diff --git a/libavformat/movenc.c b/libavformat/movenc.c
index f3a4a9686d..900d23209f 100644
--- a/libavformat/movenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/movenc.c
@@ -624,12 +624,23 @@ static int mov_get_dv_codec_tag(AVFormatContext *s, MOVTrack *track)
 {
     int tag;
 
-    if (track->enc->height == 480) /* NTSC */
-        if  (track->enc->pix_fmt == PIX_FMT_YUV422P) tag = MKTAG('d','v','5','n');
-        else                                         tag = MKTAG('d','v','c',' ');
-    else if (track->enc->pix_fmt == PIX_FMT_YUV422P) tag = MKTAG('d','v','5','p');
-    else if (track->enc->pix_fmt == PIX_FMT_YUV420P) tag = MKTAG('d','v','c','p');
-    else                                             tag = MKTAG('d','v','p','p');
+    if (track->enc->width == 720) /* SD */
+        if (track->enc->height == 480) /* NTSC */
+            if  (track->enc->pix_fmt == PIX_FMT_YUV422P) tag = MKTAG('d','v','5','n');
+            else                                         tag = MKTAG('d','v','c',' ');
+        else if (track->enc->pix_fmt == PIX_FMT_YUV422P) tag = MKTAG('d','v','5','p');
+        else if (track->enc->pix_fmt == PIX_FMT_YUV420P) tag = MKTAG('d','v','c','p');
+        else                                             tag = MKTAG('d','v','p','p');
+    else if (track->enc->height == 720) /* HD 720 line */
+        if  (track->enc->time_base.den == 50)            tag = MKTAG('d','v','h','q');
+        else                                             tag = MKTAG('d','v','h','p');
+    else if (track->enc->height == 1080) /* HD 1080 line */
+        if  (track->enc->time_base.den == 25)            tag = MKTAG('d','v','h','5');
+        else                                             tag = MKTAG('d','v','h','6');
+    else {
+        av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "unsupported height for dv codec\n");
+        return 0;
+    }
 
     return tag;
 }