diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 619623bb74f869f39130633e05da4e76c90a91ae..96db4d9031ffc309efb4dd81a3dbfc54e14dfc3d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ static const int Motion_Est_QTab[] = { ME_ZERO, ME_PHODS, ME_LOG,
 #define CODEC_FLAG_GRAY  0x2000  /* only decode/encode grayscale */
 #define CODEC_FLAG_EMU_EDGE 0x4000/* dont draw edges */
 #define CODEC_FLAG_DR1    0x8000 /* dr1 */
+#define CODEC_FLAG_NOT_TRUNCATED  0x00010000 /* input bitstream is not truncated, except before a startcode */
 /* codec capabilities */
 
 /* decoder can use draw_horiz_band callback */
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpeg12.c b/libavcodec/mpeg12.c
index 97c2e98ccb81e603a53859c5bfa3d865fe8845e9..ef6bec7ace75045cbf430eb3f658be8e063b9825 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpeg12.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpeg12.c
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ static VLC mb_ptype_vlc;
 static VLC mb_btype_vlc;
 static VLC mb_pat_vlc;
 
-void mpeg1_init_vlc(MpegEncContext *s)
+static void init_vlcs(MpegEncContext *s)
 {
     static int done = 0;
 
@@ -1260,6 +1260,7 @@ static int mpeg_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     
     s->mpeg_enc_ctx.flags= avctx->flags;
     common_init(&s->mpeg_enc_ctx);
+    init_vlcs(&s->mpeg_enc_ctx);
 
     s->header_state = 0xff;
     s->mpeg_enc_ctx_allocated = 0;
@@ -1468,7 +1469,7 @@ static int mpeg_decode_slice(AVCodecContext *avctx,
 
     start_code = (start_code - 1) & 0xff;
     if (start_code >= s->mb_height){
-        fprintf(stderr, "slice below image\n");
+        fprintf(stderr, "slice below image (%d >= %d)\n", start_code, s->mb_height);
         return -1;
     }
     s->last_dc[0] = 1 << (7 + s->intra_dc_precision);
@@ -1590,7 +1591,6 @@ static int mpeg1_decode_sequence(AVCodecContext *avctx,
         
         if (MPV_common_init(s) < 0)
             return -1;
-        mpeg1_init_vlc(s);
         s1->mpeg_enc_ctx_allocated = 1;
     }
 
@@ -1711,7 +1711,17 @@ static int mpeg_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx,
         } else {
             memcpy(s->buf_ptr, buf_start, len);
             s->buf_ptr += len;
-            
+            if(   (s2->flags&CODEC_FLAG_NOT_TRUNCATED) && (!start_code_found) 
+               && s->buf_ptr+4<s->buffer+s->buffer_size){
+                start_code_found= 1;
+                code= 0x1FF;
+                s->header_state=0xFF;
+                s->buf_ptr[0]=0;
+                s->buf_ptr[1]=0;
+                s->buf_ptr[2]=1;
+                s->buf_ptr[3]=0xFF;
+                s->buf_ptr+=4;
+            }
             if (start_code_found) {
                 /* prepare data for next start code */
                 input_size = s->buf_ptr - s->buffer;