diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index 3b5758d312..907096a6ed 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -2716,7 +2716,7 @@ static int transcode_init(void)
                                                DEFAULT_PASS_LOGFILENAME_PREFIX,
                          i);
                 if (!strcmp(ost->enc->name, "libx264")) {
-                    av_dict_set(&ost->opts, "stats", logfilename, AV_DICT_DONT_OVERWRITE);
+                    av_dict_set(&ost->encoder_opts, "stats", logfilename, AV_DICT_DONT_OVERWRITE);
                 } else {
                     if (enc_ctx->flags & CODEC_FLAG_PASS2) {
                         char  *logbuffer;
@@ -2761,9 +2761,9 @@ static int transcode_init(void)
                 memcpy(ost->st->codec->subtitle_header, dec->subtitle_header, dec->subtitle_header_size);
                 ost->st->codec->subtitle_header_size = dec->subtitle_header_size;
             }
-            if (!av_dict_get(ost->opts, "threads", NULL, 0))
-                av_dict_set(&ost->opts, "threads", "auto", 0);
-            if ((ret = avcodec_open2(ost->st->codec, codec, &ost->opts)) < 0) {
+            if (!av_dict_get(ost->encoder_opts, "threads", NULL, 0))
+                av_dict_set(&ost->encoder_opts, "threads", "auto", 0);
+            if ((ret = avcodec_open2(ost->st->codec, codec, &ost->encoder_opts)) < 0) {
                 if (ret == AVERROR_EXPERIMENTAL)
                     abort_codec_experimental(codec, 1);
                 snprintf(error, sizeof(error), "Error while opening encoder for output stream #%d:%d - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height",
@@ -2774,12 +2774,12 @@ static int transcode_init(void)
                 !(ost->enc->capabilities & CODEC_CAP_VARIABLE_FRAME_SIZE))
                 av_buffersink_set_frame_size(ost->filter->filter,
                                              ost->st->codec->frame_size);
-            assert_avoptions(ost->opts);
+            assert_avoptions(ost->encoder_opts);
             if (ost->st->codec->bit_rate && ost->st->codec->bit_rate < 1000)
                 av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_WARNING, "The bitrate parameter is set too low."
                                              " It takes bits/s as argument, not kbits/s\n");
         } else {
-            av_opt_set_dict(ost->st->codec, &ost->opts);
+            av_opt_set_dict(ost->st->codec, &ost->encoder_opts);
         }
     }
 
@@ -3646,7 +3646,7 @@ static int transcode(void)
                 av_freep(&ost->st->codec->subtitle_header);
                 av_freep(&ost->forced_kf_pts);
                 av_freep(&ost->apad);
-                av_dict_free(&ost->opts);
+                av_dict_free(&ost->encoder_opts);
                 av_dict_free(&ost->swr_opts);
                 av_dict_free(&ost->resample_opts);
             }
diff --git a/ffmpeg.h b/ffmpeg.h
index 2ea69db8d9..52ce2c3b52 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.h
+++ b/ffmpeg.h
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ typedef struct OutputStream {
     char *filters_script;  ///< filtergraph script associated to the -filter_script option
 
     int64_t sws_flags;
-    AVDictionary *opts;
+    AVDictionary *encoder_opts;
     AVDictionary *swr_opts;
     AVDictionary *resample_opts;
     char *apad;
diff --git a/ffmpeg_filter.c b/ffmpeg_filter.c
index 6b97e847e9..6fd170baea 100644
--- a/ffmpeg_filter.c
+++ b/ffmpeg_filter.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void choose_sample_fmt(AVStream *st, AVCodec *codec)
 
 static char *choose_pix_fmts(OutputStream *ost)
 {
-    AVDictionaryEntry *strict_dict = av_dict_get(ost->opts, "strict", NULL, 0);
+    AVDictionaryEntry *strict_dict = av_dict_get(ost->encoder_opts, "strict", NULL, 0);
     if (strict_dict)
         // used by choose_pixel_fmt() and below
         av_opt_set(ost->st->codec, "strict", strict_dict->value, 0);
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ int configure_filtergraph(FilterGraph *fg)
             args[strlen(args) - 1] = '\0';
         fg->graph->resample_lavr_opts = av_strdup(args);
 
-        e = av_dict_get(ost->opts, "threads", NULL, 0);
+        e = av_dict_get(ost->encoder_opts, "threads", NULL, 0);
         if (e)
             av_opt_set(fg->graph, "threads", e->value, 0);
     }
diff --git a/ffmpeg_opt.c b/ffmpeg_opt.c
index bd2945cbf1..5b6a26abbe 100644
--- a/ffmpeg_opt.c
+++ b/ffmpeg_opt.c
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ static OutputStream *new_output_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc, e
         AVIOContext *s = NULL;
         char *buf = NULL, *arg = NULL, *preset = NULL;
 
-        ost->opts  = filter_codec_opts(o->g->codec_opts, ost->enc->id, oc, st, ost->enc);
+        ost->encoder_opts  = filter_codec_opts(o->g->codec_opts, ost->enc->id, oc, st, ost->enc);
 
         MATCH_PER_STREAM_OPT(presets, str, preset, oc, st);
         if (preset && (!(ret = get_preset_file_2(preset, ost->enc->name, &s)))) {
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ static OutputStream *new_output_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc, e
                     exit_program(1);
                 }
                 *arg++ = 0;
-                av_dict_set(&ost->opts, buf, arg, AV_DICT_DONT_OVERWRITE);
+                av_dict_set(&ost->encoder_opts, buf, arg, AV_DICT_DONT_OVERWRITE);
                 av_free(buf);
             } while (!s->eof_reached);
             avio_close(s);
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ static OutputStream *new_output_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc, e
             exit_program(1);
         }
     } else {
-        ost->opts = filter_codec_opts(o->g->codec_opts, AV_CODEC_ID_NONE, oc, st, NULL);
+        ost->encoder_opts = filter_codec_opts(o->g->codec_opts, AV_CODEC_ID_NONE, oc, st, NULL);
     }
 
     avcodec_get_context_defaults3(st->codec, ost->enc);
@@ -1357,11 +1357,11 @@ static OutputStream *new_video_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc, in
         if (do_pass) {
             if (do_pass & 1) {
                 video_enc->flags |= CODEC_FLAG_PASS1;
-                av_dict_set(&ost->opts, "flags", "+pass1", AV_DICT_APPEND);
+                av_dict_set(&ost->encoder_opts, "flags", "+pass1", AV_DICT_APPEND);
             }
             if (do_pass & 2) {
                 video_enc->flags |= CODEC_FLAG_PASS2;
-                av_dict_set(&ost->opts, "flags", "+pass2", AV_DICT_APPEND);
+                av_dict_set(&ost->encoder_opts, "flags", "+pass2", AV_DICT_APPEND);
             }
         }
 
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@ loop_end:
     unused_opts = strip_specifiers(o->g->codec_opts);
     for (i = of->ost_index; i < nb_output_streams; i++) {
         e = NULL;
-        while ((e = av_dict_get(output_streams[i]->opts, "", e,
+        while ((e = av_dict_get(output_streams[i]->encoder_opts, "", e,
                                 AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX)))
             av_dict_set(&unused_opts, e->key, NULL, 0);
     }