diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/include/common.php b/Plugin/unraid/include/common.php
index 1caf7a0..8984535 100644
--- a/Plugin/unraid/include/common.php
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/include/common.php
@@ -748,9 +748,23 @@ function vv_transcode_sessions(): array {
     $flipCount    = (int)($raw['flip_count_hour'] ?? 0);
     $isRamdisk    = str_contains($target, 'ramdisk');
 
-    // Count active session dirs in both known locations
+    // Count active sessions: subdirs (legacy transcode) + unique hex prefixes (Live TV / Direct Stream HLS)
     $ramdiskPath = '/mnt/ramdisk_transcodes/transcoding-temp';
     $ramSessions = count(glob("$ramdiskPath/*/", GLOB_ONLYDIR) ?: []);
+    $maxAge      = (int)(vv_conf_vars()['TRANSCODE_MAX_AGE'] ?? 20);
+    $activeFiles = 0;
+    $cutoff      = time() - $maxAge * 60;
+    $flatPrefixes = [];
+    if (is_dir($ramdiskPath)) {
+        foreach (new DirectoryIterator($ramdiskPath) as $f) {
+            if (!$f->isFile()) continue;
+            if (preg_match('/^([0-9a-f]{16,})/', $f->getFilename(), $m)) {
+                $flatPrefixes[$m[1]] = true;
+            }
+            if ($f->getMTime() >= $cutoff) $activeFiles++;
+        }
+    }
+    $ramSessions += count($flatPrefixes);
 
     // SSD path: first transcoding-temp mount that is not a RAM filesystem (tmpfs/ramfs)
     $ssdPath     = '';
@@ -800,6 +814,7 @@ function vv_transcode_sessions(): array {
         'last_flip_ago'   => $lastFlip > 0 ? time() - $lastFlip : null,
         'ram_sessions'    => $ramSessions,
         'ssd_sessions'    => $ssdSessions,
+        'active_files'    => $activeFiles,
         'ramdisk'         => $rd,
         'ssd'             => $ssd,
         'last_rd_freed'   => $lastRdFreed,
diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/pages/monitor.php b/Plugin/unraid/pages/monitor.php
index 47ba3ad..91110d1 100644
--- a/Plugin/unraid/pages/monitor.php
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/pages/monitor.php
@@ -1518,6 +1518,15 @@ function vvPollMonitor() {
         // Active sessions from shared streams data
         const activeSessions = vvLastSessions.filter(s => s.is_tc);
         const typeLabel = t => ({ LiveTvProgram:'Live TV', Movie:'Movie', Episode:'TV', Audio:'Music' }[t] ?? t);
+        const activeFiles = tc.active_files ?? 0;
+
+        let activeSegHtml = '';
+        if (activeFiles > 0) {
+          activeSegHtml = `<div style="margin-top:8px;border-top:1px solid #2a2a2a;padding-top:6px;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;">
+            <span style="font-size:10px;color:#555;">Active segments</span>
+            <span style="font-size:10px;"><span style="color:#4caf50;font-weight:600;">${activeFiles}</span><span style="color:#444;font-size:9px;margin-left:4px;">Live TV / Direct Stream</span></span>
+          </div>`;
+        }
 
         let sessHtml = '';
         if (activeSessions.length) {
@@ -1576,7 +1585,7 @@ function vvPollMonitor() {
              <div style="background:#1a1a1a;border-radius:3px;height:6px;overflow:hidden;">
                <div style="width:${ssdPct}%;height:100%;background:hsl(${ssdHue},70%,45%);border-radius:3px;transition:width 0.4s;"></div>
              </div>
-           </div>${sessHtml}`;
+           </div>${activeSegHtml}${sessHtml}`;
       }
 
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