diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index d5f264c0..eae8d412 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -7052,7 +7052,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed handling IDLEPRIORITY in cDvbDevice::ProvidesChannel() (thanks to Frank
   Schmirler).
 
-2012-04-15: Version 1.7.28
+2012-04-23: Version 1.7.28
 
 - Fixed cPixmapMemory::DrawEllipse() for quadrants -1 and -4.
 - Fixed getting the maximum short channel name length in case there are no short names
@@ -7072,3 +7072,10 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   variations of the DVB standard (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg). Currently there is "DVB"
   (for the original DVB standard) and "ANSI/SCTE", which is used to properly handle
   certain private stream types.
+- The disk usage is no longer automatically added to the title of the main and
+  "Recordings" menus. This has always been a mekeshift solution and it is now up
+  to the individual skin if, where and how it wants to display this information.
+  A skin can use the new cVideoDiskUsage class to implement such a display. For
+  compatibility, the default skins "Classic VDR", "ST:TNG Panels" and "Text mode"
+  (i.e. curses) have been changed to behave like before. Other skins may want to
+  display the disk usage in totally different ways.
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/HISTORY b/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/HISTORY
index 0ba892ea..deb011b5 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/HISTORY
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/HISTORY
@@ -96,3 +96,8 @@ VDR Plugin 'skincurses' Revision History
 2012-03-11: Version 0.1.11
 
 - Adapted menu column widths of 'skincurses' to the wider HD OSD sizes.
+
+2012-04-23: Version 0.1.12
+
+- Now displaying disk usage in the title of the main and "Recordings" menu,
+  which is no longer done by the VDR core.
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/skincurses.c b/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/skincurses.c
index 1f120c7c..587d0b97 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/skincurses.c
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/skincurses.c
@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@
  *
  * See the README file for copyright information and how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: skincurses.c 2.8 2012/03/11 14:42:52 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: skincurses.c 2.9 2012/04/23 08:53:13 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #include <vdr/osd.h>
 #include <vdr/plugin.h>
 #include <vdr/skins.h>
+#include <vdr/videodir.h>
 
-static const char *VERSION        = "0.1.11";
+static const char *VERSION        = "0.1.12";
 static const char *DESCRIPTION    = trNOOP("A text only skin");
 static const char *MAINMENUENTRY  = NULL;
 
@@ -262,6 +263,9 @@ void cSkinCursesDisplayChannel::Flush(void)
 class cSkinCursesDisplayMenu : public cSkinDisplayMenu {
 private:
   cOsd *osd;
+  cString title;
+  int lastDiskUsageState;
+  void DrawTitle(void);
   void DrawScrollbar(int Total, int Offset, int Shown, int Top, int Height, bool CanScrollUp, bool CanScrollDown);
   void SetTextScrollbar(void);
 public:
@@ -285,6 +289,7 @@ public:
 cSkinCursesDisplayMenu::cSkinCursesDisplayMenu(void)
 {
   osd = new cCursesOsd(0, 0);
+  lastDiskUsageState = -1;
   osd->DrawRectangle(0, 0, ScOsdWidth - 1, ScOsdHeight - 1, clrBackground);
 }
 
@@ -332,9 +337,16 @@ void cSkinCursesDisplayMenu::Clear(void)
   textScroller.Reset();
 }
 
+void cSkinCursesDisplayMenu::DrawTitle(void)
+{
+  bool WithDisk = MenuCategory() == mcMain || MenuCategory() == mcRecording;
+  osd->DrawText(0, 0, WithDisk ? cString::sprintf("%s  -  %s", *title, *cVideoDiskUsage::String()) : title, clrBlack, clrCyan, &Font, ScOsdWidth);
+}
+
 void cSkinCursesDisplayMenu::SetTitle(const char *Title)
 {
-  osd->DrawText(0, 0, Title, clrBlack, clrCyan, &Font, ScOsdWidth);
+  title = Title;
+  DrawTitle();
 }
 
 void cSkinCursesDisplayMenu::SetButtons(const char *Red, const char *Green, const char *Yellow, const char *Blue)
@@ -475,6 +487,8 @@ void cSkinCursesDisplayMenu::SetText(const char *Text, bool FixedFont)
 
 void cSkinCursesDisplayMenu::Flush(void)
 {
+  if (cVideoDiskUsage::HasChanged(lastDiskUsageState))
+     DrawTitle();
   cString date = DayDateTime();
   osd->DrawText(ScOsdWidth - Utf8StrLen(date) - 2, 0, date, clrBlack, clrCyan, &Font);
   osd->Flush();
diff --git a/menu.c b/menu.c
index 6fe8bbfa..c6208e1d 100644
--- a/menu.c
+++ b/menu.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: menu.c 2.49 2012/04/22 10:44:20 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: menu.c 2.50 2012/04/22 15:13:14 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "menu.h"
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 
 #define MAXWAIT4EPGINFO   3 // seconds
 #define MODETIMEOUT       3 // seconds
-#define DISKSPACECHEK     5 // seconds between disk space checks
 #define NEWTIMERLIMIT   120 // seconds until the start time of a new timer created from the Schedule menu,
                             // within which it will go directly into the "Edit timer" menu to allow
                             // further parameter settings
@@ -52,47 +51,6 @@
 #define CHNUMWIDTH  (numdigits(Channels.MaxNumber()) + 1)
 #define CHNAMWIDTH  (min(MAXCHNAMWIDTH, Channels.MaxShortChannelNameLength() + 1))
 
-// --- cFreeDiskSpace --------------------------------------------------------
-
-#define MB_PER_MINUTE 25.75 // this is just an estimate!
-
-class cFreeDiskSpace {
-private:
-  static time_t lastDiskSpaceCheck;
-  static int lastFreeMB;
-  static cString freeDiskSpaceString;
-public:
-  static bool HasChanged(bool ForceCheck = false);
-  static const char *FreeDiskSpaceString(void) { HasChanged(); return freeDiskSpaceString; }
-  };
-
-time_t cFreeDiskSpace::lastDiskSpaceCheck = 0;
-int cFreeDiskSpace::lastFreeMB = 0;
-cString cFreeDiskSpace::freeDiskSpaceString;
-
-cFreeDiskSpace FreeDiskSpace;
-
-bool cFreeDiskSpace::HasChanged(bool ForceCheck)
-{
-  if (ForceCheck || time(NULL) - lastDiskSpaceCheck > DISKSPACECHEK) {
-     int FreeMB;
-     int Percent = VideoDiskSpace(&FreeMB);
-     lastDiskSpaceCheck = time(NULL);
-     if (ForceCheck || FreeMB != lastFreeMB) {
-        int MBperMinute = Recordings.MBperMinute();
-        if (MBperMinute <= 0)
-           MBperMinute = MB_PER_MINUTE;
-        int Minutes = int(double(FreeMB) / MBperMinute);
-        int Hours = Minutes / 60;
-        Minutes %= 60;
-        freeDiskSpaceString = cString::sprintf("%s %d%%  -  %2d:%02d %s", tr("Disk"), Percent, Hours, Minutes, tr("free"));
-        lastFreeMB = FreeMB;
-        return true;
-        }
-     }
-  return false;
-}
-
 // --- cMenuEditCaItem -------------------------------------------------------
 
 class cMenuEditCaItem : public cMenuEditIntItem {
@@ -2234,7 +2192,6 @@ cMenuRecordings::cMenuRecordings(const char *Base, int Level, bool OpenSubMenus)
   helpKeys = -1;
   Display(); // this keeps the higher level menus from showing up briefly when pressing 'Back' during replay
   Set();
-  SetFreeDiskDisplay(true);
   if (Current() < 0)
      SetCurrent(First());
   else if (OpenSubMenus && cReplayControl::LastReplayed() && Open(true))
@@ -2249,16 +2206,6 @@ cMenuRecordings::~cMenuRecordings()
   free(base);
 }
 
-bool cMenuRecordings::SetFreeDiskDisplay(bool Force)
-{
-  if (FreeDiskSpace.HasChanged(Force)) {
-     //XXX -> skin function!!!
-     SetTitle(cString::sprintf("%s  -  %s", base ? base : tr("Recordings"), FreeDiskSpace.FreeDiskSpaceString()));
-     return true;
-     }
-  return false;
-}
-
 void cMenuRecordings::SetHelpKeys(void)
 {
   cMenuRecordingItem *ri = (cMenuRecordingItem *)Get(Current());
@@ -2321,7 +2268,6 @@ void cMenuRecordings::Set(bool Refresh)
          }
       }
   free(LastItemText);
-  Refresh |= SetFreeDiskDisplay(Refresh);
   if (Refresh)
      Display();
 }
@@ -2427,7 +2373,7 @@ eOSState cMenuRecordings::Delete(void)
               Recordings.DelByName(ri->FileName());
               cOsdMenu::Del(Current());
               SetHelpKeys();
-              SetFreeDiskDisplay(true);
+              cVideoDiskUsage::ForceCheck();
               Display();
               if (!Count())
                  return osBack;
@@ -2500,8 +2446,6 @@ eOSState cMenuRecordings::ProcessKey(eKeys Key)
      Display();
      }
   if (!HasSubMenu()) {
-     if (HadSubMenu)
-        SetFreeDiskDisplay();
      if (Key != kNone)
         SetHelpKeys();
      }
@@ -3416,13 +3360,6 @@ bool cMenuMain::Update(bool Force)
 {
   bool result = false;
 
-  // Title with disk usage:
-  if (FreeDiskSpace.HasChanged(Force)) {
-     //XXX -> skin function!!!
-     SetTitle(cString::sprintf("%s  -  %s", tr("VDR"), FreeDiskSpace.FreeDiskSpaceString()));
-     result = true;
-     }
-
   bool NewReplaying = cControl::Control() != NULL;
   if (Force || NewReplaying != replaying) {
      replaying = NewReplaying;
diff --git a/menu.h b/menu.h
index 2baf75a0..52db721c 100644
--- a/menu.h
+++ b/menu.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: menu.h 2.6 2012/04/19 14:28:37 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: menu.h 2.7 2012/04/22 15:08:58 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __MENU_H
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ private:
   int level;
   int recordingsState;
   int helpKeys;
-  bool SetFreeDiskDisplay(bool Force = false);
   void SetHelpKeys(void);
   void Set(bool Refresh = false);
   bool Open(bool OpenSubMenus = false);
diff --git a/skinclassic.c b/skinclassic.c
index 49f0bcb5..64944ded 100644
--- a/skinclassic.c
+++ b/skinclassic.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: skinclassic.c 2.6 2011/08/21 11:02:06 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: skinclassic.c 2.7 2012/04/23 08:48:03 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "skinclassic.h"
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "i18n.h"
 #include "osd.h"
 #include "themes.h"
+#include "videodir.h"
 
 #define ScrollWidth (Setup.FontOsdSize / 4)
 #define TextFrame   (Setup.FontOsdSize / 10)
@@ -170,7 +171,10 @@ private:
   int y0, y1, y2, y3, y4, y5;
   int lineHeight;
   int dateWidth;
+  cString title;
   cString lastDate;
+  int lastDiskUsageState;
+  void DrawTitle(void);
   void DrawScrollbar(int Total, int Offset, int Shown, int Top, int Height, bool CanScrollUp, bool CanScrollDown);
   void SetTextScrollbar(void);
 public:
@@ -196,6 +200,7 @@ cSkinClassicDisplayMenu::cSkinClassicDisplayMenu(void)
 {
   const cFont *font = cFont::GetFont(fontOsd);
   lineHeight = font->Height();
+  lastDiskUsageState = -1;
   dateWidth = 0;
   x0 = 0;
   x1 = x0 + 2 * TextSpacing;
@@ -270,10 +275,17 @@ void cSkinClassicDisplayMenu::Clear(void)
   osd->DrawRectangle(x0, y1, x3 - 1, y4 - 1, Theme.Color(clrBackground));
 }
 
-void cSkinClassicDisplayMenu::SetTitle(const char *Title)
+void cSkinClassicDisplayMenu::DrawTitle(void)
 {
   const cFont *font = cFont::GetFont(fontOsd);
-  osd->DrawText(x0, y0, Title, Theme.Color(clrMenuTitleFg), Theme.Color(clrMenuTitleBg), font, x3 - x0 - dateWidth);
+  bool WithDisk = MenuCategory() == mcMain || MenuCategory() == mcRecording;
+  osd->DrawText(x0, y0, WithDisk ? cString::sprintf("%s  -  %s", *title, *cVideoDiskUsage::String()) : title, Theme.Color(clrMenuTitleFg), Theme.Color(clrMenuTitleBg), font, x3 - x0 - dateWidth);
+}
+
+void cSkinClassicDisplayMenu::SetTitle(const char *Title)
+{
+  title = Title;
+  DrawTitle();
 }
 
 void cSkinClassicDisplayMenu::SetButtons(const char *Red, const char *Green, const char *Yellow, const char *Blue)
@@ -422,6 +434,8 @@ const cFont *cSkinClassicDisplayMenu::GetTextAreaFont(bool FixedFont) const
 
 void cSkinClassicDisplayMenu::Flush(void)
 {
+  if (cVideoDiskUsage::HasChanged(lastDiskUsageState))
+     DrawTitle();
   cString date = DayDateTime();
   if (!*lastDate || strcmp(date, lastDate)) {
      const cFont *font = cFont::GetFont(fontOsd);
diff --git a/skinsttng.c b/skinsttng.c
index ff579a7c..d9855388 100644
--- a/skinsttng.c
+++ b/skinsttng.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: skinsttng.c 2.14 2012/03/11 13:32:00 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: skinsttng.c 2.15 2012/04/23 08:39:11 kls Exp $
  */
 
 // "Star Trek: The Next Generation"(R) is a registered trademark of Paramount Pictures
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "osd.h"
 #include "menu.h"
 #include "themes.h"
+#include "videodir.h"
 
 #include "symbols/arrowdown.xpm"
 #include "symbols/arrowup.xpm"
@@ -401,8 +402,11 @@ private:
   int lineHeight;
   tColor frameColor;
   int currentIndex;
+  cString title;
   bool message;
   cString lastDate;
+  int lastDiskUsageState;
+  void DrawTitle(void);
   void DrawScrollbar(int Total, int Offset, int Shown, int Top, int Height, bool CanScrollUp, bool CanScrollDown);
   void SetTextScrollbar(void);
 public:
@@ -429,6 +433,7 @@ cSkinSTTNGDisplayMenu::cSkinSTTNGDisplayMenu(void)
   const cFont *font = cFont::GetFont(fontOsd);
   lineHeight = font->Height();
   frameColor = Theme.Color(clrMenuFrame);
+  lastDiskUsageState = -1;
   currentIndex = -1;
   message = false;
   x0 = 0;
@@ -548,15 +553,22 @@ void cSkinSTTNGDisplayMenu::Clear(void)
   osd->DrawRectangle(x1, y3, x7 - 1, y4 - 1, Theme.Color(clrBackground));
 }
 
-void cSkinSTTNGDisplayMenu::SetTitle(const char *Title)
+void cSkinSTTNGDisplayMenu::DrawTitle(void)
 {
   const cFont *font = cFont::GetFont(fontOsd);
   const char *VDR = " VDR";
+  bool WithDisk = MenuCategory() == mcMain || MenuCategory() == mcRecording;
   int w = font->Width(VDR);
-  osd->DrawText(x3 + TextSpacing, y0, Title, Theme.Color(clrMenuTitle), frameColor, font, x4 - w - x3 - TextSpacing);
+  osd->DrawText(x3 + TextSpacing, y0, WithDisk ? cString::sprintf("%s  -  %s", *title, *cVideoDiskUsage::String()) : title, Theme.Color(clrMenuTitle), frameColor, font, x4 - w - x3 - TextSpacing);
   osd->DrawText(x4 - w, y0, VDR, frameColor, clrBlack, font, w, lineHeight);
 }
 
+void cSkinSTTNGDisplayMenu::SetTitle(const char *Title)
+{
+  title = Title;
+  DrawTitle();
+}
+
 void cSkinSTTNGDisplayMenu::SetButtons(const char *Red, const char *Green, const char *Yellow, const char *Blue)
 {
   cString date = DayDateTime();
@@ -749,6 +761,8 @@ const cFont *cSkinSTTNGDisplayMenu::GetTextAreaFont(bool FixedFont) const
 
 void cSkinSTTNGDisplayMenu::Flush(void)
 {
+  if (cVideoDiskUsage::HasChanged(lastDiskUsageState))
+     DrawTitle();
   if (!message) {
      cString date = DayDateTime();
      if (!*lastDate || strcmp(date, lastDate)) {
diff --git a/videodir.c b/videodir.c
index e61e3cbc..870b4cba 100644
--- a/videodir.c
+++ b/videodir.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: videodir.c 1.15 2008/02/16 13:00:03 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: videodir.c 2.1 2012/04/22 15:03:10 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "videodir.h"
@@ -241,3 +241,43 @@ bool IsOnVideoDirectoryFileSystem(const char *FileName)
      } while (Dir.Next());
   return false;
 }
+
+// --- cVideoDiskUsage -------------------------------------------------------
+
+#define DISKSPACECHEK     5 // seconds between disk space checks
+#define MB_PER_MINUTE 25.75 // this is just an estimate!
+
+int cVideoDiskUsage::state = 0;
+time_t cVideoDiskUsage::lastChecked = 0;
+int cVideoDiskUsage::usedPercent = 0;
+int cVideoDiskUsage::freeMB = 0;
+int cVideoDiskUsage::freeMinutes = 0;
+
+bool cVideoDiskUsage::HasChanged(int &State)
+{
+  if (time(NULL) - lastChecked > DISKSPACECHEK) {
+     int FreeMB;
+     int UsedPercent = VideoDiskSpace(&FreeMB);
+     if (FreeMB != freeMB) {
+        usedPercent = UsedPercent;
+        freeMB = FreeMB;
+        int MBperMinute = Recordings.MBperMinute();
+        if (MBperMinute <= 0)
+           MBperMinute = MB_PER_MINUTE;
+        freeMinutes = int(double(FreeMB) / MBperMinute);
+        state++;
+        }
+     lastChecked = time(NULL);
+     }
+  if (State != state) {
+     State = state;
+     return true;
+     }
+  return false;
+}
+
+cString cVideoDiskUsage::String(void)
+{
+  HasChanged(state);
+  return cString::sprintf("%s %d%%  -  %2d:%02d %s", tr("Disk"), usedPercent, freeMinutes / 60, freeMinutes % 60, tr("free"));
+}
diff --git a/videodir.h b/videodir.h
index 253e07b0..0a0587a6 100644
--- a/videodir.h
+++ b/videodir.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: videodir.h 1.7 2008/02/16 12:53:11 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: videodir.h 2.1 2012/04/22 15:07:56 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __VIDEODIR_H
@@ -25,4 +25,42 @@ cString PrefixVideoFileName(const char *FileName, char Prefix);
 void RemoveEmptyVideoDirectories(void);
 bool IsOnVideoDirectoryFileSystem(const char *FileName);
 
+class cVideoDiskUsage {
+private:
+  static int state;
+  static time_t lastChecked;
+  static int usedPercent;
+  static int freeMB;
+  static int freeMinutes;
+public:
+  static bool HasChanged(int &State);
+    ///< Returns true if the usage of the video disk space has changed since the last
+    ///< call to this function with the given State variable. The caller should
+    ///< initialize State to -1, and it will be set to the current internal state
+    ///< value of the video disk usage checker upon return. Future calls with the same
+    ///< State variable can then quickly check for changes.
+  static void ForceCheck(void) { lastChecked = 0; }
+    ///< To avoid unnecessary load, the video disk usage is only actually checked
+    ///< every DISKSPACECHEK seconds. Calling ForceCheck() makes sure that the next call
+    ///< to HasChanged() will check the disk usage immediately. This is useful in case
+    ///< some files have been deleted and the result shall be displayed instantly.
+  static cString String(void);
+    ///< Returns a localized string of the form "Disk nn%  -  hh:mm free".
+    ///< This function is mainly for use in skins that want to retain the display of the
+    ///< free disk space in the menu title, as was the case until VDR version 1.7.27.
+    ///< An implicit call to HasChanged() is done in this function, to make sure the
+    ///< returned value is up to date.
+  static int UsedPercent(void) { return usedPercent; }
+    ///< Returns the used space of the video disk in percent.
+    ///< The caller should call HasChanged() first, to make sure the value is up to date.
+  static int FreeMB(void) { return freeMB; }
+    ///< Returns the amount of free space on the video disk in MB.
+    ///< The caller should call HasChanged() first, to make sure the value is up to date.
+  static int FreeMinutes(void) { return freeMinutes; }
+    ///< Returns the number of minutes that can still be recorded on the video disk.
+    ///< This is an estimate and depends on the data rate of the existing recordings.
+    ///< There is no guarantee that this value will actually be met.
+    ///< The caller should call HasChanged() first, to make sure the value is up to date.
+  };
+
 #endif //__VIDEODIR_H