diff --git a/tdefile-plugins/flac/tdefile_flac.cpp b/tdefile-plugins/flac/tdefile_flac.cpp
index 808af9c9..3ee4efa2 100644
--- a/tdefile-plugins/flac/tdefile_flac.cpp
+++ b/tdefile-plugins/flac/tdefile_flac.cpp
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ bool KFlacPlugin::readInfo( KFileMetaInfo& info, uint what )
 
         appendItem(techgroup, "Bitrate",      properties->bitrate());
         appendItem(techgroup, "Sample Rate",  properties->sampleRate());
-        appendItem(techgroup, "Sample Width", properties->sampleWidth());
+        appendItem(techgroup, "Sample Width", properties->bitsPerSample());
         appendItem(techgroup, "Channels",     properties->channels());
         appendItem(techgroup, "Length",       properties->length());
     }
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ bool KFlacPlugin::writeInfo(const KFileMetaInfo& info) const
 {
     TagLib::File *file;
 
-    if (!TagLib::File::isWritable(TQFile::encodeName(info.path()).data())) {
+    if (access(info.path().local8Bit().data(), R_OK|W_OK)) {
         kdDebug(7034) << "can't write to " << info.path() << endl;
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/tdefile-plugins/mp3/tdefile_mp3.cpp b/tdefile-plugins/mp3/tdefile_mp3.cpp
index 742f0759..f6f567cf 100644
--- a/tdefile-plugins/mp3/tdefile_mp3.cpp
+++ b/tdefile-plugins/mp3/tdefile_mp3.cpp
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ bool KMp3Plugin::writeInfo(const KFileMetaInfo &info) const
     TagLib::ID3v2::FrameFactory::instance()->setDefaultTextEncoding(TagLib::String::UTF8);
     TagLib::MPEG::File file(TQFile::encodeName(info.path()).data(), false);
 
-    if(!file.isOpen() || !TagLib::File::isWritable(file.name()))
+    if(!file.isOpen() || access(info.path().local8Bit().data(), R_OK|W_OK))
     {
         kdDebug(7034) << "couldn't open " << info.path() << endl;
         return false;
diff --git a/tdefile-plugins/mpc/tdefile_mpc.cpp b/tdefile-plugins/mpc/tdefile_mpc.cpp
index 238307f1..b3282c19 100644
--- a/tdefile-plugins/mpc/tdefile_mpc.cpp
+++ b/tdefile-plugins/mpc/tdefile_mpc.cpp
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ bool KMpcPlugin::writeInfo(const KFileMetaInfo& info) const
 {
     TagLib::File *file;
 
-    if (!TagLib::File::isWritable(TQFile::encodeName(info.path()).data())) {
+    if (access(info.path().local8Bit().data(), R_OK|W_OK)) {
         kdDebug(7034) << "can't write to " << info.path() << endl;
         return false;
     }