--- vdr-1.7.3-orig/recording.h	2006-05-14 17:04:48.000000000 +0200
+++ vdr-1.7.3/recording.h	2006-05-14 17:46:17.853979160 +0200
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
   const char *FileName(void) const;
   const char *Title(char Delimiter = ' ', bool NewIndicator = false, int Level = -1) const;
   const cRecordingInfo *Info(void) const { return info; }
+  void SetStartTime(time_t Start);
   const char *PrefixFileName(char Prefix);
   int HierarchyLevels(void) const;
   void ResetResume(void) const;
--- vdr-1.7.3-orig/recording.c	2006-05-14 17:04:48.000000000 +0200
+++ vdr-1.7.3/recording.c	2006-05-14 18:07:17.903778608 +0200
@@ -887,6 +887,15 @@
   return titleBuffer;
 }
 
+void cRecording::SetStartTime(time_t Start) 
+{
+  start=Start;
+  if (fileName) {
+  	 free(fileName);
+  	 fileName = NULL;
+  	 }
+}
+
 const char *cRecording::PrefixFileName(char Prefix)
 {
   cString p = PrefixVideoFileName(FileName(), Prefix);
--- vdr-1.7.3-orig/cutter.c	2006-02-12 11:07:23.000000000 +0100
+++ vdr-1.7.3/cutter.c	2006-05-14 18:13:04.591550216 +0200
@@ -201,6 +201,12 @@
      error = false;
      ended = false;
      cRecording Recording(FileName);
+     
+     cMarks FromMarks;
+     FromMarks.Load(FileName);
+     cMark *First=FromMarks.First();
+     if (First) Recording.SetStartTime(Recording.start+(int(First->position/Recording.FramesPerSecond()+30)/60)*60);
+     
      const char *evn = Recording.PrefixFileName('%');
      if (evn && RemoveVideoFile(evn) && MakeDirs(evn, true)) {
         // XXX this can be removed once RenameVideoFile() follows symlinks (see videodir.c)