diff --unified --recursive orig/osdbase.c new/osdbase.c
--- orig/osdbase.c	2005-08-04 16:07:10.745702589 +0200
+++ new/osdbase.c	2005-08-05 10:05:49.449609914 +0200
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 int cOsdMenu::displayMenuCount = 0;
 int cOsdMenu::displayMenuItems = 0;//XXX dynamic???
 
-cOsdMenu::cOsdMenu(const char *Title, int c0, int c1, int c2, int c3, int c4)
+cOsdMenu::cOsdMenu(const char *Title, int c0, int c1, int c2, int c3, int c4, int res)
 {
   isMenu = true;
   digit = 0;
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
   SetCols(c0, c1, c2, c3, c4);
   first = 0;
   current = marked = -1;
+  reserved = res;
   subMenu = NULL;
   helpRed = helpGreen = helpYellow = helpBlue = NULL;
   status = NULL;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@
      displayMenu = Skins.Current()->DisplayMenu();
      displayMenuItems = displayMenu->MaxItems();
      }
+  displayMenuItems -= reserved;   
 }
 
 cOsdMenu::~cOsdMenu()
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@
   free(status);
   displayMenu->Clear();
   cStatus::MsgOsdClear();
+  displayMenuItems += reserved;
   if (!--displayMenuCount)
      DELETENULL(displayMenu);
 }
@@ -121,6 +124,13 @@
   cols[4] = c4;
 }
 
+void cOsdMenu::SetReserved(int res)
+{
+  displayMenuItems += reserved;
+  reserved = res;
+  displayMenuItems -= reserved;
+}
+
 void cOsdMenu::SetHasHotkeys(void)
 {
   hasHotkeys = true;
@@ -207,10 +217,12 @@
         if (first < 0)
            first = 0;
         }
+     //text2skin doesn't cope well with out of order menu items   
+     if(reserved) for (int kk=0; kk<reserved; kk++) displayMenu->SetItem("",kk,false,false);
      int i = first;
      int n = 0;
      for (cOsdItem *item = Get(first); item; item = Next(item)) {
-         displayMenu->SetItem(item->Text(), i - first, i == current, item->Selectable());
+         displayMenu->SetItem(item->Text(), i - first + reserved, i == current, item->Selectable());
          if (i == current)
             cStatus::MsgOsdCurrentItem(item->Text());
          if (++n == displayMenuItems)
@@ -238,7 +250,7 @@
 {
   cOsdItem *item = Get(current);
   if (item) {
-     displayMenu->SetItem(item->Text(), current - first, Current, item->Selectable());
+     displayMenu->SetItem(item->Text(), current - first + reserved, Current, item->Selectable());
      if (Current)
         cStatus::MsgOsdCurrentItem(item->Text());
      if (!Current)
diff --unified --recursive orig/osdbase.h new/osdbase.h
--- orig/osdbase.h	2005-08-04 16:07:10.745702589 +0200
+++ new/osdbase.h	2005-08-04 16:04:28.254938058 +0200
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
   static int displayMenuItems;
   char *title;
   int cols[cSkinDisplayMenu::MaxTabs];
-  int first, current, marked;
+  int first, current, marked, reserved;
   cOsdMenu *subMenu;
   const char *helpRed, *helpGreen, *helpYellow, *helpBlue;
   char *status;
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
   cSkinDisplayMenu *DisplayMenu(void) { return displayMenu; }
   const char *hk(const char *s);
   void SetCols(int c0, int c1 = 0, int c2 = 0, int c3 = 0, int c4 = 0);
+  void SetReserved(int res);
   void SetHasHotkeys(void);
   virtual void Clear(void);
   bool SelectableItem(int idx);
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@
   void SetHelp(const char *Red, const char *Green = NULL, const char *Yellow = NULL, const char *Blue = NULL);
   virtual void Del(int Index);
 public:
-  cOsdMenu(const char *Title, int c0 = 0, int c1 = 0, int c2 = 0, int c3 = 0, int c4 = 0);
+  cOsdMenu(const char *Title, int c0 = 0, int c1 = 0, int c2 = 0, int c3 = 0, int c4 = 0, int res=0);
   virtual ~cOsdMenu();
   int Current(void) { return current; }
   void Add(cOsdItem *Item, bool Current = false, cOsdItem *After = NULL);