diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index a6329b9a..2e7f41fe 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -335,3 +335,7 @@ Rudi Hofer (Rudi.Hofer@cadsoft.de)
 
 Gregoire Favre <greg@ulima.unil.ch>
  for fixing some function headers to make them compile with gcc 3.x
+
+Sven Grothklags <sven@uni-paderborn.de>
+ for fixing the cutting mechanism to make it re-sync in case a frame is larger
+ than the buffer
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index bbdd7904..e7a7b44e 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1248,3 +1248,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Updated 'Premiere Sport 2' in channels.conf (thanks to Rudi Hofer).
 - Fixed some function headers to make them compile with gcc 3.x (thanks to
   Gregoire Favre).
+- Fixed the cutting mechanism to make it re-sync in case a frame is larger than the
+  buffer (thanks to Sven Grothklags).
diff --git a/dvbapi.c b/dvbapi.c
index 77e53726..04a13ce6 100644
--- a/dvbapi.c
+++ b/dvbapi.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbapi.c 1.174 2002/05/03 15:59:32 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbapi.c 1.174.1.1 2002/05/18 14:15:36 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "dvbapi.h"
@@ -1527,11 +1527,15 @@ void cCuttingBuffer::Action(void)
                  CurrentFileNumber = FileNumber;
                  }
               if (fromFile >= 0) {
-                 Length = ReadFrame(fromFile, buffer,  Length, sizeof(buffer));
-                 if (Length < 0) {
+                 int len = ReadFrame(fromFile, buffer,  Length, sizeof(buffer));
+                 if (len < 0) {
                     error = "ReadFrame";
                     break;
                     }
+                 if (len != Length) {
+                    CurrentFileNumber = 0; // this re-syncs in case the frame was larger than the buffer
+                    Length = len;
+                    }
                  }
               else {
                  error = "fromFile";