diff -r dfa72795bd32 -r 1374c8f47f33 libgnomevfs2-mythtv/modules/mythtv-method.c
--- a/libgnomevfs2-mythtv/modules/mythtv-method.c	Fri Nov 24 21:19:49 2006 +0000
+++ b/libgnomevfs2-mythtv/modules/mythtv-method.c	Mon Nov 27 22:07:09 2006 +0000
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@
     guint64 content_size;
     guint64 bytes_read;
 
-    guint8 *buffer;
-    gsize buffer_offset;
+    GByteArray *buffer;
     gsize buffer_remain;
 } MythtvHandle;
 
@@ -119,8 +118,7 @@
 
     myth_handle->content_size = myth_handle->file_transfer->filesize;
     
-    myth_handle->buffer = g_malloc0 (MYTHTV_BUFFER_SIZE);
-    myth_handle->buffer_offset = 0;
+    myth_handle->buffer = g_byte_array_sized_new (MYTHTV_BUFFER_SIZE);
     myth_handle->buffer_remain = 0;
 
     *method_handle = (GnomeVFSMethodHandle *) myth_handle;
@@ -139,9 +137,9 @@
     MythtvHandle *myth_handle = (MythtvHandle *) method_handle;
     GnomeVFSFileSize bytes_to_read;
 
-    g_debug ("do_read(): file size: %llu, already read: %llu, requested: %llu, buffer_offset: %du, buffer_remain: %du", 
+    g_debug ("do_read(): file size: %llu, already read: %llu, requested: %llu, buffer_remain: %du", 
 		    myth_handle->content_size, myth_handle->bytes_read, num_bytes, 
-		    myth_handle->buffer_offset, myth_handle->buffer_remain);
+				myth_handle->buffer_remain);
 
     *bytes_read = 0;
 
@@ -156,43 +154,42 @@
 
     /* Loop sending the Myth File Transfer request:
     * Retry whilst authentication fails and we supply it. */
+  
+  if ( bytes_to_read > myth_handle->buffer_remain ) {
+  	GByteArray *tmp_buffer = g_byte_array_new();
 
-    if (bytes_to_read > myth_handle->buffer_remain ) {
-	guint8 *tmp_buffer = g_malloc0 (MYTHTV_BUFFER_SIZE);
-	gint len;
+    gint len = gmyth_file_transfer_read( myth_handle->file_transfer,
+          tmp_buffer, MYTHTV_BUFFER_SIZE - myth_handle->buffer_remain, TRUE );
 
-	if (myth_handle->buffer_remain > (MYTHTV_BUFFER_SIZE >> 1)) {
-	    // Avoid overlap creating another buffer, in the case the remaining data is bigger than half buffer size
-	    tmp_buffer = g_malloc0 (MYTHTV_BUFFER_SIZE);
-	    memcpy (tmp_buffer, myth_handle->buffer + myth_handle->buffer_offset, myth_handle->buffer_remain);
-	    g_free (myth_handle->buffer);
-	    myth_handle->buffer = tmp_buffer;
-	} else {
-	    memcpy (myth_handle->buffer, myth_handle->buffer + myth_handle->buffer_offset, myth_handle->buffer_remain);
-	}
+		if (len < 0)
+		    return GNOME_VFS_ERROR_IO;
 
-	g_debug ("Reading %d data from backend", MYTHTV_BUFFER_SIZE- myth_handle->buffer_remain);
+    myth_handle->buffer = g_byte_array_append( myth_handle->buffer, 
+    				g_memdup( tmp_buffer->data, len ), len );
+
+		myth_handle->buffer_remain += len;
+
+		g_debug ( "Reading %d data from backend", MYTHTV_BUFFER_SIZE - myth_handle->buffer_remain );
 	
-        len = gmyth_file_transfer_read( myth_handle->file_transfer,
-	            myth_handle->buffer + myth_handle->buffer_remain, 
-		    MYTHTV_BUFFER_SIZE- myth_handle->buffer_remain, TRUE );
+    if ( tmp_buffer != NULL ) {
+    	g_byte_array_free( tmp_buffer, TRUE );
+    	tmp_buffer = NULL;    	
+    }
 
-	if (len < 0)
-	    return GNOME_VFS_ERROR_IO;
-
-	myth_handle->buffer_offset = 0;
-	myth_handle->buffer_remain += len;
-	
-    }
+  }
     
     bytes_to_read = (bytes_to_read > myth_handle->buffer_remain) ? myth_handle->buffer_remain : bytes_to_read;
 
-    g_debug ("Returning %du bytes to gnomevfs", (int) bytes_to_read);
-    memcpy (buffer, myth_handle->buffer + myth_handle->buffer_offset, bytes_to_read);
-  
+    g_debug ("Returning %du bytes to gnomevfs", (gint) bytes_to_read);
+	  /* gets the first buffer_size bytes from the byte array buffer variable */ 
+
+	  g_memmove( buffer, myth_handle->buffer->data, bytes_to_read );
+
     myth_handle->bytes_read += bytes_to_read;
-    myth_handle->buffer_offset += bytes_to_read;
-    myth_handle->buffer_remain -= bytes_to_read;
+    myth_handle->buffer_remain -= bytes_to_read;    
+
+  	/* flushs the newly buffer got from byte array */
+  	myth_handle->buffer = g_byte_array_remove_range( myth_handle->buffer, 0, bytes_to_read );
     *bytes_read = bytes_to_read;
   
     return GNOME_VFS_OK;