diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/config/settings.xml b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/config/settings.xml
index 6255b07c62..561b2f90f6 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/config/settings.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/config/settings.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 <settings>
-    <setting id="VDR" value="" />
+    <setting id="REMOVE_MODULES" value="" />
+    <setting id="enable_dynamite" value="true" />
+    <setting id="enable_iptv" value="false" />
+    <setting id="enable_softcam" value="true" />
+    <setting id="enable_streamdev_client" value="false" />
+    <setting id="enable_streamdev_server" value="false" />
+    <setting id="enable_wirbelscan" value="true" />
+    <setting id="softcam_plugin" value="0" />
 </settings>
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
index e78d2a6c84..814b94f750 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
@@ -34,15 +34,49 @@ ADDON_CONFIG_DIR="$ADDON_HOME/config"
 ADDON_PLUGIN_DIR="$ADDON_DIR/plugin"
 ADDON_VIDEO_DIR="$HOME/videos"
 
+if [ ! -f "$ADDON_SETTINGS" ]; then
+  cp $ADDON_DIR/settings-default.xml $ADDON_SETTINGS
+fi
+
+ENABLE_SOFTCAM=`grep enable_softcam $ADDON_SETTINGS | awk '{print $3}' | sed -e "s,value=,," -e "s,\",,g"`
+ENABLE_IPTV=`grep enable_iptv $ADDON_SETTINGS | awk '{print $3}' | sed -e "s,value=,," -e "s,\",,g"`
+ENABLE_STREAMDEV_CLIENT=`grep enable_streamdev_client $ADDON_SETTINGS | awk '{print $3}' | sed -e "s,value=,," -e "s,\",,g"`
+ENABLE_STREAMDEV_SERVER=`grep enable_streamdev_server $ADDON_SETTINGS | awk '{print $3}' | sed -e "s,value=,," -e "s,\",,g"`
+ENABLE_WIRBELSCAN=`grep enable_wirbelscan $ADDON_SETTINGS | awk '{print $3}' | sed -e "s,value=,," -e "s,\",,g"`
+SOFTCAM_PLUGIN=`grep softcam_plugin $ADDON_SETTINGS | awk '{print $3}' | sed -e "s,value=,," -e "s,\",,g"`
+ENABLE_DYNAMITE=`grep enable_dynamite $ADDON_SETTINGS | awk '{print $3}' | sed -e "s,value=,," -e "s,\",,g"`
+
 VDR_ARG="-g /tmp --no-kbd --log=3 --port=0"
 VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG --config=$ADDON_CONFIG_DIR"
 VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG --lib=$ADDON_PLUGIN_DIR"
 VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG --video=$ADDON_VIDEO_DIR"
-VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P xvdr -P sc -P wirbelscan"
-VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P dynamite"
+VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P xvdr"
 
-if [ ! -f "$ADDON_SETTINGS" ]; then
-  cp $ADDON_DIR/settings-default.xml $ADDON_SETTINGS
+if [ "$ENABLE_SOFTCAM" == "true" ] ; then
+  case "$SOFTCAM_PLUGIN" in
+    0)
+      VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P sc"
+      ;;
+    1)
+      VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P dvbapi"
+      ;;
+  esac
+fi
+if [ "$ENABLE_IPTV" == "true" ] ; then
+  VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P iptv"
+fi
+if [ "$ENABLE_STREAMDEV_SERVER" == "true" ] ; then
+  VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P streamdev-server"
+fi
+if [ "$ENABLE_STREAMDEV_CLIENT" == "true" ] ; then
+  VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P streamdev-client"
+fi
+if [ "$ENABLE_WIRBELSCAN" == "true" ] ; then
+  VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P wirbelscan"
+fi
+# dynamite must be LAST loaded plugin
+if [ "$ENABLE_DYNAMITE" == "true" ] ; then
+  VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P dynamite"
 fi
 
 (
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml
index ea3488b9a1..54b9fe5b35 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
 <strings>
 	<string id="1000">DVB</string>
+	<string id="1001">Plugins</string>
 	<string id="1020">DVB Configuration</string>
 	<string id="1021">Unload DVB mudules before suspend</string>
+	<string id="1030">Plugin Configuration</string>
+	<string id="1031">Enable plugin: iptv</string>
+	<string id="1032">Enable plugin: streamdev-client</string>
+	<string id="1033">Enable plugin: streamdev-server</string>
+	<string id="1034">Enable plugin: wirbelscan</string>
+	<string id="1035">Enable plugin: dynamite</string>
+	<string id="1036">Enable softcam</string>
+	<string id="1037">softcam plugin</string>
 </strings>
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/resources/settings.xml b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/resources/settings.xml
index 6fbbc31240..f20563d259 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/resources/settings.xml
@@ -5,4 +5,16 @@
 		<setting type="sep" />
 		<setting id="REMOVE_MODULES" type="text" label="1021" values="" default=""/>
     </category>
+    <category label="1001">
+		<setting label="1030" type="lsep"/>
+		<setting type="sep" />
+		<setting id="enable_iptv" type="bool" label="1031" default="false" />
+		<setting id="enable_streamdev_client" type="bool" label="1032" default="false" />
+		<setting id="enable_streamdev_server" type="bool" label="1033" default="false" />
+		<setting id="enable_wirbelscan" type="bool" label="1034" default="true" />
+		<setting id="enable_dynamite" type="bool" label="1035" default="true" />
+		<setting type="sep" />
+		<setting id="enable_softcam" type="bool" label="1036" default="true" />
+                <setting id="softcam_plugin" type="enum" label="1037" values="sc" enable="!eq(-1,false)" default="0" />
+    </category>
 </settings>