diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index a1097e26..aee41312 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -763,3 +763,7 @@ Reinhard Nissl <rnissl@gmx.de>
 Richard Robson <richard_robson@beeb.net>
  for reporting freezing replay if a timer starts while in Transfer Mode from the
  device used by the timer, and the timer needs a different transponder
+
+Manfred Schmidt-Voigt <manfred.schmidt-voigt@mannitec.de>
+ for reporting a problem with runnign out of disk space while cutting in case
+ there are still deleted recordings to remove
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 5622eb70..1f2b7120 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -2283,7 +2283,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   or Makefile.config as defaults (thanks to Steffen Barszus).
 - Added the usual menu timeout to the CAM menus.
 
-2003-08-16: Version 1.2.3
+2003-08-17: Version 1.2.3
 
 - Fixed the TS to PES repacker so that it works with MPEG1 streams (thanks to
   Andreas Kool).
@@ -2312,3 +2312,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Made the "Zap timeout" (the time until a channel counts as "previous" for
   switching with '0') a setup variable, available in "Setup/Miscellaneous"
   (suggested by Helmut Auer).
+- Removing deleted recordings faster than normal when cutting, to avoid running
+  out of disk space (thanks to Manfred Schmidt-Voigt for reporting this one).
diff --git a/cutter.c b/cutter.c
index 01e460d6..dfad77e4 100644
--- a/cutter.c
+++ b/cutter.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: cutter.c 1.4 2003/05/24 11:59:33 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: cutter.c 1.5 2003/08/17 09:04:04 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "cutter.h"
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void cCuttingThread::Action(void)
 
            // Make sure there is enough disk space:
 
-           AssertFreeDiskSpace();
+           AssertFreeDiskSpace(-1);
 
            // Read one frame:
 
diff --git a/recording.c b/recording.c
index 2e3676a3..bcbfd9f6 100644
--- a/recording.c
+++ b/recording.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: recording.c 1.81 2003/08/15 15:23:10 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: recording.c 1.82 2003/08/17 09:10:46 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "recording.h"
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ void AssertFreeDiskSpace(int Priority)
   // a file, or mark a file for removal ("delete" it), so that
   // it will get removed during the next call.
   static time_t LastFreeDiskCheck = 0;
-  if (time(NULL) - LastFreeDiskCheck > DISKCHECKDELTA) {
+  int Factor = (Priority == -1) ? 10 : 1;
+  if (time(NULL) - LastFreeDiskCheck > DISKCHECKDELTA / Factor) {
      if (!VideoFileSpaceAvailable(MINDISKSPACE)) {
         // Make sure only one instance of VDR does this:
         cLockFile LockFile(VideoDirectory);
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ void AssertFreeDiskSpace(int Priority)
                  r = Recordings.Next(r);
                  }
            if (r0 && r0->Remove()) {
-              LastFreeDiskCheck += REMOVELATENCY;
+              LastFreeDiskCheck += REMOVELATENCY / Factor;
               return;
               }
            }
diff --git a/recording.h b/recording.h
index 82f2fcca..677e354b 100644
--- a/recording.h
+++ b/recording.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: recording.h 1.25 2002/10/19 15:48:52 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: recording.h 1.26 2003/08/17 09:03:46 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __RECORDING_H
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 void RemoveDeletedRecordings(void);
 void AssertFreeDiskSpace(int Priority = 0);
+     ///< The special Priority value -1 means that we shall get rid of any
+     ///< deleted recordings faster than normal (because we're cutting).
 
 class cResumeFile {
 private: