diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index d242c4a0..013b3e72 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -3913,7 +3913,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - The new class cUnbufferedFile is used for the recording files to avoid
   trashing the file system cache (based on a patch by Ralf Müller).
 
-2005-11-04: Version 1.3.36
+2005-11-05: Version 1.3.36
 
 - Fixed a NULL pointer access with the cUnbufferedFile when a replay session runs
   all the way until the end of the recording (thanks to Joachim Wilke).
@@ -3929,3 +3929,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Changed cConfig::Load() to use cReadLine instead of a fixed buffer (thanks
   to Andreas Mair for reporting a problem with extremely long summary fields
   in timers).
+- cSVDRP now dynamically allocates its command buffer in order to handle
+  commands of any length. The MAXPARSEBUFFER macros is now obsolete and has
+  been removed. If a plugin has used that macro, it should either define
+  a buffer size of its own, or use cReadLine when reading files.
diff --git a/svdrp.c b/svdrp.c
index cc5df706..8e09d41c 100644
--- a/svdrp.c
+++ b/svdrp.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * and interact with the Video Disk Recorder - or write a full featured
  * graphical interface that sits on top of an SVDRP connection.
  *
- * $Id: svdrp.c 1.82 2005/09/25 10:36:59 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: svdrp.c 1.83 2005/11/05 11:21:38 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "svdrp.h"
@@ -361,6 +361,8 @@ cSVDRP::cSVDRP(int Port)
 {
   PUTEhandler = NULL;
   numChars = 0;
+  length = BUFSIZ;
+  cmdLine = MALLOC(char, length);
   message = NULL;
   lastActivity = 0;
   isyslog("SVDRP listening on port %d", Port);
@@ -370,6 +372,7 @@ cSVDRP::~cSVDRP()
 {
   Close();
   free(message);
+  free(cmdLine);
 }
 
 void cSVDRP::Close(bool Timeout)
@@ -1442,6 +1445,11 @@ bool cSVDRP::Process(void)
                  // showtime!
                  Execute(cmdLine);
                  numChars = 0;
+                 if (length > BUFSIZ) {
+                    free(cmdLine); // let's not tie up too much memory
+                    length = BUFSIZ;
+                    cmdLine = MALLOC(char, length);
+                    }
                  }
               else if (c == 0x04 && numChars == 0) {
                  // end of file (only at beginning of line)
@@ -1455,15 +1463,14 @@ bool cSVDRP::Process(void)
               else if (c <= 0x03 || c == 0x0D) {
                  // ignore control characters
                  }
-              else if (numChars < sizeof(cmdLine) - 1) {
+              else {
+                 if (numChars >= length - 1) {
+                    length += BUFSIZ;
+                    cmdLine = (char *)realloc(cmdLine, length);
+                    }
                  cmdLine[numChars++] = c;
                  cmdLine[numChars] = 0;
                  }
-              else {
-                 Reply(501, "Command line too long");
-                 esyslog("SVDRP: command line too long: '%s'", cmdLine);
-                 numChars = 0;
-                 }
               lastActivity = time(NULL);
               }
            else if (r < 0) {
diff --git a/svdrp.h b/svdrp.h
index 9275bf27..2e182f21 100644
--- a/svdrp.h
+++ b/svdrp.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: svdrp.h 1.24 2005/10/09 11:11:59 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: svdrp.h 1.25 2005/11/05 10:54:22 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __SVDRP_H
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ private:
   cFile file;
   cRecordings Recordings;
   cPUTEhandler *PUTEhandler;
-  uint numChars;
-  char cmdLine[MAXPARSEBUFFER];
+  int numChars;
+  int length;
+  char *cmdLine;
   char *message;
   time_t lastActivity;
   void Close(bool Timeout = false);
diff --git a/tools.h b/tools.h
index cc4c9e30..c344fce2 100644
--- a/tools.h
+++ b/tools.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: tools.h 1.82 2005/11/04 17:05:35 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: tools.h 1.83 2005/11/05 10:54:39 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __TOOLS_H
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ extern int SysLogLevel;
 #define KILOBYTE(n) ((n) * 1024)
 #define MEGABYTE(n) ((n) * 1024 * 1024)
 
-#define MAXPARSEBUFFER KILOBYTE(10)
-
 #define MALLOC(type, size)  (type *)malloc(sizeof(type) * (size))
 
 #define DELETENULL(p) (delete (p), p = NULL)