diff --git a/daemon/media_player.c b/daemon/media_player.c
index 8cc51c5ca..f0c4bd358 100644
--- a/daemon/media_player.c
+++ b/daemon/media_player.c
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ static int __ensure_codec_handler(struct media_player *mp, const rtp_payload_typ
 
 	// synthesise rtp payload type
 	rtp_payload_type src_pt = { .payload_type = -1 };
-	src_pt.codec_def = codec_def_make_generic_av(mp->coder.avstream->codecpar->codec_id);
+	src_pt.codec_def = codec_def_make_generic_av(mp->coder.avstream->codecpar->codec_id, mp->media->type_id);
 	if (!src_pt.codec_def || !src_pt.codec_def->support_decoding) {
 		ilog(LOG_ERR, "Attempting to play media from an unsupported file format/codec");
 		return -1;
diff --git a/lib/avc.c b/lib/avc.c
index cc657168f..9037c24b7 100644
--- a/lib/avc.c
+++ b/lib/avc.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ int codeclib_set_av_opt_intstr(encoder_t *enc, const str *opt, const str *val) {
 }
 
 
-codec_def_t *codec_def_make_generic_av(enum AVCodecID id) {
+codec_def_t *codec_def_make_generic_av(enum AVCodecID id, enum media_type type) {
 	{
 		RWLOCK_R(&generic_ffmpeg_codecs_lock);
 
diff --git a/lib/codeclib.h b/lib/codeclib.h
index b6dcd9742..24cef1c8d 100644
--- a/lib/codeclib.h
+++ b/lib/codeclib.h
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ struct codec_def_s {
 	const AVCodec *decoder;
 };
 
-codec_def_t *codec_def_make_generic_av(enum AVCodecID);
+codec_def_t *codec_def_make_generic_av(enum AVCodecID, enum media_type);
 
 
 struct format_s {