diff -r 60c1efd70423 -r 43ce4ea2f9fb libgnomevfs2-mythtv/modules/mythtv-method.c
--- a/libgnomevfs2-mythtv/modules/mythtv-method.c	Fri Apr 13 20:33:36 2007 +0100
+++ b/libgnomevfs2-mythtv/modules/mythtv-method.c	Tue May 01 16:04:02 2007 +0100
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
     GMythRecorder *live_recorder;
     gboolean started;
     gint64 offset;
+    
+    gboolean is_livetv; /* it is, or not a Live TV content transfer */
+    gboolean is_local_file; /* tell if the file is local to the current content transfer */
 
 	gchar *channel_name;
 
@@ -98,6 +101,9 @@
 
     *method_handle = g_new0 (MythtvHandle, 1);
     (*method_handle)->mythtv_version = MYTHTV_VERSION_DEFAULT;
+    
+    (*method_handle)->is_livetv = FALSE;
+    (*method_handle)->is_local_file = FALSE;
         
     tmp_str1 = gnome_vfs_uri_to_string (uri, GNOME_VFS_URI_HIDE_NONE);
     tmp_str2 = gnome_vfs_unescape_string (tmp_str1, "");
@@ -188,7 +194,7 @@
 	info->name = g_strdup (gmyth_uri_get_path (gmyth_uri));
 
     /* file size for remote files */
-    if (gmyth_uri_is_livetv (gmyth_uri) == FALSE) {
+    if ( ( myth_handle->is_livetv = gmyth_uri_is_livetv (gmyth_uri) ) == FALSE) {
         GMythFile *file = NULL;
         gboolean ret = FALSE;
 
@@ -201,7 +207,7 @@
             return GNOME_VFS_ERROR_NOT_FOUND;
 		}
 
-        if ( gmyth_uri_is_local_file(gmyth_uri) )
+        if ( ( myth_handle->is_local_file = gmyth_uri_is_local_file(gmyth_uri) ) == TRUE )
         {
           file = GMYTH_FILE( gmyth_file_local_new(backend_info) );
           ret = gmyth_file_local_open ( GMYTH_FILE_LOCAL( file ) );
@@ -237,7 +243,7 @@
     _GNOME_VFS_METHOD_PARAM_CHECK (method_handle->backend_info != NULL);
 
 	/* Connect to the backend */
-	if (gmyth_uri_is_livetv (method_handle->gmyth_uri) == TRUE) {
+	if ( ( method_handle->is_livetv = gmyth_uri_is_livetv (method_handle->gmyth_uri) ) == TRUE) {
 		method_handle->livetv = gmyth_livetv_new (method_handle->backend_info);
 		method_handle->channel_name = gmyth_uri_get_channel_name (method_handle->gmyth_uri);
         
@@ -282,7 +288,7 @@
             goto error;
 		}
         
-        if ( gmyth_uri_is_local_file(method_handle->gmyth_uri) )
+        if ( ( method_handle->is_local_file = gmyth_uri_is_local_file(method_handle->gmyth_uri) ) == TRUE )
         {
           method_handle->file = GMYTH_FILE( gmyth_file_local_new(method_handle->backend_info) );
           ret = gmyth_file_local_open ( GMYTH_FILE_LOCAL( method_handle->file ) );
@@ -385,15 +391,14 @@
     _GNOME_VFS_METHOD_PARAM_CHECK (method_handle != NULL);
 
     myth_handle = (MythtvHandle *) method_handle;
-    if ( gmyth_uri_is_local_file(myth_handle->gmyth_uri) )
+    if ( myth_handle->is_local_file )
         result = gmyth_file_local_read ( GMYTH_FILE_LOCAL(myth_handle->file),
                                        myth_buffer,
-                                       num_bytes, gmyth_uri_is_livetv (myth_handle->gmyth_uri));
+                                       num_bytes, myth_handle->is_livetv );
     else
         result = gmyth_file_transfer_read ( GMYTH_FILE_TRANSFER(myth_handle->file),
                               		   myth_buffer,
-                             		   num_bytes, gmyth_uri_is_livetv (myth_handle->gmyth_uri));
-
+                             		   num_bytes, myth_handle->is_livetv );
 
     if (result == GMYTH_FILE_READ_ERROR) {
         retval = GNOME_VFS_ERROR_IO;