diff --git a/libavformat/rtp.c b/libavformat/rtp.c
index a5820d717d0ec17444e68d0d1b1c1fe6f75ee2e7..83e7dfb4edc67d1e73815a36c18d517312723157 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtp.c
@@ -198,15 +198,20 @@ void av_register_rtp_dynamic_payload_handlers(void)
 
 int rtp_get_codec_info(AVCodecContext *codec, int payload_type)
 {
-    if (AVRtpPayloadTypes[payload_type].codec_id != CODEC_ID_NONE) {
-        codec->codec_type = AVRtpPayloadTypes[payload_type].codec_type;
-        codec->codec_id = AVRtpPayloadTypes[payload_type].codec_id;
-        if (AVRtpPayloadTypes[payload_type].audio_channels > 0)
-            codec->channels = AVRtpPayloadTypes[payload_type].audio_channels;
-        if (AVRtpPayloadTypes[payload_type].clock_rate > 0)
-            codec->sample_rate = AVRtpPayloadTypes[payload_type].clock_rate;
-        return 0;
-    }
+    int i = 0;
+
+    for (i = 0; AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].pt >= 0; i++)
+        if (AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].pt == payload_type) {
+            if (AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].codec_id != CODEC_ID_NONE) {
+                codec->codec_type = AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].codec_type;
+                codec->codec_id = AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].codec_id;
+                if (AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].audio_channels > 0)
+                    codec->channels = AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].audio_channels;
+                if (AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].clock_rate > 0)
+                    codec->sample_rate = AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].clock_rate;
+                return 0;
+            }
+        }
     return -1;
 }
 
@@ -225,6 +230,30 @@ int rtp_get_payload_type(AVCodecContext *codec)
     return payload_type;
 }
 
+const char *ff_rtp_enc_name(int payload_type)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].pt >= 0; i++)
+        if (AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].pt == payload_type) {
+            return AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].enc_name;
+        }
+
+    return "";
+}
+
+enum CodecID ff_rtp_codec_id(const char *buf, enum CodecType codec_type)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].pt >= 0; i++)
+        if (!strcmp(buf, AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].enc_name) && (codec_type == AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].codec_type)){
+            return AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].codec_id;
+        }
+
+    return CODEC_ID_NONE;
+}
+
 static int rtcp_parse_packet(RTPDemuxContext *s, const unsigned char *buf, int len)
 {
     if (buf[1] != 200)
@@ -448,7 +477,7 @@ RTPDemuxContext *rtp_parse_open(AVFormatContext *s1, AVStream *st, URLContext *r
     s->st = st;
     s->rtp_payload_data = rtp_payload_data;
     rtp_init_statistics(&s->statistics, 0); // do we know the initial sequence from sdp?
-    if (!strcmp(AVRtpPayloadTypes[payload_type].enc_name, "MP2T")) {
+    if (!strcmp(ff_rtp_enc_name(payload_type), "MP2T")) {
         s->ts = mpegts_parse_open(s->ic);
         if (s->ts == NULL) {
             av_free(s);
@@ -712,7 +741,7 @@ int rtp_parse_packet(RTPDemuxContext *s, AVPacket *pkt,
 void rtp_parse_close(RTPDemuxContext *s)
 {
     // TODO: fold this into the protocol specific data fields.
-    if (!strcmp(AVRtpPayloadTypes[s->payload_type].enc_name, "MP2T")) {
+    if (!strcmp(ff_rtp_enc_name(s->payload_type), "MP2T")) {
         mpegts_parse_close(s->ts);
     }
     av_free(s);
diff --git a/libavformat/rtp_internal.h b/libavformat/rtp_internal.h
index 6ef797cb70633b02df8ae035377b806d181f1dc3..fefbaf550427a15159ce065561bbeb89e37e59f4 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtp_internal.h
+++ b/libavformat/rtp_internal.h
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ extern RTPDynamicProtocolHandler *RTPFirstDynamicPayloadHandler;
 int rtsp_next_attr_and_value(const char **p, char *attr, int attr_size, char *value, int value_size); ///< from rtsp.c, but used by rtp dynamic protocol handlers.
 
 void ff_rtp_send_data(AVFormatContext *s1, const uint8_t *buf1, int len, int m);
+const char *ff_rtp_enc_name(int payload_type);
+enum CodecID ff_rtp_codec_id(const char *buf, enum CodecType codec_type);
 
 void av_register_rtp_dynamic_payload_handlers(void);
 
diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.c b/libavformat/rtsp.c
index 3dbb3e3abaca33317054d425339c16048d0c813a..c494ebd3d892195e8f120c538fc1ca6c87033a3c 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.c
@@ -167,11 +167,7 @@ static int sdp_parse_rtpmap(AVCodecContext *codec, RTSPStream *rtsp_st, int payl
     } else {
         /* We are in a standard case ( from http://www.iana.org/assignments/rtp-parameters) */
         /* search into AVRtpPayloadTypes[] */
-        for (i = 0; AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].pt >= 0; ++i)
-            if (!strcmp(buf, AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].enc_name) && (codec->codec_type == AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].codec_type)){
-                codec->codec_id = AVRtpPayloadTypes[i].codec_id;
-                break;
-            }
+        codec->codec_id = ff_rtp_codec_id(buf, codec->codec_type);
     }
 
     c = avcodec_find_decoder(codec->codec_id);
@@ -443,7 +439,7 @@ static void sdp_parse_line(AVFormatContext *s, SDPParseState *s1,
         get_word(buf1, sizeof(buf1), &p); /* format list */
         rtsp_st->sdp_payload_type = atoi(buf1);
 
-        if (!strcmp(AVRtpPayloadTypes[rtsp_st->sdp_payload_type].enc_name, "MP2T")) {
+        if (!strcmp(ff_rtp_enc_name(rtsp_st->sdp_payload_type), "MP2T")) {
             /* no corresponding stream */
         } else {
             st = av_new_stream(s, 0);