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-rw-r--r--avconv_opt.c10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/avconv_opt.c b/avconv_opt.c
index 97ae0a4bf9..5c6fc8741f 100644
--- a/avconv_opt.c
+++ b/avconv_opt.c
@@ -381,12 +381,22 @@ static int copy_metadata(char *outspec, char *inspec, AVFormatContext *oc, AVFor
static AVCodec *find_codec_or_die(const char *name, enum AVMediaType type, int encoder)
{
+ const AVCodecDescriptor *desc;
const char *codec_string = encoder ? "encoder" : "decoder";
AVCodec *codec;
codec = encoder ?
avcodec_find_encoder_by_name(name) :
avcodec_find_decoder_by_name(name);
+
+ if (!codec && (desc = avcodec_descriptor_get_by_name(name))) {
+ codec = encoder ? avcodec_find_encoder(desc->id) :
+ avcodec_find_decoder(desc->id);
+ if (codec)
+ av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_VERBOSE, "Matched %s '%s' for codec '%s'.\n",
+ codec_string, codec->name, desc->name);
+ }
+
if (!codec) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Unknown %s '%s'\n", codec_string, name);
exit_program(1);