diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index 045ee54a29..d1f358aaf4 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ static int frame_topBand  = 0;
 static int frame_bottomBand = 0;
 static int frame_leftBand  = 0;
 static int frame_rightBand = 0;
+static int max_frames[3] = {INT_MAX, INT_MAX, INT_MAX};
 static int frame_rate = 25;
 static int frame_rate_base = 1;
 static int video_bit_rate = 200*1000;
@@ -711,6 +712,7 @@ static void do_video_out(AVFormatContext *s,
     }else
         ost->sync_opts= lrintf(ost->sync_ipts * enc->frame_rate / enc->frame_rate_base);
 
+    nb_frames= FFMIN(nb_frames, max_frames[CODEC_TYPE_VIDEO] - ost->frame_number);
     if (nb_frames <= 0) 
         return;
 
@@ -1838,6 +1840,10 @@ static int av_encode(AVFormatContext **output_files,
                     if(!input_sync) file_index = ist->file_index;
                 }
             }
+            if(ost->frame_number >= max_frames[ost->st->codec.codec_type]){
+                file_index= -1;
+                break;
+            }
         }
         /* if none, if is finished */
         if (file_index < 0) {
@@ -3827,6 +3833,9 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
 
     /* video options */
     { "b", HAS_ARG | OPT_VIDEO, {(void*)opt_video_bitrate}, "set video bitrate (in kbit/s)", "bitrate" },
+    { "vframes", OPT_INT | HAS_ARG | OPT_VIDEO, {(void*)&max_frames[CODEC_TYPE_VIDEO]}, "set the number of video frames to record", "number" },
+    { "aframes", OPT_INT | HAS_ARG | OPT_AUDIO, {(void*)&max_frames[CODEC_TYPE_AUDIO]}, "set the number of audio frames to record", "number" },
+    { "dframes", OPT_INT | HAS_ARG, {(void*)&max_frames[CODEC_TYPE_DATA]}, "set the number of data frames to record", "number" },
     { "r", HAS_ARG | OPT_VIDEO, {(void*)opt_frame_rate}, "set frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation)", "rate" },
     { "s", HAS_ARG | OPT_VIDEO, {(void*)opt_frame_size}, "set frame size (WxH or abbreviation)", "size" },
     { "aspect", HAS_ARG | OPT_VIDEO, {(void*)opt_frame_aspect_ratio}, "set aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9 or 1.3333, 1.7777)", "aspect" },