diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
index cbb98f0fe3..5ecff74f9f 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
@@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
                 {
                     return "wmav2";
                 }
+
+                return codec.ToString().ToLower();
             }
 
             return "copy";
@@ -460,6 +462,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
                 {
                     return "libtheora";
                 }
+
+                return codec.ToString().ToLower();
             }
 
             return "copy";
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Progressive/VideoService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Progressive/VideoService.cs
index 14ad454193..6c9cc8903d 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Progressive/VideoService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Progressive/VideoService.cs
@@ -250,7 +250,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Progressive
             {
                 args = "-preset superfast";
             }
-
+            else if (videoCodec.Equals("mpeg4", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                args = "-mbd rd -flags +mv4+aic -trellis 2 -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -bf 2";
+            } 
+            
             if (request.VideoBitRate.HasValue)
             {
                 args += " -b:v " + request.VideoBitRate;
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamRequest.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamRequest.cs
index d4da11e3f3..07f9d31e94 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamRequest.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamRequest.cs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
         /// Gets or sets the video codec.
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The video codec.</value>
-        [ApiMember(Name = "VideoCodec", Description = "Optional. Specify a video codec to encode to, e.g. h264. If omitted the server will auto-select using the url's extension. Options: h264, theora, vpx, wmv.", IsRequired = false, DataType = "string", ParameterType = "query", Verb = "GET")]
+        [ApiMember(Name = "VideoCodec", Description = "Optional. Specify a video codec to encode to, e.g. h264. If omitted the server will auto-select using the url's extension. Options: h264, mpeg4, theora, vpx, wmv.", IsRequired = false, DataType = "string", ParameterType = "query", Verb = "GET")]
         public VideoCodecs? VideoCodec { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/DTO/StreamOptions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/DTO/StreamOptions.cs
index 79be9fb4b1..edb88a18f5 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/DTO/StreamOptions.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/DTO/StreamOptions.cs
@@ -168,6 +168,11 @@
         /// </summary>
         H264,
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The mpeg4
+        /// </summary>
+        Mpeg4,
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The theora
         /// </summary>