diff --git a/livesupport/modules/storageServer/var/GreenBox.php b/livesupport/modules/storageServer/var/GreenBox.php
index c7f45f85d..affe9b1e1 100644
--- a/livesupport/modules/storageServer/var/GreenBox.php
+++ b/livesupport/modules/storageServer/var/GreenBox.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  
  
     Author   : $Author: tomas $
-    Version  : $Revision: 1.33 $
+    Version  : $Revision: 1.34 $
     Location : $Source: /home/paul/cvs2svn-livesupport/newcvsrepo/livesupport/modules/storageServer/var/GreenBox.php,v $
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ require_once "BasicStor.php";
  *  LiveSupport file storage module
  *
  *  @author  $Author: tomas $
- *  @version $Revision: 1.33 $
+ *  @version $Revision: 1.34 $
  *  @see BasicStor
  */
 class GreenBox extends BasicStor{
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class GreenBox extends BasicStor{
     {
         if(($res = $this->_authorize('write', $parid, $sessid)) !== TRUE)
             return $res;
+        if(!file_exists($mdataFileLP)){ $mdataFileLP = '../emptyMdata.xml'; }
         $oid = $this->bsPutFile(
             $parid, $fileName, '', $mdataFileLP, $gunid, 'webstream'
         );
diff --git a/livesupport/modules/storageServer/var/LocStor.php b/livesupport/modules/storageServer/var/LocStor.php
index 01d9a8dda..e623391fc 100644
--- a/livesupport/modules/storageServer/var/LocStor.php
+++ b/livesupport/modules/storageServer/var/LocStor.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  
  
     Author   : $Author: tomas $
-    Version  : $Revision: 1.30 $
+    Version  : $Revision: 1.31 $
     Location : $Source: /home/paul/cvs2svn-livesupport/newcvsrepo/livesupport/modules/storageServer/var/LocStor.php,v $
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -527,15 +527,7 @@ class LocStor extends BasicStor{
         $oid = $this->addObj($tmpFname , 'File', $parid);
         if(PEAR::isError($oid)) return $oid;
         $ac =&  StoredFile::insert($this, $oid, '', '',
-            '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'.
-            '<playlist>'.
-            ' <metadata'.
-            ' xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"'.
-            ' xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"'.
-            ' xmlns:ls="http://mdlf.org/livesupport/elements/1.0/"'.
-            '/>'.
-            '</playlist>',
-            'string', $playlistId, 'playlist'
+            '../emptyPlaylist.xml', 'file', $playlistId, 'playlist'
         );
         if(PEAR::isError($ac)){
             $res = $this->removeObj($oid);
diff --git a/livesupport/modules/storageServer/var/emptyMdata.xml b/livesupport/modules/storageServer/var/emptyMdata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cdaf699d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/livesupport/modules/storageServer/var/emptyMdata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<audioClip>
+<metadata
+  xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
+  xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
+  xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"
+  xmlns:ls="http://mdlf.org/livesupport/elements/1.0/"
+ >
+</metadata>
+</audioClip>
diff --git a/livesupport/modules/storageServer/var/emptyPlaylist.xml b/livesupport/modules/storageServer/var/emptyPlaylist.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f426de05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/livesupport/modules/storageServer/var/emptyPlaylist.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<playlist>
+ <metadata
+  xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
+  xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
+  xmlns:ls="http://mdlf.org/livesupport/elements/1.0/"
+ />
+</playlist>