diff --git a/libeplayer3/container/container_ffmpeg.c b/libeplayer3/container/container_ffmpeg.c
index 837febf..eedc2ca 100644
--- a/libeplayer3/container/container_ffmpeg.c
+++ b/libeplayer3/container/container_ffmpeg.c
@@ -438,6 +438,8 @@ static void FFMPEGThread(Context_t *context) {
 	    Track_t * teletextTrack = NULL;
 #endif
 
+	    context->playback->readCount += packet.size;
+
 	    int pid = avContext->streams[packet.stream_index]->id;
 
 	    if (context->manager->video->Command(context, MANAGER_GET_TRACK, &videoTrack) < 0)
diff --git a/libeplayer3/include/playback.h b/libeplayer3/include/playback.h
index 02f1e07..34189ff 100644
--- a/libeplayer3/include/playback.h
+++ b/libeplayer3/include/playback.h
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ typedef struct PlaybackHandler_s {
 
     int (* Command) (/*Context_t*/void  *, PlaybackCmd_t, void *);
     char * uri;
-    off_t size;
     unsigned char noprobe; /* hack: only minimal probing in av_find_stream_info */
+    unsigned long long readCount;
 } PlaybackHandler_t;
 
 #endif