diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index a3e2832..8b4ac6e 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 VDR Plugin 'streamdev' Revision History
 ---------------------------------------
 
+- length -1 is the correct value for streams in M3U playlists
 - added DELT FORCE option to delete running timers (thanks to Alwin Esch)
 - fixed missing virtual destructor for cTSRemux
 - improved PARENTALRATING patch detection was missing in this branch
diff --git a/server/menuHTTP.c b/server/menuHTTP.c
index 3ebfb5a..7277473 100644
--- a/server/menuHTTP.c
+++ b/server/menuHTTP.c
@@ -421,13 +421,13 @@ std::string cM3uChannelList::Next()
 
 	if (channel->GroupSep())
 	{
-		return (std::string) "#EXTINF:0," + name + "\r\n" +
+		return (std::string) "#EXTINF:-1," + name + "\r\n" +
 			base + "group.m3u?group=" +
 			(const char*) itoa(cChannelList::GetGroupIndex(channel));
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		return (std::string) "#EXTINF:0," +
+		return (std::string) "#EXTINF:-1," +
 			(const char*) itoa(channel->Number()) + " " + name + "\r\n" +
 			base + (std::string) channel->GetChannelID().ToString();
 	}