diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 830df27..8ffced2 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 VDR Plugin 'streamdev' Revision History
 ---------------------------------------
  
+- Added RSS format for HTTP menus
 - Recordings can now also be selected by struct stat "st_dev:st_ino.rec"
 - Implemented multi-device support for streamdev client (suggested by johns)
 - Basic support for HTTP streaming of recordings
diff --git a/server/connectionHTTP.c b/server/connectionHTTP.c
index 48febe7..940517b 100644
--- a/server/connectionHTTP.c
+++ b/server/connectionHTTP.c
@@ -417,23 +417,35 @@ cChannelList* cConnectionHTTP::ChannelListFromString(const std::string& Path, co
 	}
 
 	if (iterator) {
+		// assemble base url: http://host/path/
+		std::string base;
+		const static std::string HOST("HTTP_HOST");
+		tStrStrMap::const_iterator it = Headers().find(HOST);
+		if (it != Headers().end())
+			base = "http://" + it->second + "/";
+		else
+			base = (std::string) "http://" + LocalIp() + ":" +
+				(const char*) itoa(StreamdevServerSetup.HTTPServerPort) + "/";
+		base += Path;
+
 		if (Filebase.empty() || Fileext.compare(".htm") == 0 || Fileext.compare(".html") == 0) {
 			std::string self = Filebase + Fileext;
+			std::string rss = Filebase + ".rss";
 			tStrStrMap::const_iterator it = Headers().find("QUERY_STRING");
-			if (it != Headers().end() && !it->second.empty())
+			if (it != Headers().end() && !it->second.empty()) {
 				self += '?' + it->second;
-			return new cHtmlChannelList(iterator, m_StreamType, self.c_str(), groupTarget.c_str());
+				rss += '?' + it->second;
+			}
+			return new cHtmlChannelList(iterator, m_StreamType, self.c_str(), rss.c_str(), groupTarget.c_str());
 		} else if (Fileext.compare(".m3u") == 0) {
-			std::string base;
-			const static std::string HOST("HTTP_HOST");
-			tStrStrMap::const_iterator it = Headers().find(HOST);
-			if (it != Headers().end())
-				base = "http://" + it->second + "/";
-			else
-				base = (std::string) "http://" + LocalIp() + ":" +
-					(const char*) itoa(StreamdevServerSetup.HTTPServerPort) + "/";
-			base += Path;
 			return new cM3uChannelList(iterator, base.c_str());
+		} else if (Fileext.compare(".rss") == 0) {
+			std::string html = Filebase + ".html";
+			tStrStrMap::const_iterator it = Headers().find("QUERY_STRING");
+			if (it != Headers().end() && !it->second.empty()) {
+				html += '?' + it->second;
+			}
+			return new cRssChannelList(iterator, base.c_str(), html.c_str());
 		} else {
 			delete iterator;
 		}
diff --git a/server/menuHTTP.c b/server/menuHTTP.c
index d7fb817..7839527 100644
--- a/server/menuHTTP.c
+++ b/server/menuHTTP.c
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ const cChannel* cChannelList::GetGroup(int Index)
 const char* cHtmlChannelList::menu =
 	"[<a href=\"/\">Home</a> (<a href=\"all.html\" tvid=\"RED\">no script</a>)] "
 	"[<a href=\"tree.html\" tvid=\"GREEN\">Tree View</a>] "
-	"[<a href=\"groups.html\" tvid=\"YELLOW\">Groups</a> (<a href=\"groups.m3u\">Playlist</a>)] "
-	"[<a href=\"channels.html\" tvid=\"BLUE\">Channels</a> (<a href=\"channels.m3u\">Playlist</a>)] ";
+	"[<a href=\"groups.html\" tvid=\"YELLOW\">Groups</a> (<a href=\"groups.m3u\">Playlist</a> | <a href=\"groups.rss\">RSS</a>)] "
+	"[<a href=\"channels.html\" tvid=\"BLUE\">Channels</a> (<a href=\"channels.m3u\">Playlist</a> | <a href=\"channels.rss\">RSS</a>)] ";
 
 const char* cHtmlChannelList::css =
 	"<style type=\"text/css\">\n"
@@ -215,10 +215,11 @@ std::string cHtmlChannelList::StreamTypeMenu()
 	return typeMenu;
 }
 
-cHtmlChannelList::cHtmlChannelList(cChannelIterator *Iterator, eStreamType StreamType, const char *Self, const char *GroupTarget): cChannelList(Iterator)
+cHtmlChannelList::cHtmlChannelList(cChannelIterator *Iterator, eStreamType StreamType, const char *Self, const char *Rss, const char *GroupTarget): cChannelList(Iterator)
 {
 	streamType = StreamType;
 	self = strdup(Self);
+	rss = strdup(Rss);
 	groupTarget = (GroupTarget && *GroupTarget) ? strdup(GroupTarget) : NULL;
 	htmlState = hsRoot;
 	current = NULL;
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ cHtmlChannelList::cHtmlChannelList(cChannelIterator *Iterator, eStreamType Strea
 cHtmlChannelList::~cHtmlChannelList()
 {
 	free((void *) self);
+	free((void *) rss);
 	free((void *) groupTarget);
 }
 
@@ -311,7 +313,7 @@ std::string cHtmlChannelList::Next()
 
 std::string cHtmlChannelList::HtmlHead()
 {
-	return (std::string) "";
+	return (std::string) "<link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application/rss+xml\" title=\"RSS\" href=\"" + rss + "\"/>";
 }
 
 std::string cHtmlChannelList::PageTop()
@@ -432,3 +434,63 @@ std::string cM3uChannelList::Next()
 	}
 }
 
+// ******************** cRssChannelList ******************
+cRssChannelList::cRssChannelList(cChannelIterator *Iterator, const char *Base, const char *Html)
+: cChannelList(Iterator),
+  m_IConv(cCharSetConv::SystemCharacterTable(), "UTF-8")
+{
+	base = strdup(Base);
+	html = strdup(Html);
+	rssState = msFirst;
+}
+
+cRssChannelList::~cRssChannelList()
+{
+	free(base);
+	free(html);
+}
+
+bool cRssChannelList::HasNext()
+{
+	return rssState != msLast;
+}
+
+std::string cRssChannelList::Next()
+{
+	std::string type_ext;
+
+	if (rssState == msFirst)
+	{
+		rssState = msContinue;
+		return (std::string) "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<rss version=\"2.0\">\n\t<channel>\n"
+				"\t\t<title>VDR</title>\n"
+				"\t\t<link>" + base + html + "</link>\n"
+				"\t\t<description>VDR channel list</description>\n"
+				;
+	}
+
+	const cChannel *channel = NextChannel();
+	if (!channel)
+	{
+		rssState = msLast;
+		return "\t</channel>\n</rss>\n";
+	}
+
+	std::string name = (std::string) m_IConv.Convert(channel->Name());
+
+	if (channel->GroupSep())
+	{
+		return (std::string) "\t\t<item>\n\t\t\t<title>" +
+			name + "</title>\n\t\t\t<link>" +
+			base + "group.rss?group=" + (const char*) itoa(cChannelList::GetGroupIndex(channel)) + "</link>\n\t\t</item>\n";
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		return (std::string) "\t\t<item>\n\t\t\t<title>" +
+			(const char*) itoa(channel->Number()) + " " + name + "</title>\n\t\t\t<link>" +
+			base + (std::string) channel->GetChannelID().ToString() + "</link>\n\t\t\t<enclosure url=\"" +
+			base + (std::string) channel->GetChannelID().ToString() + "\" type=\"video/mpeg\" />\n\t\t</item>\n";
+	}
+}
+
+
diff --git a/server/menuHTTP.h b/server/menuHTTP.h
index 4ef6363..b025598 100644
--- a/server/menuHTTP.h
+++ b/server/menuHTTP.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class cHtmlChannelList: public cChannelList
 		const cChannel *current;
 		eStreamType streamType;
 		const char* self;
+		const char* rss;
 		const char* groupTarget;
 
 		std::string StreamTypeMenu();
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ class cHtmlChannelList: public cChannelList
 		}
 		virtual bool HasNext();
 		virtual std::string Next();
-		cHtmlChannelList(cChannelIterator *Iterator, eStreamType StreamType, const char *Self, const char *GroupTarget);
+		cHtmlChannelList(cChannelIterator *Iterator, eStreamType StreamType, const char *Self, const char *Rss, const char *GroupTarget);
 		virtual ~cHtmlChannelList();
 };
 
@@ -143,6 +144,23 @@ class cM3uChannelList: public cChannelList
 		virtual ~cM3uChannelList();
 };
 
+class cRssChannelList: public cChannelList
+{
+	private:
+		char *base;
+		char *html;
+		enum eRssState { msFirst, msContinue, msLast };
+		eRssState rssState;
+		cCharSetConv m_IConv;
+	public:
+		virtual std::string HttpHeader() { return cChannelList::HttpHeader() + "Content-type: application/rss+xml\r\n"; };
+		virtual bool HasNext();
+		virtual std::string Next();
+		
+		cRssChannelList(cChannelIterator *Iterator, const char *Base, const char *Html);
+		virtual ~cRssChannelList();
+};
+
 inline const cChannel* cChannelIterator::SkipFakeGroups(const cChannel* Group)
 {
 	while (Group && Group->GroupSep() && !*Group->Name())