ((fd_remote_serv = CreateServerSocket(18704)) == -1)
+		return false;
     
     if (!Start())
       return false;
@@ -2049,6 +2100,11 @@
     ::unlink(m_fifoNameRemote.c_str());
     ::unlink(m_fifoNameStream.c_str());
     ::rmdir(m_fifoDir.c_str());
+
+	::close(fd_remote_serv);
+	::close(fd_result_serv);
+	::close(fd_control_serv);
+	::close(fd_fifo0_serv);
   }
 
   void cXineLib::internalPaused(const bool paused)
@@ -2300,12 +2356,37 @@
 //    fprintf(stderr, "Action done\n");
   }
   
+  int cXineLib::SocketAcceptHelper(int fd)
+  {
+	  // use cPoller for checking server socket for incoming requests
+	  cPoller poller(fd,0); /* POLLIN */
+	  struct sockaddr sain;
+	  socklen_t len = sizeof(sain);
+	  int client;
+	  
+//	  ::fprintf(stderr,"vdr-xine: polling for connection on %d...\n",fd);
+	  if (!poller.Poll(100))
+		  return -1;
+
+//	  ::fprintf(stderr,"vdr-xine: incoming requests on %d\n",fd);
+	  if ((client = ::accept(fd,(struct sockaddr *) &sain,&len)) == -1) {
+		  ::fprintf(stderr,"vdr-xine: fifo0 failed to accept...\n");
+		  return -1;
+	  }
+//	  ::fprintf(stderr,"vdr-xine: successful request on %d (client: %d)\n",fd,client);
+	  return client;
+  }
+
   bool cXineLib::checkConnect()
   {
+
+	  /* files */
 //    bool reinit = false;
       
 //    if (-1 == fd_fifo0)
 //    {
+//
+/*
       fd_fifo0 = ::open(m_fifoNameStream.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
       if (-1 == fd_fifo0)
         return false;
@@ -2321,6 +2402,23 @@
 
       ::fcntl(fd_fifo0 , F_SETFL, ~O_NONBLOCK & ::fcntl(fd_fifo0 , F_GETFL, 0));
       ::fcntl(fd_remote, F_SETFL, ~O_NONBLOCK & ::fcntl(fd_remote, F_GETFL, 0));
+*/    
+	  /* sockets */
+
+	  if (fd_fifo0_serv == -1)
+		  return false;
+	 
+	  if ((fd_fifo0 = SocketAcceptHelper(fd_fifo0_serv)) == -1)
+		  return false;
+
+	  if ((fd_control = SocketAcceptHelper(fd_control_serv)) == -1)
+		  return false;
+		
+	  if ((fd_result = SocketAcceptHelper(fd_result_serv)) == -1)
+		  return false;
+	  
+	  if ((fd_remote = SocketAcceptHelper(fd_remote_serv)) == -1)
+		  return false;
       
       internalPaused(false);
       
diff -Nru xine-0.7.5/xineLib.h xine-0.7.5+net/xineLib.h
--- xine-0.7.5/xineLib.h	2005-08-14 12:55:10.000000000 +0200
+++ xine-0.7.5+net/xineLib.h	2005-08-16 12:18:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -137,7 +137,13 @@
     }
     
   private:    
+ /* sockets */
+    int CreateServerSocket(unsigned short port);
+    int SocketAcceptHelper(int fd);
+    int fd_fifo0_serv, fd_result_serv, fd_control_serv, fd_remote_serv;
     int fd_fifo0, fd_result, fd_control, fd_remote;
+
+
     cMutex m_ioMutex, m_dataMutex, m_disconnectMutex;
     cMutex &m_osdMutex;