diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/FFmpegImageStream.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/FFmpegImageStream.cpp
index c03a8f114..69826c456 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/FFmpegImageStream.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/FFmpegImageStream.cpp
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ void FFmpegImageStream::cmdPlay()
         if (! m_decoder->video_decoder().isRunning())
             m_decoder->video_decoder().start();
 
+        _lastUpdateTS = osg::Timer::instance()->tick();
+        
         m_decoder->video_decoder().pause(false);
         m_decoder->audio_decoder().pause(false);
 
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/ReaderWriterFFmpeg.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/ReaderWriterFFmpeg.cpp
index 068771a70..8cd369a6d 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/ReaderWriterFFmpeg.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/ReaderWriterFFmpeg.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ public:
     virtual ReadResult readImage(const std::string & filename, const osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options* options) const
     {
         const std::string ext = osgDB::getLowerCaseFileExtension(filename);
+        const std::string pro = osgDB::getServerProtocol(filename);
+        if (!acceptsExtension(ext) && !acceptsProtocol(pro)) return ReadResult::FILE_NOT_HANDLED;
+        
         if (ext=="ffmpeg") return readImage(osgDB::getNameLessExtension(filename),options);
 
         osg::ref_ptr<osgFFmpeg::FFmpegParameters> parameters(new osgFFmpeg::FFmpegParameters);