diff --git a/src/zapit/include/zapit/zapit.h b/src/zapit/include/zapit/zapit.h
index e588884b6..df0fb9a7a 100644
--- a/src/zapit/include/zapit/zapit.h
+++ b/src/zapit/include/zapit/zapit.h
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ class CZapit : public OpenThreads::Thread
 		int SetVolumePercent(int percent);
 		void SetVolumePercent(int default_ac3, int default_pcm);
 #ifdef ENABLE_PIP
-		bool OpenPip(int pip = 0);
+		bool OpenPip(int pip = 0, int dnum = -1);
 		bool StartPip(const t_channel_id channel_id, int pip = 0);
 		bool StopPip(int pip = 0);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp b/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp
index 22f0117a0..86bee3fd3 100644
--- a/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp
+++ b/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp
@@ -651,18 +651,34 @@ bool CZapit::ZapIt(const t_channel_id channel_id, bool forupdate, bool startplay
 }
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_PIP
-bool CZapit::OpenPip(int pip)
+bool CZapit::OpenPip(int pip, int dnum)
 {
 	if (!g_info.hw_caps->can_pip)
 		return false;
 
-	pipVideoDecoder[pip] = new cVideo(0, NULL, NULL, pip+1);
-	pipVideoDecoder[pip]->ShowPig(0);
-	pipVideoDemux[pip] = new cDemux(pip+1);
-	pipVideoDemux[pip]->Open(DMX_VIDEO_CHANNEL);
-	pipAudioDecoder[pip] = new cAudio(0, NULL, NULL, pip+1);
-	pipAudioDemux[pip] = new cDemux(pip+1);
-	pipAudioDemux[pip]->Open(DMX_AUDIO_CHANNEL);
+	if (dnum == -1)
+		dnum = pip + 1;
+
+	if (!pipVideoDecoder[pip])
+	{
+		pipVideoDecoder[pip] = new cVideo(0, NULL, NULL, dnum);
+		pipVideoDecoder[pip]->ShowPig(0);
+	}
+	if (!pipVideoDemux[pip])
+	{
+		pipVideoDemux[pip] = new cDemux(dnum);
+		pipVideoDemux[pip]->Open(DMX_VIDEO_CHANNEL);
+	}
+	if (!pipAudioDecoder[pip])
+	{
+		pipAudioDecoder[pip] = new cAudio(0, NULL, NULL, dnum);
+	}
+	if (!pipAudioDemux[pip])
+	{
+		pipAudioDemux[pip] = new cDemux(dnum);
+		pipAudioDemux[pip]->Open(DMX_AUDIO_CHANNEL);
+	}
+	return true;
 }
 
 bool CZapit::StopPip(int pip)
@@ -708,7 +724,6 @@ bool CZapit::StopPip(int pip)
 		delete pipAudioDecoder[pip];
 		pipAudioDecoder[pip] = NULL;
 	}
-
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -721,14 +736,6 @@ bool CZapit::StartPip(const t_channel_id channel_id, int pip)
 		StopPip(0);
 	}
 
-	pipVideoDecoder[pip] = new cVideo(0, NULL, NULL, pip+1);
-	pipVideoDecoder[pip]->ShowPig(0);
-	pipVideoDemux[pip] = new cDemux(pip+1);
-	pipVideoDemux[pip]->Open(DMX_VIDEO_CHANNEL);
-	pipAudioDecoder[pip] = new cAudio(0, NULL, NULL, pip+1);
-	pipAudioDemux[pip] = new cDemux(pip+1);
-	pipAudioDemux[pip]->Open(DMX_AUDIO_CHANNEL);
-
 	CZapitChannel* newchannel;
 	bool transponder_change;
 	/* do lock if live is running, or in record mode -
@@ -753,7 +760,9 @@ bool CZapit::StartPip(const t_channel_id channel_id, int pip)
 		ERROR("Cannot get frontend\n");
 		return false;
 	}
+
 	StopPip(pip);
+
 	if (!need_lock && !SAME_TRANSPONDER(newchannel->getChannelID(), live_channel_id))
 		live_channel_id = newchannel->getChannelID();
 
@@ -775,13 +784,7 @@ bool CZapit::StartPip(const t_channel_id channel_id, int pip)
 #endif
 
 	INFO("[pip %d] vpid %X apid %X pcr %X", pip, newchannel->getVideoPid(), newchannel->getAudioPid(), newchannel->getPcrPid());
-	if (!pipVideoDemux[pip]) {
-		pipVideoDemux[pip] = new cDemux(dnum);
-		pipVideoDemux[pip]->Open(DMX_VIDEO_CHANNEL);
-		if (!pipVideoDecoder[pip]) {
-			pipVideoDecoder[pip] = new cVideo(0, NULL, NULL, dnum);
-		}
-	}
+	OpenPip(pip, dnum);
 
 	pipVideoDemux[pip]->SetSource(dnum, pip_fe[pip]->getNumber());
 	newchannel->setPipDemux(dnum);
@@ -793,17 +796,9 @@ bool CZapit::StartPip(const t_channel_id channel_id, int pip)
 	pipVideoDecoder[pip]->Start(0, newchannel->getPcrPid(), newchannel->getVideoPid());
 	pip_channel_id[pip] = newchannel->getChannelID();
 
-	pipVideoDecoder[pip]->Pig(g_settings.pip_x,g_settings.pip_y,g_settings.pip_width,g_settings.pip_height,g_settings.screen_width,g_settings.screen_height);
+	pipVideoDecoder[pip]->Pig(g_settings.pip_x, g_settings.pip_y, g_settings.pip_width, g_settings.pip_height, g_settings.screen_width, g_settings.screen_height);
 	pipVideoDecoder[pip]->ShowPig(1);
 
-	if (!pipAudioDemux[pip]) {
-		pipAudioDemux[pip] = new cDemux(dnum);
-		pipAudioDemux[pip]->Open(DMX_AUDIO_CHANNEL);
-		if (!pipAudioDecoder[pip]) {
-			pipAudioDecoder[pip] = new cAudio(0, NULL, NULL, dnum);
-		}
-	}
-
 	if (newchannel->getAudioChannel())
 		pipAudioDecoder[pip]->SetStreamType(newchannel->getAudioChannel()->audioChannelType);
 	pipAudioDemux[pip]->pesFilter(newchannel->getAudioPid());