diff --git a/k9vamps/cputest.cpp b/k9vamps/cputest.cpp
index 643742b..c26cd3e 100644
--- a/k9vamps/cputest.cpp
+++ b/k9vamps/cputest.cpp
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "ac.h"
 
-#ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
-# include <string.h>
-#endif
+#include <string.h>
 
 #ifdef ARCH_X86_64
 #  define REG_b "rbx"
diff --git a/src/k9main.cpp b/src/k9main.cpp
index d8d78f8..5021917 100644
--- a/src/k9main.cpp
+++ b/src/k9main.cpp
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ void k9Main::extractMPEG2() {
  
     for (int i=0; i < dvd->gettitleCount();i++) {
         k9DVDTitle *t=dvd->gettitle(i);
-        changeStatusbar( i18n("Extracting title : %1",t->getname()) ,sbMessage);
+        changeStatusbar( i18n("Extracting title : %1").arg(t->getname()) ,sbMessage);
 								
         if (t->isSelected() && t->getIndexed() ) {
             TQString name;
diff --git a/src/k9mencodercmdgen.cpp b/src/k9mencodercmdgen.cpp
index 7961b11..938e30f 100644
--- a/src/k9mencodercmdgen.cpp
+++ b/src/k9mencodercmdgen.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ void k9MencoderCmdGen::addList(TQDomElement _eOpt) {
        bSel=aSel.value()=="true";
 
 
-   TQCheckBox *ckLabel=new TQCheckBox(sName,m_grid,TQString("ck%1").arg(m_row++) );
+   TQCString ckLabelName = TQString("ck%1").arg(m_row++).utf8();
+   TQCheckBox *ckLabel=new TQCheckBox(sName,m_grid,ckLabelName);
    ckLabel->setChecked(bSel);
    m_hbox=new TQGrid(2,m_grid);
    m_hbox->setFrameShape(TQFrame::StyledPanel);
@@ -255,7 +256,8 @@ void k9MencoderCmdGen::addInt(TQDomElement _eOpt) {
     if (!aSel.isNull())
         bSel=aSel.value()=="true";
 
-    TQCheckBox *ckLabel=new TQCheckBox(sName,parent,TQString("ck%1").arg(m_row++) );
+    TQCString ckLabelName = TQString("ck%1").arg(m_row++).utf8();
+    TQCheckBox *ckLabel=new TQCheckBox(sName,parent,ckLabelName);
     ckLabel->setChecked(bSel);
     ckLabel->setBackgroundColor(parent->backgroundColor());
 
@@ -266,7 +268,8 @@ void k9MencoderCmdGen::addInt(TQDomElement _eOpt) {
     _eOpt.setAttribute("checkbox",ckLabel->name());
 
 
-   KIntSpinBox *sb= new KIntSpinBox(iMin,iMax,1,iDefault,10,parent,TQString("int%1").arg(m_row++));
+   TQCString sbName = TQString("int%1").arg(m_row++).utf8();
+   KIntSpinBox *sb= new KIntSpinBox(iMin,iMax,1,iDefault,10,parent,sbName);
    if (iMax <1000)
         sb->setFixedWidth(50);
     else   
@@ -301,7 +304,8 @@ void k9MencoderCmdGen::addFloat(TQDomElement _eOpt) {
     if (!aSel.isNull())
         bSel=aSel.value()=="true";
     
-    TQCheckBox *ckLabel=new TQCheckBox(sName,parent,TQString("ck%1").arg(m_row++));
+    TQCString ckLabelName = TQString("ck%1").arg(m_row++).utf8();
+    TQCheckBox *ckLabel=new TQCheckBox(sName,parent,ckLabelName);
     ckLabel->setChecked(bSel);
     if ( !_eOpt.attributeNode("description").isNull()) {
             TQToolTip::add(ckLabel,_eOpt.attributeNode("description").value());
@@ -317,7 +321,8 @@ void k9MencoderCmdGen::addFloat(TQDomElement _eOpt) {
    if (!_eOpt.attributeNode("precision").isNull()) {
         iPrecision=_eOpt.attributeNode("precision").value().toInt();
     }
-   KDoubleSpinBox *sb= new KDoubleSpinBox(dMin,dMax,dStep,dDefault,iPrecision,parent,TQString("float%1").arg(m_row++));
+   TQCString sbName = TQString("float%1").arg(m_row++).utf8();
+   KDoubleSpinBox *sb= new KDoubleSpinBox(dMin,dMax,dStep,dDefault,iPrecision,parent,sbName);
    if (dMax <1000)
         sb->setFixedWidth(80);
     else   
@@ -346,7 +351,8 @@ void k9MencoderCmdGen::addBool(TQDomElement _eOpt) {
     if (!aSel.isNull())
         bSel=aSel.value()=="true";
 
-   TQCheckBox *ckLabel=new TQCheckBox(sName,parent,TQString("ck%1").arg(m_row++));
+    TQCString ckLabelName = TQString("ck%1").arg(m_row++).utf8();
+    TQCheckBox *ckLabel=new TQCheckBox(sName,parent,ckLabelName);
 
     if ( !_eOpt.attributeNode("description").isNull()) {
         TQToolTip::add(ckLabel,_eOpt.attributeNode("description").value());
@@ -379,7 +385,8 @@ void k9MencoderCmdGen::addString(TQDomElement _eOpt) {
     if (!aSel.isNull())
         bSel=aSel.value()=="true";
     
-    TQCheckBox *ckLabel=new TQCheckBox(sName,parent,TQString("ck%1").arg(m_row++));
+    TQCString ckLabelName = TQString("ck%1").arg(m_row++).utf8();
+    TQCheckBox *ckLabel=new TQCheckBox(sName,parent,ckLabelName);
     ckLabel->setChecked(bSel);
     if ( !_eOpt.attributeNode("description").isNull()) {
             TQToolTip::add(ckLabel,_eOpt.attributeNode("description").value());
@@ -387,7 +394,8 @@ void k9MencoderCmdGen::addString(TQDomElement _eOpt) {
     }
    _eOpt.setAttribute("checkbox",ckLabel->name());
 
-   TQComboBox *cb=new TQComboBox(parent,TQString("string%1").arg(m_row++));
+   TQCString cbName = TQString("string%1").arg(m_row++).utf8();
+   TQComboBox *cb=new TQComboBox(parent,cbName);
    
    TQDomNodeList values=_eOpt.elementsByTagName("value");
    int def=0;
diff --git a/src/k9play.cpp b/src/k9play.cpp
index 915df89..f4b6c4e 100644
--- a/src/k9play.cpp
+++ b/src/k9play.cpp
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ void k9play::play() {
     }
 
     /* open dvdnav handle */
-    if (dvdnav_open(&dvdnav, m_device,NULL) != DVDNAV_STATUS_OK) {
+    if (dvdnav_open(&dvdnav, m_device.local8Bit(), NULL) != DVDNAV_STATUS_OK) {
         writeOutput("ERR:Error on dvdnav_open\n");
         return ;
     }