diff --git a/ReflectionTexture.pyc b/ReflectionTexture.pyc
index a8e257a..912ca32 100644
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diff --git a/Spinner.pyc b/Spinner.pyc
index 318b8ec..53eaad4 100644
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diff --git a/gloss.py b/gloss.py
index 0689da3..bab3e8f 100644
--- a/gloss.py
+++ b/gloss.py
@@ -34,25 +34,39 @@ class MainApp:
     
         self.stage = clutter.stage_get_default()
         self.stage.set_color(clutter.color_parse('Black'))
-        self.stage.set_property("fullscreen", True)
-        self.stage.fullscreen()
         self.stage.connect('button-press-event', self.on_button_press_event)
-        self.stage.show_all()
-        
         #hide the cursor
         self.stage.hide_cursor()
         
-        #Display a loading / splash screen
-        self.splashScreen = SplashScr(self.stage)
-        self.splashScreen.display()
         #clutter.threads_enter()
         gobject.timeout_add(500, self.loadGloss)
         #clutter.threads_leave()
         #clutter.threads_add_timeout(500, self.loadGloss())
     
     def loadGloss(self):
+        #Create a master mySQL connection
+        self.dbMgr = mythDB()
+        if not self.dbMgr.connected:
+            return
         
+        #Do an initial lookup for GUI size
+        width = int(self.dbMgr.get_setting("GuiWidth"))
+        height = int(self.dbMgr.get_setting("GuiHeight"))
+        #Set stage size
+        if width == 0 and height == 0:
+            self.stage.fullscreen()
+            self.stage.set_property("fullscreen", True)
+        else:
+            self.stage.set_size(width, height)
+        
+        #now that the size is set, we can show the stage
+        self.stage.show()
+        #Display a loading / splash screen
+        self.splashScreen = SplashScr(self.stage)
+        self.splashScreen.display()
+        #And create the Gloss Manager
         self.glossMgr = GlossMgr(self.stage)
+
         
         #loop through the args
         for arg in self.args:
@@ -63,29 +77,26 @@ class MainApp:
         #Update splash status msg
         self.splashScreen.set_msg("Creating menus")
         MainMenu = self.glossMgr.create_menu() 
-
         #Update splash status msg
         self.splashScreen.set_msg("Connecting to MythTV server")        
-        #Create a master mySQL connection
-        self.dbMgr = mythDB()
         
-        if not self.dbMgr.connected:
-            return
-        
-        #Update splash status msg
+
+        #Load all modules
         for mods in modules:
             #print "Loading mod..."
             tempMod = mods.Module(self.glossMgr, self.dbMgr)
             title =  tempMod.title
             #print title
+            
             self.splashScreen.set_msg("Loading "+title)
             temp_menu_item = MainMenu.addItem(title)
             temp_menu_item.add_image_from_texture(tempMod.menu_image)
             temp_menu_item.setAction(tempMod.action())
-            
+         
         self.splashScreen.remove()
         self.stage.connect('key-press-event', self.glossMgr.on_key_press_event)
         MainMenu.display()
+
         MainMenu.selectFirst(True)
         
        
@@ -100,7 +111,6 @@ class MainApp:
         
     
     def run (self):
-        self.stage.show()
         #self.timeline.start()
         clutter.main()
 
diff --git a/interfaces/ListMenu/ListMenu.pyc b/interfaces/ListMenu/ListMenu.pyc
index 2493bfb..e70524d 100644
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diff --git a/modules/myth_tv_player/recorder.py b/modules/myth_tv_player/recorder.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b4d4c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/myth_tv_player/recorder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+
+
+class recorder():
+    delimiter = "[]:[]"
+    
+    def __init__(self, recorderID, socket):
+        self.recorderID = recorderID
+        self.socket = socket
+        
+    def send_receive(self, strList):
+        #Setup the cmd string
+        cmd = ""
+        for token in strList:
+            cmd += token + self.delimiter
+        
+        #Send cmd
+        cmd = str(len(cmd)).ljust(8) + cmd
+        self.socket.send(cmd)
+         
+        #Receive reply
+        ret = ""
+        tmp = self.socket.recv(8)
+        count = int(tmp)
+        ret = self.socket.recv(count)
+
+        #print "read<--" + ret
+        return ret
+    
+    #Begin recorder commands
+    #####################################################
+    
+    def IsRecording(self):
+        strList = []
+        strList.append( "QUERY_RECORDER %s" % self.recorderID )
+        strList.append( "IS_RECORDING" )
+        
+        retval = boolean(self.send_receive(strList)
+    
+    def checkChannel(self, chanID):
+        strList = []
+        strList.append( ")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/myth/MythMySQL.py b/myth/MythMySQL.py
index 193ca29..36e5aff 100644
--- a/myth/MythMySQL.py
+++ b/myth/MythMySQL.py
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ class mythDB():
     
     def run_sql(self, sql):
         if not self.connected:
-            print "Unable to start video, could not establish connection to SQL server"
+            print "Unable to perform lookup, could not establish connection to SQL server"
             return None
     
         self.cursor.execute(sql)
         # get the resultset as a tuple
         result = self.cursor.fetchall()
         return result
-            
+        
     #Gets an arbitary setting from the settings table
     def get_setting(self, setting_name):
         if not self.connected:
diff --git a/myth/MythMySQL.pyc b/myth/MythMySQL.pyc
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diff --git a/myth/__init__.pyc b/myth/__init__.pyc
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