diff --git a/src/gui/infoviewer.cpp b/src/gui/infoviewer.cpp
index 741c05306..279e6684e 100644
--- a/src/gui/infoviewer.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/infoviewer.cpp
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ bool CInfoViewer::showLivestreamInfo()
 			std::string title = "";
 			std::vector<std::string> keys, values;
 			cPlayback *playback = CMoviePlayerGui::getInstance().getPlayback();
-			if (playback)
+			if (playback && playback->IsPlaying())
 				playback->GetMetadata(keys, values);
 			size_t count = keys.size();
 			if (count > 0)