diff --git a/plugins/bit_invader/bit_invader.cpp b/plugins/bit_invader/bit_invader.cpp
index 53dfb7a5d..30f855b64 100644
--- a/plugins/bit_invader/bit_invader.cpp
+++ b/plugins/bit_invader/bit_invader.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ void bitInvader::loadSettings( const QDomElement & _this )
 
 void bitInvader::lengthChanged( void )
 {
-	m_graph.setLength( m_sampleLength.value() );
+	m_graph.setLength( (int) m_sampleLength.value() );
 
 	normalize();
 }
diff --git a/src/core/main.cpp b/src/core/main.cpp
index 7523266d0..7c07d8873 100644
--- a/src/core/main.cpp
+++ b/src/core/main.cpp
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ int main( int argc, char * * argv )
 		ss->setAttribute( Qt::WA_PaintOnScreen, true );
 		ss->setMask( splash.alphaChannel().createMaskFromColor(
 							QColor( 0, 0, 0 ) ) );
-		ss->show();
+		//ss->show();
 		qApp->processEvents();
 
 		// init central engine which handles all components of LMMS
diff --git a/src/core/sample_buffer.cpp b/src/core/sample_buffer.cpp
index 618ccdbab..f7783592f 100644
--- a/src/core/sample_buffer.cpp
+++ b/src/core/sample_buffer.cpp
@@ -710,8 +710,8 @@ void sampleBuffer::visualize( QPainter & _p, const QRect & _dr,
 	for( int frame = 0; frame < m_frames; frame += fpp )
 	{
 		l[n] = QPoint( xb + ( frame * w / m_frames ),
-				yb - ( ( m_data[frame][0]+m_data[frame][1] ) *
-								y_space ) );
+			(int)( yb - ( ( m_data[frame][0]+m_data[frame][1] ) *
+								y_space ) ) );
 		++n;
 	}
 	_p.drawPolyline( l, m_frames / fpp );
diff --git a/src/core/sample_record_handle.cpp b/src/core/sample_record_handle.cpp
index dda240774..5a275966e 100644
--- a/src/core/sample_record_handle.cpp
+++ b/src/core/sample_record_handle.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ void sampleRecordHandle::play( bool /* _try_parallelizing */,
 	writeBuffer( recbuf, frames );
 	m_framesRecorded += frames;
 
-	midiTime len = m_framesRecorded / engine::framesPerTick();
+	midiTime len = (tics)( m_framesRecorded / engine::framesPerTick() );
 	if( len > m_minLength )
 	{
 //		m_tco->changeLength( len );
diff --git a/src/tracks/sample_track.cpp b/src/tracks/sample_track.cpp
index d4304ae26..f77ea025e 100644
--- a/src/tracks/sample_track.cpp
+++ b/src/tracks/sample_track.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void sampleTCO::updateLength( bpm_t )
 
 midiTime sampleTCO::sampleLength( void ) const
 {
-	return( m_sampleBuffer->frames() / engine::framesPerTick() );
+	return( (int)( m_sampleBuffer->frames() / engine::framesPerTick() ) );
 }