diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index ba23c73f..c8f393bd 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1173,6 +1173,7 @@ Marco Schl
  for fixing a bug in libsi's SubtitlingDescriptor::getLength()
  for removing scaling coordinates in letterbox mode from cDvbSpu
  for fixing a wrong inheritance in libsi's SubtitlingDescriptor::Subtitling
+ for adding cPlayer::DeviceSetVideoDisplayFormat()
 
 Jürgen Schmitz <j.schmitz@web.de>
  for reporting a bug in displaying the current channel when switching via the SVDRP
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 49c50ee1..a565f99f 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -3548,3 +3548,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Avoiding extra blanks at the end of names of instant recordings.
 - Removed converting byte order on big endian systems from cDvbOsd::Flush(),
   which, according to Johannes Stezenbach and Paavo Hartikainen, is wrong.
+- Added cPlayer::DeviceSetVideoDisplayFormat() (thanks to Marco Schlüßler).
diff --git a/player.h b/player.h
index 6b08178f..4316a753 100644
--- a/player.h
+++ b/player.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: player.h 1.16 2005/02/12 14:45:29 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: player.h 1.17 2005/05/22 11:07:42 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __PLAYER_H
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ protected:
   void DevicePlay(void) { if (device) device->Play(); }
   void DeviceFreeze(void) { if (device) device->Freeze(); }
   void DeviceMute(void) { if (device) device->Mute(); }
+  void DeviceSetVideoDisplayFormat(eVideoDisplayFormat VideoDisplayFormat) { if (device) device->SetVideoDisplayFormat(VideoDisplayFormat); }
   void DeviceStillPicture(const uchar *Data, int Length) { if (device) device->StillPicture(Data, Length); }
   void Detach(void);
   virtual void Activate(bool On) {}