mediaportal/Core/Player/FrameGrabber.cs                  | 16 ++++++++++++----
 mediaportal/Core/Player/PlaneScene.cs                    | 13 +++++++++++--
 .../ProcessPlugins/ViewModeSwitcher/ViewModeSwitcher.cs  |  5 +++--
 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mediaportal/Core/Player/FrameGrabber.cs b/mediaportal/Core/Player/FrameGrabber.cs
index 99dea51..d8141d9 100644
--- a/mediaportal/Core/Player/FrameGrabber.cs
+++ b/mediaportal/Core/Player/FrameGrabber.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ namespace MediaPortal
     private Surface rgbSurface = null; // surface used to hold frame grabs
     private bool grabSucceeded = false; // indicates success/failure of framegrabs
     private bool grabSample = false; // flag to indicate that a frame must be grabbed
-    private readonly object grabNotifier = new object(); // Wait/Notify object for waiting for the grab to complete
+    private bool grabIsFullScreenVideo = false; // indicates if the frame was grabbed from fullscreen video
+      private readonly object grabNotifier = new object(); // Wait/Notify object for waiting for the grab to complete
 
     private static FrameGrabber instance = null;
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ namespace MediaPortal
     }
 
     // MP1-4248 :  Start* Line Code for Ambilight System Capture (Atmolight)
-    public delegate void NewFrameHandler(Int16 width, Int16 height, Int16 arWidth, Int16 arHeight, uint pSurface);
+    public delegate void NewFrameHandler(Int16 width, Int16 height, Int16 arWidth, Int16 arHeight, uint pSurface, bool IsFullScreenVideo);
 
     public event NewFrameHandler OnNewFrame;
     // MP1-4248 : End* Ambilight Capture
@@ -68,8 +69,9 @@ namespace MediaPortal
     /// from the VMR9 and return it as an RGB image
     /// </summary> 
     /// <returns>Returns null on failure or a Bitmap object</returns>
-    public Bitmap GetCurrentImage()
+    public Bitmap GetCurrentImage(out bool IsFullScreenVideo)
     {
+      IsFullScreenVideo = false;
       try
       {
         //Log.Debug("GetCurrentImage called");
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ namespace MediaPortal
         lock (grabNotifier)
         {
           grabSucceeded = false;
+          grabIsFullScreenVideo = false;
           grabSample = true;
           if (!Monitor.Wait(grabNotifier, 500))
           {
@@ -93,6 +96,10 @@ namespace MediaPortal
               // IMPORTANT: Closes and disposes the stream
               // If this is not done we get a memory leak!
               stream.Close();
+
+              //return if we are in fullscreen video
+              IsFullScreenVideo = grabIsFullScreenVideo;
+
               return b;
             }
           }
@@ -163,7 +170,7 @@ namespace MediaPortal
       {
         try
         {
-          OnNewFrame(width, height, arWidth, arHeight, pSurface);
+          OnNewFrame(width, height, arWidth, arHeight, pSurface, GUIGraphicsContext.IsFullScreenVideo);
         }
         catch (Exception)
         {
@@ -199,6 +206,7 @@ namespace MediaPortal
           {
             grabSample = false;
             grabSucceeded = true;
+            grabIsFullScreenVideo = GUIGraphicsContext.IsFullScreenVideo;
             Monitor.Pulse(grabNotifier);
           }
         }
diff --git a/mediaportal/Core/Player/PlaneScene.cs b/mediaportal/Core/Player/PlaneScene.cs
index bf79601..a471077 100644
--- a/mediaportal/Core/Player/PlaneScene.cs
+++ b/mediaportal/Core/Player/PlaneScene.cs
@@ -503,8 +503,17 @@ namespace MediaPortal.Player
         try
         {
           // Alert the frame grabber that it has a chance to grab a frame
-          // if it likes (method returns immediately otherwise
-          grabber.OnFrame(width, height, arWidth, arHeight, pSurface);
+          // if it likes (method returns immediately otherwise
+            if (GUIGraphicsContext.IsFullScreenVideo)
+            {
+                //we are in fullscreen mode -> use video surface
+                grabber.OnFrame(width, height, arWidth, arHeight, pSurface);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                //If we are not in fullscreen, call OnFrame without parameter to use the actual GUI backbuffer
+                grabber.OnFrame();
+            }
 
           _textureAddress = pTexture;
 
diff --git a/mediaportal/ProcessPlugins/ViewModeSwitcher/ViewModeSwitcher.cs b/mediaportal/ProcessPlugins/ViewModeSwitcher/ViewModeSwitcher.cs
index 4230600..5158120 100644
--- a/mediaportal/ProcessPlugins/ViewModeSwitcher/ViewModeSwitcher.cs
+++ b/mediaportal/ProcessPlugins/ViewModeSwitcher/ViewModeSwitcher.cs
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ namespace ProcessPlugins.ViewModeSwitcher
     private void SingleCrop()
     {
       bool updateCrop = false;
+      bool IsFullScreenVideo = false;
       
       if (LastSwitchedAspectRatio < 0.1f)
       {
@@ -662,9 +663,9 @@ namespace ProcessPlugins.ViewModeSwitcher
         return;
       }
 
-      Bitmap frame = grabber.GetCurrentImage();
+      Bitmap frame = grabber.GetCurrentImage(out IsFullScreenVideo);
 
-      if (frame == null || frame.Height == 0 || frame.Width == 0)
+      if (frame == null || frame.Height == 0 || frame.Width == 0 || IsFullScreenVideo == false)
       {
         LastDetectionResult = false;
         return;