diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index e507b651..995dacc9 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1368,3 +1368,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   of a 'cDvbPlayerControl *' in order to allow additional players to call this function.
   cPlayer and cControl have been given the functions GetIndex() and GetReplayMode() to
   allow access to the player's status.
+- Added cOsd::OpenRaw() to create a raw OSD (needed for displaying SPUs).
diff --git a/osd.c b/osd.c
index 1092187b..fd5abcc2 100644
--- a/osd.c
+++ b/osd.c
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: osd.c 1.29 2002/06/16 13:24:00 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: osd.c 1.30 2002/07/13 12:46:30 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "osd.h"
 #include <string.h>
 #include "device.h"
+#include "dvbosd.h"
 #include "i18n.h"
 #include "status.h"
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
   WINDOW *cOsd::window = NULL;
   int cOsd::colorPairs[MaxColorPairs] = { 0 };
 #else
-  cDvbOsd *cOsd::osd = NULL;
+  cOsdBase *cOsd::osd = NULL;
 #endif
   int cOsd::cols = 0;
   int cOsd::rows = 0;
@@ -67,6 +68,11 @@ void cOsd::SetColor(eDvbColor colorFg, eDvbColor colorBg)
 }
 #endif
 
+cOsdBase *cOsd::OpenRaw(int x, int y)
+{
+  return osd ? NULL : new cDvbOsd(cDevice::PrimaryDevice()->OsdDeviceHandle(), x, y);
+}
+
 void cOsd::Open(int w, int h)
 {
   int d = (h < 0) ? Setup.OSDheight + h : 0;
@@ -95,7 +101,7 @@ void cOsd::Open(int w, int h)
   int x = (720 - w + charWidth) / 2; //TODO PAL vs. NTSC???
   int y = (576 - Setup.OSDheight * lineHeight) / 2 + d;
   //XXX
-  osd = new cDvbOsd(cDevice::PrimaryDevice()->OsdDeviceHandle(), x, y);
+  osd = OpenRaw(x, y);
   //XXX TODO this should be transferred to the places where the individual windows are requested (there's too much detailed knowledge here!)
   if (h / lineHeight == 5) { //XXX channel display
      osd->Create(0,              0, w, h, 4);
diff --git a/osd.h b/osd.h
index c0621577..dac4b27e 100644
--- a/osd.h
+++ b/osd.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: osd.h 1.32 2002/06/23 09:13:17 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: osd.h 1.33 2002/07/13 12:47:06 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __OSD_H
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #endif
 #include "config.h"
-#include "dvbosd.h"
+#include "osdbase.h"
 #include "interface.h"
 #include "osdbase.h"
 #include "tools.h"
@@ -62,12 +62,16 @@ private:
   static int colorPairs[MaxColorPairs];
   static void SetColor(eDvbColor colorFg, eDvbColor colorBg = clrBackground);
 #else
-  static cDvbOsd *osd;
+  static cOsdBase *osd;
 #endif
   static int cols, rows;
 public:
   static void Initialize(void);
   static void Shutdown(void);
+  static cOsdBase *OpenRaw(int x, int y);
+       // Returns a raw OSD without any predefined windows or colors.
+       // If the "normal" OSD is currently in use, NULL will be returned.
+       // The caller must delete this object before the "normal" OSD is used again!
   static void Open(int w, int h);
   static void Close(void);
   static void Clear(void);