diff -urNad vdr-plugin-xine-0.7.6~/xineDevice.c vdr-plugin-xine-0.7.6/xineDevice.c
--- vdr-plugin-xine-0.7.6~/xineDevice.c	2006-01-12 00:43:12.000000000 +0000
+++ vdr-plugin-xine-0.7.6/xineDevice.c	2006-01-12 00:43:12.715161206 +0000
@@ -2487,18 +2487,13 @@
     return Length;
   }
   
-  bool cXineDevice::GrabImage(const char *FileName, bool Jpeg /* = true */, int Quality /* = -1 */, int SizeX /* = -1 */, int SizeY /* = -1 */)
+  uchar *cXineDevice::GrabImage(int &Size, bool Jpeg /* = true */, int Quality /* = -1 */, int SizeX /* = -1 */, int SizeY /* = -1 */)
   {
     xfprintf(stderr, "GrabImage ...\n\n");
-    
-    if (m_xineLib.execFuncGrabImage(FileName, Jpeg, Quality, SizeX, SizeY))
-    {
-      xfprintf(stderr, "\nGrabImage succeeded.\n");
-      return true;
-    }
 
-    xfprintf(stderr, "\nGrabImage failed.\n");    
-    return false;
+    uchar *result = m_xineLib.execFuncGrabImage(Size, Jpeg, Quality, SizeX, SizeY);
+    xfprintf(stderr, result ? "\nGrabImage succeeded.\n" : "\nGrabImage failed.\n");    
+    return result;
   }
 
   int64_t cXineDevice::GetSTC(void)
diff -urNad vdr-plugin-xine-0.7.6~/xineDevice.h vdr-plugin-xine-0.7.6/xineDevice.h
--- vdr-plugin-xine-0.7.6~/xineDevice.h	2006-01-12 00:43:12.000000000 +0000
+++ vdr-plugin-xine-0.7.6/xineDevice.h	2006-01-12 00:43:12.715161206 +0000
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     int PlayCommon2(const uchar *Data, int Length);
     int PlayCommon3(const uchar *Data, int Length);
     
-    virtual bool GrabImage(const char *FileName, bool Jpeg = true, int Quality = -1, int SizeX = -1, int SizeY = -1);
+    virtual uchar *GrabImage(int &Size, bool Jpeg = true, int Quality = -1, int SizeX = -1, int SizeY = -1);
     virtual void SetVideoFormat(bool VideoFormat16_9);
     virtual void SetVolumeDevice(int Volume);
     
diff -urNad vdr-plugin-xine-0.7.6~/xineLib.c vdr-plugin-xine-0.7.6/xineLib.c
--- vdr-plugin-xine-0.7.6~/xineLib.c	2006-01-12 00:43:12.000000000 +0000
+++ vdr-plugin-xine-0.7.6/xineLib.c	2006-01-12 00:45:33.377856050 +0000
@@ -3444,7 +3444,7 @@
 #define PNMTOJPEG "pnmtojpeg"
 #endif
  
-  bool cXineLib::execFuncGrabImage(const char *FileName, bool Jpeg, int Quality, int SizeX, int SizeY)
+  uchar *cXineLib::execFuncGrabImage(int &Size, bool Jpeg, int Quality, int SizeX, int SizeY)
   {
     if (!isConnected())
       return false;
@@ -3453,7 +3453,7 @@
     cMutexLock ioLock(&m_ioMutex);
     
     if (!isConnected())
-      return false;
+      return NULL;
     
     data_grab_image_t data;
     data.header.func = func_grab_image;
@@ -3465,32 +3465,32 @@
    
       off_t n = xread(fd_result, (char *)&resultUnion, sizeof (resultUnion.header));
       if (n != sizeof (resultUnion.header))
-        return false;
+        return NULL;
 
       if (data.header.func != resultUnion.header.func)
-        return false;
+        return NULL;
       
       result_grab_image_t *result = &resultUnion.grab_image;
         
       n = xread(fd_result, (char *)result + sizeof (result->header), sizeof (*result) - sizeof (result->header));
       if (n != sizeof (*result) - sizeof (result->header))
-        return false;
+        return NULL;
 
       const size_t frameSize = result->header.len - sizeof (*result);
 
 //      ::fprintf(stderr, "frameSize: %d\n", frameSize);
       
       if (frameSize <= 0)
-        return false;
+        return NULL;
       
       uint8_t *img = (uint8_t *)::malloc(frameSize);
       if (!img)
-        return false;
+        return NULL;
       
       if (frameSize != (size_t)xread(fd_result, img, frameSize))
       {
         ::free(img);
-        return false;
+        return NULL;
       }
 
       if (XINE_IMGFMT_YUY2 == result->format)
@@ -3499,7 +3499,7 @@
         if (!img2)
         {
           ::free(img);
-          return false;
+          return NULL;
         }
 
         ::memset(img2, 0x80, frameSize);
@@ -3531,11 +3531,10 @@
       int videoH = -1;
       execFuncVideoSize(videoX, videoY, videoW, videoH);
       
-      bool success = false;
-        
-      int outfd = ::open(FileName, O_CREAT /* | O_EXCL */ | O_TRUNC | O_RDWR, 0644);
-      if (-1 != outfd)
+      FILE *fd = ::tmpfile();
+      if (fd)
       {
+        int outfd = fileno(fd);
         int sizeX = SizeX;
         int sizeY = SizeY;
         
@@ -3595,22 +3594,41 @@
                     , result->width, result->height
                     , 25, 1
                     , ratioX, ratioY); 
-          
-          success = (frameSize == ::fwrite(img, 1, frameSize, f));
-          
-          ::pclose(f);
+
+          if (frameSize == ::fwrite(img, 1, frameSize, f))
+          {
+            ::pclose(f); // close the pipe here, grab the image in one go
+            ::free(img);
+            img = NULL;
+
+            Size = (int) lseek (outfd, 0, SEEK_END);
+            lseek (outfd, 0, SEEK_SET);
+
+            if (Size != -1)
+            {
+              img = (uint8_t *)::malloc(Size);
+              if (img && Size != ::read(outfd, img, Size))
+              {
+                ::free(img);
+                img = NULL;
+              }
+            }
+          }
+          else
+            ::pclose(f);
         }
 
         ::free(cmd);
-        ::close(outfd);
+
+        ::fclose(fd);
+
+        return (uchar *)img;
       }
-      
-      ::free(img);
 
-      return success;
+      ::free(img);
     }
 
-    return false;
+    return NULL;
   }
   
   bool cXineLib::execFuncGetPTS(int64_t &pts)
diff -urNad vdr-plugin-xine-0.7.6~/xineLib.h vdr-plugin-xine-0.7.6/xineLib.h
--- vdr-plugin-xine-0.7.6~/xineLib.h	2006-01-12 00:43:12.000000000 +0000
+++ vdr-plugin-xine-0.7.6/xineLib.h	2006-01-12 00:43:12.715161206 +0000
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
     bool execFuncMetronom(int64_t pts, uint32_t flags = 0);
     bool execFuncNop();
     bool execFuncSetPrebuffer(int frames);
-    bool execFuncGrabImage(const char *FileName, bool Jpeg, int Quality, int SizeX, int SizeY);
+    uchar *execFuncGrabImage(int &Size, bool Jpeg, int Quality, int SizeX, int SizeY);
     bool execFuncGetPTS(int64_t &pts);
     bool execFuncVideoSize(int &videoLeft, int &videoTop, int &videoWidth, int &videoHeight);