diff --git a/recipes/wip/graphics/editors/blender-lts/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/graphics/editors/blender-lts/recipe.toml
index 6c0414383..8b578bdb3 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/graphics/editors/blender-lts/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/graphics/editors/blender-lts/recipe.toml
@@ -4,8 +4,14 @@
 [source]
 git = "https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender"
 branch = "blender-v4.5-release"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "cmake"
+cmakeflags = [
+    "-DWITH_GHOST_SDL=ON",
+    "-DWITH_SDL=ON",
+    "-DWITH_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES=OFF",
+]
 # dependencies = [
 #     "dbus",
 #     "libdecor",
diff --git a/recipes/wip/graphics/editors/blender/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/graphics/editors/blender/recipe.toml
index 1f47792b7..ba9fab550 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/graphics/editors/blender/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/graphics/editors/blender/recipe.toml
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@
 #TODO determine the minimum dependencies from cmake log
 # build instructions: https://developer.blender.org/docs/handbook/building_blender/
 [source]
-tar = "https://download.blender.org/source/blender-5.0.0.tar.xz"
+tar = "https://download.blender.org/source/blender-5.0.1.tar.xz"
 [build]
 template = "cmake"
+cmakeflags = [
+    "-DWITH_GHOST_SDL=ON",
+    "-DWITH_SDL=ON",
+    "-DWITH_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES=OFF",
+]
 # dependencies = [
 #     "dbus",
 #     "libdecor",
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/graphene/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/graphene/recipe.toml
index 40d77cfe4..c96d54794 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/graphene/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/graphene/recipe.toml
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@
 tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/graphene/1.10/graphene-1.10.8.tar.xz"
 [build]
 template = "meson"
+mesonflags = [
+    "-Dtests=false",
+    "-Dintrospection=false",
+]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/libhandy/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/libhandy/recipe.toml
index 84ca2d7e3..c599ad4c9 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/libhandy/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/libhandy/recipe.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #TODO not compiled or tested
 # build instructions: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libhandy#building
-#TODO determine dependencies
 [source]
-git = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libhandy"
-rev = "9b0071408ce86a3ef843806fddd723a85f6f2416"
+tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/libhandy/1.8/libhandy-1.8.3.tar.xz"
 [build]
 template = "meson"
+mesonflags = [
+    "-Dtests=false"
+]
 dependencies = [
     "glib",
     "gtk3",
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/libsigcpp/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/libsigcpp/recipe.toml
index 250a61fc8..e3ea18bd3 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/libsigcpp/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/libsigcpp/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-#TODO missing script for building, see https://github.com/libsigcplusplus/libsigcplusplus#building-from-a-release-tarball
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/libsigcplusplus/libsigcplusplus#building-from-a-release-tarball
 [source]
-tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/libsigc++/3.6/libsigc%2B%2B-3.6.0.tar.xz"
+tar = "https://github.com/libsigcplusplus/libsigcplusplus/releases/download/3.8.0/libsigc++-3.8.0.tar.xz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
+mesonflags = [
+    "-Dbuild-manual=false",
+    "-Dbuild-tests=false",
+]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/recorders/obs-studio/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/recorders/obs-studio/recipe.toml
index 9a2e6556c..0cef38d5d 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/recorders/obs-studio/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/recorders/obs-studio/recipe.toml
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@
 #TODO discover minimum dependencies from cmake log
 # build instructions: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/wiki/Building-OBS-Studio
 [source]
-tar = "https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/download/32.0.2/OBS-Studio-32.0.2-Sources.tar.gz"
+tar = "https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/download/32.0.4/OBS-Studio-32.0.4-Sources.tar.gz"
 [build]
 template = "cmake"
+cmakeflags = [
+    "-DENABLE_UI=OFF",
+    "-DENABLE_SCRIPTING=OFF",
+    "-DENABLE_HEVC=OFF",
+]
 # dependencies = [
 #     "boost",
 #     "librsvg",