diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index c20f75a16d518dc4b63d2f1e2a747e2a256bf796..32f7bd26b7e0ce22fcc902b4a6f6263633fbc4fb 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -3198,13 +3198,6 @@ static int transcode_init(void)
         }
     }
 
-    /* open each encoder */
-    for (i = 0; i < nb_output_streams; i++) {
-        ret = init_output_stream(output_streams[i], error, sizeof(error));
-        if (ret < 0)
-            goto dump_format;
-    }
-
     /* init input streams */
     for (i = 0; i < nb_input_streams; i++)
         if ((ret = init_input_stream(i, error, sizeof(error))) < 0) {
@@ -3215,6 +3208,13 @@ static int transcode_init(void)
             goto dump_format;
         }
 
+    /* open each encoder */
+    for (i = 0; i < nb_output_streams; i++) {
+        ret = init_output_stream(output_streams[i], error, sizeof(error));
+        if (ret < 0)
+            goto dump_format;
+    }
+
     /* discard unused programs */
     for (i = 0; i < nb_input_files; i++) {
         InputFile *ifile = input_files[i];