--- vdr-1.4.2-1-orig/cutter.c	2006-09-08 00:15:09.000000000 +0300
+++ vdr-1.4.2-1/cutter.c	2006-09-08 14:38:39.000000000 +0300
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@
 #include "videodir.h"
 
+
 // --- cCuttingThread --------------------------------------------------------
 
+#ifndef CUTTER_MAX_BANDWIDTH
+#  define CUTTER_MAX_BANDWIDTH MEGABYTE(10) // 10 MB/s
+#endif
+#ifndef CUTTER_REL_BANDWIDTH
+#  define CUTTER_REL_BANDWIDTH 75 // %
+#endif
+#ifndef CUTTER_PRIORITY
+#  define CUTTER_PRIORITY sched_get_priority_min(SCHED_OTHER)
+#endif
+#define CUTTER_TIMESLICE   100   // ms
+
 class cCuttingThread : public cThread {
 private:
@@ -61,4 +73,15 @@
 void cCuttingThread::Action(void)
 {
+  {
+    sched_param tmp;
+    tmp.sched_priority = CUTTER_PRIORITY;
+    if(!pthread_setschedparam(pthread_self(), SCHED_OTHER, &tmp))
+      printf("cCuttingThread::Action: cant set priority\n");
+  }
+
+  int bytes = 0;
+  int __attribute__((unused)) burst_size = CUTTER_MAX_BANDWIDTH * CUTTER_TIMESLICE / 1000; // max bytes/timeslice 
+  cTimeMs __attribute__((unused)) t;
+
   cMark *Mark = fromMarks.First();
   if (Mark) {
@@ -171,4 +194,29 @@
                  LastMark = true;
               }
+
+	   bytes += Length;
+	   if(bytes >= burst_size) {
+	     int elapsed = t.Elapsed();
+	     int sleep = 0;
+	     
+#if CUTTER_REL_BANDWIDTH > 0 &&  CUTTER_REL_BANDWIDTH < 100
+	     // stay under max. relative bandwidth
+
+	     sleep = (elapsed * 100 / CUTTER_REL_BANDWIDTH) - elapsed;
+	     //if(sleep<=0 && elapsed<=2) sleep = 1; 
+	     //if(sleep) esyslog("cutter: relative bandwidth limit, sleep %d ms (chunk %dk / %dms)", sleep, burst_size/1024, CUTTER_TIMESLICE);
+#endif
+	     // stay under max. absolute bandwidth
+	     if(elapsed < CUTTER_TIMESLICE) {
+	       sleep = max(CUTTER_TIMESLICE - elapsed, sleep);
+	       //if(sleep) esyslog("cutter: absolute bandwidth limit, sleep %d ms (chunk %dk / %dms)", sleep, burst_size/1024, CUTTER_TIMESLICE);
+	     }
+
+	     if(sleep>0)
+	       cCondWait::SleepMs(sleep);
+	     t.Set();
+	     bytes = 0;
+	   }
+
            }
      Recordings.TouchUpdate();