diff -ru vdr-1.7.16/thread.c vdr-1.7.16.new/thread.c
--- vdr-1.7.16/thread.c 2009-04-13 15:50:39.000000000 +0200
+++ vdr-1.7.16.new/thread.c     2010-09-24 22:58:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@
 
 void cThread::SetIOPriority(int Priority)
 {
-  if (syscall(SYS_ioprio_set, 1, 0, (Priority & 0xff) | (2 << 13)) < 0) // best effort class
-     LOG_ERROR;
+//  if (syscall(SYS_ioprio_set, 1, 0, (Priority & 0xff) | (2 << 13)) < 0) // best effort class
+//     LOG_ERROR;
 }