diff --git a/src/htsmsg.c b/src/htsmsg.c
index 6de14e4e..dab63ee0 100644
--- a/src/htsmsg.c
+++ b/src/htsmsg.c
@@ -196,6 +196,16 @@ htsmsg_add_s64(htsmsg_t *msg, const char *name, int64_t s64)
   f->hmf_s64 = s64;
 }
 
+/*
+ * 
+ */
+void
+htsmsg_add_u64(htsmsg_t *msg, const char *name, uint64_t u64)
+{
+  htsmsg_field_t *f = htsmsg_field_add(msg, name, HMF_S64, HMF_NAME_ALLOCED);
+  f->hmf_s64 = u64;
+}
+
 /*
  *
  */
@@ -306,6 +316,30 @@ htsmsg_get_s64(htsmsg_t *msg, const char *name, int64_t *s64p)
   return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ *
+ */
+int
+htsmsg_get_u64(htsmsg_t *msg, const char *name, uint64_t *u64p)
+{
+  htsmsg_field_t *f;
+
+  if((f = htsmsg_field_find(msg, name)) == NULL)
+    return HTSMSG_ERR_FIELD_NOT_FOUND;
+
+  switch(f->hmf_type) {
+  default:
+    return HTSMSG_ERR_CONVERSION_IMPOSSIBLE;
+  case HMF_STR:
+    *u64p = strtoull(f->hmf_str, NULL, 0);
+    break;
+  case HMF_S64:
+    *u64p = f->hmf_s64;
+    break;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
 
 /*
  *
diff --git a/src/htsmsg.h b/src/htsmsg.h
index 6df3abf6..c601394a 100644
--- a/src/htsmsg.h
+++ b/src/htsmsg.h
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ void htsmsg_add_u32(htsmsg_t *msg, const char *name, uint32_t u32);
  */
 void htsmsg_add_s32(htsmsg_t *msg, const char *name,  int32_t s32);
 
+/**
+ * Add an integer field where source is unsigned 64 bit.
+ */
+void htsmsg_add_u64(htsmsg_t *msg, const char *name,  uint64_t u64);
+
 /**
  * Add an integer field where source is signed 64 bit.
  */
@@ -171,6 +176,15 @@ int htsmsg_get_s32(htsmsg_t *msg, const char *name,  int32_t *s32p);
  */
 int htsmsg_get_s64(htsmsg_t *msg, const char *name,  int64_t *s64p);
 
+/**
+ * Get an integer as an unsigned 64 bit integer.
+ *
+ * @return HTSMSG_ERR_FIELD_NOT_FOUND - Field does not exist
+ *         HTSMSG_ERR_CONVERSION_IMPOSSIBLE - Field is not an integer or
+ *              out of range for the requested storage.
+ */
+int htsmsg_get_u64(htsmsg_t *msg, const char *name,  uint64_t *u64p);
+
 /**
  * Get pointer to a binary field. No copying of data is performed.
  *
diff --git a/src/htsmsg_xml.c b/src/htsmsg_xml.c
index 77e27b00..e9f69165 100644
--- a/src/htsmsg_xml.c
+++ b/src/htsmsg_xml.c
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ htsmsg_xml_parse_cd(xmlparser_t *xp, htsmsg_t *parent, char *src)
     }
   }
 
-  if(y == 1 && c > 1) {
+  if(y == 1 && c > 0) {
     /* One segment UTF-8 (or 7bit ASCII),
        use data directly from source */
 
@@ -865,3 +865,29 @@ htsmsg_xml_deserialize(char *src, char *errbuf, size_t errbufsize)
 
   return NULL;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Get cdata string field
+ */
+const char *
+htsmsg_xml_get_cdata_str(htsmsg_t *tags, const char *name)
+{
+  htsmsg_t *sub;
+  if((sub = htsmsg_get_map(tags, name)) == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+  return htsmsg_get_str(sub, "cdata");
+}
+
+/*
+ * Get cdata u32 field
+ */
+int
+htsmsg_xml_get_cdata_u32(htsmsg_t *tags, const char *name, uint32_t *u32)
+{
+  htsmsg_t *sub;
+  if((sub = htsmsg_get_map(tags, name)) == NULL)
+    return HTSMSG_ERR_FIELD_NOT_FOUND;
+  return htsmsg_get_u32(sub, "cdata", u32);
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/htsmsg_xml.h b/src/htsmsg_xml.h
index ff723ac0..16e548c2 100644
--- a/src/htsmsg_xml.h
+++ b/src/htsmsg_xml.h
@@ -23,5 +23,7 @@
 #include "htsbuf.h"
 
 htsmsg_t *htsmsg_xml_deserialize(char *src, char *errbuf, size_t errbufsize);
+const char *htsmsg_xml_get_cdata_str (htsmsg_t *tags, const char *tag);
+int htsmsg_xml_get_cdata_u32 (htsmsg_t *tags, const char *tag, uint32_t *u32);
 
 #endif /* HTSMSG_XML_H_ */