diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index efb311e62..a33879be7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ ver 0.16 (20??/??/??)
 * obey $(sysconfdir) for default mpd.conf location
 
 
-ver 0.15.4 (2009/??/??)
+ver 0.15.4 (2009/10/03)
 * decoders:
   - vorbis: revert "faster tag scanning with ov_test_callback()"
+  - faad: skip assertion failure on large ID3 tags
+  - ffmpeg: use the "artist" tag if "author" is not present
 * output:
   - osx: fix the OS X 10.6 build
 
diff --git a/src/decoder/faad_plugin.c b/src/decoder/faad_plugin.c
index 1b8b2b784..516f741c7 100644
--- a/src/decoder/faad_plugin.c
+++ b/src/decoder/faad_plugin.c
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ faad_song_duration(struct decoder_buffer *buffer, struct input_stream *is)
 	size_t tagsize;
 	const unsigned char *data;
 	size_t length;
+	bool success;
 
 	fileread = is->size >= 0 ? is->size : 0;
 
@@ -179,8 +180,11 @@ faad_song_duration(struct decoder_buffer *buffer, struct input_stream *is)
 
 		tagsize += 10;
 
-		decoder_buffer_consume(buffer, tagsize);
-		decoder_buffer_fill(buffer);
+		success = decoder_buffer_skip(buffer, tagsize) &&
+			decoder_buffer_fill(buffer);
+		if (!success)
+			return -1;
+
 		data = decoder_buffer_read(buffer, &length);
 		if (data == NULL)
 			return -1;
diff --git a/src/decoder/ffmpeg_plugin.c b/src/decoder/ffmpeg_plugin.c
index e6646f649..6bead85fd 100644
--- a/src/decoder/ffmpeg_plugin.c
+++ b/src/decoder/ffmpeg_plugin.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ ffmpeg_decode(struct decoder *decoder, struct input_stream *input)
 }
 
 #if LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT >= ((52<<16)+(31<<8)+0)
-static void
+static bool
 ffmpeg_copy_metadata(struct tag *tag, AVMetadata *m,
 		     enum tag_type type, const char *name)
 {
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ ffmpeg_copy_metadata(struct tag *tag, AVMetadata *m,
 
 	while ((mt = av_metadata_get(m, name, mt, 0)) != NULL)
 		tag_add_item(tag, type, mt->value);
+	return mt != NULL;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -363,7 +364,9 @@ static bool ffmpeg_tag_internal(struct ffmpeg_context *ctx)
 	av_metadata_conv(f, NULL, f->iformat->metadata_conv);
 
 	ffmpeg_copy_metadata(tag, f->metadata, TAG_ITEM_TITLE, "title");
-	ffmpeg_copy_metadata(tag, f->metadata, TAG_ITEM_ARTIST, "author");
+	if (!ffmpeg_copy_metadata(tag, f->metadata, TAG_ITEM_ARTIST, "author"))
+		ffmpeg_copy_metadata(tag, f->metadata,
+				     TAG_ITEM_ARTIST, "artist");
 	ffmpeg_copy_metadata(tag, f->metadata, TAG_ITEM_ALBUM, "album");
 	ffmpeg_copy_metadata(tag, f->metadata, TAG_ITEM_COMMENT, "comment");
 	ffmpeg_copy_metadata(tag, f->metadata, TAG_ITEM_GENRE, "genre");
diff --git a/src/decoder_buffer.c b/src/decoder_buffer.c
index 76e9126ef..b6fa90004 100644
--- a/src/decoder_buffer.c
+++ b/src/decoder_buffer.c
@@ -138,3 +138,29 @@ decoder_buffer_consume(struct decoder_buffer *buffer, size_t nbytes)
 
 	assert(buffer->consumed <= buffer->length);
 }
+
+bool
+decoder_buffer_skip(struct decoder_buffer *buffer, size_t nbytes)
+{
+	size_t length;
+	const void *data;
+	bool success;
+
+	/* this could probably be optimized by seeking */
+
+	while (true) {
+		data = decoder_buffer_read(buffer, &length);
+		if (data != NULL) {
+			if (length > nbytes)
+				length = nbytes;
+			decoder_buffer_consume(buffer, length);
+			nbytes -= length;
+			if (nbytes == 0)
+				return true;
+		}
+
+		success = decoder_buffer_fill(buffer);
+		if (!success)
+			return false;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/decoder_buffer.h b/src/decoder_buffer.h
index d951a4055..411e3bd88 100644
--- a/src/decoder_buffer.h
+++ b/src/decoder_buffer.h
@@ -93,4 +93,14 @@ decoder_buffer_read(const struct decoder_buffer *buffer, size_t *length_r);
 void
 decoder_buffer_consume(struct decoder_buffer *buffer, size_t nbytes);
 
+/**
+ * Skips the specified number of bytes, discarding its data.
+ *
+ * @param buffer the decoder_buffer object
+ * @param nbytes the number of bytes to skip
+ * @return true on success, false on error
+ */
+bool
+decoder_buffer_skip(struct decoder_buffer *buffer, size_t nbytes);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/input/mms_input_plugin.c b/src/input/mms_input_plugin.c
index 82162a5cc..2a3c53776 100644
--- a/src/input/mms_input_plugin.c
+++ b/src/input/mms_input_plugin.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #undef G_LOG_DOMAIN
-#define G_LOG_DOMAIN "jack"
+#define G_LOG_DOMAIN "input_mms"
 
 struct input_mms {
 	mmsx_t *mms;