diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/x86/xbmc-995.04.01-adapt_matroshka_ssa_subs_to_ffmpeg-2.4_api_change.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/x86/xbmc-995.04.01-adapt_matroshka_ssa_subs_to_ffmpeg-2.4_api_change.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d038e2fc8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/x86/xbmc-995.04.01-adapt_matroshka_ssa_subs_to_ffmpeg-2.4_api_change.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+From 60a8b445efe08c20d60c58fd54a18348bf00024c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Rainer Hochecker <fernetmenta@online.de>
+Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:18:09 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] dvdplayer: adapt matroshka ssa subs to ffmpeg 2.4 api change
+
+---
+ xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/DVDCodecs/DVDFactoryCodec.cpp            | 1 +
+ xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/DVDCodecs/Overlay/DVDOverlayCodecSSA.cpp | 3 ++-
+ 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/DVDCodecs/DVDFactoryCodec.cpp b/xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/DVDCodecs/DVDFactoryCodec.cpp
+index f8a5635..f688f95 100644
+--- a/xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/DVDCodecs/DVDFactoryCodec.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/DVDCodecs/DVDFactoryCodec.cpp
+@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ CDVDOverlayCodec* CDVDFactoryCodec::CreateOverlayCodec( CDVDStreamInfo &hint )
+       break;
+ 
+     case AV_CODEC_ID_SSA:
++    case AV_CODEC_ID_ASS:
+       pCodec = OpenCodec(new CDVDOverlayCodecSSA(), hint, options);
+       if( pCodec ) return pCodec;
+ 
+diff --git a/xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/DVDCodecs/Overlay/DVDOverlayCodecSSA.cpp b/xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/DVDCodecs/Overlay/DVDOverlayCodecSSA.cpp
+index 03cda12..7cd6c2d 100644
+--- a/xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/DVDCodecs/Overlay/DVDOverlayCodecSSA.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/DVDCodecs/Overlay/DVDOverlayCodecSSA.cpp
+@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ CDVDOverlayCodecSSA::~CDVDOverlayCodecSSA()
+ 
+ bool CDVDOverlayCodecSSA::Open(CDVDStreamInfo &hints, CDVDCodecOptions &options)
+ {
+-  if(hints.codec != AV_CODEC_ID_SSA)
++  if(hints.codec != AV_CODEC_ID_SSA &&
++     hints.codec != AV_CODEC_ID_ASS)
+     return false;
+ 
+   Dispose();
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/x86/xbmc-995.04.02-fix_ass_subs_for-AV_CODEC_ID_ASS-after_ffmpeg_bump_to_2.4.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/x86/xbmc-995.04.02-fix_ass_subs_for-AV_CODEC_ID_ASS-after_ffmpeg_bump_to_2.4.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3b2731de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/x86/xbmc-995.04.02-fix_ass_subs_for-AV_CODEC_ID_ASS-after_ffmpeg_bump_to_2.4.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 33ecbf84af6cd890ffb6a2562e8d4b6ce65729e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Rainer Hochecker <fernetmenta@online.de>
+Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 07:50:56 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] dvdplayer: fix ass subs for AV_CODEC_ID_ASS after ffmpeg bump
+ to 2.4
+
+---
+ xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/DVDCodecs/Overlay/DVDOverlayCodecSSA.cpp | 10 ++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/DVDCodecs/Overlay/DVDOverlayCodecSSA.cpp b/xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/DVDCodecs/Overlay/DVDOverlayCodecSSA.cpp
+index 7cd6c2d..755eb6b 100644
+--- a/xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/DVDCodecs/Overlay/DVDOverlayCodecSSA.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/DVDCodecs/Overlay/DVDOverlayCodecSSA.cpp
+@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ int CDVDOverlayCodecSSA::Decode(DemuxPacket *pPacket)
+     return OC_ERROR;
+   
+   double pts = pPacket->dts != DVD_NOPTS_VALUE ? pPacket->dts : pPacket->pts;
++  if (pts == DVD_NOPTS_VALUE)
++    pts = 0;
+   uint8_t *data = pPacket->pData;
+   int size = pPacket->iSize;
+   double duration = pPacket->duration;
+@@ -118,6 +120,14 @@ int CDVDOverlayCodecSSA::Decode(DemuxPacket *pPacket)
+   else
+     m_libass->DecodeDemuxPkt((char*)data, size, pts, duration);
+ 
++  if (m_pOverlay && m_pOverlay->iPTSStartTime == pts)
++  {
++    if (m_pOverlay->iPTSStopTime < pts + duration)
++      m_pOverlay->iPTSStopTime = pts + duration;
++    m_output = true;
++    return OC_OVERLAY;
++  }
++
+   if(m_pOverlay)
+   {
+     /* there will only ever be one active, so we