diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
index 9c147379a..10ef902d9 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
@@ -1059,9 +1059,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
                 }
 
                 //state.RunTimeTicks = recording.RunTimeTicks;
-                state.SendInputOverStandardInput = recording.RecordingInfo.Status == RecordingStatus.InProgress;
+                state.ReadInputAtNativeFramerate = recording.RecordingInfo.Status == RecordingStatus.InProgress;
                 state.AudioSync = 1000;
                 state.DeInterlace = true;
+                state.InputFormat = "mpegts";
             }
             else if (item is LiveTvChannel)
             {
@@ -1087,8 +1088,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
                 }
 
                 state.SendInputOverStandardInput = true;
+                state.ReadInputAtNativeFramerate = true;
                 state.AudioSync = 1000;
                 state.DeInterlace = true;
+                state.InputFormat = "mpegts";
             }
             else
             {
@@ -1140,6 +1143,33 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
             return state;
         }
 
+        protected string GetInputModifier(StreamState state)
+        {
+            var inputModifier = string.Empty;
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(state.InputFormat))
+            {
+                inputModifier += " -f " + state.InputFormat;
+            }
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(state.InputVideoCodec))
+            {
+                inputModifier += " -vcodec " + state.InputVideoCodec;
+            }
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(state.InputAudioCodec))
+            {
+                inputModifier += " -acodec " + state.InputAudioCodec;
+            }
+            
+            if (state.ReadInputAtNativeFramerate)
+            {
+                inputModifier += " -re";
+            }
+
+            return inputModifier;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Infers the audio codec based on the url
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/BaseHlsService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/BaseHlsService.cs
index b2fb9c1eb..a1d1854b8 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/BaseHlsService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/BaseHlsService.cs
@@ -274,11 +274,14 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Hls
 
             var threads = GetNumberOfThreads(false);
 
-            var args = string.Format("{0}{1} {2} {3} -fflags genpts -i {4}{5} -map_metadata -1 -threads {6} {7} {8} -sc_threshold 0 {9} -hls_time {10} -start_number 0 -hls_list_size 1440 \"{11}\"",
+            var inputModifier = GetInputModifier(state);
+            
+            var args = string.Format("{0}{1} {2} {3} -fflags genpts{4} -i {5}{6} -map_metadata -1 -threads {7} {8} {9} -sc_threshold 0 {10} -hls_time {11} -start_number 0 -hls_list_size 1440 \"{12}\"",
                 itsOffset,
                 probeSize,
                 GetUserAgentParam(state.MediaPath),
                 GetFastSeekCommandLineParameter(state.Request),
+                inputModifier,
                 GetInputArgument(state),
                 GetSlowSeekCommandLineParameter(state.Request),
                 threads,
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Progressive/AudioService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Progressive/AudioService.cs
index a7ef684a5..7dd5eda68 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Progressive/AudioService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Progressive/AudioService.cs
@@ -104,8 +104,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Progressive
 
             var threads = GetNumberOfThreads(false);
 
-            return string.Format("{0} -i {1}{2} -threads {3}{4} {5} -id3v2_version 3 -write_id3v1 1 \"{6}\"",
+            var inputModifier = GetInputModifier(state);
+
+            return string.Format("{0}{1} -i {2}{3} -threads {4}{5} {6} -id3v2_version 3 -write_id3v1 1 \"{7}\"",
                 GetFastSeekCommandLineParameter(request),
+                inputModifier,
                 GetInputArgument(state),
                 GetSlowSeekCommandLineParameter(request),
                 threads,
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Progressive/VideoService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Progressive/VideoService.cs
index 065a0112b..01dd5d8b1 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Progressive/VideoService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Progressive/VideoService.cs
@@ -106,10 +106,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Progressive
 
             var threads = GetNumberOfThreads(string.Equals(videoCodec, "libvpx", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
 
-            return string.Format("{0} {1} {2} -fflags genpts -i {3}{4}{5} {6} {7} -map_metadata -1 -threads {8} {9}{10} \"{11}\"",
+            var inputModifier = GetInputModifier(state);
+
+            return string.Format("{0} {1} {2} -fflags genpts{3} -i {4}{5}{6} {7} {8} -map_metadata -1 -threads {9} {10}{11} \"{12}\"",
                 probeSize,
                 GetUserAgentParam(state.MediaPath),
                 GetFastSeekCommandLineParameter(state.Request),
+                inputModifier,
                 GetInputArgument(state),
                 GetSlowSeekCommandLineParameter(state.Request),
                 keyFrame,
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamState.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamState.cs
index 5ade8e43a..1794ebd16 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamState.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamState.cs
@@ -62,5 +62,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
         public int AudioSync = 1;
 
         public bool DeInterlace { get; set; }
+
+        public bool ReadInputAtNativeFramerate { get; set; }
+
+        public string InputFormat { get; set; }
+
+        public string InputVideoCodec { get; set; }
+
+        public string InputAudioCodec { get; set; }
     }
 }