diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 793e8150f..d3ebab8ed 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ ver 0.17 (2011/??/??)
 
 ver 0.16.3 (2011/??/??)
 * fix assertion failure in audio format mask parser
+* fix NULL pointer dereference in playlist parser
+* fix playlist files in base music directory
+* database: allow directories with just playlists
+* decoder:
+  - ffmpeg: support libavcodec 0.7
 
 
 ver 0.16.2 (2011/03/18)
diff --git a/src/decoder/ffmpeg_decoder_plugin.c b/src/decoder/ffmpeg_decoder_plugin.c
index 757442a3b..5f11683a0 100644
--- a/src/decoder/ffmpeg_decoder_plugin.c
+++ b/src/decoder/ffmpeg_decoder_plugin.c
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ mpd_ffmpeg_log_callback(G_GNUC_UNUSED void *ptr, int level,
 	}
 }
 
+
+#ifndef AV_VERSION_INT
+#define AV_VERSION_INT(a, b, c) (a<<16 | b<<8 | c)
+#endif
+
 struct mpd_ffmpeg_stream {
 	struct decoder *decoder;
 	struct input_stream *input;
@@ -154,7 +159,11 @@ ffmpeg_find_audio_stream(const AVFormatContext *format_context)
 {
 	for (unsigned i = 0; i < format_context->nb_streams; ++i)
 		if (format_context->streams[i]->codec->codec_type ==
+#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(52, 64, 0)
+		    AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO)
+#else
 		    CODEC_TYPE_AUDIO)
+#endif
 			return i;
 
 	return -1;
diff --git a/src/directory.h b/src/directory.h
index 98cc5f169..a3ad0ffa3 100644
--- a/src/directory.h
+++ b/src/directory.h
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ directory_free(struct directory *directory);
 static inline bool
 directory_is_empty(const struct directory *directory)
 {
-	return directory->children.nr == 0 && directory->songs.nr == 0;
+	return directory->children.nr == 0 && directory->songs.nr == 0 &&
+		playlist_vector_is_empty(&directory->playlists);
 }
 
 static inline const char *
diff --git a/src/playlist_song.c b/src/playlist_song.c
index 38750ec63..8c966d549 100644
--- a/src/playlist_song.c
+++ b/src/playlist_song.c
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ playlist_check_translate_song(struct song *song, const char *base_uri,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (base_uri != NULL && strcmp(base_uri, ".") == 0)
+		/* g_path_get_dirname() returns "." when there is no
+		   directory name in the given path; clear that now,
+		   because it would break the database lookup
+		   functions */
+		base_uri = NULL;
+
 	if (g_path_is_absolute(uri)) {
 		/* XXX fs_charset vs utf8? */
 		char *prefix = base_uri != NULL
@@ -131,7 +138,7 @@ playlist_check_translate_song(struct song *song, const char *base_uri,
 	else
 		uri = g_strdup(uri);
 
-	if (uri_has_scheme(base_uri)) {
+	if (uri_has_scheme(uri)) {
 		dest = song_remote_new(uri);
 		g_free(uri);
 	} else {
diff --git a/src/playlist_vector.h b/src/playlist_vector.h
index a16ab7c5d..8aa19a4e0 100644
--- a/src/playlist_vector.h
+++ b/src/playlist_vector.h
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ playlist_vector_init(struct playlist_vector *pv)
 void
 playlist_vector_deinit(struct playlist_vector *pv);
 
+static inline bool
+playlist_vector_is_empty(const struct playlist_vector *pv)
+{
+	return pv->head == NULL;
+}
+
 struct playlist_metadata *
 playlist_vector_find(struct playlist_vector *pv, const char *name);