diff --git a/src/bin/player.c b/src/bin/player.c
index baf48f5..a7eb900 100644
--- a/src/bin/player.c
+++ b/src/bin/player.c
@@ -1096,7 +1096,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
    _printf(1, "\n");
 
    ecore_evas_callback_new_set(_my_evas_new);
-   ecore_idler_add(_src_feed, NULL);
+   if (_src_type != FTYPE_REMOTE)
+      ecore_idler_add(_src_feed, NULL);
    pret = _prg_invoke(_prg_full_path_guess(argv[0]), argc - opt_args, argv);
 
    if (_dest && _dest_unit)