diff --git a/xbmc/cores/smpplayer/SMPPlayer.cpp b/xbmc/cores/smpplayer/SMPPlayer.cpp
index 2ca2f23..82b5a0d 100644
--- a/xbmc/cores/smpplayer/SMPPlayer.cpp
+++ b/xbmc/cores/smpplayer/SMPPlayer.cpp
@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@ void CSMPPlayer::Process()

       // get our initial status.
       GetAmpStatus();
-
+
       // restore system volume setting.
       SetVolume(g_settings.m_nVolumeLevel);

@@ -1570,48 +1570,11 @@ void CSMPPlayer::Process()
       // drop CGUIDialogBusy dialog and release the hold in OpenFile.
       m_ready.Set();

-      // we are playing but hidden and all stream fields are valid.
-      // check for video in media content
-      GetAmpStatus();
-      if (m_video_count > 0 || m_dvd_mediatype)
-      {
-        // turn on/off subs
-        SetSubtitleVisible(m_subtitle_show);
-        SetSubTitleDelay(g_settings.m_currentVideoSettings.m_SubtitleDelay);
-
-        // setup renderer for bypass. This tell it to get out of the way as
-        // amp will be doing the actual video rendering in a video plane
-        // that is under the GUI layer.
-        int width  = GetPictureWidth();
-        int height = GetPictureHeight();
-        if (m_dvd_mediatype)
-        {
-          // this is not right but seems to work.
-          width  = g_graphicsContext.GetWidth();
-          height = g_graphicsContext.GetHeight();
-        }
-        double fFrameRate = GetActualFPS();
-        unsigned int flags = 0;
-
-        flags |= CONF_FLAGS_FORMAT_BYPASS;
-        flags |= CONF_FLAGS_FULLSCREEN;
-        CStdString formatstr = "BYPASS";
-        CLog::Log(LOGDEBUG,"%s - change configuration. %dx%d. framerate: %4.2f. format: %s",
-          __FUNCTION__, width, height, fFrameRate, formatstr.c_str());
-        g_renderManager.IsConfigured();
-        if(!g_renderManager.Configure(width, height, width, height, fFrameRate, flags, 0))
-        {
-          CLog::Log(LOGERROR, "%s - failed to configure renderer", __FUNCTION__);
-        }
-        if (!g_renderManager.IsStarted())
-        {
-          CLog::Log(LOGERROR, "%s - renderer not started", __FUNCTION__);
-        }
-      }
-
       if (m_options.identify == false)
         m_callback.OnPlayBackStarted();

+      bool video_configured = false;
+
       while (!m_bStop && !m_StopPlaying)
       {
         // AMP monitoring loop for automatic playback termination (250ms wait)
@@ -1621,8 +1584,53 @@ void CSMPPlayer::Process()
           DFBEvent event;
           m_amp_event->GetEvent(m_amp_event, &event);

-          if (GetAmpStatus() && m_amp_media->CheckEOS())
-            break;
+          if (GetAmpStatus())
+          {
+            // we are playing but hidden and all stream fields are valid.
+            // check for video in media content
+            if (!video_configured && (m_video_count > 0 || m_dvd_mediatype))
+            {
+                // turn on/off subs
+                SetSubtitleVisible(m_subtitle_show);
+                SetSubTitleDelay(g_settings.m_currentVideoSettings.m_SubtitleDelay);
+
+                // setup renderer for bypass. This tell it to get out of the way as
+                // amp will be doing the actual video rendering in a video plane
+                // that is under the GUI layer.
+                int width  = GetPictureWidth();
+                int height = GetPictureHeight();
+                if (m_dvd_mediatype)
+                {
+                // this is not right but seems to work.
+                width  = g_graphicsContext.GetWidth();
+                height = g_graphicsContext.GetHeight();
+                }
+                double fFrameRate = GetActualFPS();
+                unsigned int flags = 0;
+
+                flags |= CONF_FLAGS_FORMAT_BYPASS;
+                flags |= CONF_FLAGS_FULLSCREEN;
+                CStdString formatstr = "BYPASS";
+                CLog::Log(LOGDEBUG,"%s - change configuration. %dx%d. framerate: %4.2f. format: %s",
+                __FUNCTION__, width, height, fFrameRate, formatstr.c_str());
+                g_renderManager.IsConfigured();
+                if(!g_renderManager.Configure(width, height, width, height, fFrameRate, flags, 0))
+                {
+                  CLog::Log(LOGERROR, "%s - failed to configure renderer", __FUNCTION__);
+                }
+                if (!g_renderManager.IsStarted())
+                {
+                  CLog::Log(LOGERROR, "%s - renderer not started", __FUNCTION__);
+                }
+
+                video_configured = true;
+            }
+
+            // Check for EOS
+            if (m_amp_media->CheckEOS())
+              break;
+          }
+
         }
         else
         {
@@ -1630,7 +1638,7 @@ void CSMPPlayer::Process()
           Sleep(250);
         }
       }
-
+
       // have to stop if playing before CloseMedia or bad things happen.
       if (m_amp_media->GetStatusState() != SMP_STOPPED)
       {