diff --git a/package/base/mplayer/ivtv-hotfix.patch b/package/base/mplayer/ivtv-hotfix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89b59847b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/mplayer/ivtv-hotfix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+
+See http://www.mail-archive.com/ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org/msg07585.html
+
+--- ./libvo/vo_ivtv.c.orig	2009-03-25 09:16:35.000000000 +0100
++++ ./libvo/vo_ivtv.c	2009-03-25 09:17:08.000000000 +0100
+@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
+ #include <inttypes.h>
+ #include <linux/types.h>
+ #include <linux/videodev2.h>
+-#include <linux/ivtv.h>
+ #include <linux/ioctl.h>
++#include <linux/dvb/video.h>
+ 
+ #include "mp_msg.h"
+ #include "subopt-helper.h"
+@@ -76,25 +76,14 @@
+ static uint32_t
+ ivtv_reset (int blank_screen)
+ {
+-  struct ivtv_cfg_stop_decode sd;
+-  struct ivtv_cfg_start_decode sd1;
+-  int flags = 0;
+-
+-  if (blank_screen)
+-    flags |= IVTV_STOP_FL_HIDE_FRAME;
+-  sd.flags = flags;
+- 
+-  if (ioctl (ivtv_fd, IVTV_IOC_STOP_DECODE, &sd) < 0)
++  if (ioctl (ivtv_fd, VIDEO_STOP, 0) < 0)
+   {
+     mp_msg (MSGT_VO, MSGL_ERR,
+             "IVTV_IOC_STOP_DECODE: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+     return 1;
+   }
+   
+-  sd1.gop_offset = 0;
+-  sd1.muted_audio_frames = 0;
+-  
+-  if (ioctl (ivtv_fd, IVTV_IOC_START_DECODE, &sd1) < 0)
++  if (ioctl (ivtv_fd, VIDEO_PLAY, 0) < 0)
+   {
+     mp_msg (MSGT_VO, MSGL_ERR,
+             "IVTV_IOC_START_DECODE: %s\n", strerror (errno));
diff --git a/package/base/mplayer/libx264-hotfix.patch b/package/base/mplayer/libx264-hotfix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaa7f469e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/mplayer/libx264-hotfix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+See http://www.nabble.com/-MacPorts---18551:-MPlayer-1.0rc2_3-fails-to-build-with-%2Bx264-td22110540.html
+
+--- ./libavcodec/libx264.c.orig	2009-03-25 09:53:39.000000000 +0100
++++ ./libavcodec/libx264.c	2009-03-25 09:54:53.000000000 +0100
+@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@
+ {
+     X264Context *x4 = avctx->priv_data;
+ 
++    av_freep(&avctx->extradata);
++
+     if(x4->enc)
+         x264_encoder_close(x4->enc);
+ 
+@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@
+ 
+     x4->params.i_bframe = avctx->max_b_frames;
+     x4->params.b_cabac = avctx->coder_type == FF_CODER_TYPE_AC;
+-    x4->params.b_bframe_adaptive = avctx->b_frame_strategy;
++    x4->params.i_bframe_adaptive = avctx->b_frame_strategy;
+     x4->params.i_bframe_bias = avctx->bframebias;
+     x4->params.b_bframe_pyramid = (avctx->flags2 & CODEC_FLAG2_BPYRAMID);
+     avctx->has_b_frames= (avctx->flags2 & CODEC_FLAG2_BPYRAMID) ? 2 : !!avctx->max_b_frames;
+@@ -225,8 +227,6 @@
+     x4->params.analyse.i_me_range = avctx->me_range;
+     x4->params.analyse.i_subpel_refine = avctx->me_subpel_quality;
+ 
+-    x4->params.analyse.b_bidir_me = (avctx->bidir_refine > 0);
+-    x4->params.analyse.b_bframe_rdo = (avctx->flags2 & CODEC_FLAG2_BRDO);
+     x4->params.analyse.b_mixed_references =
+         (avctx->flags2 & CODEC_FLAG2_MIXED_REFS);
+     x4->params.analyse.b_chroma_me = (avctx->me_cmp & FF_CMP_CHROMA);