diff --git a/linphone/gtk-glade/main.c b/linphone/gtk-glade/main.c
index ac19a2d03..e11f0dc8b 100644
--- a/linphone/gtk-glade/main.c
+++ b/linphone/gtk-glade/main.c
@@ -740,6 +740,7 @@ static void linphone_gtk_init_status_icon(){
 	g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(icon),"popup-menu",(GCallback)icon_popup_menu,NULL);
 	title=linphone_gtk_get_ui_config("title",_("Linphone - a video internet phone"));
 	gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip(icon,title);
+	gtk_status_icon_set_visible(icon,TRUE);
 	g_object_set_data(G_OBJECT(icon),"menu",menu);
 	g_object_weak_ref(G_OBJECT(icon),(GWeakNotify)gtk_widget_destroy,menu);
 }
diff --git a/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/ffmpeg-priv.h b/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/ffmpeg-priv.h
index eb5fcf471..3f6ca096b 100644
--- a/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/ffmpeg-priv.h
+++ b/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/ffmpeg-priv.h
@@ -45,4 +45,19 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 #  include "swscale.h"
 #endif
 
+
+#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR <= 51
+/*should work as long as nobody uses avformat.h*/
+typedef struct AVPacket{
+	uint8_t *data;
+	int size;
+}AVPacket;
+
+static inline int avcodec_decode_video2(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *picture,
+                         int *got_picture_ptr,
+                         AVPacket *avpkt){
+	return avcodec_decode_video(avctx,picture, got_picture_ptr,avpkt->data,avpkt->size);
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* FFMPEG_PRIV_H */