diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index 0608ae6dea..2b0a01e511 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static int input_sync;
 static uint64_t limit_filesize = 0; //
 
 static int pgmyuv_compatibility_hack=0;
-static int dts_delta_threshold = 10;
+static float dts_delta_threshold = 10;
 
 static int sws_flags = SWS_BICUBIC;
 
@@ -3612,7 +3612,7 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
     { "vglobal", HAS_ARG | OPT_INT | OPT_EXPERT, {(void*)&video_global_header}, "video global header storage type", "" },
     { "copyts", OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT, {(void*)&copy_ts}, "copy timestamps" },
     { "shortest", OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT, {(void*)&opt_shortest}, "finish encoding within shortest input" }, //
-    { "dts_delta_threshold", HAS_ARG | OPT_INT | OPT_EXPERT, {(void*)&dts_delta_threshold}, "timestamp discontinuity delta threshold", "" },
+    { "dts_delta_threshold", HAS_ARG | OPT_FLOAT | OPT_EXPERT, {(void*)&dts_delta_threshold}, "timestamp discontinuity delta threshold", "" },
 
     /* video options */
     { "vframes", OPT_INT | HAS_ARG | OPT_VIDEO, {(void*)&max_frames[CODEC_TYPE_VIDEO]}, "set the number of video frames to record", "number" },