--- /dev/null
+diff -ur a/encoder/encoder.c b/encoder/encoder.c
+--- a/encoder/encoder.c 2016-02-20 14:45:07.000000000 -0700
++++ b/encoder/encoder.c 2016-12-29 07:08:32.247434972 -0700
+@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@
+ return -1;
+ }
+
++#if 0
+ /* Detect default ffmpeg settings and terminate with an error. */
+ if( b_open )
+ {
+@@ -637,6 +638,7 @@
+ return -1;
+ }
+ }
++#endif
+
+ if( h->param.rc.i_rc_method < 0 || h->param.rc.i_rc_method > 2 )
+ {