diff --git a/apps/renderer.c b/apps/renderer.c
index 0ab2de02166b6e7c4b34b7d160b5bc9ca4ba40a4..309ad2d43491a8000f15d3dc0cf3702eed04ed68 100644
--- a/apps/renderer.c
+++ b/apps/renderer.c
@@ -2686,7 +2686,9 @@ static void parseOption(
         case CmdLnOptionId_framing5ms:
             assert( numOptionValues == 0 );
             args->framing_5ms = true;
+#ifndef API_5MS
             fprintf( stderr, "Warning: this is a placeholder for 5ms framing.\n" );
+#endif
             break;
         case CmdLnOptionId_directivityPatternId:
             assert( numOptionValues <= RENDERER_MAX_ISM_INPUTS );
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index b556709497b466555e18aa2946b71a595c918a24..a9861785f2595115d8c70c5eda10f313d7b30ef9 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
 /*#define DEBUG_AGC_ENCODER_CMD_OPTION*/        /* Ability to force enable or disable AGC behaviour in DIRAC/SPAR via command line option */
 /*#define DEBUG_JBM_CMD_OPTION*/                /* ability for telling the decoder the frontend fetch size and to not delay compensate for bad frames at the beginning */
 /*#define VARIABLE_SPEED_DECODING*/                 /* variable speed decoding employing the JBM functioniality; move to DEBUGGING after build for disabled is fixed */
+#define DISABLE_LIMITER                         /* disable limiter to help with debugging BE */
 
 /*Split Rendering Debug switches*/
 /*#define DBG_WAV_WRITER*/                      /* add debugging function dbgwrite_wav() */
@@ -149,12 +150,16 @@
 /* only BE switches wrt operation points tested in selection */
 
 /*#define FIX_I4_OL_PITCH*/                             /* fix open-loop pitch used for EVS core switching */
+#define API_5MS                                         /* FhG: 5ms rendering capability */
+
 
 /*#define SPLIT_REND_WITH_HEAD_ROT*/                    /* Dlb,FhG: Split Rendering contributions 21 and 35 */
 #ifdef SPLIT_REND_WITH_HEAD_ROT
 #define SPLIT_REND_PRED_QUANT_63_PNTS
 #define SPLIT_REND_WITH_HEAD_ROT_PARAMBIN               /* Nokia: Issue 623: Split rendering support for parambin renderer */
-#define FIX_658_SPLIT_REND_MASA                         /*Dlb : Fix for issue 658, uninitialized memory access in MASA in Split rendering 0DOF mode*/
+#define FIX_658_SPLIT_REND_MASA                         /*Dlb : Fix for issue 658, uninitialized memory access in MASA in Split rendering 0DOF mode*/ 
+#define FIX_RENDMC_LOCAL_ORIENTATION
+#define FIX_SPLITREND_MASA_PRERENDERING
 #define OSBA_SPLIT_RENDERING
 #endif
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_dec.c
index ae8b1f158ea7428297123efd4550c8686380a9cf..a2d0d198ac311f359e2c3a4972386f6818cf32d7 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_dec.c
@@ -1173,7 +1173,9 @@ ivas_error ivas_dec(
      *   - float to integer conversion
      *----------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+#ifndef DISABLE_LIMITER
     ivas_limiter_dec( st_ivas->hLimiter, p_output, nchan_out, output_frame, st_ivas->BER_detect );
+#endif
 
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
     st_ivas->noClipping +=
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c
index 419cd56195d6d26205c03339aefa0ff14a1ef60d..ce4052f2aa0070a5b5d24b8efcd213787e94657e 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c
@@ -1142,7 +1142,9 @@ ivas_error ivas_jbm_dec_render(
         st_ivas->hTcBuffer->n_samples_discard = 0;
     }
 
+#ifndef DISABLE_LIMITER
     ivas_limiter_dec( st_ivas->hLimiter, p_output, nchan_out, *nSamplesRendered, st_ivas->BER_detect );
+#endif
 
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
     st_ivas->noClipping +=
@@ -1322,8 +1324,10 @@ ivas_error ivas_jbm_dec_flush_renderer(
         }
     }
 
-    /* Only write out the valid data*/
+/* Only write out the valid data*/
+#ifndef DISABLE_LIMITER
     ivas_limiter_dec( st_ivas->hLimiter, p_output, st_ivas->hDecoderConfig->nchan_out, *nSamplesRendered, st_ivas->BER_detect );
+#endif
 
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
     st_ivas->noClipping +=
diff --git a/lib_rend/ivas_dirac_dec_binaural_functions.c b/lib_rend/ivas_dirac_dec_binaural_functions.c
index b378236c8991d74f65919a4c91110f590275d601..28573b20c71004d0aa7a87680d6c5043b1ecd943 100644
--- a/lib_rend/ivas_dirac_dec_binaural_functions.c
+++ b/lib_rend/ivas_dirac_dec_binaural_functions.c
@@ -846,16 +846,33 @@ static void ivas_dirac_dec_binaural_internal(
         ivas_omasa_preProcessStereoTransportsForMovedObjects( st_ivas, Cldfb_RealBuffer_in, Cldfb_ImagBuffer_in, nBins, subframe );
     }
 
+#ifdef FIX_SPLITREND_MASA_PRERENDERING
+    pMultiBinPoseData = &st_ivas->hSplitBinRend.splitrend.multiBinPoseData;
+#endif
     if ( hCombinedOrientationData )
     {
-        for ( i = 0; i < 3; i++ )
+#ifdef FIX_SPLITREND_MASA_PRERENDERING
+        if ( pMultiBinPoseData != NULL && pMultiBinPoseData->num_poses > 1 )
         {
-            for ( j = 0; j < 3; j++ )
+            for ( i = 0; i < 3; i++ )
             {
-                Rmat[i][j] = hCombinedOrientationData->Rmat[subframe][i][j];
+                for ( j = 0; j < 3; j++ )
+                {
+                    Rmat[i][j] = hCombinedOrientationData->Rmat[0][i][j];
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else
+#endif
+        {
+            for ( i = 0; i < 3; i++ )
+            {
+                for ( j = 0; j < 3; j++ )
+                {
+                    Rmat[i][j] = hCombinedOrientationData->Rmat[subframe][i][j];
+                }
             }
         }
-
         if ( nchan_transport == 2 )
         {
 #ifdef SPLIT_REND_WITH_HEAD_ROT_PARAMBIN
diff --git a/lib_rend/lib_rend.c b/lib_rend/lib_rend.c
index 9380ac42605ff93159e8d4c1d9a2046565fb555a..8b80cc2f78886db8ea53a04615046fab2f3e8b6e 100644
--- a/lib_rend/lib_rend.c
+++ b/lib_rend/lib_rend.c
@@ -6855,6 +6855,9 @@ static ivas_error renderMcToSplitBinaural(
             copyBufferTo2dArray( mcInput->base.inputBuffer, tmpRendBuffer );
 
             /* Render */
+#ifdef FIX_RENDMC_LOCAL_ORIENTATION
+            pCombinedOrientationDataLocal = &combinedOrientationDataLocal;
+#endif
             if ( ( error = ivas_td_binaural_renderer_ext( ( pos_idx == 0 ) ? &mcInput->tdRendWrapper : &mcInput->splitTdRendWrappers[pos_idx - 1],
                                                           mcInput->base.inConfig,
                                                           &mcInput->customLsInput,
@@ -8527,18 +8530,22 @@ ivas_error IVAS_REND_GetSamples(
 
     if ( outAudio.config.is_cldfb == 0 )
     {
+#ifndef DISABLE_LIMITER
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
         hIvasRend->numClipping +=
 #endif
             limitRendererOutput( hIvasRend->hLimiter, outAudio.data, outAudio.config.numSamplesPerChannel, IVAS_LIMITER_THRESHOLD );
+#endif
     }
 #else /* SPLIT_REND_WITH_HEAD_ROT */
 
+#ifndef DISABLE_LIMITER
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
     hIvasRend->numClipping +=
 #endif
         limitRendererOutput( hIvasRend->hLimiter, outAudio.data, outAudio.config.numSamplesPerChannel, IVAS_LIMITER_THRESHOLD );
 #endif
+#endif /* SPLIT_REND_WITH_HEAD_ROT */
 
 #ifdef SPLIT_REND_WITH_HEAD_ROT
     if ( hIvasRend->outputConfig == AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL_SPLIT_CODED || hIvasRend->outputConfig == AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL_SPLIT_PCM )
diff --git a/lib_util/split_render_file_read_write.c b/lib_util/split_render_file_read_write.c
index 215d3d32c6bcc1cfd0c52f8bbc079a5c7c244f60..48fa80b2dc99203df917ab40b4c55387afecc715 100644
--- a/lib_util/split_render_file_read_write.c
+++ b/lib_util/split_render_file_read_write.c
@@ -243,6 +243,18 @@ ivas_error split_rend_write_bitstream_to_file(
         return IVAS_ERR_FAILED_FILE_WRITE;
     }
 
+    /* write dummy header field for framelength*/
+#ifdef API_5MS
+    /* Write frame size signalling */
+    {
+        int16_t codec_frame_size_ms = 20;
+        if ( fwrite( &codec_frame_size_ms, sizeof( codec_frame_size_ms ), 1, hSplitRendFileReadWrite->file ) != 1 )
+        {
+            return IVAS_ERR_FAILED_FILE_WRITE;
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
     /* write num bytes */
     if ( fwrite( bits_written, sizeof( int32_t ), 1, hSplitRendFileReadWrite->file ) != 1 )
     {
@@ -330,6 +342,17 @@ ivas_error split_rend_read_bits_from_file(
     {
         return IVAS_ERR_FAILED_FILE_READ;
     }
+#ifdef API_5MS
+    /* read frame size signalling */
+    {
+        int16_t codec_frame_size_ms;
+        if ( fread( &codec_frame_size_ms, sizeof( codec_frame_size_ms ), 1, hSplitRendFileReadWrite->file ) != 1 )
+        {
+            return IVAS_ERR_FAILED_FILE_WRITE;
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
 
     /* write num bytes */
     if ( fread( &bit_len, sizeof( int32_t ), 1, hSplitRendFileReadWrite->file ) != 1 )