--- SlimServer_v5.4.0.orig/Plugins/ShoutcastBrowser.pm	2004-12-07 13:50:09.000000000 +0100
+++ SlimServer_v5.4.0.orig/Plugins/ShoutcastBrowser.pm	2004-12-10 13:26:58.528413544 +0100
@@ -150,11 +150,14 @@ 
 my $all_name = '';
 my $sort_bitrate_up = 0;
 
-my ($recent_name, $misc_genre, $position_of_recent);
+my ($recent_name, $recent_dir, $misc_genre, $position_of_recent);
 my (%recent_filename, %recent_data);
 my $recent_dirname = 'ShoutcastBrowser_Recently_Played';
-my $recent_dir = catdir(Slim::Utils::Prefs::get('playlistdir'), $recent_dirname);
-mkdir $recent_dir unless (-d $recent_dir);
+
+if (Slim::Utils::Prefs::get('playlistdir')) {
+    $recent_dir = catdir(Slim::Utils::Prefs::get('playlistdir'), $recent_dirname);
+    mkdir $recent_dir unless (-d $recent_dir);
+}
 
 my ($top_limit, $most_popular_name, $custom_genres, %custom_genres);
 
@@ -344,9 +347,7 @@ 
     $recent_name = Slim::Utils::Strings::string('PLUGIN_SHOUTCASTBROWSER_RECENT');
     $most_popular_name = Slim::Utils::Strings::string('PLUGIN_SHOUTCASTBROWSER_MOST_POPULAR');
     $misc_genre= Slim::Utils::Strings::string('PLUGIN_SHOUTCASTBROWSER_MISC');
-    $recent_filename{$client} =
-	catfile($recent_dir,
-		$client->name() . '.m3u');
+    $recent_filename{$client} = catfile($recent_dir,$client->name() . '.m3u') if defined $recent_dir;
 
     # Get streams
     unless (@genres)