diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index c6058c7afa..8e603d5193 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ static int read_ffserver_streams(AVFormatContext *s, const char *filename)
     s->nb_streams = ic->nb_streams;
     for(i=0;i<ic->nb_streams;i++) {
         AVStream *st;
+        AVCodec *codec;
 
         // FIXME: a more elegant solution is needed
         st = av_mallocz(sizeof(AVStream));
@@ -524,13 +525,21 @@ static int read_ffserver_streams(AVFormatContext *s, const char *filename)
             print_error(filename, AVERROR(ENOMEM));
             av_exit(1);
         }
-        memcpy(st->codec, ic->streams[i]->codec, sizeof(AVCodecContext));
+        avcodec_copy_context(st->codec, ic->streams[i]->codec);
         s->streams[i] = st;
 
-        if (st->codec->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO && audio_stream_copy)
-            st->stream_copy = 1;
-        else if (st->codec->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO && video_stream_copy)
-            st->stream_copy = 1;
+        codec = avcodec_find_encoder(st->codec->codec_id);
+        if (st->codec->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO) {
+            if (audio_stream_copy) {
+                st->stream_copy = 1;
+            } else
+                choose_sample_fmt(st, codec);
+        } else if (st->codec->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO) {
+            if (video_stream_copy) {
+                st->stream_copy = 1;
+            } else
+                choose_pixel_fmt(st, codec);
+        }
 
         if(!st->codec->thread_count)
             st->codec->thread_count = 1;
diff --git a/ffserver.c b/ffserver.c
index fad1548c6e..f68ca11fbb 100644
--- a/ffserver.c
+++ b/ffserver.c
@@ -4039,7 +4039,6 @@ static int parse_ffconfig(const char *filename)
                         filename, line_num);
             } else {
                 FFStream *s;
-                const AVClass *class;
                 stream = av_mallocz(sizeof(FFStream));
                 get_arg(stream->filename, sizeof(stream->filename), &p);
                 q = strrchr(stream->filename, '>');
@@ -4055,15 +4054,8 @@ static int parse_ffconfig(const char *filename)
                 }
 
                 stream->fmt = ffserver_guess_format(NULL, stream->filename, NULL);
-                /* fetch avclass so AVOption works
-                 * FIXME try to use avcodec_get_context_defaults2
-                 * without changing defaults too much */
-                avcodec_get_context_defaults(&video_enc);
-                class = video_enc.av_class;
-                memset(&audio_enc, 0, sizeof(AVCodecContext));
-                memset(&video_enc, 0, sizeof(AVCodecContext));
-                audio_enc.av_class = class;
-                video_enc.av_class = class;
+                avcodec_get_context_defaults2(&video_enc, AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO);
+                avcodec_get_context_defaults2(&audio_enc, AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO);
                 audio_id = CODEC_ID_NONE;
                 video_id = CODEC_ID_NONE;
                 if (stream->fmt) {