1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.c b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
index d20c74d42a..9cdf12d2d1 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
@@ -680,7 +680,6 @@ static const char *const filters_left_to_update[] = {
 #endif
     "atempo",
     "buffer",
-    "mp",
     "pan",
     "scale",
 };
@@ -818,6 +817,21 @@ int avfilter_init_filter(AVFilterContext *filter, const char *args, void *opaque
                 goto fail;
 #endif
         } else {
+#if CONFIG_MP_FILTER
+            if (!strcmp(filter->filter->name, "mp")) {
+                char *escaped;
+
+                if (!strncmp(args, "filter=", 7))
+                    args += 7;
+                ret = av_escape(&escaped, args, ":=", AV_ESCAPE_MODE_BACKSLASH, 0);
+                if (ret < 0) {
+                    av_log(filter, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Unable to escape MPlayer filters arg '%s'\n", args);
+                    goto fail;
+                }
+                ret = process_options(filter, &options, escaped);
+                av_free(escaped);
+            } else
+#endif
             ret = process_options(filter, &options, args);
             if (ret < 0)
                 goto fail;