diff --git a/avplay.c b/avplay.c
index bf1ac1b3f297cf77af156c8498ba12140fdd7614..bf246f2382e7d0b180ac93745218ad00c0581533 100644
--- a/avplay.c
+++ b/avplay.c
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@ static int input_request_frame(AVFilterLink *link)
 
     picref->pts = pts;
     picref->pos = pkt.pos;
-    picref->video->pixel_aspect = priv->is->video_st->codec->sample_aspect_ratio;
+    picref->video->pixel_aspect = priv->frame->sample_aspect_ratio;
     avfilter_start_frame(link, picref);
     avfilter_draw_slice(link, 0, link->h, 1);
     avfilter_end_frame(link);
diff --git a/cmdutils.c b/cmdutils.c
index 1c2bf4696b1f0633c04055bff2b76ac219ddbb26..c5c2c1ced08e158b37d363b720dfc3cafa0f6ea4 100644
--- a/cmdutils.c
+++ b/cmdutils.c
@@ -1047,6 +1047,7 @@ int get_filtered_video_frame(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *frame,
     frame->top_field_first  = picref->video->top_field_first;
     frame->key_frame        = picref->video->key_frame;
     frame->pict_type        = picref->video->pict_type;
+    frame->sample_aspect_ratio = picref->video->pixel_aspect;
 
     return 1;
 }
diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 5d39b9812350a423309180dfb73d822602f289ad..eb6826bcb03991c28773cf31eeec9e21f4f59aac 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -1258,6 +1258,13 @@ typedef struct AVFrame {
      * decoding: set by AVCodecContext.get_buffer()
      */
     uint8_t **extended_data;
+
+    /**
+     * sample aspect ratio for the video frame, 0/1 if unknown\unspecified
+     * - encoding: unused
+     * - decoding: Read by user.
+     */
+    AVRational sample_aspect_ratio;
 } AVFrame;
 
 struct AVCodecInternal;
diff --git a/libavcodec/pthread.c b/libavcodec/pthread.c
index f842edf8618e5185432d66b955bc4a53dff8bdb1..17dd12da6c4212f1af9742cf1de4c5625ecc2ab8 100644
--- a/libavcodec/pthread.c
+++ b/libavcodec/pthread.c
@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@ int ff_thread_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx,
         *picture = p->frame;
         *got_picture_ptr = p->got_frame;
         picture->pkt_dts = p->avpkt.dts;
+        picture->sample_aspect_ratio = avctx->sample_aspect_ratio;
 
         /*
          * A later call with avkpt->size == 0 may loop over all threads,
diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 7e9ddb2e3561d3f4b33b425f57eb1487f91abeb6..7c1a7aea2a858940c674d02fdca9ddfb49a8cf93 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ void avcodec_get_frame_defaults(AVFrame *pic){
 
     pic->pts= AV_NOPTS_VALUE;
     pic->key_frame= 1;
+    pic->sample_aspect_ratio = (AVRational){0, 1};
 }
 
 AVFrame *avcodec_alloc_frame(void){
@@ -858,6 +859,7 @@ int attribute_align_arg avcodec_decode_video2(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *pi
             ret = avctx->codec->decode(avctx, picture, got_picture_ptr,
                               avpkt);
             picture->pkt_dts= avpkt->dts;
+            picture->sample_aspect_ratio = avctx->sample_aspect_ratio;
         }
 
         emms_c(); //needed to avoid an emms_c() call before every return;
diff --git a/libavfilter/vsrc_movie.c b/libavfilter/vsrc_movie.c
index dec499904effe76de97574976d98a3262165a000..a1764732b6469c3123abe4306829dab7d85e2bbb 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vsrc_movie.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vsrc_movie.c
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ static int movie_get_frame(AVFilterLink *outlink)
                     movie->frame->pkt_dts : movie->frame->pkt_pts;
 
                 movie->picref->pos                    = movie->frame->reordered_opaque;
-                movie->picref->video->pixel_aspect = st->sample_aspect_ratio.num ?
-                    st->sample_aspect_ratio : movie->codec_ctx->sample_aspect_ratio;
+                if (!movie->frame->sample_aspect_ratio.num)
+                    movie->picref->video->pixel_aspect = st->sample_aspect_ratio;
                 movie->picref->video->interlaced      = movie->frame->interlaced_frame;
                 movie->picref->video->top_field_first = movie->frame->top_field_first;
                 movie->picref->video->key_frame       = movie->frame->key_frame;