diff -up vdr-1.7.21/plugin.c~ vdr-1.7.21/plugin.c
--- vdr-1.7.21/plugin.c~	2010-01-06 13:36:46.000000000 +0200
+++ vdr-1.7.21/plugin.c	2011-10-17 21:18:07.432419915 +0300
@@ -317,6 +317,12 @@ void cPluginManager::AddPlugin(const cha
   char *p = strchr(s, ' ');
   if (p)
      *p = 0;
+  struct stat st;
+  if (stat (cString::sprintf("%s/%s%s%s%s", directory, LIBVDR_PREFIX, s, SO_INDICATOR, APIVERSION), &st) && errno == ENOENT) {
+     esyslog("WARN: missing plugin '%s'", s);
+     fprintf(stderr, "vdr: missing plugin '%s'\n", s);
+     }
+  else
   dlls.Add(new cDll(cString::sprintf("%s/%s%s%s%s", directory, LIBVDR_PREFIX, s, SO_INDICATOR, APIVERSION), Args));
   free(s);
 }
@@ -325,7 +331,7 @@ bool cPluginManager::LoadPlugins(bool Lo
 {
   for (cDll *dll = dlls.First(); dll; dll = dlls.Next(dll)) {
       if (!dll->Load(Log))
-         return false;
+         /*return false*/;
       }
   return true;
 }