diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 92bf691..f057935 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ Toerless Eckert
   for converting suspend.dat into proper PES format
   for investigating and fixing problems caused by filter streaming
   for fixing TimedWrite() so it doesn't fail after a slow but successful write
+  for suggesting to double the size of client's filter buffer
 
 Tomasz Maciej Nowak
   for providing Polish language texts
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 7438191..8baed7d 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 VDR Plugin 'streamdev' Revision History
 ---------------------------------------
  
+- doubled size of client's filter buffer (suggested by Toerless Eckert)
 - make sure TimedWrite(...) doesn't return failure after a slow but successful
   write operation (thanks to Toerless Eckert)
 - fixed problems related to VTP filter streaming like ringbuffer overflows,
diff --git a/client/filter.c b/client/filter.c
index cf18fd5..94640d2 100644
--- a/client/filter.c
+++ b/client/filter.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static int FilterSockBufSize_warn = 0;
 
 class cStreamdevFilter: public cListObject {
 private:
-	uchar              m_Buffer[4096];
+	uchar              m_Buffer[8192];
 	int                m_Used;
 	int                m_Pipe[2];
 	u_short            m_Pid;