diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 9dc3f97ca4..71d70f4453 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-<!ENTITY day          "22">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "24">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "07">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2006">
 <!ENTITY version      "svn-&year;&month;&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "July &day;nd, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "July &day;th, &year;">
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-version  "development">          <!-- version|stable|testing|unstable|development] -->
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@
 <!ENTITY nas-version                  "1.7">
 <!ENTITY libmpeg3-version             "1.6">
 <!ENTITY libmad-version               "0.15.1b">
-<!ENTITY libquicktime-version         "0.9.8">
+<!ENTITY libquicktime-version         "0.9.9">
 <!ENTITY libfame-version              "0.9.1">
 <!ENTITY speex-version                "1.0.5">
 <!ENTITY id3lib-version               "3.8.3">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 2e0d0cc2b9..5bca7ddf39 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@
 
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>July 24th, 2006</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[randy] - Updated to libquicktime-0.9.9.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>July 22nd, 2006</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/libquicktime.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/libquicktime.xml
index 3081bad7ef..ce8cc38817 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/libquicktime.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/libquicktime.xml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
   %general-entities;
 
   <!ENTITY libquicktime-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/libquicktime/libquicktime-&libquicktime-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY libquicktime-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY libquicktime-md5sum        "2efb64ed0e1ccae66d0cadc1e806935a">
-  <!ENTITY libquicktime-size          "858 KB">
-  <!ENTITY libquicktime-buildsize     "15.6 MB">
-  <!ENTITY libquicktime-time          "0.7 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY libquicktime-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/libquicktime-&libquicktime-version;.tar.gz">
+  <!ENTITY libquicktime-md5sum        "4ac23264f22a22ff013722aa9d188190">
+  <!ENTITY libquicktime-size          "926 KB">
+  <!ENTITY libquicktime-buildsize     "45.4 MB">
+  <!ENTITY libquicktime-time          "0.7 SBU (includes building with FFmpeg support)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="libquicktime" xreflabel="libquicktime-&libquicktime-version;">
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@
     <filename class='libraryfile'>libquicktime</filename> library, various
     plugins and codecs, along with graphical and command line utilities used
     for encoding and decoding Quicktime files. This is useful for reading and
-    writing files in the Quicktime format as well as providing compatibility
-    with the Quicktime 4 Linux library.</para>
+    writing files in the Quicktime format. The goal of the project is to
+    enhance, while providing compatibility with, the
+    <application>Quicktime 4 Linux</application> library.</para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
     <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@
     <xref linkend="libdv"/>,
     <ulink url="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/download.php">FFmpeg from
     CVS</ulink>,
-    <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/faac">FAAC</ulink>, and
+    <ulink url="http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html">x264</ulink>,
+    <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/faac">FAAC</ulink> and
     <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/faac">FAAD2</ulink>
     (a CVS version required to play all files)</para>
 
@@ -110,6 +112,27 @@ install -v -m644 README doc/{*.html,mainpage.incl} \
 
   </sect2>
 
+  <sect2 role="commands">
+    <title>Command Explanations</title>
+    
+    <para><option>--with-avcodec=<replaceable>&lt;DIRECTORY
+    NAME&gt;</replaceable></option>:
+    This option can be used to force <application>libquicktime</application> to
+    use a specified version of <application>FFmpeg</application> to build the
+    <application>FFmpeg</application> plugin module.
+    <emphasis role='strong'>Tip:</emphasis> build FFmpeg (don't use
+    <option>--enable-shared</option>) and install it in a private directory.
+    Then build <application>libquicktime</application>, substituting the
+    private directory name for <replaceable>&lt;DIRECTORY
+    NAME&gt;</replaceable>. You can now safely remove
+    <replaceable>&lt;DIRECTORY_NAME&gt;</replaceable>, as the
+    <application>FFmpeg</application>
+    <filename class='libraryfile'>libavcodec</filename> library was statically
+    linked into the <application>libquicktime</application>
+    <application>FFmpeg</application> module.</para>
+
+  </sect2>
+
   <sect2 role="content">
     <title>Contents</title>
 
@@ -122,7 +145,7 @@ install -v -m644 README doc/{*.html,mainpage.incl} \
         <seg>libquicktime_config, lqt-config, lqt_transcode, lqtplay,
         qtdechunk, qtdump, qtinfo, qtrechunk, qtstreamize and qtyuv4toyuv</seg>
         <seg>libquicktime.so and several plugin codec libraries</seg>
-        <seg>/usr/include/lqt, /usr/lib/quicktime and
+        <seg>/usr/include/lqt, /usr/lib/libquicktime and
         /usr/share/doc/libquicktime-&libquicktime-version;</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>