diff --git a/libs/boost-logging/boost/logging/detail/tss/tss_impl_pthread.hpp b/libs/boost-logging/boost/logging/detail/tss/tss_impl_pthread.hpp
index 3077276..af9afd2 100644
--- a/libs/boost-logging/boost/logging/detail/tss/tss_impl_pthread.hpp
+++ b/libs/boost-logging/boost/logging/detail/tss/tss_impl_pthread.hpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ inline tss_slots* get_slots()
     slots = static_cast<tss_slots*>( pthread_getspecific(tss_data_native_key()));
     if (slots == 0)
     {
-        std::auto_ptr<tss_slots> temp( new_object_ensure_delete<tss_slots>() );
+        std::unique_ptr<tss_slots> temp( new_object_ensure_delete<tss_slots>() );
         // pre-allocate a few elems, so that we'll be fast
         temp->resize(BOOST_LOG_TSS_SLOTS_SIZE);
 
diff --git a/src/mbase/project/media.cpp b/src/mbase/project/media.cpp
index 81e44d2..5f9e4f6 100644
--- a/src/mbase/project/media.cpp
+++ b/src/mbase/project/media.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ void StorageMD::MakeByPath(const std::string& path, bool cnv_to_utf8,
 
 std::string MakeAutoName(const std::string& str, int old_sz)
 {
-    return (str::stream() << str << " " << old_sz+1).str();
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << str << " " << old_sz+1;
+    return ss.str();
 }
 
 void VideoMD::AddChapter(ChapterItem chp)
diff --git a/src/mbase/project/menu.cpp b/src/mbase/project/menu.cpp
index 1f25817..94b8755 100644
--- a/src/mbase/project/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/mbase/project/menu.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ void MenuMD::SerializeImpl(Archieve& ar)
 static std::string MakeObjectPath(int idx, const char* type)
 {
     ASSERT( idx != NO_HNDL );
-    return (str::stream() << type << "." << idx).str();
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << type << "." << idx;
+    return ss.str();
 }
 
 std::string GetMediaRef(MediaItem mi)
@@ -197,7 +199,9 @@ class RefMaker: public ObjVisitor
 void RefMaker::Visit(VideoChapterMD& obj)
 {
     refStr  = GetMediaRef(obj.owner);
-    refStr += (str::stream() << "." << ChapterPosInt(&obj)).str();
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << "." << ChapterPosInt(&obj);
+    refStr += ss.str();
 }
 
 std::string Media2Ref(MediaItem mi)
@@ -233,8 +237,9 @@ int GetRefIndex(const char*& str)
 
 std::string ThrowBadIndex(const char* prefix, int idx)
 {
-    throw std::runtime_error(
-        (str::stream() << prefix << idx).str() );
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << prefix << idx;
+    throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());
 }
 
 MediaItem TryGetMedia(int idx)
diff --git a/src/mbase/project/serialization.h b/src/mbase/project/serialization.h
index ff5b7a9..547c438 100644
--- a/src/mbase/project/serialization.h
+++ b/src/mbase/project/serialization.h
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ namespace ToString
 template<typename T>
 std::string MakeString(const T& t)
 {
-    return (str::stream() << t).str();
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << t;
+    return ss.str();
 }
 
 template<typename T>
diff --git a/src/mbase/project/srl-common.cpp b/src/mbase/project/srl-common.cpp
index c2c92b5..ab1c62b 100644
--- a/src/mbase/project/srl-common.cpp
+++ b/src/mbase/project/srl-common.cpp
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ void Serialize(Archieve& ar, MenuParams& mp)
 std::string ToString(const RGBA::Pixel& pxl)
 {
     using Mpeg::set_hms;
-    return (str::stream("#") << std::hex 
-            << set_hms() << (int)pxl.red 
-            << set_hms() << (int)pxl.green 
-            << set_hms() << (int)pxl.blue << (int)pxl.alpha).str();
+    str::stream ss ("#");
+    ss << std::hex 
+      << set_hms() << (int)pxl.red 
+      << set_hms() << (int)pxl.green 
+      << set_hms() << (int)pxl.blue << (int)pxl.alpha;
+    return ss.str();
 }
 
 // как pango_color_parse()
diff --git a/src/mbase/project/srl-db.cpp b/src/mbase/project/srl-db.cpp
index c3babec..e50a523 100644
--- a/src/mbase/project/srl-db.cpp
+++ b/src/mbase/project/srl-db.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void DbSerializeProjectImpl(Archieve& ar)
 }
 
 void ADatabase::Load(const std::string& fname,
-                     const std::string& cur_dir) throw (std::exception)
+                     const std::string& cur_dir)
 {
     try
     {
diff --git a/src/mbase/project/table.cpp b/src/mbase/project/table.cpp
index 455c334..3e52383 100644
--- a/src/mbase/project/table.cpp
+++ b/src/mbase/project/table.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "theme.h"
 
 #include <mbase/resources.h>
+#include <boost/filesystem/directory.hpp>
 
 
 const char* APROJECT_VERSION = "1.2.4";
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ NameValueT<Media> LoadMedia(Archieve& ar, MediaList& md_list)
 void SerializePath(Archieve& ar, const char* tag_name, std::string& fpath)
 {
     //ar & NameValue("Path", mdPath);
-    fs::path rel_to_dir = fs::path(AData().GetProjectFName()).branch_path();
+    fs::path rel_to_dir = fs::path(AData().GetProjectFName()).parent_path();
     if( ar.IsLoad() )
     {
         ar >> NameValue(tag_name, fpath);
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ void SerializePath(Archieve& ar, const char* tag_name, std::string& fpath)
         if( !fpath.empty() )
         {
             fs::path pth(fpath);
-            if( !pth.is_complete() )
+            if( !pth.is_absolute() )
                 fpath = (rel_to_dir/fpath).string();
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/mbase/project/table.h b/src/mbase/project/table.h
index 7c73085..cc7e36d 100644
--- a/src/mbase/project/table.h
+++ b/src/mbase/project/table.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class ADatabase: public Singleton<ADatabase>, public DataWare
                  void  ClearSettings();
 
                  void  Load(const std::string& fname,
-                            const std::string& cur_dir = std::string()) throw (std::exception);
+                            const std::string& cur_dir = std::string());
                  bool  Save();
 
                  bool  SaveAs(const std::string& fname,
diff --git a/src/mbase/project/tests/test_table.cpp b/src/mbase/project/tests/test_table.cpp
index f8a1c20..3e7115a 100644
--- a/src/mbase/project/tests/test_table.cpp
+++ b/src/mbase/project/tests/test_table.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( TestMediaList )
         // проверка чтения/записи путей
         boost::intrusive_ptr<StillImageMD> pict2 = ptr::dynamic_pointer_cast<StillImageMD>(ml[2]);
         fs::path pth = pict2->GetPath();
-        BOOST_CHECK( pth.is_complete() );
+        BOOST_CHECK( pth.is_absolute() );
         BOOST_CHECK( fs::exists(pth) );
 
         // проверка ссылок
diff --git a/src/mdemux/dvdread.cpp b/src/mdemux/dvdread.cpp
index d8392b1..12fcae6 100644
--- a/src/mdemux/dvdread.cpp
+++ b/src/mdemux/dvdread.cpp
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ namespace DVD {
 std::string VobFName(VobPos& pos, const std::string& suffix)
 {
     using Mpeg::set_hms;
-    return (str::stream("Video") << set_hms() << int(pos.Vts()) 
-            << "-" << set_hms() << pos.VobId() << suffix << ".vob").str();
+    str::stream ss ("Video");
+    ss << set_hms() << int(pos.Vts()) 
+      << "-" << set_hms() << pos.VobId() << suffix << ".vob";
+    return ss.str();
 }
 
 typedef boost::function<void(int, double)> VobTimeFnr;
@@ -282,9 +284,11 @@ VobPtr FindVob(VobArr& dvd_vobs, uint8_t vts, uint16_t vob_id)
 static void TryDVDReadBlocks(dvd_file_t* file, int off, size_t cnt, char* buf)
 {
     int real_cnt = DVDReadBlocks(file, off, cnt, (unsigned char*)buf);
-    if( (int)cnt != real_cnt )
-        throw std::runtime_error( (str::stream() << real_cnt << 
-                                   " != DVDReadBlocks(" << cnt << ")").str() );
+    if( (int)cnt != real_cnt ) {
+        str::stream ss;
+        ss << real_cnt << " != DVDReadBlocks(" << cnt << ")";
+        throw std::runtime_error( ss.str() );
+    }
 }
 
 // размер буфера должен соответствовать читаемому диапазону
diff --git a/src/mdemux/mpeg2demux.cpp b/src/mdemux/mpeg2demux.cpp
index bb7b1b1..ecb3774 100644
--- a/src/mdemux/mpeg2demux.cpp
+++ b/src/mdemux/mpeg2demux.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ bool DemuxSvc::Filter(uint32_t code)
 
 static std::string MakePESKey(int id, const char* ext)
 {
-    return (str::stream() << id << "." << ext).str();
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << id << "." << ext;
+    return ss.str();
 }
 
 static bool ReadPart(io::stream& strm, uint8_t* buf, int sz, int& len)
@@ -110,7 +112,9 @@ static std::string MakeKeyNameForLPCM(int track, uint8_t inf)
         ASSERT(0);
     }
 
-    std::string header_str = (str::stream() << sample_rate << ":" << channels << ":" << bps << ".lpcm").str();
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << sample_rate << ":" << channels << ":" << bps << ".lpcm";
+    std::string header_str = ss.str();
     return MakePESKey(track, header_str.c_str());
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mdemux/seek.cpp b/src/mdemux/seek.cpp
index e46658f..f0ce934 100644
--- a/src/mdemux/seek.cpp
+++ b/src/mdemux/seek.cpp
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ std::string SecToHMS(double len, bool round_sec)
     int hh    = min / 60;
     int mm    = min - hh*60;
 
-    return (str::stream() << set_hms() << hh << ":" 
-                          << set_hms() << mm << ":" << set_hms() << ss).str();
+    str::stream strss;
+    strss << set_hms() << hh << ":"
+      << set_hms() << mm << ":" << set_hms() << ss;
+    return strss.str();
 }
 
 bool MediaInfo::InitBegin(VideoLine& vl)
diff --git a/src/mgui/author/burn.cpp b/src/mgui/author/burn.cpp
index ddfad0a..578429e 100644
--- a/src/mgui/author/burn.cpp
+++ b/src/mgui/author/burn.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ BurnData& GetInitedBD()
     return bd;
 }
 
-re::pattern WriteSpeed_RE("Write Speed #"RG_NUM":"RG_SPS RG_NUM"\\."RG_NUM "x1385"); 
+re::pattern WriteSpeed_RE("Write Speed #" RG_NUM ":" RG_SPS RG_NUM "\\." RG_NUM "x1385"); 
 
 RefPtr<Gtk::ListStore> sp_store;
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ DVDInfo ParseDVDInfo(bool is_good, const std::string& out_info)
     }
     else
     {
-        static re::pattern media_type_re("Mounted Media:"RG_SPS"[0-9A-F]+h, ([^ \n]+)");
+        static re::pattern media_type_re("Mounted Media:" RG_SPS "[0-9A-F]+h, ([^ \n]+)");
         re::match_results what;
 
         bool is_found = re::search(out_info, what, media_type_re);
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ DVDInfo ParseDVDInfo(bool is_good, const std::string& out_info)
         // isBlank
         if( res != dvdOTHER )
         {
-            static re::pattern media_status_re("Disc status:"RG_SPS"([a-z]+)\n");
+            static re::pattern media_status_re("Disc status:" RG_SPS "([a-z]+)\n");
             bool is_found = re::search(out_info, what, media_status_re);
             ASSERT_RTL( is_found );
 
diff --git a/src/mgui/author/execute.cpp b/src/mgui/author/execute.cpp
index 5b2330c..e308552 100644
--- a/src/mgui/author/execute.cpp
+++ b/src/mgui/author/execute.cpp
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ static void InitFoundStageTag(RefPtr<Gtk::TextTag> tag)
     tag->property_foreground() = "darkgreen";
 }
 
-re::pattern DVDAuthorRE(RG_CMD_BEG"dvdauthor"RG_EW ".*-x"RG_EW RG_SPS RG_BW"DVDAuthor\\.xml"RG_EW);
-re::pattern MkIsoFsRE(RG_CMD_BEG MK_ISO_CMD RG_EW ".*-dvd-video"RG_EW ".*>.*"RG_BW"dvd.iso"RG_EW);
-re::pattern GrowIsoFsRE(RG_CMD_BEG"growisofs"RG_EW ".*-dvd-compat"RG_EW ".*-dvd-video"RG_EW); 
+re::pattern DVDAuthorRE(RG_CMD_BEG"dvdauthor" RG_EW ".*-x" RG_EW RG_SPS RG_BW "DVDAuthor\\.xml" RG_EW);
+re::pattern MkIsoFsRE(RG_CMD_BEG MK_ISO_CMD RG_EW ".*-dvd-video" RG_EW ".*>.*" RG_BW "dvd.iso" RG_EW);
+re::pattern GrowIsoFsRE(RG_CMD_BEG"growisofs" RG_EW ".*-dvd-compat" RG_EW ".*-dvd-video" RG_EW); 
 
 //static void PrintMatchResults(const re::match_results& what)
 //{
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class MkIsoFsPP: public ProgressParser
     virtual void  Filter(const std::string& line);
 };
 
-re::pattern MkIsoFsPercent_RE( RG_FLT"?% done");
+re::pattern MkIsoFsPercent_RE( RG_FLT "?% done");
 
 void MkIsoFsPP::Filter(const std::string& line)
 {
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ class DVDAuthorPP: public ProgressParser
             bool  fixStage;
 };
 
-re::pattern DVDAuthorVOB_RE( "^STAT: VOBU "RG_NUM" at "RG_NUM"MB"); 
-re::pattern DVDAuthorFix_RE( "^STAT: fixing VOBU at "RG_NUM"MB \\("RG_NUM"/"RG_NUM", "RG_NUM"%\\)"); 
+re::pattern DVDAuthorVOB_RE( "^STAT: VOBU " RG_NUM " at " RG_NUM "MB"); 
+re::pattern DVDAuthorFix_RE( "^STAT: fixing VOBU at " RG_NUM "MB \\(" RG_NUM "/" RG_NUM ", " RG_NUM "%\\)"); 
 
 void DVDAuthorPP::Filter(const std::string& line)
 {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ void DVDAuthorPP::Filter(const std::string& line)
     if( p )
         of.SetProgress(p);
     
-    static re::pattern ch_error_re("ERR:.*Cannot jump to chapter "RG_NUM" of title "RG_NUM", only "RG_NUM" exist");
+    static re::pattern ch_error_re("ERR:.*Cannot jump to chapter " RG_NUM " of title " RG_NUM ", only " RG_NUM " exist");
     if( re::search(line, what, ch_error_re) )
     {
         std::string& err_str = of.firstError;
diff --git a/src/mgui/author/render.cpp b/src/mgui/author/render.cpp
index 1ffbca2..81720d7 100644
--- a/src/mgui/author/render.cpp
+++ b/src/mgui/author/render.cpp
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ std::string FFmpegPostArgs(const std::string& out_fname, bool is_4_3, bool is_pa
             // 
             // :KLUDGE: (только) в ffmpeg, avformat 53.13.0, поменяли . на : => надо
             // самим открывать файл и узнавать индекс! 
-            static re::pattern audio_idx("Stream #"RG_NUM"[\\.|:]"RG_NUM".*Audio:");
+            static re::pattern audio_idx("Stream #" RG_NUM "[\\.|:]" RG_NUM ".*Audio:");
 
             re::match_results what;
             // флаг означает, что перевод строки не может быть точкой
@@ -1221,17 +1221,17 @@ void TestFFmpegForDVDEncoding(const std::string& conts)
 {
     CheckNoCodecs(CheckForCodecList(conts));
 
-    static re::pattern dvd_format("^ .E dvd"RG_EW);
+    static re::pattern dvd_format("^ .E dvd" RG_EW);
     CheckStrippedFFmpeg(dvd_format, conts, "dvd format");
 
 // :TRICKY: с версии libavcodec 54 при выводе начальный пробел не ставят => поэтому ?
 // ("спасибо" Anton Khirnov за очередное "улучшение") 
 #define _CPP_ "^ ?"
-    static re::pattern mpeg2video_codec(_CPP_".EV... mpeg2video"RG_EW);
+    static re::pattern mpeg2video_codec(_CPP_ ".EV... mpeg2video" RG_EW);
     CheckStrippedFFmpeg(mpeg2video_codec, conts, "mpeg2 video encoder");
 
     // по факту ffmpeg всегда использует ac3, однако mp2 тоже возможен
-    static re::pattern ac3_codec(_CPP_".EA... ac3"RG_EW);
+    static re::pattern ac3_codec(_CPP_ ".EA... ac3" RG_EW);
     CheckStrippedFFmpeg(ac3_codec, conts, "ac3 audio encoder");
 #undef _CPP_
 }
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ TripleVersion FindAVVersion(const std::string& conts, const char* avlib_name)
     // * ищем версию libavfilter
     // пример: " libavfilter    0. 4. 0 / "
 #define RG_PADNUM RG_SPS RG_NUM
-    std::string reg_str = boost::format(RG_BW"%1%"RG_PADNUM"\\."RG_PADNUM"\\."RG_PADNUM" / ")
+    std::string reg_str = boost::format(RG_BW "%1%" RG_PADNUM "\\." RG_PADNUM "\\." RG_PADNUM " / ")
         % avlib_name % bf::stop;
     re::pattern avfilter_version(reg_str.c_str());
     return FindVersion(conts, avfilter_version, AVCnvBin(), avlib_name);
@@ -1307,7 +1307,9 @@ FFmpegVersion CheckFFDVDEncoding()
 
 bool RenderMainPicture(const std::string& out_dir, Menu mn, int i)
 {
-    Author::Info((str::stream() << "Rendering menu \"" << mn->mdName << "\" ...").str());
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << "Rendering menu \"" << mn->mdName << "\" ...";
+    Author::Info(ss.str());
     const std::string mn_dir = MakeMenuPath(out_dir, mn, i);
 
     if( IsMotion(mn) )
diff --git a/src/mgui/author/script.cpp b/src/mgui/author/script.cpp
index ccfd32f..f2b1c7e 100644
--- a/src/mgui/author/script.cpp
+++ b/src/mgui/author/script.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ static std::string MakeFPTarget(MediaItem mi)
     {
         VideoItem vi = IsVideo(mi);
         ASSERT( vi );
-        str = (str::stream() << "title " << GetAuthorNumber(vi)).str();
+        str::stream ss;
+        ss << "title " << GetAuthorNumber(vi);
+        str = ss.str();
     }
     return str;
 }
@@ -179,7 +181,9 @@ void TargetCommandVis::Visit(VideoChapterMD& obj)
     // Потому: для удоства пользователей даем создавать нулевую главу, разрешая это здесь 
     // (однако доп. нулевые главы будут приводить к ошибке Cannot jump to chapter N ... only M exist)
     int c_num = ChapterPosInt(&obj) + (owner->List()[0]->chpTime ? 2 : 1) ;
-    res = (str::stream() << "jump title " << v_num << " chapter " << c_num << ";").str();
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << "jump title " << v_num << " chapter " << c_num << ";";
+    res = ss.str();
 }
 
 static std::string MakeButtonJump(MediaItem mi, bool vts_domain)
@@ -204,7 +208,9 @@ std::string MenuAuthorDir(Menu mn, int idx, bool cnv_from_utf8)
     if( !fs::native(name) )
         name = "Menu";
 
-    std::string fname = (str::stream() << idx+1 << "." << name).str();
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << idx+1 << "." << name;
+    std::string fname = ss.str();
     return cnv_from_utf8 ? ConvertPathFromUtf8(fname) : fname ;
 }
 
@@ -626,7 +632,9 @@ static void CopyRootFile(const std::string& fname, const std::string& out_dir)
 void AuthorSectionInfo(const std::string& str)
 {
     Author::Info("\n#", false);
-    Author::Info((str::stream() << "# " << str).str(), false);
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << "# " << str;
+    Author::Info(ss.str(), false);
     Author::Info("#\n", false);
 }
 
@@ -676,7 +684,7 @@ static void CheckSpumuxFontFile()
     if( !fs::exists(font_path) )
     {
         std::string err_str;
-        if( !CreateDirs(font_path.branch_path(), err_str) )
+        if( !CreateDirs(font_path.parent_path(), err_str) )
             Error(err_str.c_str());
         fs::copy_file(DataDirPath("copy-n-paste/FreeSans.ttf"), font_path);
     }
@@ -755,9 +763,9 @@ static void CalcTransPercent(double cur_dur, Job& job, JobData& jd, double full_
 // ffmpeg выводит статистику первого создаваемого файла каждые полсекунды,
 // см. print_report() (при verbose=1, по умолчанию)
 // Формат размера: "size=%8.0fkB"
-re::pattern FFmpegSizePat( "size= *"RG_NUM"kB"); 
+re::pattern FFmpegSizePat( "size= *" RG_NUM "kB"); 
 // Формат длительности: "time=%0.2f"
-re::pattern FFmpegDurPat( "time="RG_FLT);
+re::pattern FFmpegDurPat( "time=" RG_FLT);
 
 static void OnTranscodePrintParse(const char* dat, int sz, const PercentFunctor& fnr)
 {
@@ -787,7 +795,7 @@ static void OnTranscodePrintParse(const char* dat, int sz, const PercentFunctor&
 
 // Формат длительности для ffmpeg c коммита dd471070: "time=%02d:%02d:%02d.%02d"
 // Образец: frame=  208 fps= 58 q=2.0 size=     476kB time=00:00:08.44 bitrate= 461.9kbits/s dup=1 drop=0
-re::pattern FFmpegNewDurPat( "time="RG_NUM":"RG_NUM":"RG_FLT);
+re::pattern FFmpegNewDurPat( "time=" RG_NUM ":" RG_NUM ":" RG_FLT);
 
 static void OnTranscodeHMSParse(const char* dat, int sz, const PercentFunctor& fnr)
 {
@@ -1082,7 +1090,9 @@ static void TranscodeVideos(int pass, const std::string& out_dir)
 
 static void AuthorImpl(const std::string& out_dir)
 {
-    AuthorSectionInfo((str::stream() << "Build DVD-Video in folder: " << out_dir).str());
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << "Build DVD-Video in folder: " << out_dir;
+    AuthorSectionInfo(ss.str());
     IteratePendingEvents();
 
     IndexVideosForAuthoring();
@@ -1136,7 +1146,7 @@ static void AuthorImpl(const std::string& out_dir)
             // 2) парсер dvdauthor не любит незнакомые ему атрибуты => spumux < 0.7 не работает
             std::string help_str;
             PipeOutput("spumux -h", help_str);
-            static re::pattern spumux_version("DVDAuthor::spumux, version "RG_NUM"\\."RG_NUM"\\."RG_NUM"\\.\n");
+            static re::pattern spumux_version("DVDAuthor::spumux, version " RG_NUM "\\." RG_NUM "\\." RG_NUM "\\.\n");
             if( IsVersionGE(FindVersion(help_str, spumux_version, "spumux"), TripleVersion(0, 7, 0)) )
                 AddFormatAttr(sp);
 
diff --git a/src/mgui/dvdimport.cpp b/src/mgui/dvdimport.cpp
index 44dcdec..fc9b965 100644
--- a/src/mgui/dvdimport.cpp
+++ b/src/mgui/dvdimport.cpp
@@ -211,10 +211,11 @@ static void OnPreparePage(ImportData& id)
                 row[VF().selState]  = false;
                 row[VF().name]      = VobFName(vob.pos);
                 row[VF().thumbnail] = vob.aspect == af4_3 ? pix4_3 : pix16_9;
-                std::string desc = (str::stream(Mpeg::SecToHMS(vob.tmLen, true)) <<  ", "
-                                    << vob.sz.x << "x" << vob.sz.y << ", "
-                                    << (vob.aspect == af4_3 ? "4:3" : "16:9") << ", " 
-                                    << std::fixed << std::setprecision(2) << vob.Count()/512. << " " << _("MB")).str();
+                str::stream ss (Mpeg::SecToHMS(vob.tmLen, true));
+                ss << ", " << vob.sz.x << "x" << vob.sz.y << ", "
+                  << (vob.aspect == af4_3 ? "4:3" : "16:9") << ", " 
+                  << std::fixed << std::setprecision(2) << vob.Count()/512. << " " << _("MB");
+                std::string desc = ss.str();
                 row[VF().desc]      = desc;
             }
             CompleteSelection(id, false);
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ static ReaderPtr OpenDVD(const std::string& dvd_path, ImportData& id)
         id.errLbl.hide();
 
     id.reader = rd;
-    SetCurPageComplete(id.ast, id.reader);
+    SetCurPageComplete(id.ast, bool(id.reader));
 
     return rd;
 }
diff --git a/src/mgui/editor/toolbar.cpp b/src/mgui/editor/toolbar.cpp
index 6a1894c..a039c3a 100644
--- a/src/mgui/editor/toolbar.cpp
+++ b/src/mgui/editor/toolbar.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 #include <mlib/sdk/logger.h>
 #include <mlib/range/enumerate.h>
 
+#include <boost/filesystem/directory.hpp>
+
 namespace Editor
 {
 
diff --git a/src/mgui/ffviewer.cpp b/src/mgui/ffviewer.cpp
index 64ea813..a8dc6cb 100644
--- a/src/mgui/ffviewer.cpp
+++ b/src/mgui/ffviewer.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
 #define AVFORMAT_54
 #endif
 
+C_LINKAGE_BEGIN
+#include <libavutil/imgutils.h>
+C_LINKAGE_END
+
 // разрабы libav считают себя самыми умными и потому решили
 // закрыть простым смертным доступ к ffurl_register_protocol() 
 // (бывшая av_register_protocol2()),- https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=224
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ C_LINKAGE_BEGIN
 
 typedef struct AVCodecTag {
 #if LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(52,39,00)
-    enum CodecID id;
+    enum AVCodecID id;
 #else
     int id;
 #endif
@@ -82,14 +86,14 @@ typedef struct AVCodecTag {
 } AVCodecTag;
 
 #if LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(52,34,00)
-static uint FFCodecID2Tag(CodecID codec_id) 
+static uint FFCodecID2Tag(AVCodecID codec_id) 
 {
     unsigned int ff_codec_get_tag(const AVCodecTag *tags, int id);
     extern const AVCodecTag ff_codec_bmp_tags[];
     return ff_codec_get_tag(ff_codec_bmp_tags, codec_id);
 }
 #else
-static uint FFCodecID2Tag(CodecID codec_id) 
+static uint FFCodecID2Tag(AVCodecID codec_id) 
 {
     unsigned int codec_get_tag(const AVCodecTag *tags, int id);
     extern const AVCodecTag codec_bmp_tags[];
@@ -400,7 +404,7 @@ static unsigned char GetChar(uint tag, int bit_begin)
     return (tag>>bit_begin) & 0xFF;
 }
 
-static std::string CodecID2Str(CodecID codec_id)
+static std::string CodecID2Str(AVCodecID codec_id)
 {
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
     std::string tag_str = boost::format("%1%") % codec_id % bf::stop;
@@ -807,7 +811,7 @@ static void DoVideoDecode(FFViewer& ffv, int& got_picture, AVPacket* pkt)
 #ifdef AVFRAME_INIT_CHANGE
     // avcodec_get_frame_defaults() перенесли в avcodec_decode_video2()
 #else
-    avcodec_get_frame_defaults(&picture); // ffmpeg.c очищает каждый раз
+    av_frame_unref (&picture);
 #endif
 
 #if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(52,25,00)
diff --git a/src/mgui/mux.cpp b/src/mgui/mux.cpp
index 427058e..885dde7 100644
--- a/src/mgui/mux.cpp
+++ b/src/mgui/mux.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static void OnVideoSelected(Gtk::FileChooserButton& v_btn, Gtk::FileChooserButto
     fs::path pth = GetFilename(v_btn);
     if( pth.empty() )
         return;
-    std::string folder = pth.branch_path().string();
+    std::string folder = pth.parent_path().string();
 
     if( a_btn.get_filename().empty() )
         a_btn.set_current_folder(folder);
diff --git a/src/mgui/project/add.cpp b/src/mgui/project/add.cpp
index 9454578..e8ae94f 100644
--- a/src/mgui/project/add.cpp
+++ b/src/mgui/project/add.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ static void SetImportError(ErrorDesc& ed, bool is_good, const std::string& out_s
 
 static std::string FpsToStr(const Point& frate)
 {
-    return (str::stream() << (double)frate.x/frate.y).str();
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << (double)frate.x/frate.y;
+    return ss.str();
 }
 
 static std::string TVTypeStr(bool is_ntsc)
@@ -163,7 +165,9 @@ void CheckVideoFormat(ErrorDesc& ed, const Mpeg::SequenceData& vid, bool is_ntsc
     // *
     bool is_aspect_ok = vid.sarCode == af4_3 || vid.sarCode == af16_9;
     Point aspect = vid.SizeAspect();
-    std::string aspect_str = (str::stream() << aspect.x << ':' << aspect.y).str();
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << aspect.x << ':' << aspect.y;
+    std::string aspect_str = ss.str();
     SetImportError(ed, is_aspect_ok, 
                    std::string(_("Aspect ratio")) + ": \t" + MarkError(aspect_str, is_aspect_ok),
                    BF_(Descriptions[2]) % tv_type % bf::stop);
@@ -479,7 +483,7 @@ void TryAddMedias(const Str::List& paths, MediaBrowser& brw,
                 MessageBox(BF_("The file \"%1%\" looks like VOB from DVD.\nRun import?") % leaf % bf::stop,
                            Gtk::MESSAGE_QUESTION, Gtk::BUTTONS_OK_CANCEL) == Gtk::RESPONSE_OK )
             {
-                DVD::RunImport(*GetTopWindow(brw), pth.branch_path().string());
+                DVD::RunImport(*GetTopWindow(brw), pth.parent_path().string());
                 return;
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/mgui/project/browser.cpp b/src/mgui/project/browser.cpp
index 02d95a1..47b730b 100644
--- a/src/mgui/project/browser.cpp
+++ b/src/mgui/project/browser.cpp
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ Gtk::HButtonBox& CreateMListButtonBox()
     return hb;
 }
 
-std::string MediaItemDnDTVType() { return "DnDTreeView<"DND_MI_NAME">"; }
+std::string MediaItemDnDTVType() { return "DnDTreeView<" DND_MI_NAME ">"; }
 
 void SetupBrowser(ObjectBrowser& brw, int dnd_column, bool is_media_brw)
 {
diff --git a/src/mgui/project/mconstructor.cpp b/src/mgui/project/mconstructor.cpp
index 3b56587..754f9f8 100644
--- a/src/mgui/project/mconstructor.cpp
+++ b/src/mgui/project/mconstructor.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 // COPY_N_PASTE_ETALON из go-file.c, проект Gnumeric, http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/
 //
 
+#include <boost/filesystem/directory.hpp>
+
 #ifndef GOFFICE_WITH_GNOME
 static char *
 check_program (char const *prog)
diff --git a/src/mgui/project/serialize.cpp b/src/mgui/project/serialize.cpp
index a5366aa..03583ec 100644
--- a/src/mgui/project/serialize.cpp
+++ b/src/mgui/project/serialize.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static std::string MakeProjectTitle(bool with_path_breakdown = false)
     fs::path full_path(db.GetProjectFName());
     std::string res_str = fs::name_str(full_path);
     if( with_path_breakdown )
-        res_str += " (" + full_path.branch_path().string() + ")";
+        res_str += " (" + full_path.parent_path().string() + ")";
     return res_str;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mgui/sdk/cairo_utils.cpp b/src/mgui/sdk/cairo_utils.cpp
index 14f11be..10c1f97 100644
--- a/src/mgui/sdk/cairo_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/mgui/sdk/cairo_utils.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 std::string MakeSVGFilename(const char* prefix)
 {
     static int idx = 1;
-    return (str::stream() << prefix << "-" << Mpeg::set_hms() << idx++ << ".svg" ).str();
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << prefix << "-" << Mpeg::set_hms() << idx++ << ".svg";
+    return ss.str();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mgui/timeline/layout.cpp b/src/mgui/timeline/layout.cpp
index c139626..b5b5ca7 100644
--- a/src/mgui/timeline/layout.cpp
+++ b/src/mgui/timeline/layout.cpp
@@ -600,8 +600,10 @@ time4_t FramesToTime(int cnt, double fps)
 void FramesToTime(std::string& str, int cnt, double fps)
 {
     time4_t t4 = FramesToTime(cnt, fps);
-    str = (str::stream() << Mpeg::set_hms() << t4.hh << ":" << Mpeg::set_hms() << t4.mm << ":"
-                         << Mpeg::set_hms() << t4.ss << ";" << Mpeg::set_hms() << t4.ff).str();
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << Mpeg::set_hms() << t4.hh << ":" << Mpeg::set_hms() << t4.mm << ":"
+      << Mpeg::set_hms() << t4.ss << ";" << Mpeg::set_hms() << t4.ff;
+    str = ss.str();
 }
 
 } // namespace TimeLine
diff --git a/src/mgui/timeline/select.cpp b/src/mgui/timeline/select.cpp
index 9d8ec5a..337ada6 100644
--- a/src/mgui/timeline/select.cpp
+++ b/src/mgui/timeline/select.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static void SaveFrame(DAMonitor& mon)
 
         mon.FramePixbuf()->save(fnam, ext);
 
-        SaveFrameDir() = fs::path(fnam).branch_path().string();
+        SaveFrameDir() = fs::path(fnam).parent_path().string();
         if( add_btn.get_active() )
             Project::TryAddMediaQuiet(fnam, "SaveFrame");
     }
diff --git a/src/mgui/win_utils.cpp b/src/mgui/win_utils.cpp
index e135f1a..beafca8 100644
--- a/src/mgui/win_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/mgui/win_utils.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ void Scale(RefPtr<Context> cr, RefPtr<ImageSurface> src,
 
 std::string ColorToString(const unsigned int rgba)
 {
-    return (str::stream() << std::hex << (rgba >> 8)).str();
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << std::hex << (rgba >> 8);
+    return ss.str();
 }
 
 CR::Color GetBGColor(Gtk::Widget& wdg)
diff --git a/src/mlib/filesystem.cpp b/src/mlib/filesystem.cpp
index 7ae7162..278dfc5 100644
--- a/src/mlib/filesystem.cpp
+++ b/src/mlib/filesystem.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #if BOOST_MINOR_VERSION >= 51
 #define BOOST_FS_3 boost::filesystem
 #include <boost/filesystem/path_traits.hpp> // boost::filesystem::convert()
+#include <boost/filesystem/directory.hpp>
 #else
 #define BOOST_FS_3 boost::filesystem3
 #include <boost/filesystem/v3/path_traits.hpp>
@@ -161,25 +162,16 @@ namespace Project
 
 fs::path MakeAbsolutePath(const fs::path& pth, const fs::path& cur_dir)
 {
-    fs::path res;
-
-    if( pth.is_complete() )
-        res = pth;
-    else
-    {
-        fs::path dir = cur_dir.empty() ? fs::current_path() : cur_dir ;
-        res = dir/pth;
-    }
-    return res.normalize();
+    return absolute(pth, cur_dir);
 }
 
 // оба аргумента должны быть абсолютными путями
 bool MakeRelativeToDir(fs::path& pth, fs::path dir)
 {
-    pth.normalize();
-    dir.normalize();
-    ASSERT( pth.is_complete() );
-    ASSERT( dir.is_complete() );
+    pth = canonical(pth);
+    dir = canonical(dir);
+    ASSERT( pth.is_absolute() );
+    ASSERT( dir.is_absolute() );
 
     fs::path::iterator p_itr = pth.begin(), p_end = pth.end();
     fs::path::iterator d_itr = dir.begin(), d_end = dir.end();
diff --git a/src/mlib/read_stream.h b/src/mlib/read_stream.h
index 9806ae3..05c6e1f 100644
--- a/src/mlib/read_stream.h
+++ b/src/mlib/read_stream.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #ifndef __MLIB_READ_STREAM_H__
 #define __MLIB_READ_STREAM_H__
 
+#include <boost/mpl/bool.hpp>
+
 #include "stream.h"
 #include "filesystem.h"
 
diff --git a/src/mlib/regex.cpp b/src/mlib/regex.cpp
index df98fdb..dc9ea62 100644
--- a/src/mlib/regex.cpp
+++ b/src/mlib/regex.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include "regex.h"
 #include "string.h"
 
-#include <boost/regex.hpp>
+#include <boost/regex/v4/regex.hpp>
 
 namespace re
 {
diff --git a/src/mlib/regex.h b/src/mlib/regex.h
index 4a18717..8da1214 100644
--- a/src/mlib/regex.h
+++ b/src/mlib/regex.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <boost/regex/v4/regbase.hpp>
 #include <boost/regex/v4/match_flags.hpp>
 
+#include <boost/mpl/bool.hpp>
 #include <mlib/ptr.h>
 
 #include <string>
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ bool search(const std::string& s,
 #define RG_EW "\\>"           // конец  слова
 #define RG_SPS "[[:space:]]*" // пробелы
 #define RG_NUM "([0-9]+)"     // число
-#define RG_FLT RG_NUM"([\\.,]"RG_NUM")" // вещ. число, в паре с ExtractDouble()
+#define RG_FLT RG_NUM "([\\.,]" RG_NUM ")" // вещ. число, в паре с ExtractDouble()
 #define RG_CMD_BEG RG_BW // "^"RG_SPS  // начало команды
 
 bool ExtractDouble(double& val, const re::match_results& what, int idx = 1);
diff --git a/src/mlib/sdk/bfs.h b/src/mlib/sdk/bfs.h
index c12b5d0..6e172cc 100644
--- a/src/mlib/sdk/bfs.h
+++ b/src/mlib/sdk/bfs.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 //#define BOOST_FILESYSTEM_NO_DEPRECATED
 
 #include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
+#include <boost/filesystem/exception.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem/convenience.hpp> // fs::create_directories()
 
diff --git a/src/mlib/sdk/misc.cpp b/src/mlib/sdk/misc.cpp
index 5d3f297..803187b 100644
--- a/src/mlib/sdk/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/mlib/sdk/misc.cpp
@@ -173,12 +173,16 @@ std::string PointToStr(const Point& pnt)
 std::string Double2Str(double val)
 {
     //return boost::format("%1%") % val % bf::stop;
-    return (str::stream() << val).str();
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << val;
+    return ss.str();
 }
 
 std::string Int2Str(int val)
 {
-    return (str::stream() << val).str();
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << val;
+    return ss.str();
 }
 
 static bool ICaseMatch(const std::string& str, const std::string& pat_str)
diff --git a/src/mlib/sdk/system.cpp b/src/mlib/sdk/system.cpp
index 8d10e3f..e9508bd 100644
--- a/src/mlib/sdk/system.cpp
+++ b/src/mlib/sdk/system.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 int GetMemSize()
 {
     pid_t pid = getpid();
-    std::string str = (str::stream() << "/proc/" << pid << "/statm").str();
+    str::stream ss;
+    ss << "/proc/" << pid << "/statm";
+    std::string str = ss.str();
 
     io::stream strm(str.c_str(), iof::in);
     int mem;
diff --git a/src/mlib/tech.h b/src/mlib/tech.h
index 6ddadf8..f2e2c2a 100644
--- a/src/mlib/tech.h
+++ b/src/mlib/tech.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 //  Технические вещи
 // 
 #include <boost/current_function.hpp>  // для BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION
-#include <boost/detail/endian.hpp>     // для BOOST_XXX_ENDIAN
+#include <boost/predef/other/endian.h> // BOOST_ENDIAN_*_BYTE
 #include <boost/version.hpp>           // для BOOST_MINOR_VERSION
 
 // для С-шного кода в С++
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ void AssertImpl(const char* assertion, const char* file,
                 long line, const char* function);
 
 // endianness
-#if defined(BOOST_BIG_ENDIAN)
+#if defined(BOOST_ENDIAN_BIG_BYTE)
 #   define HAS_BIG_ENDIAN
-#elif defined(BOOST_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+#elif defined(BOOST_ENDIAN_LITTLE_BYTE)
 #   define HAS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 #else
 #   error mlib/tech.h: unknown endianness (legacy PDP arch?)
diff --git a/src/mlib/tests/test_utils.cpp b/src/mlib/tests/test_utils.cpp
index c4712e8..99a2e94 100644
--- a/src/mlib/tests/test_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/mlib/tests/test_utils.cpp
@@ -139,17 +139,17 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( TestFilesystem )
 #endif
     }
 
-    // is_complete
+    // is_absolute
     {
         fs::path pth("../some_file");
-        BOOST_CHECK( !pth.is_complete() );
-        BOOST_CHECK( fs::current_path().is_complete() );
+        BOOST_CHECK( !pth.is_absolute() );
+        BOOST_CHECK( fs::current_path().is_absolute() );
 
         fs::path apth = Project::MakeAbsolutePath(pth);
         //LOG_INF << "Making abs path: " << pth.string() << " => " << apth.string() << io::endl;
 
-        BOOST_CHECK( Project::MakeAbsolutePath(pth, MakeRootComplete("/")).is_complete() );
-        BOOST_CHECK( !Project::MakeAbsolutePath(pth, "./").is_complete() );
+        BOOST_CHECK( Project::MakeAbsolutePath(pth, MakeRootComplete("/")).is_absolute() );
+        BOOST_CHECK( !Project::MakeAbsolutePath(pth, "./").is_absolute() );
     }
 
     // MakeRelativeToDir