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 )
     {