diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 74090c21..5cac04e5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2541,6 +2541,7 @@ Johann Friedrichs <johann.friedrichs@web.de>
  for some fixes to dvbspu.[hc]
  for fixing a busy loop when moving editing marks
  for making cPalette::ClosestColor() treat fully transparent colors as "equal"
+ for reducing CPU load when pausing a replay
 
 Timo Helkio <timolavi@mbnet.fi>
  for reporting a hangup when replaying a TS recording with subtitles activated
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index f73f5cf2..e8b2a5af 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -6556,3 +6556,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   Reinhard Nissl).
 - The original display size of subtitles is now used to scale them properly when
   displaying them on an HD OSD.
+
+2011-03-13: Version 1.7.18
+
+- Reduced CPU load when pausing a replay (thanks to Johann Friedrichs).
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index c9aeb5ec..e4ac2f2a 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: config.h 2.29 2010/10/24 11:22:35 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: config.h 2.30 2011/03/13 12:02:31 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __CONFIG_H
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
 
 // VDR's own version number:
 
-#define VDRVERSION  "1.7.17"
-#define VDRVERSNUM   10717  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
+#define VDRVERSION  "1.7.18"
+#define VDRVERSNUM   10718  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
 
 // The plugin API's version number:
 
-#define APIVERSION  "1.7.17"
-#define APIVERSNUM   10717  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
+#define APIVERSION  "1.7.18"
+#define APIVERSNUM   10718  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
 
 // When loading plugins, VDR searches them by their APIVERSION, which
 // may be smaller than VDRVERSION in case there have been no changes to