diff --git a/libavcodec/vp8.c b/libavcodec/vp8.c
index dfaa4cde4f2ace063459c0ea33d3cd26bb76be8d..b4e056681438da85719c2b291d6e427cad22be24 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vp8.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vp8.c
@@ -708,56 +708,58 @@ void decode_mb_mode(VP8Context *s, VP8Macroblock *mb, int mb_x, int mb_y, uint8_
  * @return 0 if no coeffs were decoded
  *         otherwise, the index of the last coeff decoded plus one
  */
-static int decode_block_coeffs_internal(VP56RangeCoder *c, DCTELEM block[16],
+static int decode_block_coeffs_internal(VP56RangeCoder *r, DCTELEM block[16],
                                         uint8_t probs[16][3][NUM_DCT_TOKENS-1],
                                         int i, uint8_t *token_prob, int16_t qmul[2])
 {
+    VP56RangeCoder c = *r;
     goto skip_eob;
     do {
         int coeff;
-        if (!vp56_rac_get_prob_branchy(c, token_prob[0]))   // DCT_EOB
-            return i;
+        if (!vp56_rac_get_prob_branchy(&c, token_prob[0]))   // DCT_EOB
+            break;
 
 skip_eob:
-        if (!vp56_rac_get_prob_branchy(c, token_prob[1])) { // DCT_0
+        if (!vp56_rac_get_prob_branchy(&c, token_prob[1])) { // DCT_0
             if (++i == 16)
-                return i; // invalid input; blocks should end with EOB
+                break; // invalid input; blocks should end with EOB
             token_prob = probs[i][0];
             goto skip_eob;
         }
 
-        if (!vp56_rac_get_prob_branchy(c, token_prob[2])) { // DCT_1
+        if (!vp56_rac_get_prob_branchy(&c, token_prob[2])) { // DCT_1
             coeff = 1;
             token_prob = probs[i+1][1];
         } else {
-            if (!vp56_rac_get_prob_branchy(c, token_prob[3])) { // DCT 2,3,4
-                coeff = vp56_rac_get_prob_branchy(c, token_prob[4]);
+            if (!vp56_rac_get_prob_branchy(&c, token_prob[3])) { // DCT 2,3,4
+                coeff = vp56_rac_get_prob_branchy(&c, token_prob[4]);
                 if (coeff)
-                    coeff += vp56_rac_get_prob(c, token_prob[5]);
+                    coeff += vp56_rac_get_prob(&c, token_prob[5]);
                 coeff += 2;
             } else {
                 // DCT_CAT*
-                if (!vp56_rac_get_prob_branchy(c, token_prob[6])) {
-                    if (!vp56_rac_get_prob_branchy(c, token_prob[7])) { // DCT_CAT1
-                        coeff  = 5 + vp56_rac_get_prob(c, vp8_dct_cat1_prob[0]);
+                if (!vp56_rac_get_prob_branchy(&c, token_prob[6])) {
+                    if (!vp56_rac_get_prob_branchy(&c, token_prob[7])) { // DCT_CAT1
+                        coeff  = 5 + vp56_rac_get_prob(&c, vp8_dct_cat1_prob[0]);
                     } else {                                    // DCT_CAT2
                         coeff  = 7;
-                        coeff += vp56_rac_get_prob(c, vp8_dct_cat2_prob[0]) << 1;
-                        coeff += vp56_rac_get_prob(c, vp8_dct_cat2_prob[1]);
+                        coeff += vp56_rac_get_prob(&c, vp8_dct_cat2_prob[0]) << 1;
+                        coeff += vp56_rac_get_prob(&c, vp8_dct_cat2_prob[1]);
                     }
                 } else {    // DCT_CAT3 and up
-                    int a = vp56_rac_get_prob(c, token_prob[8]);
-                    int b = vp56_rac_get_prob(c, token_prob[9+a]);
+                    int a = vp56_rac_get_prob(&c, token_prob[8]);
+                    int b = vp56_rac_get_prob(&c, token_prob[9+a]);
                     int cat = (a<<1) + b;
                     coeff  = 3 + (8<<cat);
-                    coeff += vp8_rac_get_coeff(c, ff_vp8_dct_cat_prob[cat]);
+                    coeff += vp8_rac_get_coeff(&c, ff_vp8_dct_cat_prob[cat]);
                 }
             }
             token_prob = probs[i+1][2];
         }
-        block[zigzag_scan[i]] = (vp8_rac_get(c) ? -coeff : coeff) * qmul[!!i];
+        block[zigzag_scan[i]] = (vp8_rac_get(&c) ? -coeff : coeff) * qmul[!!i];
     } while (++i < 16);
 
+    *r = c;
     return i;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/libavfilter/af_amix.c b/libavfilter/af_amix.c
index 3399b7c051e1251eeb7c7feba23a1b7e44b5e9d2..d4af9a42344626dcff06d34927300c1f531fe2d0 100644
--- a/libavfilter/af_amix.c
+++ b/libavfilter/af_amix.c
@@ -389,6 +389,10 @@ static int request_frame(AVFilterLink *outlink)
     int ret;
     int wanted_samples, available_samples;
 
+    ret = calc_active_inputs(s);
+    if (ret < 0)
+        return ret;
+
     if (s->input_state[0] == INPUT_OFF) {
         ret = request_samples(ctx, 1);
         if (ret < 0)
@@ -419,15 +423,16 @@ static int request_frame(AVFilterLink *outlink)
     av_assert0(s->frame_list->nb_frames > 0);
 
     wanted_samples = frame_list_next_frame_size(s->frame_list);
-    ret = request_samples(ctx, wanted_samples);
-    if (ret < 0)
-        return ret;
-
-    ret = calc_active_inputs(s);
-    if (ret < 0)
-        return ret;
 
     if (s->active_inputs > 1) {
+        ret = request_samples(ctx, wanted_samples);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            return ret;
+
+        ret = calc_active_inputs(s);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            return ret;
+
         available_samples = get_available_samples(s);
         if (!available_samples)
             return 0;
diff --git a/libavformat/http.c b/libavformat/http.c
index ddba5f59b644cf4a421e624af983740736c68bfb..a06946482ec1a78551d6a9e1f444d7ea12b7fbc2 100644
--- a/libavformat/http.c
+++ b/libavformat/http.c
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ typedef struct {
     int end_chunked_post;   /**< A flag which indicates if the end of chunked encoding has been sent. */
     int end_header;         /**< A flag which indicates we have finished to read POST reply. */
     int multiple_requests;  /**< A flag which indicates if we use persistent connections. */
+    uint8_t *post_data;
+    int post_datalen;
 } HTTPContext;
 
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(HTTPContext, x)
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
 {"headers", "custom HTTP headers, can override built in default headers", OFFSET(headers), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { 0 }, 0, 0, D|E },
 {"user-agent", "override User-Agent header", OFFSET(user_agent), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = NULL}, 0, 0, DEC},
 {"multiple_requests", "use persistent connections", OFFSET(multiple_requests), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.dbl = 0}, 0, 1, D|E },
+{"post_data", "custom HTTP post data", OFFSET(post_data), AV_OPT_TYPE_BINARY, .flags = D|E },
 {NULL}
 };
 #define HTTP_CLASS(flavor)\
@@ -227,7 +230,7 @@ static int http_getc(HTTPContext *s)
     if (s->buf_ptr >= s->buf_end) {
         len = ffurl_read(s->hd, s->buffer, BUFFER_SIZE);
         if (len < 0) {
-            return AVERROR(EIO);
+            return len;
         } else if (len == 0) {
             return -1;
         } else {
@@ -247,7 +250,7 @@ static int http_get_line(HTTPContext *s, char *line, int line_size)
     for(;;) {
         ch = http_getc(s);
         if (ch < 0)
-            return AVERROR(EIO);
+            return ch;
         if (ch == '\n') {
             /* process line */
             if (q > line && q[-1] == '\r')
@@ -354,8 +357,8 @@ static int http_read_header(URLContext *h, int *new_location)
     int err = 0;
 
     for (;;) {
-        if (http_get_line(s, line, sizeof(line)) < 0)
-            return AVERROR(EIO);
+        if ((err = http_get_line(s, line, sizeof(line))) < 0)
+            return err;
 
         av_dlog(NULL, "header='%s'\n", line);
 
@@ -385,6 +388,14 @@ static int http_connect(URLContext *h, const char *path, const char *local_path,
 
     /* send http header */
     post = h->flags & AVIO_FLAG_WRITE;
+
+    if (s->post_data) {
+        /* force POST method and disable chunked encoding when
+         * custom HTTP post data is set */
+        post = 1;
+        s->chunked_post = 0;
+    }
+
     method = post ? "POST" : "GET";
     authstr = ff_http_auth_create_response(&s->auth_state, auth, local_path,
                                            method);
@@ -416,6 +427,9 @@ static int http_connect(URLContext *h, const char *path, const char *local_path,
     if (!has_header(s->headers, "\r\nHost: "))
         len += av_strlcatf(headers + len, sizeof(headers) - len,
                            "Host: %s\r\n", hoststr);
+    if (!has_header(s->headers, "\r\nContent-Length: ") && s->post_data)
+        len += av_strlcatf(headers + len, sizeof(headers) - len,
+                           "Content-Length: %d\r\n", s->post_datalen);
 
     /* now add in custom headers */
     if (s->headers)
@@ -437,8 +451,12 @@ static int http_connect(URLContext *h, const char *path, const char *local_path,
 
     av_freep(&authstr);
     av_freep(&proxyauthstr);
-    if (ffurl_write(s->hd, s->buffer, strlen(s->buffer)) < 0)
-        return AVERROR(EIO);
+    if ((err = ffurl_write(s->hd, s->buffer, strlen(s->buffer))) < 0)
+        return err;
+
+    if (s->post_data)
+        if ((err = ffurl_write(s->hd, s->post_data, s->post_datalen)) < 0)
+            return err;
 
     /* init input buffer */
     s->buf_ptr = s->buffer;
@@ -449,7 +467,7 @@ static int http_connect(URLContext *h, const char *path, const char *local_path,
     s->willclose = 0;
     s->end_chunked_post = 0;
     s->end_header = 0;
-    if (post) {
+    if (post && !s->post_data) {
         /* Pretend that it did work. We didn't read any header yet, since
          * we've still to send the POST data, but the code calling this
          * function will check http_code after we return. */
@@ -512,8 +530,8 @@ static int http_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
 
             for(;;) {
                 do {
-                    if (http_get_line(s, line, sizeof(line)) < 0)
-                        return AVERROR(EIO);
+                    if ((err = http_get_line(s, line, sizeof(line))) < 0)
+                        return err;
                 } while (!*line);    /* skip CR LF from last chunk */
 
                 s->chunksize = strtoll(line, NULL, 16);