diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 80c8fee66c..37427650da 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ page in Chapter 1 for details on who wrote what.</para>
 
 <itemizedlist>
 
+<listitem><para>March 9th, 2003 [larry]: Multimedia: Updated to
+alsa-0.9.0rc8b.</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>March 9th, 2003 [larry]: Multimedia: Updated to
+xine-lib-1-beta8.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>March 7th, 2003 [bdubbs]: X: Added fc-cache
 instructions to TrueType and added section on building
 kernel modules.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/alsa/driver/alsa-driver.ent b/multimedia/libdriv/alsa/driver/alsa-driver.ent
index 1a7b3ec265..069017bcf3 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/alsa/driver/alsa-driver.ent
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/alsa/driver/alsa-driver.ent
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <!ENTITY alsa-driver-desc SYSTEM "alsa-driver-desc.xml">
 <!ENTITY alsa-driver-config SYSTEM "alsa-driver-config.xml">
 <!ENTITY alsa-driver-buildsize "22 MB (for all drivers)">
-<!ENTITY alsa-driver-version "0.9.0rc8a">
-<!ENTITY alsa-driver-download-http "http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa/ftp/driver/alsa-driver-0.9.0rc8a.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY alsa-driver-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-0.9.0rc8a.tar.bz2">
+<!ENTITY alsa-driver-version "0.9.0rc8b">
+<!ENTITY alsa-driver-download-http "http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa/ftp/driver/alsa-driver-0.9.0rc8b.tar.bz2">
+<!ENTITY alsa-driver-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-0.9.0rc8b.tar.bz2">
 <!ENTITY alsa-driver-size "1.6 MB">
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/alsa/lib/alsa-lib.ent b/multimedia/libdriv/alsa/lib/alsa-lib.ent
index 47f09456b3..4c58b71cf1 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/alsa/lib/alsa-lib.ent
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/alsa/lib/alsa-lib.ent
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!ENTITY alsa-lib-desc SYSTEM "alsa-lib-desc.xml">
 <!ENTITY alsa-lib-config SYSTEM "alsa-lib-config.xml">
 <!ENTITY alsa-lib-buildsize "18 MB">
-<!ENTITY alsa-lib-version "0.9.0rc8a">
-<!ENTITY alsa-lib-download-http "http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa/ftp/lib/alsa-lib-0.9.0rc8a.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY alsa-lib-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-0.9.0rc8a.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY alsa-lib-size "472 KB">
+<!ENTITY alsa-lib-version "0.9.0rc8b">
+<!ENTITY alsa-lib-download-http "http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa/ftp/lib/alsa-lib-0.9.0rc8b.tar.bz2">
+<!ENTITY alsa-lib-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-0.9.0rc8b.tar.bz2">
+<!ENTITY alsa-lib-size "478 KB">