Spelling fixes.

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 54bb679..dc64ea9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@  Reinhard Nissl <rnissl@gmx.de>
  for storing the original display size when handling DVB subtitles
  for reporting a problem with horizontal scaling of subtitles
  for fixing a buffer overflow in cFont::Bidi()
- for avoiding an unecessary call to Recordings.ResetResume()
+ for avoiding an unnecessary call to Recordings.ResetResume()
  for debugging a problem in handling the bitmap color depth for scaled subtitles
  for making subtitle PIDs be decrypted
  for making cEITScanner process new transponders before old ones, to make sure
@@ -2148,7 +2148,7 @@  J
 Christian Wieninger <cwieninger@gmx.de>
  for suggesting to add cMenuEditStrItem::InEditMode()
  for his idea of going directly into the "Edit timer" menu for a timer created
- from the "Schedule" menu in case it starts withing the next two minutes
+ from the "Schedule" menu in case it starts within the next two minutes
  for reporting a problem with a format string in recording.c on 64bit systems
  for reporting a problem with the device selection in case of timer conflicts
  for a patch that fixed part of a crash in i18n character set conversion
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 1a1c8a6..e102612 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -6604,7 +6604,7 @@  Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   to Ville Skyttä).
 - The Makefile now also installs the include files (thanks to Ville Skyttä).
 - Added handling of "ANSI/SCTE 57" descriptors (thanks too Rolf Ahrenberg).
-- Avoiding an unecessary call to Recordings.ResetResume() (thanks to Reinhard
+- Avoiding an unnecessary call to Recordings.ResetResume() (thanks to Reinhard
   Nissl).
 
 2011-06-19: Version 1.7.19
diff --git a/device.c b/device.c
index 4679033..e15c9ff 100644
--- a/device.c
+++ b/device.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@  cDevice *cDevice::GetDevice(const cChannel *Channel, int Priority, bool LiveView
           if (NumUsableSlots && !CamSlots.Get(j)->Assign(device[i], true))
              continue; // CAM slot can't be used with this device
           bool ndr;
-          if (device[i]->ProvidesChannel(Channel, Priority, &ndr)) { // this device is basicly able to do the job
+          if (device[i]->ProvidesChannel(Channel, Priority, &ndr)) { // this device is basically able to do the job
              if (NumUsableSlots && device[i]->CamSlot() && device[i]->CamSlot() != CamSlots.Get(j))
                 ndr = true; // using a different CAM slot requires detaching receivers
              // Put together an integer number that reflects the "impact" using
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@  eSetChannelResult cDevice::SetChannel(const cChannel *Channel, bool LiveView)
            EnsureAudioTrack(true);
         EnsureSubtitleTrack();
         }
-     cStatus::MsgChannelSwitch(this, Channel->Number(), LiveView); // only report status if channel switch successfull
+     cStatus::MsgChannelSwitch(this, Channel->Number(), LiveView); // only report status if channel switch successful
      }
 
   return Result;
diff --git a/dvbplayer.c b/dvbplayer.c
index 622fa46..1bdb0de 100644
--- a/dvbplayer.c
+++ b/dvbplayer.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@  void cDvbPlayer::Action(void)
 
           if (dropFrame) {
              if (!eof || (playDir != pdForward && dropFrame->Index() > 0) || (playDir == pdForward && dropFrame->Index() < readIndex)) {
-                ringBuffer->Drop(dropFrame); // the very first and last frame are continously repeated to flush data through the device
+                ringBuffer->Drop(dropFrame); // the very first and last frame are continuously repeated to flush data through the device
                 dropFrame = NULL;
                 }
              }
diff --git a/libsi/headers.h b/libsi/headers.h
index a5df382..5588e4e 100644
--- a/libsi/headers.h
+++ b/libsi/headers.h
@@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@  struct descr_application_icons_descriptor_end {
 struct descr_simple_application_location_descriptor {
    u_char descriptor_tag                         :8;
    u_char descriptor_length                      :8;
-   /* inital_path_bytes */
+   /* initial_path_bytes */
 };
 
 // Private DVB Descriptor  Premiere.de
diff --git a/osd.c b/osd.c
index 747e09c..2138765 100644
--- a/osd.c
+++ b/osd.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@  void cPalette::SetAntiAliasGranularity(uint FixedColors, uint BlendColors)
      antiAliasGranularity = MAXNUMCOLORS - 1;
   else {
      int ColorsForBlending = MAXNUMCOLORS - FixedColors;
-     int ColorsPerBlend = ColorsForBlending / BlendColors + 2; // +2 = the full foreground and background colors, which are amoung the fixed colors
+     int ColorsPerBlend = ColorsForBlending / BlendColors + 2; // +2 = the full foreground and background colors, which are among the fixed colors
      antiAliasGranularity = double(MAXNUMCOLORS - 1) / (ColorsPerBlend - 1);
      }
 }
diff --git a/timers.c b/timers.c
index 1f77041..5d0a80f 100644
--- a/timers.c
+++ b/timers.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@  bool cTimer::Parse(const char *s)
   free(aux);
   aux = NULL;
   //XXX Apparently sscanf() doesn't work correctly if the last %a argument
-  //XXX results in an empty string (this first occured when the EIT gathering
+  //XXX results in an empty string (this first occurred when the EIT gathering
   //XXX was put into a separate thread - don't know why this happens...
   //XXX As a cure we copy the original string and add a blank.
   //XXX If anybody can shed some light on why sscanf() failes here, I'd love