diff --git a/libavformat/dv.c b/libavformat/dv.c
index 4f7b062f8b..1e15c08203 100644
--- a/libavformat/dv.c
+++ b/libavformat/dv.c
@@ -72,30 +72,33 @@ static inline uint16_t dv_audio_12to16(uint16_t sample)
     return result;
 }
 
-/*
- * This is the dumbest implementation of all -- it simply looks at
- * a fixed offset and if pack isn't there -- fails. We might want
- * to have a fallback mechanism for complete search of missing packs.
- */
 static const uint8_t *dv_extract_pack(uint8_t *frame, enum dv_pack_type t)
 {
     int offs;
+    int c;
 
-    switch (t) {
-    case dv_audio_source:
-        offs = (80 * 6 + 80 * 16 * 3 + 3);
-        break;
-    case dv_audio_control:
-        offs = (80 * 6 + 80 * 16 * 4 + 3);
-        break;
-    case dv_video_control:
-        offs = (80 * 5 + 48 + 5);
-        break;
-    case dv_timecode:
-        offs = (80*1 + 3 + 3);
-        break;
-    default:
-        return NULL;
+    for (c = 0; c < 10; c++) {
+        switch (t) {
+        case dv_audio_source:
+            if (c&1)    offs = (80 * 6 + 80 * 16 * 0 + 3 + c*12000);
+            else        offs = (80 * 6 + 80 * 16 * 3 + 3 + c*12000);
+            break;
+        case dv_audio_control:
+            if (c&1)    offs = (80 * 6 + 80 * 16 * 1 + 3 + c*12000);
+            else        offs = (80 * 6 + 80 * 16 * 4 + 3 + c*12000);
+            break;
+        case dv_video_control:
+            if (c&1)    offs = (80 * 3 + 8      + c*12000);
+            else        offs = (80 * 5 + 48 + 5 + c*12000);
+            break;
+        case dv_timecode:
+            offs = (80*1 + 3 + 3);
+            break;
+        default:
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        if (frame[offs] == t)
+            break;
     }
 
     return frame[offs] == t ? &frame[offs] : NULL;