diff --git a/avconv.c b/avconv.c
index 6557754da7f751ea7978136f86631339a233583f..291c4d4ce305a223b230dd372191e22090a97933 100644
--- a/avconv.c
+++ b/avconv.c
@@ -1679,11 +1679,6 @@ static int transcode_init(void)
                 input_streams[j + ifile->ist_index]->start = av_gettime_relative();
     }
 
-    /* init complex filtergraphs */
-    for (i = 0; i < nb_filtergraphs; i++)
-        if ((ret = avfilter_graph_config(filtergraphs[i]->graph, NULL)) < 0)
-            return ret;
-
     /* for each output stream, we compute the right encoding parameters */
     for (i = 0; i < nb_output_streams; i++) {
         AVCodecContext *enc_ctx;
diff --git a/avconv.h b/avconv.h
index 5fddf981270f936a6f632d3ee140ab2a728007e4..ec57fc87995ea62d77830cd5db3056d804fc3d58 100644
--- a/avconv.h
+++ b/avconv.h
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ typedef struct OutputFilter {
 
     /* temporary storage until stream maps are processed */
     AVFilterInOut       *out_tmp;
+    enum AVMediaType     type;
 } OutputFilter;
 
 typedef struct FilterGraph {
@@ -424,6 +425,7 @@ int configure_filtergraph(FilterGraph *fg);
 int configure_output_filter(FilterGraph *fg, OutputFilter *ofilter, AVFilterInOut *out);
 int ist_in_filtergraph(FilterGraph *fg, InputStream *ist);
 FilterGraph *init_simple_filtergraph(InputStream *ist, OutputStream *ost);
+int init_complex_filtergraph(FilterGraph *fg);
 
 int avconv_parse_options(int argc, char **argv);
 
diff --git a/avconv_filter.c b/avconv_filter.c
index c3360f1741aaf9a48d68c4eaebed56b99b5d81c0..18deb1f89178510739b89000351bc21d90a90399 100644
--- a/avconv_filter.c
+++ b/avconv_filter.c
@@ -176,6 +176,45 @@ static void init_input_filter(FilterGraph *fg, AVFilterInOut *in)
     ist->filters[ist->nb_filters - 1] = fg->inputs[fg->nb_inputs - 1];
 }
 
+int init_complex_filtergraph(FilterGraph *fg)
+{
+    AVFilterInOut *inputs, *outputs, *cur;
+    AVFilterGraph *graph;
+    int ret = 0;
+
+    /* this graph is only used for determining the kinds of inputs
+     * and outputs we have, and is discarded on exit from this function */
+    graph = avfilter_graph_alloc();
+    if (!graph)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+
+    ret = avfilter_graph_parse2(graph, fg->graph_desc, &inputs, &outputs);
+    if (ret < 0)
+        goto fail;
+
+    for (cur = inputs; cur; cur = cur->next)
+        init_input_filter(fg, cur);
+
+    for (cur = outputs; cur;) {
+        GROW_ARRAY(fg->outputs, fg->nb_outputs);
+        fg->outputs[fg->nb_outputs - 1] = av_mallocz(sizeof(*fg->outputs[0]));
+        if (!fg->outputs[fg->nb_outputs - 1])
+            exit(1);
+
+        fg->outputs[fg->nb_outputs - 1]->graph   = fg;
+        fg->outputs[fg->nb_outputs - 1]->out_tmp = cur;
+        fg->outputs[fg->nb_outputs - 1]->type    = avfilter_pad_get_type(cur->filter_ctx->output_pads,
+                                                                         cur->pad_idx);
+        cur = cur->next;
+        fg->outputs[fg->nb_outputs - 1]->out_tmp->next = NULL;
+    }
+
+fail:
+    avfilter_inout_free(&inputs);
+    avfilter_graph_free(&graph);
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static int insert_trim(int64_t start_time, int64_t duration,
                        AVFilterContext **last_filter, int *pad_idx,
                        const char *filter_name)
@@ -622,7 +661,7 @@ static int configure_input_filter(FilterGraph *fg, InputFilter *ifilter,
 int configure_filtergraph(FilterGraph *fg)
 {
     AVFilterInOut *inputs, *outputs, *cur;
-    int ret, i, init = !fg->graph, simple = !fg->graph_desc;
+    int ret, i, simple = !fg->graph_desc;
     const char *graph_desc = simple ? fg->outputs[0]->ost->avfilter :
                                       fg->graph_desc;
 
@@ -657,35 +696,17 @@ int configure_filtergraph(FilterGraph *fg)
         return AVERROR(EINVAL);
     }
 
-    for (cur = inputs; !simple && init && cur; cur = cur->next)
-        init_input_filter(fg, cur);
-
     for (cur = inputs, i = 0; cur; cur = cur->next, i++)
         if ((ret = configure_input_filter(fg, fg->inputs[i], cur)) < 0)
             return ret;
     avfilter_inout_free(&inputs);
 
-    if (!init || simple) {
-        /* we already know the mappings between lavfi outputs and output streams,
-         * so we can finish the setup */
-        for (cur = outputs, i = 0; cur; cur = cur->next, i++)
-            configure_output_filter(fg, fg->outputs[i], cur);
-        avfilter_inout_free(&outputs);
+    for (cur = outputs, i = 0; cur; cur = cur->next, i++)
+        configure_output_filter(fg, fg->outputs[i], cur);
+    avfilter_inout_free(&outputs);
 
-        if ((ret = avfilter_graph_config(fg->graph, NULL)) < 0)
-            return ret;
-    } else {
-        /* wait until output mappings are processed */
-        for (cur = outputs; cur;) {
-            GROW_ARRAY(fg->outputs, fg->nb_outputs);
-            if (!(fg->outputs[fg->nb_outputs - 1] = av_mallocz(sizeof(*fg->outputs[0]))))
-                exit(1);
-            fg->outputs[fg->nb_outputs - 1]->graph   = fg;
-            fg->outputs[fg->nb_outputs - 1]->out_tmp = cur;
-            cur = cur->next;
-            fg->outputs[fg->nb_outputs - 1]->out_tmp->next = NULL;
-        }
-    }
+    if ((ret = avfilter_graph_config(fg->graph, NULL)) < 0)
+        return ret;
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/avconv_opt.c b/avconv_opt.c
index 4505a8e6a92d92032d089ff7badf1dbfc7842b1e..fbac91f4410fa82f6df0cad9dfba5b01bfaf9bd8 100644
--- a/avconv_opt.c
+++ b/avconv_opt.c
@@ -1367,8 +1367,7 @@ static void init_output_filter(OutputFilter *ofilter, OptionsContext *o,
 {
     OutputStream *ost;
 
-    switch (avfilter_pad_get_type(ofilter->out_tmp->filter_ctx->output_pads,
-                                  ofilter->out_tmp->pad_idx)) {
+    switch (ofilter->type) {
     case AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO: ost = new_video_stream(o, oc); break;
     case AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO: ost = new_audio_stream(o, oc); break;
     default:
@@ -1389,13 +1388,21 @@ static void init_output_filter(OutputFilter *ofilter, OptionsContext *o,
         exit_program(1);
     }
 
-    if (configure_output_filter(ofilter->graph, ofilter, ofilter->out_tmp) < 0) {
-        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Error configuring filter.\n");
-        exit_program(1);
-    }
     avfilter_inout_free(&ofilter->out_tmp);
 }
 
+static int init_complex_filters(void)
+{
+    int i, ret = 0;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nb_filtergraphs; i++) {
+        ret = init_complex_filtergraph(filtergraphs[i]);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            return ret;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static int configure_complex_filters(void)
 {
     int i, ret = 0;
@@ -1471,8 +1478,7 @@ static int open_output_file(OptionsContext *o, const char *filename)
             if (!ofilter->out_tmp || ofilter->out_tmp->name)
                 continue;
 
-            switch (avfilter_pad_get_type(ofilter->out_tmp->filter_ctx->output_pads,
-                                          ofilter->out_tmp->pad_idx)) {
+            switch (ofilter->type) {
             case AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO:    o->video_disable    = 1; break;
             case AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO:    o->audio_disable    = 1; break;
             case AVMEDIA_TYPE_SUBTITLE: o->subtitle_disable = 1; break;
@@ -2228,9 +2234,9 @@ int avconv_parse_options(int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
     /* create the complex filtergraphs */
-    ret = configure_complex_filters();
+    ret = init_complex_filters();
     if (ret < 0) {
-        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Error configuring filters.\n");
+        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Error initializing complex filters.\n");
         goto fail;
     }
 
@@ -2241,6 +2247,13 @@ int avconv_parse_options(int argc, char **argv)
         goto fail;
     }
 
+    /* configure the complex filtergraphs */
+    ret = configure_complex_filters();
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Error configuring complex filters.\n");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
 fail:
     uninit_parse_context(&octx);
     if (ret < 0) {