diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 479c8c9..10bb2f1 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ carel
   for helping to find a way to cleanly shutdown externremux with mencoder
  
 wolfi.m
-  for reporting a typo in externermux quality parameter value
+  for reporting a typo in externremux quality parameter value
 
 Norman Thiel
   for reporting a wrong URL path in m3u playlists
+
+vel_tins
+  for reporting that externremux x264 uses value of ABR for VBR
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index ac4bd11..ad4f134 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 VDR Plugin 'streamdev' Revision History
 ---------------------------------------
 
+- fixed extremux x264 using value of ABR for VBR (thanks to vel_tins@vdrportal)
+
 2010-07-20: Version 0.4.0b
 
 - fixed wrong URL path in m3u playlists (reported by Norman Thiel)
diff --git a/streamdev/externremux.sh b/streamdev/externremux.sh
index a18f0d0..f64777a 100755
--- a/streamdev/externremux.sh
+++ b/streamdev/externremux.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ function remux_mencoder
 			X264OPTS=(
 				${VOPTS}
 				$(hasOpt "$VOPTS" threads || echo "threads=auto")
-				${VBR:+bitrate=$ABR}
+				${VBR:+bitrate=$VBR}
 			)
 			[ ${#X264OPTS[*]} -gt 0 ] && VOPTS=$(IFS=:; echo -x264encopts "${X264OPTS[*]}")
 			;;