diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 263203c08..f848f467c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ missing
 mkinstalldirs
 mpd
 mpd.exe
+mpd.service
 stamp-h1
 tags
 *~
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 43539d2ea..6cb3018fa 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ ver 0.17 (2011/??/??)
 * support floating point samples
 
 
-ver 0.16.6 (2010/??/??)
+ver 0.16.7 (2011/??/??)
+* output:
+  - httpd: fix excessive buffering
+  - openal: force 16 bit playback, as 8 bit doesn't work
+
+
+ver 0.16.6 (2011/12/01)
 * decoder:
   - fix assertion failure when resuming streams
   - ffmpeg: work around bogus channel count
@@ -44,7 +50,7 @@ ver 0.16.6 (2010/??/??)
 * WIN32: autodetect filesystem encoding
 
 
-ver 0.16.5 (2010/10/09)
+ver 0.16.5 (2011/10/09)
 * configure.ac
   - disable assertions in the non-debugging build
   - show solaris plugin result correctly
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7c3fb3fcc..bcf54033b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -440,6 +440,11 @@ dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GLIB], [glib-2.0 >= 2.12 gthread-2.0],,
 		[AC_MSG_ERROR([GLib 2.12 is required])])
 
+if test x$GCC = xyes; then
+	# suppress warnings in the GLib headers
+	GLIB_CFLAGS=`echo $GLIB_CFLAGS |sed -e 's,-I/,-isystem /,g'`
+fi
+
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl Protocol Options
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -454,7 +459,11 @@ if test x$enable_ipv6 = xyes; then
 	AC_EGREP_CPP([AP_maGiC_VALUE],
 	[
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#else
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#endif
 #include <netdb.h>
 #ifdef PF_INET6
 #ifdef AF_INET6
diff --git a/src/cmdline.c b/src/cmdline.c
index 45e361e71..8ab317730 100644
--- a/src/cmdline.c
+++ b/src/cmdline.c
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ parse_cmdline(int argc, char **argv, struct options *options,
 				if(g_file_test(system_path,
 						G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR)) {
 					ret = config_read_file(system_path,error_r);
-					g_free(system_path);
-					g_free(&system_config_dirs);
 					break;
 				}
 				++i;;
diff --git a/src/decoder/mp4ff_decoder_plugin.c b/src/decoder/mp4ff_decoder_plugin.c
index 6475211a4..89f65670e 100644
--- a/src/decoder/mp4ff_decoder_plugin.c
+++ b/src/decoder/mp4ff_decoder_plugin.c
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ mp4_read(void *user_data, void *buffer, uint32_t length)
 {
 	struct mp4ff_input_stream *mis = user_data;
 
+	if (length == 0)
+		/* libmp4ff is known to attempt to read 0 bytes - make
+		   this a special case, because the input_stream API
+		   would not allow this */
+		return 0;
+
 	return decoder_read(mis->decoder, mis->input_stream, buffer, length);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/output/openal_output_plugin.c b/src/output/openal_output_plugin.c
index 622cf559e..0b98dae84 100644
--- a/src/output/openal_output_plugin.c
+++ b/src/output/openal_output_plugin.c
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ openal_output_quark(void)
 static ALenum
 openal_audio_format(struct audio_format *audio_format)
 {
+	/* note: cannot map SAMPLE_FORMAT_S8 to AL_FORMAT_STEREO8 or
+	   AL_FORMAT_MONO8 since OpenAL expects unsigned 8 bit
+	   samples, while MPD uses signed samples */
+
 	switch (audio_format->format) {
 	case SAMPLE_FORMAT_S16:
 		if (audio_format->channels == 2)
@@ -72,16 +76,6 @@ openal_audio_format(struct audio_format *audio_format)
 		audio_format->channels = 1;
 		return openal_audio_format(audio_format);
 
-	case SAMPLE_FORMAT_S8:
-		if (audio_format->channels == 2)
-			return AL_FORMAT_STEREO8;
-		if (audio_format->channels == 1)
-			return AL_FORMAT_MONO8;
-
-		/* fall back to mono */
-		audio_format->channels = 1;
-		return openal_audio_format(audio_format);
-
 	default:
 		/* fall back to 16 bit */
 		audio_format->format = SAMPLE_FORMAT_S16;
diff --git a/src/timer.c b/src/timer.c
index bbc7a4ab9..691ab76be 100644
--- a/src/timer.c
+++ b/src/timer.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ timer_delay(const struct timer *timer)
 	if (delay > G_MAXINT)
 		delay = G_MAXINT;
 
-	return delay / 1000;
+	return delay;
 }
 
 void timer_sync(struct timer *timer)
diff --git a/src/update_walk.c b/src/update_walk.c
index 1fabc8682..0feedd0ae 100644
--- a/src/update_walk.c
+++ b/src/update_walk.c
@@ -616,6 +616,8 @@ update_regular_file(struct directory *directory,
 		}
 
 		if (song == NULL) {
+			g_debug("reading %s/%s",
+				directory_get_path(directory), name);
 			song = song_file_load(name, directory);
 			if (song == NULL) {
 				g_debug("ignoring unrecognized file %s/%s",
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index d3b21d369..a2de3212e 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@
 #include <pwd.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_IPV6
+#if HAVE_IPV6 && WIN32
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#endif 
+
+#if HAVE_IPV6 && ! WIN32
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #endif