diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index dc8e1b7512..cb23581ca4 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ static int nb_streamid_map = 0;
 static int frame_width  = 0;
 static int frame_height = 0;
 static float frame_aspect_ratio = 0;
-static int frame_aspect_ratio_override = 0;
 static enum PixelFormat frame_pix_fmt = PIX_FMT_NONE;
 static int frame_bits_per_raw_sample = 0;
 static enum AVSampleFormat audio_sample_fmt = AV_SAMPLE_FMT_NONE;
@@ -397,6 +396,16 @@ static int configure_filters(AVInputStream *ist, AVOutputStream *ost)
             return ret;
         last_filter = filter;
     }
+    if (av_cmp_q(codec->sample_aspect_ratio, icodec->sample_aspect_ratio)) {
+        snprintf(args, 255, "%d:%d",
+                 codec->sample_aspect_ratio.num, codec->sample_aspect_ratio.den);
+        if ((ret = avfilter_graph_create_filter(&filter, avfilter_get_by_name("setsar"),
+                                                NULL, args, NULL, ost->graph)) < 0)
+            return ret;
+        if ((ret = avfilter_link(last_filter, 0, filter, 0)) < 0)
+            return ret;
+        last_filter = filter;
+    }
 
     snprintf(args, sizeof(args), "flags=0x%X", (int)av_get_int(sws_opts, "sws_flags", NULL));
     ost->graph->scale_sws_opts = av_strdup(args);
@@ -2894,7 +2903,6 @@ static void opt_frame_aspect_ratio(const char *arg)
         ffmpeg_exit(1);
     }
     frame_aspect_ratio = ar;
-    frame_aspect_ratio_override = 1;
 }
 
 static int opt_metadata(const char *opt, const char *arg)
@@ -3335,7 +3343,6 @@ static void opt_input_file(const char *filename)
             else
                 frame_aspect_ratio=av_q2d(dec->sample_aspect_ratio);
             frame_aspect_ratio *= (float) dec->width / dec->height;
-            frame_aspect_ratio_override = 0;
             frame_pix_fmt = dec->pix_fmt;
             rfps      = ic->streams[i]->r_frame_rate.num;
             rfps_base = ic->streams[i]->r_frame_rate.den;
@@ -3440,7 +3447,6 @@ static void new_video_stream(AVFormatContext *oc, int file_idx)
     AVCodecContext *video_enc;
     enum CodecID codec_id = CODEC_ID_NONE;
     AVCodec *codec= NULL;
-    int i;
 
     st = av_new_stream(oc, oc->nb_streams < nb_streamid_map ? streamid_map[oc->nb_streams] : 0);
     if (!st) {
@@ -3461,14 +3467,6 @@ static void new_video_stream(AVFormatContext *oc, int file_idx)
             codec = avcodec_find_encoder(codec_id);
         }
 #if CONFIG_AVFILTER
-        if(frame_aspect_ratio_override){
-            i = vfilters ? strlen(vfilters) : 0;
-            vfilters = av_realloc(vfilters, i+100);
-            snprintf(vfilters+i, 100, "%csetdar=%f\n", i?',':' ', frame_aspect_ratio);
-            frame_aspect_ratio=0;
-            frame_aspect_ratio_override=0;
-        }
-
         ost->avfilter= vfilters;
         vfilters= NULL;
 #endif