diff --git a/multimedia/libmpeg3/largefile.patch b/multimedia/libmpeg3/largefile.patch
index ba29e54fb..481b280be 100644
--- a/multimedia/libmpeg3/largefile.patch
+++ b/multimedia/libmpeg3/largefile.patch
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../libmpeg3/largefile.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
@@ -28,3 +29,14 @@ Needed for compilation on at least ppc64, maybe all architectures.
  #include <mntent.h>
  #include <stdint.h>
  #include <stdlib.h>
+diff -Nur libmpeg3-1.8-orig/mpeg3tocutil.c libmpeg3-1.8/mpeg3tocutil.c
+--- libmpeg3-1.8-orig/mpeg3tocutil.c	2008-08-29 12:40:46.000000000 +0200
++++ libmpeg3-1.8/mpeg3tocutil.c	2008-08-29 12:42:08.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+ #include "libmpeg3.h"
+ #include "mpeg3protos.h"
+ 
++#define __USE_LARGEFILE64
+ #include <errno.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/multimedia/libmpeg3/libmpeg3.desc b/multimedia/libmpeg3/libmpeg3.desc
index af2d64c8a..85060c0f5 100644
--- a/multimedia/libmpeg3/libmpeg3.desc
+++ b/multimedia/libmpeg3/libmpeg3.desc
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-
 [COPY] --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 [COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 [COPY]
 [COPY] Filename: package/.../libmpeg3/libmpeg3.desc
-[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2008 The OpenSDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Clifford Wolf
 [COPY]
@@ -29,8 +28,7 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.7
+[V] 1.8
 [P] X -----5---9 141.700
 
-[D] 3192891643 libmpeg3-1.7-src.tar.bz2 http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/heroines/
-
+[D] 2573305802 libmpeg3-1.8-src.tar.bz2 http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/heroines/
diff --git a/multimedia/libmpeg3/stray-backslash.patch b/multimedia/libmpeg3/stray-backslash.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 498497830..000000000
--- a/multimedia/libmpeg3/stray-backslash.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../libmpeg3/stray-backslash.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
-# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
-# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
---- libmpeg3-1.6_orig/Makefile	2005-08-28 05:21:13.000000000 +0200
-+++ libmpeg3-1.6/Makefile	2006-04-11 16:39:54.086236500 +0200
-@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
- 
- LIBS = -lm -lpthread
- 
--$(shell if ! test -d $(OBJDIR) \; then mkdir -p $(OBJDIR) \; fi )
-+$(shell if ! test -d $(OBJDIR) ; then mkdir -p $(OBJDIR) ; fi )
- 
- $(shell echo $(CFLAGS) > $(OBJDIR)/c_flags)
- $(shell echo $(A52CFLAGS) > $(OBJDIR)/a52_flags)