diff -Naurp blender-2.49b/source/blender/include/ffmpeg_compat.h blender-2.49b/source/blender/include/ffmpeg_compat.h
--- blender-2.49b/source/blender/include/ffmpeg_compat.h	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ blender-2.49b/source/blender/include/ffmpeg_compat.h	2011-09-07 18:42:21.762303413 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+#ifndef __ffmpeg_compat_h_included__
+#define __ffmpeg_compat_h_included__ 1
+
+/*
+ * $Id: ffmpeg_compat.h 39749 2011-08-28 14:46:03Z schlaile $
+ *
+ * compatibility macros to make every ffmpeg installation appear
+ * like the most current installation (wrapping some functionality sometimes)
+ * it also includes all ffmpeg header files at once, no need to do it 
+ * seperately.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 Peter Schlaile
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ */
+
+
+#include <libavformat/avformat.h>
+#include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
+#include <libavutil/rational.h>
+
+#if (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR > 52) || ((LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR >= 52) && (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR >= 101))
+#define FFMPEG_HAVE_PARSE_UTILS 1
+#include <libavutil/parseutils.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <libswscale/swscale.h>
+#include <libavcodec/opt.h>
+
+#if (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR > 52) || ((LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR >= 52) && (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR >= 105))
+#define FFMPEG_HAVE_AVIO 1
+#endif
+
+#if (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR > 53) || ((LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR == 53) && (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR > 1)) || ((LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR == 53) && (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR == 1) && (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO >= 1)) || ((LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR == 52) && (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR >= 121))
+#define FFMPEG_HAVE_DEFAULT_VAL_UNION 1
+#endif
+
+#if (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR > 52) || ((LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR >= 52) && (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR >= 101))
+#define FFMPEG_HAVE_AV_DUMP_FORMAT 1
+#endif
+
+#if (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR > 52) || ((LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR >= 52) && (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR >= 45))
+#define FFMPEG_HAVE_AV_GUESS_FORMAT 1
+#endif
+
+#if (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR > 52) || ((LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR >= 52) && (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR >= 23))
+#define FFMPEG_HAVE_DECODE_AUDIO3 1
+#define FFMPEG_HAVE_DECODE_VIDEO2 1
+#endif
+
+#if (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR > 52) || ((LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR >= 52) && (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR >= 64))
+#define FFMPEG_HAVE_AVMEDIA_TYPES 1
+#endif
+
+#if ((LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR > 52) || (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR >= 52) && (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR >= 29)) && \
+	((LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR > 0) || (LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR >= 0) && (LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MINOR >= 10))
+#define FFMPEG_SWSCALE_COLOR_SPACE_SUPPORT
+#endif
+
+#ifndef FFMPEG_HAVE_AVIO
+#define AVIO_FLAG_WRITE URL_WRONLY
+#define avio_open url_fopen
+#define avio_tell url_ftell
+#define avio_close url_fclose
+#define avio_size url_fsize
+#endif
+
+/* there are some version inbetween, which have avio_... functions but no
+   AVIO_FLAG_... */
+#ifndef AVIO_FLAG_WRITE
+#define AVIO_FLAG_WRITE URL_WRONLY
+#endif
+
+#ifndef AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY
+#define AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY PKT_FLAG_KEY
+#endif
+
+#ifndef FFMPEG_HAVE_AV_DUMP_FORMAT
+#define av_dump_format dump_format
+#endif
+
+#ifndef FFMPEG_HAVE_AV_GUESS_FORMAT
+#define av_guess_format guess_format
+#endif
+
+#ifndef FFMPEG_HAVE_PARSE_UTILS
+#define av_parse_video_rate av_parse_video_frame_rate
+#endif
+
+#ifdef FFMPEG_HAVE_DEFAULT_VAL_UNION
+#define FFMPEG_DEF_OPT_VAL_INT(OPT) OPT->default_val.i64
+#define FFMPEG_DEF_OPT_VAL_DOUBLE(OPT) OPT->default_val.dbl
+#else
+#define FFMPEG_DEF_OPT_VAL_INT(OPT) OPT->default_val
+#define FFMPEG_DEF_OPT_VAL_DOUBLE(OPT) OPT->default_val
+#endif
+
+#ifndef FFMPEG_HAVE_AVMEDIA_TYPES
+#define AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO CODEC_TYPE_VIDEO
+#define AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO CODEC_TYPE_AUDIO
+#endif
+
+#ifndef FFMPEG_HAVE_DECODE_AUDIO3
+static inline 
+int avcodec_decode_audio3(AVCodecContext *avctx, int16_t *samples,
+			  int *frame_size_ptr, AVPacket *avpkt)
+{
+	return avcodec_decode_audio2(avctx, samples,
+				     frame_size_ptr, avpkt->data,
+				     avpkt->size);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef FFMPEG_HAVE_DECODE_VIDEO2
+static inline
+int avcodec_decode_video2(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *picture,
+                         int *got_picture_ptr,
+                         AVPacket *avpkt)
+{
+	return avcodec_decode_video(avctx, picture, got_picture_ptr,
+				    avpkt->data, avpkt->size);
+}
+#endif
+
+static inline
+int64_t av_get_pts_from_frame(AVFormatContext *avctx, AVFrame * picture)
+{
+	int64_t pts = picture->pkt_pts;
+
+	if (pts == AV_NOPTS_VALUE) {
+		pts = picture->pkt_dts;
+	}
+	if (pts == AV_NOPTS_VALUE) {
+		pts = 0;
+	}
+	
+	return pts;
+}
+
+#endif
diff -Naurp blender-2.49b/source/blender/src/buttons_scene.c blender-2.49b/source/blender/src/buttons_scene.c
--- blender-2.49b/source/blender/src/buttons_scene.c	2009-09-01 15:21:46.000000000 +0000
+++ blender-2.49b/source/blender/src/buttons_scene.c	2011-09-07 18:43:19.302387798 +0000
@@ -109,9 +109,7 @@
 
 #ifdef WITH_FFMPEG
 
-#include <libavcodec/avcodec.h> /* for PIX_FMT_* and CODEC_ID_* */
-#include <libavformat/avformat.h>
-#include <libavcodec/opt.h>
+#include "ffmpeg_compat.h"
 
 static int ffmpeg_preset_sel = 0;
 
@@ -2723,12 +2721,12 @@ static IDProperty * ffmpeg_property_add(
 	switch (o->type) {
 	case FF_OPT_TYPE_INT:
 	case FF_OPT_TYPE_INT64:
-		val.i = o->default_val;
+		val.i = FFMPEG_DEF_OPT_VAL_INT(o);
 		idp_type = IDP_INT;
 		break;
 	case FF_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE:
 	case FF_OPT_TYPE_FLOAT:
-		val.f = o->default_val;
+		val.f = FFMPEG_DEF_OPT_VAL_DOUBLE(o);
 		idp_type = IDP_FLOAT;
 		break;
 	case FF_OPT_TYPE_STRING: