diff -r 8587b24643e8 -r 6d9f4e8468b3 gst-plugins-mythtv/src/gstmythtvsrc.c
--- a/gst-plugins-mythtv/src/gstmythtvsrc.c	Tue Jan 30 19:17:41 2007 +0000
+++ b/gst-plugins-mythtv/src/gstmythtvsrc.c	Thu Feb 08 20:57:59 2007 +0000
@@ -681,6 +681,16 @@
       ret = FALSE;
       goto init_failed;
     }
+    
+		if ( !gmyth_file_transfer_open( src->file_transfer, src->spawn_livetv->uri != NULL ? 
+							gmyth_uri_get_path(src->spawn_livetv->uri) : 
+							src->spawn_livetv->proginfo->pathname->str ) )
+		{
+			GST_INFO_OBJECT (src, "Error: couldn't open the FileTransfer from LiveTV source!" );
+			g_object_unref( src->file_transfer );
+			src->file_transfer = NULL;
+			goto init_failed;
+		}
   } else {
 
     src->file_transfer = gmyth_file_transfer_new (src->backend_info);