diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index ea39abb4..d75aabbc 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -702,3 +702,7 @@ Alexander Damhuis <ad@phonedation.de>
 
 Antonio Ospite <ospite@studenti.unina.it>
  for translating OSD texts to the Italian language
+
+Karim Afifi <karim.afifi@free.fr>
+ for reporting a problem with breaking off replay in case the user presses "Play"
+ or "Pause" too soon after going into "Pause live video" mode
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 610abe43..adcc5d64 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -2217,3 +2217,6 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Some corrections to the Finnish OSD texts (thanks to Niko Tarnanen and Rolf
   Ahrenberg).
 - Completed the Italian OSD texts (thanks to Antonio Ospite).
+- Added an additional sleep() after going into "Pause live video" mode to avoid
+  breaking off replay in case the user hits "Play" or "Pause" too soon (thanks
+  to Karim Afifi for reporting ths one).
diff --git a/menu.c b/menu.c
index 9fb37503..22b78718 100644
--- a/menu.c
+++ b/menu.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: menu.c 1.249 2003/05/25 14:06:17 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: menu.c 1.250 2003/05/29 09:35:28 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "menu.h"
@@ -3135,6 +3135,7 @@ bool cRecordControls::PauseLiveVideo(void)
      sleep(1); // allow device to replay some frames, so we have a picture
      Interface->Close();
      rc->ProcessKey(kPause); // pause, allowing replay mode display
+     sleep(3); // allow recorded file to fill up enough to continue replaying
      return true;
      }
   Interface->Close();