diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 2a6da72c..95c362aa 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -3081,6 +3081,8 @@ Christian Richter <cr@crichter.net>
 
 Christian Kaiser <christian.kaiser@teleservice.com>
  for adding DeleteEvent() to the EPG handler interface
+ for making the script given to VDR with the '-r' option also be called after the
+ recording process has actually started
 
 Dirk Heiser <dirk-vdr@gmx.de>
  for adding SetComponents() to the EPG handler interface
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index a5aa6526..668f686a 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -8103,3 +8103,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Added a check to avoid a possible NULL pointer dereference in cCiSession::SendData()
   (reported by Ville Skyttä).
 - Deleted a superfluous assignment in cPipe::Open() (reported by Ville Skyttä).
+- The script given to VDR with the '-r' option is now also called after the recording
+  process has actually started (thanks to Christian Kaiser).
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 384ba446..2dff5e34 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ The program will be called with two or three (in case of "edited") string
 parameters. The first parameter is one of
 
   before      if this is *before* a recording starts
+  started     if this is after a recording has *started*
   after       if this is *after* a recording has finished
   edited      if this is after a recording has been *edited*
   deleted     if this is after a recording has been *deleted*
@@ -279,6 +280,9 @@ case "$1" in
      before)
             echo "Before recording $2"
             ;;
+     started)
+            echo "Started recording $2"
+            ;;
      after)
             echo "After recording $2"
             ;;
diff --git a/recorder.c b/recorder.c
index 7887a88b..38a4ed1e 100644
--- a/recorder.c
+++ b/recorder.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: recorder.c 3.1 2013/10/12 11:49:42 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: recorder.c 3.2 2014/01/01 12:46:37 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "recorder.h"
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ void cRecorder::Action(void)
                           }
                        }
                     InfoWritten = true;
+                    cRecordingUserCommand::InvokeCommand(RUC_STARTRECORDING, recordingName);
                     }
                  if (FirstIframeSeen || frameDetector->IndependentFrame()) {
                     FirstIframeSeen = true; // start recording with the first I-frame
diff --git a/recording.h b/recording.h
index c7feae03..7d5228eb 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 3.3 2013/12/27 11:05:07 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: recording.h 3.4 2014/01/01 12:45:18 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __RECORDING_H
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ public:
   };
 
 #define RUC_BEFORERECORDING "before"
+#define RUC_STARTRECORDING  "started"
 #define RUC_AFTERRECORDING  "after"
 #define RUC_EDITEDRECORDING "edited"
 #define RUC_DELETERECORDING "deleted"