diff --git a/contrib/Makefile.am b/contrib/Makefile.am
index 5f87c2f7..64499475 100644
--- a/contrib/Makefile.am
+++ b/contrib/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # $Id$
 #
-EXTRA_DIST = README mt-daapd.spec mt-daapd.conf mt-daapd.playlist mt-daapd mt-daapd-gentoo
+EXTRA_DIST = README mt-daapd.spec mt-daapd.conf mt-daapd.playlist mt-daapd mt-daapd-gentoo mt-daapd-ssc.sh mt-daapd-ssc-script
 
 
 
diff --git a/contrib/README b/contrib/README
index b5675bcd..91d31671 100644
--- a/contrib/README
+++ b/contrib/README
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
 # $Id$
 
 In here goes stuff that anyone wants to send... add-ons, unsupported patches, etc.
+
+mt-daapd.conf.........: an example config
+mt-daapd.playlist.....: an example playlist
+
+mt-daapd..............: an init.d script, suitable for redhat
+mt-daapd-gentoo.......: an init.d script, suitable for gentoo
+
+mt-daapd-ssc-script...: a transcoding script, using perl
+mt-daapd-ssc.sh.......: a transcoding script, using shell
+
+mt-daapd.spec.........: a specfile, without ogg-vorbis or howl
+mt-daapd.fc2.spec.....: a specfile (ostensibly for fc2), with ogg-vorbis, but not howl
+mt-daapd.fc3.spec.....: a specfile (ostensibly for fc3), with both ogg-vorbis and howl
+
diff --git a/contrib/mt-daapd-ssc.sh b/contrib/mt-daapd-ssc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f6a9240f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/mt-daapd-ssc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# script to facilitate server-side transcoding of ogg files
+# Ron Pedde (ron@pedde.com)
+#
+# Usage: mt-daapd-ssc.sh <filename> <offset>
+#
+# This is not as flexible as Timo's transcoding script, but it works
+# without perl, making it more suitable for the NSLU2.
+#
+
+ogg_file() {
+    oggdec --quiet -o - $1 | dd bs=1 ibs=1024 obs=1024 skip=$OFFSET 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+
+OFFSET=0
+
+if [ "$2" == "" ]; then
+    OFFSET=0
+else
+    OFFSET=$2
+fi
+
+
+if ( echo $1 | grep -i "\.ogg$" > /dev/null 2>&1 ); then
+    ogg_file $1 $OFFSET
+fi
+