diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 07cfc82..a89386f 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -329,5 +329,6 @@ Version 0.4.5
 Version 0.4.6
 
 - added token {startsin} in displaymenuschedules
+- added viewelement <vdrstatistics> in main menu
 
 
diff --git a/dtd/displaymenu.dtd b/dtd/displaymenu.dtd
index 30b34da..670ef67 100644
--- a/dtd/displaymenu.dtd
+++ b/dtd/displaymenu.dtd
@@ -175,6 +175,20 @@
   condition CDATA #IMPLIED
 >
 
+<!ELEMENT vdrstatistics (area|areascroll)*>
+<!ATTLIST vdrstatistics
+  detached CDATA #IMPLIED
+  delay CDATA #IMPLIED
+  fadetime CDATA #IMPLIED
+  shifttime CDATA #IMPLIED
+  shifttype CDATA #IMPLIED
+  shiftmode CDATA #IMPLIED
+  startx CDATA #IMPLIED
+  starty CDATA #IMPLIED
+  debug CDATA #IMPLIED
+  condition CDATA #IMPLIED
+>
+
 <!ELEMENT currentschedule (area|areascroll)*>
 <!ATTLIST currentschedule
   detached CDATA #IMPLIED
@@ -264,7 +278,7 @@
 >
 
 <!ELEMENT menumain (background | header | datetime | time | colorbuttons | scrollbar | sortmode | timers | 
-                    discusage | devices | systemload | systemmemory | temperatures | currentschedule | 
+                    discusage | devices | systemload | systemmemory | vdrstatistics | temperatures | currentschedule | 
                     currentweather | lastrecordings | customtokens | menuitems)*>
 <!ATTLIST menumain
   x CDATA #REQUIRED
diff --git a/libtemplate/templateview.c b/libtemplate/templateview.c
index 3fcdd86..869daf6 100644
--- a/libtemplate/templateview.c
+++ b/libtemplate/templateview.c
@@ -1293,6 +1293,7 @@ void cTemplateViewMenu::SetViewElements(void) {
     viewElementsAllowed.insert("discusage");
     viewElementsAllowed.insert("systemload");
     viewElementsAllowed.insert("systemmemory");
+    viewElementsAllowed.insert("vdrstatistics");
     viewElementsAllowed.insert("temperatures");
     viewElementsAllowed.insert("timers");
     viewElementsAllowed.insert("lastrecordings");
@@ -1383,6 +1384,9 @@ string cTemplateViewMenu::GetViewElementName(eViewElement ve) {
         case veSystemMemory:
             name = "System Memory";
             break;
+        case veVDRStats:
+            name = "VDR Statistics";
+            break;
         case veTemperatures:
             name = "Temperatures";
             break;
@@ -1511,6 +1515,8 @@ void cTemplateViewMenu::AddPixmap(string sViewElement, cTemplatePixmap *pix, vec
         ve = veSystemLoad;
     } else if (!sViewElement.compare("systemmemory")) {
         ve = veSystemMemory;
+    } else if (!sViewElement.compare("vdrstatistics")) {
+        ve = veVDRStats;
     } else if (!sViewElement.compare("temperatures")) {
         ve = veTemperatures;
     } else if (!sViewElement.compare("timers")) {
diff --git a/libtemplate/templateviewelement.h b/libtemplate/templateviewelement.h
index a291c7c..20c0906 100644
--- a/libtemplate/templateviewelement.h
+++ b/libtemplate/templateviewelement.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ enum eViewElement {
     veDiscUsage,
     veSystemLoad,
     veSystemMemory,
+    veVDRStats,
     veTemperatures,
     veTimers,
     veLastRecordings,
diff --git a/scripts/README b/scripts/README
index 5f22c35..a107b5c 100644
--- a/scripts/README
+++ b/scripts/README
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-This Widget provide information about the system temperatures.
+Scripts for:
+- system temperatures - "temperatures" is called
+- vdr statistics (vdr cpu load and memory usage) "vdrstats" is called
 
-You must manually create a link to the corresponding script, for example:
+You must manually create a link for each script to the script you want to use, for example:
 ln -s temperatures.default temperatures
+ln -s vdrstats.default vdrstats
 
-The command "temperatures" will be executed every time the widget is drawn, so please keep it short and fast.
-The command can provide three temperatures: cpu, pc case and gpu temperature
-The command can also be called from system information widget. So the output files must also begin with 01_ - 99_ for sort/position. 
+The scripts will be executed every time the according viewelement is displayed, so please keep it short and fast.
 
-Please install lm-sensors and configure it for your system. See the default script for an example.
+Please install lm-sensors and configure it for your system. 
diff --git a/scripts/temperatures.g2v b/scripts/temperatures.g2v
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/scripts/vdrstats.default b/scripts/vdrstats.default
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d67ee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/vdrstats.default
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# please update this script to fit your needs
+# this script is call every time the according viewelement will be drawn, so keep it short and fast ;)
+
+OUTPUTFLDR="/tmp/skindesigner/"
+mkdir -p ${OUTPUTFLDR}
+
+# there can be 2 files, vdrcpu and vdrmem
+
+rm -f ${OUTPUTFLDR}/vdrcpu ${OUTPUTFLDR}/vdrmem
+
+# vdr cpu usage, is 10th element in "top" list
+top -n 1 | grep " vdr " | awk -F " " '{ print $10;}' > ${OUTPUTFLDR}/vdrcpu
+
+# vdr memory usage, is 11th element in "top" list
+top -n 1 | grep " vdr " | awk -F " " '{ print $11;}' > ${OUTPUTFLDR}/vdrmem
diff --git a/skinskeleton/xmlfiles/displaymenumain.xml b/skinskeleton/xmlfiles/displaymenumain.xml
index ee5373f..0eeb538 100644
--- a/skinskeleton/xmlfiles/displaymenumain.xml
+++ b/skinskeleton/xmlfiles/displaymenumain.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     {timers[channellogoexists]}  true if channel logo exists
     {timers[isremotetimer]}      true if timer is a remote timer from remotetimers plugin
     -->
-    <timers>
+    <timers detached="false">
     </timers>
 
     <!-- Available Variables lastrecordings: 5 newest recordings
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     {recordings[posterwidth]}    width of poster
     {recordings[posterheight]}   height of poster
     -->
-    <lastrecordings>
+    <lastrecordings detached="false">
     </lastrecordings>
 
     <!-- Available Variables discusage:
@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@
     {discalert}               true if disc usage is > 95%
     {vdrusagestring}          localized VDR internal usage string
     -->
-    <discusage>
+    <discusage detached="false">
     </discusage>
 
     <!-- Available Variables devices:
     signalstrength and -quality are only set if not mode="light" is used in <devices>
+    execution slow, should be detached
     {numdevices}                number of available devices
     {devices[]}                 array with available devices
     {devices[num]}              number of current device
@@ -66,13 +67,13 @@
     {devices[channelid]}        ID of the currently tuned channel
     {devices[source]}           source of the currently tuned channel
     -->
-    <devices mode="full|light">
+    <devices mode="full|light" detached="false">
     </devices>
 
     <!-- Available Variables systemload:
     {load}                      current system load
     -->
-    <systemload>
+    <systemload detached="false">
     </systemload>
 
     <!-- Available Variables systemmemory:
@@ -80,14 +81,23 @@
     {usedmem}                   currently used system memory in MB
     {usedmempercent}            currently used system memory in Percent
     -->
-    <systemmemory>
+    <systemmemory detached="false">
     </systemmemory>
 
+    <!-- Available Variables vdrstatistics:
+    execution slow, should be detached
+    {vdrcpu}                   current cpu usage of vdr process in percent
+    {vdrmem}                   current mem usage of vdr process in percent
+    -->
+    <vdrstatistics detached="false">
+    </vdrstatistics>
+
     <!-- Available Variables tempreatures:
+    execution slow, should be detached
     {cputemp}                  current cpu temperature in °C
     {gputemp}                  current gpu temperature in °C
     -->
-    <temperatures>
+    <temperatures detached="false">
     </temperatures>
 
     <!-- Available Variables currentschedule:
@@ -111,7 +121,7 @@
     {bannerwidth}               width of banner in pixel
     {bannerheight}              height of banner in pixel
     -->
-    <currentschedule>
+    <currentschedule detached="false">
     </currentschedule>
 
     <!-- Available Variables currentweather:
@@ -134,7 +144,7 @@
     {pressure}                  pressure in HPo
     {ozone}                     ozone value in DU
     -->
-    <currentweather>
+    <currentweather detached="false">
     </currentweather>
     
     <!-- Available Variables customtokens:
@@ -142,7 +152,7 @@
     For instance, use an appropriate script which runs periodically as cronjob and
     sets these custom tokens with svdrpsend or dbus2vdr
     --> 
-    <customtokens>
+    <customtokens detached="false">
     </customtokens>
 
     <menuitems x="0" y="0" orientation="vertical" width="100%" height="100%" align="center" numlistelements="8">
diff --git a/views/displaymenuview.c b/views/displaymenuview.c
index a7e840d..d76095c 100644
--- a/views/displaymenuview.c
+++ b/views/displaymenuview.c
@@ -299,9 +299,10 @@ void cDisplayMenuMainView::DrawStaticViewElements(void) {
 bool cDisplayMenuMainView::DrawDynamicViewElements(void) {
     bool loadChanged = DrawLoad();
     bool memChanged = DrawMemory();
+    bool vdrChanged = DrawVdrStats();
     bool devicesChanged = DrawDevices();
     initial = false;
-    return loadChanged || memChanged || devicesChanged;
+    return loadChanged || memChanged || vdrChanged || devicesChanged;
 
 }
 
@@ -445,6 +446,35 @@ bool cDisplayMenuMainView::DrawMemory(void) {
     return changed;
 }
 
+bool cDisplayMenuMainView::DrawVdrStats(void) {
+    if (!ExecuteViewElement(veVDRStats)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    bool changed = false;
+    if (DetachViewElement(veVDRStats)) {
+        cViewElement *viewElement = GetViewElement(veVDRStats);
+        if (!viewElement) {
+            viewElement = new cViewElement(tmplView->GetViewElement(veVDRStats), this);
+            viewElement->SetCallback(veVDRStats, &cDisplayMenuMainView::SetVDRStats);
+            AddViewElement(veVDRStats, viewElement);
+            viewElement->Start();
+            changed = true;
+        } else {
+            if (!viewElement->Starting())
+                changed = viewElement->Render();
+        }
+    } else {
+        map < string, string > stringTokens;
+        map < string, int > intTokens;
+        changed = SetVDRStats(false, stringTokens, intTokens);
+        if (changed) {
+            ClearViewElement(veVDRStats);
+            DrawViewElement(veVDRStats, &stringTokens, &intTokens);
+        }
+    }
+    return changed;
+}
+
 void cDisplayMenuMainView::DrawTemperatures(void) {
     if (!ExecuteViewElement(veTemperatures)) {
         return;
diff --git a/views/displaymenuview.h b/views/displaymenuview.h
index acd4512..60a859e 100644
--- a/views/displaymenuview.h
+++ b/views/displaymenuview.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ private:
     void DrawDiscUsage(void);
     bool DrawLoad(void);
     bool DrawMemory(void);
+    bool DrawVdrStats(void);
     void DrawTemperatures(void);
     bool DrawDevices(void);
     void DrawCurrentSchedule(void);
diff --git a/views/viewhelpers.c b/views/viewhelpers.c
index c43a068..9163282 100644
--- a/views/viewhelpers.c
+++ b/views/viewhelpers.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ cViewHelpers::cViewHelpers(void) {
     lastEcmInfo.caid = -1;
     lastEcmInfo.pid = -1;
     lastEcmInfo.prid = -1;
+    lastVdrCPU = "undefined";
+    lastVdrMEM = "undefined";
 }
 
 cViewHelpers::~cViewHelpers() {
@@ -257,6 +259,42 @@ bool cViewHelpers::SetSystemTemperatures(bool forced, stringmap &stringTokens, i
     return true;
 }
 
+bool cViewHelpers::SetVDRStats(bool forced, stringmap &stringTokens, intmap &intTokens) {
+    cString execCommand = cString::sprintf("cd \"%s/\"; \"%s/vdrstats\"", SCRIPTFOLDER, SCRIPTFOLDER);
+    system(*execCommand);
+
+    string vdrCPU = "";
+    string vdrMEM = "";
+
+    cString itemFilename = cString::sprintf("%s/vdrcpu", SCRIPTOUTPUTPATH );
+    ifstream file(*itemFilename, ifstream::in);
+    if( file.is_open() ) {
+        std::getline(file, vdrCPU);
+        file.close();
+    }
+
+    itemFilename = cString::sprintf("%s/vdrmem", SCRIPTOUTPUTPATH );
+    ifstream file2(*itemFilename, ifstream::in);
+    if( file2.is_open() ) {
+        std::getline(file2, vdrMEM);
+        file2.close();
+    }
+
+    if (vdrCPU.size() == 0 || vdrMEM.size() == 0)
+        return false;
+
+    if (!lastVdrCPU.compare(vdrCPU) && !lastVdrMEM.compare(vdrMEM)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    lastVdrCPU = vdrCPU;
+    lastVdrMEM = vdrMEM;
+
+    stringTokens.insert(pair<string,string>("vdrcpu", vdrCPU));
+    stringTokens.insert(pair<string,string>("vdrmem", vdrMEM));
+    return true;    
+}
+
+
 bool cViewHelpers::SetDummy(bool forced, stringmap &stringTokens, intmap &intTokens) {
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/views/viewhelpers.h b/views/viewhelpers.h
index 2ef4980..9640406 100644
--- a/views/viewhelpers.h
+++ b/views/viewhelpers.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ private:
     int lastMinute;
     double lastSystemLoad;
     int lastMemUsage;
+    string lastVdrCPU;
+    string lastVdrMEM;
     sDVBAPIEcmInfo lastEcmInfo;
     void RecName(string &path, string &name, string &folder);
     void RecPoster(const cRecording *rec, int &posterWidth, int &posterHeight, string &path, bool &hasPoster);
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ public:
     bool SetSystemLoad          (bool forced, stringmap &stringTokens, intmap &intTokens);
     bool SetSystemMemory        (bool forced, stringmap &stringTokens, intmap &intTokens);
     bool SetSystemTemperatures  (bool forced, stringmap &stringTokens, intmap &intTokens);
+    bool SetVDRStats            (bool forced, stringmap &stringTokens, intmap &intTokens);
     bool SetDummy               (bool forced, stringmap &stringTokens, intmap &intTokens);
 };