diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index 4072ac8a8e..af1f323576 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -2949,7 +2949,7 @@ int av_find_best_stream(AVFormatContext *ic,
                         int flags)
 {
     int i, nb_streams = ic->nb_streams;
-    int ret = AVERROR_STREAM_NOT_FOUND, best_count = -1;
+    int ret = AVERROR_STREAM_NOT_FOUND, best_count = -1, best_bitrate = -1, best_multiframe = -1, count, bitrate, multiframe;
     unsigned *program = NULL;
     AVCodec *decoder = NULL, *best_decoder = NULL;
 
@@ -2978,9 +2978,16 @@ int av_find_best_stream(AVFormatContext *ic,
                 continue;
             }
         }
-        if (best_count >= st->codec_info_nb_frames)
+        count = st->codec_info_nb_frames;
+        bitrate = avctx->bit_rate;
+        multiframe = FFMIN(5, count);
+        if ((best_multiframe >  multiframe) ||
+            (best_multiframe == multiframe && best_bitrate >  bitrate) ||
+            (best_multiframe == multiframe && best_bitrate == bitrate && best_count >= count))
             continue;
-        best_count = st->codec_info_nb_frames;
+        best_count = count;
+        best_bitrate = bitrate;
+        best_multiframe = multiframe;
         ret = real_stream_index;
         best_decoder = decoder;
         if (program && i == nb_streams - 1 && ret < 0) {