diff -Nupr iptv-0.4.0/source.c iptv-0.4.0-new/source.c
--- iptv-0.4.0/source.c	2010-03-05 12:20:00.000000000 +1000
+++ iptv-0.4.0-new/source.c	2010-03-08 22:58:01.000000000 +1000
@@ -50,8 +50,11 @@ bool cIptvTransponderParameters::Parse(c
 {
   debug("cIptvTransponderParameters::Parse(): s=%s\n", s);
 
+  if (s) {
+
+  char *str = (char*)malloc(strlen(s));
+  strcpy(str,s);
   const char *delim = "|";
-  char *str = (char *)s;
   char *saveptr = NULL;
   char *token = NULL;
   bool found_s = false;
@@ -101,8 +104,10 @@ bool cIptvTransponderParameters::Parse(c
     str = NULL;
   }
 
+  free(str);
   if (found_s && found_p && found_f && found_u && found_a)
      return (true);
+  }
 
   error("Invalid channel parameters: %s\n", s);
   return (false);