diff -r -u osdsh-0.7.0/src/osdsh/clockdisplay.c osdsh-0.7.0.patch/src/osdsh/clockdisplay.c
--- osdsh-0.7.0/src/osdsh/clockdisplay.c	2003-03-24 01:45:52.000000000 +0100
+++ osdsh-0.7.0.patch/src/osdsh/clockdisplay.c	2004-07-21 19:59:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -81,20 +81,25 @@
 
 void *osdsh_clock(void *arg)
 {
-    time_t currenttime;
-    char timestring[255];
+	time_t currenttime, oldtime;
+	char timestring[255];
 
-    clocksetts.myosd  = xosd_create(1);
-    initialize_osd(&clocksetts);
-    clocksetts.displaying = 1;
-
-    while (clocksetts.displaying) {
-	    currenttime = time(0);
-
-	    strftime(timestring, 255, clockformat, localtime(&currenttime));
-
-	    xosd_display(clocksetts.myosd, 0, XOSD_string, timestring);
-    }
-    xosd_destroy(clocksetts.myosd);
-    pthread_exit(0);
+	clocksetts.myosd  = xosd_create(1);
+	initialize_osd(&clocksetts);
+	clocksetts.displaying = 1;
+
+	while (clocksetts.displaying) {
+		currenttime = time(0);
+
+		if (currenttime != oldtime) {
+			strftime(timestring, 255, clockformat, localtime(&currenttime));
+			xosd_display(clocksetts.myosd, 0, XOSD_string, timestring);
+		}
+
+		usleep(40000);
+		oldtime = currenttime;
+	}
+	xosd_destroy(clocksetts.myosd);
+	pthread_exit(0);
 }
+
diff -r -u osdsh-0.7.0/src/osdsh/mixerwatch.c osdsh-0.7.0.patch/src/osdsh/mixerwatch.c
--- osdsh-0.7.0/src/osdsh/mixerwatch.c	2003-03-24 17:12:39.000000000 +0100
+++ osdsh-0.7.0.patch/src/osdsh/mixerwatch.c	2004-07-21 20:40:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@
 /* ============================ display_channel () ========================= */
 void display_channel(int channel)
 {
+    static int is_mute = 0;
     char channel_name[BUFSIZ];
+    
     if (!channel) 
 	sprintf(channel_name, "Master Volume");
     else 
@@ -106,12 +108,16 @@
     }
     /*if muted, we say it!!*/
     if (!(vol[0] & 0xff || (vol[0] >> 8) & 0xff)) {
-        xosd_display(mixerset.myosd, mixerset.position, XOSD_bottom, "Muted");
-        xosd_display(mixerset.myosd, !mixerset.position, XOSD_bottom, "");
+        if (!is_mute || vol[channel] != old_vol[channel]) {
+            xosd_display(mixerset.myosd, mixerset.position, XOSD_bottom, "Muted");
+            xosd_display(mixerset.myosd, !mixerset.position, XOSD_bottom, "");
+            is_mute = 1;
+	}
     }
     /* not muted, so lets check if the vol changed, if so, display
     them, if not, just ignore it*/
     else if (vol[channel] != old_vol[channel]) {
+	is_mute = 0;
 	xosd_display(mixerset.myosd, 0, XOSD_string, channel_name);
 	xosd_display(mixerset.myosd, 1, XOSD_percentage,
 		(((vol[channel]>>8)&0xff)+vol[channel]&0xff)/2);