diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmyth/programinfo.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmyth/programinfo.cpp
index c1785081583..075f0dda68d 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmyth/programinfo.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmyth/programinfo.cpp
@@ -2348,12 +2348,12 @@ static ProgramInfoType discover_program_info_type(
     return pit;
 }
 
-void ProgramInfo::SetPathname(const QString &pn) const
+void ProgramInfo::SetPathname(const QString &pn)
 {
     m_pathname = pn;
 
     ProgramInfoType pit = discover_program_info_type(m_chanid, m_pathname, false);
-    const_cast<ProgramInfo*>(this)->SetProgramInfoType(pit);
+    SetProgramInfoType(pit);
 }
 
 ProgramInfoType ProgramInfo::DiscoverProgramInfoType(void) const
@@ -2457,7 +2457,7 @@ QString ProgramInfo::QueryBasename(void) const
  *        call and so should not be called from the UI thread.
  */
 QString ProgramInfo::GetPlaybackURL(
-    bool checkMaster, bool forceCheckLocal) const
+    bool checkMaster, bool forceCheckLocal)
 {
         // return the original path if BD or DVD URI
     if (IsVideoBD() || IsVideoDVD())
@@ -4743,7 +4743,7 @@ void ProgramInfo::SaveInetRef(const QString &inet)
  *        call and so should not be called from the UI thread.
  *  \return true iff file is readable
  */
-bool ProgramInfo::IsFileReadable(void) const
+bool ProgramInfo::IsFileReadable(void)
 {
     if (IsLocal() && QFileInfo(m_pathname).isReadable())
         return true;
@@ -4813,7 +4813,7 @@ uint ProgramInfo::QueryTranscoderID(void) const
  *  \note This method sometimes initiates a QUERY_CHECKFILE MythProto
  *        call and so should not be called from the UI thread.
  */
-QString ProgramInfo::DiscoverRecordingDirectory(void) const
+QString ProgramInfo::DiscoverRecordingDirectory(void)
 {
     if (!IsLocal())
     {
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmyth/programinfo.h b/mythtv/libs/libmyth/programinfo.h
index 2f88030414f..3b816ebd056 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmyth/programinfo.h
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmyth/programinfo.h
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ class MPUBLIC ProgramInfo
     bool IsMythStream(void) const { return m_pathname.startsWith("myth://"); }
     bool IsPathSet(void) const { return GetBasename() != m_pathname; }
     bool HasPathname(void) const { return !GetPathname().isEmpty(); }
-    bool IsFileReadable(void) const;
+    bool IsFileReadable(void);
 
     QString GetTitle(void)        const { return m_title; }
     QString GetSortTitle(void)    const { return m_sortTitle; }
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ class MPUBLIC ProgramInfo
     void SetSubtitle(const QString &st, const QString &sst = nullptr);
     void SetProgramInfoType(ProgramInfoType t)
         { m_programflags &= ~FL_TYPEMASK; m_programflags |= ((uint32_t)t<<20); }
-    void SetPathname(const QString&) const;
+    void SetPathname(const QString&);
     void SetChanID(uint _chanid)                  { m_chanid       = _chanid; }
     void SetScheduledStartTime(const QDateTime &dt) { m_startts      = dt;    }
     void SetScheduledEndTime(  const QDateTime &dt) { m_endts        = dt;    }
@@ -626,9 +626,9 @@ class MPUBLIC ProgramInfo
     void SaveInetRef(const QString &inet);
 
     // Extremely slow functions that cannot be called from the UI thread.
-    QString DiscoverRecordingDirectory(void) const;
+    QString DiscoverRecordingDirectory(void);
     QString GetPlaybackURL(bool checkMaster = false,
-                           bool forceCheckLocal = false) const;
+                           bool forceCheckLocal = false);
     ProgramInfoType DiscoverProgramInfoType(void) const;
 
     // Edit flagging map
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmyth/remoteutil.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmyth/remoteutil.cpp
index 488ab9b3301..2fa3f6efe9e 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmyth/remoteutil.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmyth/remoteutil.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ bool RemoteGetMemStats(int &totalMB, int &freeMB, int &totalVM, int &freeVM)
     return false;
 }
 
-bool RemoteCheckFile(const ProgramInfo *pginfo, bool checkSlaves)
+bool RemoteCheckFile(ProgramInfo *pginfo, bool checkSlaves)
 {
     QStringList strlist("QUERY_CHECKFILE");
     strlist << QString::number((int)checkSlaves);
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmyth/remoteutil.h b/mythtv/libs/libmyth/remoteutil.h
index 477df2c5c7b..34e2e05cf42 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmyth/remoteutil.h
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmyth/remoteutil.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ MPUBLIC bool RemoteGetUptime(time_t &uptime);
 MPUBLIC
 bool RemoteGetMemStats(int &totalMB, int &freeMB, int &totalVM, int &freeVM);
 MPUBLIC bool RemoteCheckFile(
-    const ProgramInfo *pginfo, bool checkSlaves = true);
+    ProgramInfo *pginfo, bool checkSlaves = true);
 MPUBLIC bool RemoteDeleteRecording( uint recordingID, bool forceMetadataDelete,
                                     bool forgetHistory);
 MPUBLIC
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythsocket.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythsocket.cpp
index 3ce4ca8e41e..9475b2b7520 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythsocket.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythsocket.cpp
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ bool MythSocket::IsConnected(void) const
     return m_connected;
 }
 
-bool MythSocket::IsDataAvailable(void) const
+bool MythSocket::IsDataAvailable(void)
 {
     if (QThread::currentThread() == m_thread->qthread())
         return m_tcpSocket->bytesAvailable() > 0;
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ bool MythSocket::IsDataAvailable(void) const
     bool ret = false;
 
     QMetaObject::invokeMethod(
-        const_cast<MythSocket*>(this), "IsDataAvailableReal",
+        this, "IsDataAvailableReal",
         Qt::BlockingQueuedConnection,
         Q_ARG(bool*, &ret));
 
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythsocket.h b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythsocket.h
index 86820de2a0d..df57b0c815c 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythsocket.h
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythsocket.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class MBASE_PUBLIC MythSocket : public QObject, public ReferenceCounter
     bool WriteStringList(const QStringList &list);
 
     bool IsConnected(void) const;
-    bool IsDataAvailable(void) const;
+    bool IsDataAvailable(void);
 
     QHostAddress GetPeerAddress(void) const;
     int GetPeerPort(void) const;
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythtimer.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythtimer.cpp
index 1d1f40a7cbc..eca2ceda7a7 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythtimer.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythtimer.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void MythTimer::stop(void)
  * \note If addMSecs() has been called and the total offset applied
  *       is negative then this can return a negative number.
  */
-int MythTimer::elapsed(void) const
+int MythTimer::elapsed(void)
 {
     if (!m_timer.isValid())
     {
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ int MythTimer::elapsed(void) const
     qint64 e = m_timer.elapsed();
     if (!QElapsedTimer::isMonotonic() && (e > 86300000))
     {
-        const_cast<MythTimer*>(this)->start();
+        start();
         e = 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythtimer.h b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythtimer.h
index 5b26ce7ff0b..0c0174d1cf7 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythtimer.h
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythtimer.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class MBASE_PUBLIC MythTimer
 
     void addMSecs(int ms);
 
-    int elapsed(void) const;
+    int elapsed(void);
     int64_t nsecsElapsed(void) const;
     bool isRunning(void) const;
 
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/DVD/mythdvdplayer.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/DVD/mythdvdplayer.cpp
index 1456e661329..6c2f3c5d8a2 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/DVD/mythdvdplayer.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/DVD/mythdvdplayer.cpp
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ long long MythDVDPlayer::CalcMaxFFTime(long long ff, bool setjump) const
     return MythPlayer::CalcMaxFFTime(ff, setjump);
 }
 
-int64_t MythDVDPlayer::GetSecondsPlayed(bool /*honorCutList*/, int divisor) const
+int64_t MythDVDPlayer::GetSecondsPlayed(bool /*honorCutList*/, int divisor)
 {
     if (!player_ctx->m_buffer->IsDVD())
         return 0;
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/DVD/mythdvdplayer.h b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/DVD/mythdvdplayer.h
index c43b6c78fdd..45b5909b62f 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/DVD/mythdvdplayer.h
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/DVD/mythdvdplayer.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class MythDVDPlayer : public MythPlayer
     // Gets
     uint64_t GetBookmark(void) override; // MythPlayer
     int64_t GetSecondsPlayed(bool honorCutList,
-                             int divisor = 1000) const override; // MythPlayer
+                             int divisor = 1000) override; // MythPlayer
     int64_t GetTotalSeconds(bool honorCutList,
                             int divisor = 1000) const override; // MythPlayer
 
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/decoders/avformatdecoder.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/decoders/avformatdecoder.cpp
index fe4674a5047..1c21fb111a9 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/decoders/avformatdecoder.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/decoders/avformatdecoder.cpp
@@ -3049,8 +3049,8 @@ void AvFormatDecoder::MpegPreProcessPkt(AVStream *stream, AVPacket *pkt)
         {
             if (bufptr + 11 >= pkt->data + pkt->size)
                 continue; // not enough valid data...
-            SequenceHeader *seq = reinterpret_cast<SequenceHeader*>(
-                const_cast<uint8_t*>(bufptr));
+            const SequenceHeader *seq =
+                reinterpret_cast<const SequenceHeader*>(bufptr);
 
             int  width  = static_cast<int>(seq->width())  >> context->lowres;
             int  height = static_cast<int>(seq->height()) >> context->lowres;
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/dvdstream.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/dvdstream.cpp
index 835af150eb4..dc5b216dfdb 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/dvdstream.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/dvdstream.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ bool DVDStream::OpenFile(const QString &filename, uint /*retry_ms*/)
     {
         // Locate the start block of the requested title
         uint32_t len;
-        m_start = UDFFindFile(m_reader, const_cast<char*>(qPrintable(path)), &len);
+        m_start = UDFFindFile(m_reader, qPrintable(path), &len);
         if (m_start == 0)
         {
             LOG(VB_GENERAL, LOG_ERR, QString("DVDStream(%1) UDFFindFile(%2) failed").
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/livetvchain.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/livetvchain.cpp
index 6a3eb38655d..510a05921bf 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/livetvchain.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/livetvchain.cpp
@@ -706,10 +706,10 @@ void LiveTVChain::SetHostSocket(MythSocket *sock)
         m_inUseSocks.append(sock);
 }
 
-bool LiveTVChain::IsHostSocket(const MythSocket *sock) const
+bool LiveTVChain::IsHostSocket(MythSocket *sock)
 {
     QMutexLocker lock(&m_sockLock);
-    return m_inUseSocks.contains(const_cast<MythSocket*>(sock));
+    return m_inUseSocks.contains(sock);
 }
 
 uint LiveTVChain::HostSocketCount(void) const
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/livetvchain.h b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/livetvchain.h
index 700a6c2be4b..867e2dabd28 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/livetvchain.h
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/livetvchain.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class MTV_PUBLIC LiveTVChain : public ReferenceCounter
 
     // socket stuff
     void SetHostSocket(MythSocket *sock);
-    bool IsHostSocket(const MythSocket *sock) const;
+    bool IsHostSocket(MythSocket *sock);
     uint HostSocketCount(void) const;
     void DelHostSocket(MythSocket *sock);
  
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/mythccextractorplayer.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/mythccextractorplayer.cpp
index 586016abb56..88d999879bd 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/mythccextractorplayer.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/mythccextractorplayer.cpp
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ void MythCCExtractorPlayer::IngestDVBSubtitles(void)
 
         while (!avsubtitles->m_buffers.empty())
         {
-            const AVSubtitle subtitle = avsubtitles->m_buffers.front();
+            AVSubtitle subtitle = avsubtitles->m_buffers.front();
             avsubtitles->m_buffers.pop_front();
 
             const QSize v_size =
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/mythplayer.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/mythplayer.cpp
index cc0933142a1..88754e91b0d 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/mythplayer.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/mythplayer.cpp
@@ -5066,7 +5066,7 @@ void MythPlayer::GetPlaybackData(InfoMap &infoMap)
     GetCodecDescription(infoMap);
 }
 
-int64_t MythPlayer::GetSecondsPlayed(bool honorCutList, int divisor) const
+int64_t MythPlayer::GetSecondsPlayed(bool honorCutList, int divisor)
 {
     int64_t pos = TranslatePositionFrameToMs(framesPlayed, honorCutList);
     LOG(VB_PLAYBACK, LOG_DEBUG, LOC +
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/mythplayer.h b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/mythplayer.h
index 3db7d614fe1..cede2d7958b 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/mythplayer.h
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/mythplayer.h
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class MTV_PUBLIC MythPlayer
     // divisor can be passed in as an argument, e.g. pass divisor=1 to
     // return the time in milliseconds.
     virtual  int64_t GetSecondsPlayed(bool honorCutList,
-                                      int divisor = 1000) const;
+                                      int divisor = 1000);
     virtual  int64_t GetTotalSeconds(bool honorCutList,
                                      int divisor = 1000) const;
     int64_t  GetLatestVideoTimecode() const   { return m_latestVideoTimecode; }
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/recorders/recorderbase.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/recorders/recorderbase.cpp
index 3c884c7d468..65115cb05fb 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/recorders/recorderbase.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/recorders/recorderbase.cpp
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ void RecorderBase::SetTotalFrames(uint64_t total_frames)
 RecorderBase *RecorderBase::CreateRecorder(
     TVRec                  *tvrec,
     ChannelBase            *channel,
-    const RecordingProfile &profile,
+    RecordingProfile       &profile,
     const GeneralDBOptions &genOpt)
 {
     if (!channel)
@@ -957,8 +957,7 @@ RecorderBase *RecorderBase::CreateRecorder(
 
     if (recorder)
     {
-        recorder->SetOptionsFromProfile(
-            const_cast<RecordingProfile*>(&profile),
+        recorder->SetOptionsFromProfile(&profile,
             genOpt.m_videoDev, genOpt.m_audioDev, genOpt.m_vbiDev);
         // Override the samplerate defined in the profile if this card
         // was configured with a fixed rate.
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/recorders/recorderbase.h b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/recorders/recorderbase.h
index 012bcc908db..daf53a9d63c 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/recorders/recorderbase.h
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/recorders/recorderbase.h
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class MTV_PUBLIC RecorderBase : public QRunnable
     static RecorderBase *CreateRecorder(
         TVRec                  *tvrec,
         ChannelBase            *channel,
-        const RecordingProfile &profile,
+        RecordingProfile       &profile,
         const GeneralDBOptions &genOpt);
 
   protected:
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/subtitlereader.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/subtitlereader.cpp
index 3b21c90ab59..74ca19360a0 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/subtitlereader.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/subtitlereader.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ void SubtitleReader::EnableRawTextSubtitles(bool enable)
     m_RawTextSubtitlesEnabled = enable;
 }
 
-bool SubtitleReader::AddAVSubtitle(const AVSubtitle &subtitle,
+bool SubtitleReader::AddAVSubtitle(AVSubtitle &subtitle,
                                    bool fix_position,
                                    bool allow_forced)
 {
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ void SubtitleReader::ClearAVSubtitles(void)
     m_AVSubtitles.m_lock.unlock();
 }
 
-void SubtitleReader::FreeAVSubtitle(const AVSubtitle &subtitle)
+void SubtitleReader::FreeAVSubtitle(AVSubtitle &subtitle)
 {
-    avsubtitle_free(const_cast<AVSubtitle*>(&subtitle));
+    avsubtitle_free(&subtitle);
 }
 
 void SubtitleReader::LoadExternalSubtitles(const QString &subtitleFileName,
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/subtitlereader.h b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/subtitlereader.h
index b84494245a7..df74b619697 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/subtitlereader.h
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/subtitlereader.h
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ class SubtitleReader
     void EnableRawTextSubtitles(bool enable);
 
     AVSubtitles* GetAVSubtitles(void) { return &m_AVSubtitles; }
-    bool AddAVSubtitle(const AVSubtitle& subtitle, bool fix_position,
+    bool AddAVSubtitle(AVSubtitle& subtitle, bool fix_position,
                        bool allow_forced);
     void ClearAVSubtitles(void);
-    static void FreeAVSubtitle(const AVSubtitle &sub);
+    static void FreeAVSubtitle(AVSubtitle &sub);
 
     TextSubtitles* GetTextSubtitles(void) { return &m_TextSubtitles; }
     bool HasTextSubtitles(void);
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/subtitlescreen.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/subtitlescreen.cpp
index 6e5291fa6f1..f9b51a7e9e8 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/subtitlescreen.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/subtitlescreen.cpp
@@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ void SubtitleScreen::DisplayAVSubtitles(void)
 
     while (!subs->m_buffers.empty())
     {
-        const AVSubtitle subtitle = subs->m_buffers.front();
+        AVSubtitle subtitle = subs->m_buffers.front();
         if (subtitle.start_display_time > currentFrame->timecode)
             break;
 
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/tv_play.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/tv_play.cpp
index 04c52b07513..85bff785e87 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/tv_play.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/tv_play.cpp
@@ -8052,7 +8052,7 @@ void TV::UpdateOSDInput(const PlayerContext *ctx)
 /** \fn TV::UpdateOSDSignal(const PlayerContext*, const QStringList&)
  *  \brief Updates Signal portion of OSD...
  */
-void TV::UpdateOSDSignal(const PlayerContext *ctx, const QStringList &strlist)
+void TV::UpdateOSDSignal(PlayerContext *ctx, const QStringList &strlist)
 {
     OSD *osd = GetOSDLock(ctx);
     if (!osd || m_browseHelper->IsBrowsing() || !m_queuedChanNum.isEmpty())
@@ -8062,8 +8062,7 @@ void TV::UpdateOSDSignal(const PlayerContext *ctx, const QStringList &strlist)
         ReturnOSDLock(ctx, osd);
 
         QMutexLocker locker(&m_timerIdLock);
-        m_signalMonitorTimerId[StartTimer(1, __LINE__)] =
-            const_cast<PlayerContext*>(ctx);
+        m_signalMonitorTimerId[StartTimer(1, __LINE__)] = ctx;
         return;
     }
     ReturnOSDLock(ctx, osd);
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/tv_play.h b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/tv_play.h
index cca42baec35..d28a4ffcc80 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/tv_play.h
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/tv_play.h
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ class MTV_PUBLIC TV : public QObject, public MenuItemDisplayer
     void UpdateOSDSeekMessage(const PlayerContext*,
                               const QString &mesg, enum OSDTimeout timeout);
     void UpdateOSDInput(const PlayerContext*);
-    void UpdateOSDSignal(const PlayerContext*, const QStringList &strlist);
+    void UpdateOSDSignal(PlayerContext*, const QStringList &strlist);
     void UpdateOSDTimeoutMessage(PlayerContext*);
     void UpdateOSDAskAllowDialog(PlayerContext*);
     void SetUpdateOSDPosition(bool set_it);
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythui/lirc.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythui/lirc.cpp
index 9e210c5a5ec..177ae923672 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythui/lirc.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythui/lirc.cpp
@@ -339,14 +339,14 @@ bool LIRC::IsDoRunSet(void) const
     return doRun;
 }
 
-void LIRC::Process(const QByteArray &data)
+void LIRC::Process(QByteArray &data)
 {
     QMutexLocker static_lock(&lirclib_lock);
 
     // lirc_code2char will make code point to a static datafer..
     char *code = nullptr;
     int ret = lirc_code2char(
-        d->m_lircState, d->m_lircConfig, const_cast<char*>(data.constData()), &code);
+        d->m_lircState, d->m_lircConfig, data.data(), &code);
 
     while ((0 == ret) && code)
     {
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ void LIRC::Process(const QByteArray &data)
             QCoreApplication::postEvent(m_mainWindow, keyReleases[i]);
 
         ret = lirc_code2char(
-            d->m_lircState, d->m_lircConfig, const_cast<char*>(data.constData()), &code);
+            d->m_lircState, d->m_lircConfig, data.data(), &code);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythui/lirc.h b/mythtv/libs/libmythui/lirc.h
index e8067ca9295..22692447a6e 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythui/lirc.h
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythui/lirc.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class LIRC : public QObject, public MThread
     bool IsDoRunSet(void) const;
     void run(void) override; // MThread
     QList<QByteArray> GetCodes(void);
-    void Process(const QByteArray &data);
+    void Process(QByteArray &data);
 
     mutable QMutex  lock;
     static  QMutex  lirclib_lock;
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythui/mythuiimage.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythui/mythuiimage.cpp
index 16c542a2cec..7219aa2696c 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythui/mythuiimage.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythui/mythuiimage.cpp
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ QEvent::Type ImageLoadEvent::kEventType =
 class ImageLoadThread : public QRunnable
 {
   public:
-    ImageLoadThread(const MythUIImage *parent, MythPainter *painter,
+    ImageLoadThread(MythUIImage *parent, MythPainter *painter,
                     const ImageProperties &imProps, QString basefile,
                     int number, ImageCacheMode mode) :
         m_parent(parent), m_painter(painter), m_imageProperties(imProps),
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ class ImageLoadThread : public QRunnable
                                                         m_basefile,
                                                         m_imageProperties.m_filename,
                                                         aborted);
-                QCoreApplication::postEvent(const_cast<MythUIImage*>(m_parent), le);
+                QCoreApplication::postEvent(m_parent, le);
 
                 return;
              }
@@ -522,11 +522,11 @@ class ImageLoadThread : public QRunnable
         ImageLoadEvent *le = new ImageLoadEvent(m_parent, image, m_basefile,
                                                 m_imageProperties.m_filename,
                                                 m_number, aborted);
-        QCoreApplication::postEvent(const_cast<MythUIImage*>(m_parent), le);
+        QCoreApplication::postEvent(m_parent, le);
     }
 
 private:
-    const MythUIImage *m_parent  {nullptr};
+    MythUIImage       *m_parent  {nullptr};
     MythPainter       *m_painter {nullptr};
     ImageProperties m_imageProperties;
     QString         m_basefile;
diff --git a/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/mainserver.cpp b/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/mainserver.cpp
index a44726cb97d..96dbd81252a 100644
--- a/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/mainserver.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/mainserver.cpp
@@ -8015,7 +8015,7 @@ LiveTVChain *MainServer::GetExistingChain(const QString &id)
     return nullptr;
 }
 
-LiveTVChain *MainServer::GetExistingChain(const MythSocket *sock)
+LiveTVChain *MainServer::GetExistingChain(MythSocket *sock)
 {
     QMutexLocker lock(&m_liveTVChainsLock);
 
diff --git a/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/mainserver.h b/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/mainserver.h
index f0663d7ad80..e78ebe173d5 100644
--- a/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/mainserver.h
+++ b/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/mainserver.h
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ class MainServer : public QObject, public MythSocketCBs
     static void DoDeleteInDB(DeleteStruct *ds);
 
     LiveTVChain *GetExistingChain(const QString &id);
-    LiveTVChain *GetExistingChain(const MythSocket *sock);
+    LiveTVChain *GetExistingChain(MythSocket *sock);
     LiveTVChain *GetChainWithRecording(const ProgramInfo &pginfo);
     void AddToChains(LiveTVChain *chain);
     void DeleteChain(LiveTVChain *chain);
diff --git a/mythtv/programs/mythccextractor/main.cpp b/mythtv/programs/mythccextractor/main.cpp
index 7d99fb1ef08..91ed3731073 100644
--- a/mythtv/programs/mythccextractor/main.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/programs/mythccextractor/main.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace {
     }
 }
 
-static int RunCCExtract(const ProgramInfo &program_info, const QString & destdir)
+static int RunCCExtract(ProgramInfo &program_info, const QString & destdir)
 {
     QString filename = program_info.GetPlaybackURL();
     if (filename.startsWith("myth://"))
diff --git a/mythtv/programs/mythcommflag/CommDetector2.cpp b/mythtv/programs/mythcommflag/CommDetector2.cpp
index bf696ec00fe..692078efaeb 100644
--- a/mythtv/programs/mythcommflag/CommDetector2.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/programs/mythcommflag/CommDetector2.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ QString debugDirectory(int chanid, const QDateTime& recstartts)
         return "";
     }
 
-    const ProgramInfo pginfo(chanid, recstartts);
+    ProgramInfo pginfo(chanid, recstartts);
 
     if (!pginfo.GetChanID())
         return "";