diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Movie.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Movie.cs
index 60bad79f6b..9aefa1f35e 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Movie.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Movie.cs
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 {
 	partial class MainForm
 	{
-		public void StartNewMovie(IMovie movie, bool record)
+		public void StartNewMovie(IMovie movie, bool record, bool fromTastudio = false) //TasStudio flag is a hack for now
 		{
 			//If a movie is already loaded, save it before starting a new movie
-			if (Global.MovieSession.Movie.IsActive)
+			if (!fromTastudio && Global.MovieSession.Movie.IsActive)
 			{
 				Global.MovieSession.Movie.Save();
 			}
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 			LoadRom(GlobalWin.MainForm.CurrentlyOpenRom, true, !record);
 
-			Global.Config.RecentMovies.Add(movie.Filename);
+			if (!fromTastudio)
+			{
+				Global.Config.RecentMovies.Add(movie.Filename);
+			}
+
 			if (Global.MovieSession.Movie.Header.StartsFromSavestate)
 			{
 				LoadStateFile(Global.MovieSession.Movie.Filename, Path.GetFileName(Global.MovieSession.Movie.Filename));
@@ -55,7 +59,12 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			}
 
 			SetMainformMovieInfo();
-			GlobalWin.Tools.Restart<TAStudio>();
+
+			if (!fromTastudio)
+			{
+				GlobalWin.Tools.Restart<TAStudio>();
+			}
+
 			GlobalWin.Tools.Restart<VirtualPadForm>();
 			GlobalWin.DisplayManager.NeedsToPaint = true;
 		}
@@ -133,7 +142,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		}
 
 		//On movie load, these need to be set based on the contents of the movie file
-		private void SetSyncDependentSettings()
+		public void SetSyncDependentSettings()
 		{
 			switch (Global.Emulator.SystemId)
 			{
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
index e24fe3868d..0069e9a6a1 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
@@ -3561,7 +3561,14 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			Global.Emulator = new NullEmulator(Global.CoreComm);
 			Global.ActiveController = Global.NullControls;
 			Global.AutoFireController = Global.AutofireNullControls;
-			Global.MovieSession.Movie.Stop();
+
+			// adelikat: TODO: Ugly hack! But I don't know a way around this yet.
+			if (!(Global.MovieSession.Movie is TasMovie))
+			{
+				Global.MovieSession.Movie.Stop();
+			}
+			
+			
 			RebootStatusBarIcon.Visible = false;
 		}
 
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.cs
index 308f04eeeb..a345de89ba 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.cs
@@ -135,12 +135,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				}
 			}
 
-			GlobalWin.OSD.AddMessage("TAStudio engaged");
 			EngageTasStudio();
-
 			LoadConfigSettings();
-
-			_tas.ActivePlayers = new List<string> { "Player 1", "Player 2" };
+			_tas.ActivePlayers = new List<string> { "Player 1" };
 			SetUpColumns();
 		}
 
@@ -148,9 +145,20 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		{
 			GlobalWin.OSD.AddMessage("TAStudio engaged");
 			Global.MovieSession.Movie = new TasMovie();
+			
 			_tas = Global.MovieSession.Movie as TasMovie;
 			_tas.StartNewRecording();
 			_tas.OnChanged += OnMovieChanged;
+
+			try
+			{
+				GlobalWin.MainForm.StartNewMovie(_tas, true, true);
+				
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				MessageBox.Show(e.Message);
+			}
 		}
 
 		private void StartNewSession()
@@ -164,12 +172,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			}
 		}
 
-		private void OnMovieChanged(object sender, MovieRecord.InputEventArgs e)
-		{
-			//TODO: move logic needs to go here
-			TASView.ItemCount = _tas.InputLogLength;
-		}
-
 		private void SetUpColumns()
 		{
 			TASView.Columns.Clear();
@@ -347,6 +349,12 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		#region TASView Events
 
+		private void OnMovieChanged(object sender, MovieRecord.InputEventArgs e)
+		{
+			//TODO: move logic needs to go here
+			TASView.ItemCount = _tas.InputLogLength;
+		}
+
 		private void TASView_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
 		{
 			if (TASView.PointedCell.Row.HasValue && !String.IsNullOrEmpty(TASView.PointedCell.Column))