diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/FFmpegDecoder.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/FFmpegDecoder.cpp
index 33855ac2e..2b803a050 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/FFmpegDecoder.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/FFmpegDecoder.cpp
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ bool FFmpegDecoder::open(const std::string & filename, FFmpegParameters* paramet
 #else
             avdevice_register_all();
 
-            OSG_NOTICE<<"Attempting to stream "<<filename<<std::endl;
-
             if (parameters)
             {
                 av_dict_set(parameters->getOptions(), "video_size", "640x480", 0);
@@ -84,11 +82,11 @@ bool FFmpegDecoder::open(const std::string & filename, FFmpegParameters* paramet
 
             if (iformat)
             {
-                OSG_NOTICE<<"Found input format: "<<format<<std::endl;
+                OSG_INFO<<"Found input format: "<<format<<std::endl;
             }
             else
             {
-                OSG_NOTICE<<"Failed to find input format: "<<format<<std::endl;
+                OSG_INFO<<"Failed to find input format: "<<format<<std::endl;
             }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/ReaderWriterFFmpeg.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/ReaderWriterFFmpeg.cpp
index 081c22aac..6cf4c61a1 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/ReaderWriterFFmpeg.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/ReaderWriterFFmpeg.cpp
@@ -130,13 +130,14 @@ public:
         const std::string ext = osgDB::getLowerCaseFileExtension(filename);
         if (ext=="ffmpeg") return readImage(osgDB::getNameLessExtension(filename),options);
 
-        if (filename.compare(0, 5, "/dev/")==0)
-        {
-            return readImageStream(filename, NULL);
-        }
-
         osg::ref_ptr<osgFFmpeg::FFmpegParameters> parameters(new osgFFmpeg::FFmpegParameters);
         parseOptions(parameters.get(), options);
+
+        if (filename.compare(0, 5, "/dev/")==0)
+        {
+            return readImageStream(filename, parameters.get());
+        }
+
         if (parameters->isFormatAvailable())
         {
             return readImageStream(filename, parameters.get());