diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index 8fce0beec5..42ed00d18c 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ static int using_stdin = 0;
 static int using_vhook = 0;
 static int verbose = 1;
 static int thread_count= 1;
+static int q_pressed = 0;
 
 #define DEFAULT_PASS_LOGFILENAME "ffmpeg2pass"
 
@@ -322,6 +323,11 @@ static int read_key(void)
     return -1;
 }
 
+static int decode_interrupt_cb(void)
+{
+    return q_pressed || (q_pressed = read_key() == 'q');
+}
+
 #else
 
 static volatile int received_sigterm = 0;
@@ -1411,8 +1417,10 @@ static int av_encode(AVFormatContext **output_files,
     }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_WIN32
-    if ( !using_stdin )
+    if ( !using_stdin ) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Press [q] to stop encoding\n");
+        url_set_interrupt_cb(decode_interrupt_cb);
+    }
 #endif
     term_init();
 
@@ -1427,6 +1435,8 @@ static int av_encode(AVFormatContext **output_files,
     redo:
         /* if 'q' pressed, exits */
         if (!using_stdin) {
+            if (q_pressed)
+                break;
             /* read_key() returns 0 on EOF */
             key = read_key();
             if (key == 'q')
diff --git a/libavformat/tcp.c b/libavformat/tcp.c
index b49e78ff24..212e43b7f1 100644
--- a/libavformat/tcp.c
+++ b/libavformat/tcp.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static int tcp_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
 static int tcp_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
 {
     TCPContext *s = h->priv_data;
-    int len, fd_max;
+    int len, fd_max, ret;
     fd_set rfds;
     struct timeval tv;
 
@@ -153,28 +153,31 @@ static int tcp_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
         FD_SET(s->fd, &rfds);
         tv.tv_sec = 0;
         tv.tv_usec = 100 * 1000;
-        select(fd_max + 1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
+        ret = select(fd_max + 1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
+        if (ret > 0 && FD_ISSET(s->fd, &rfds)) {
 #ifdef __BEOS__
-        len = recv(s->fd, buf, size, 0);
+            len = recv(s->fd, buf, size, 0);
 #else
-        len = read(s->fd, buf, size);
+            len = read(s->fd, buf, size);
 #endif
-        if (len < 0) {
-            if (errno != EINTR && errno != EAGAIN)
+            if (len < 0) {
+                if (errno != EINTR && errno != EAGAIN)
 #ifdef __BEOS__
-                return errno;
+                    return errno;
 #else
-                return -errno;
+                    return -errno;
 #endif
-        } else break;
+            } else return len;
+        } else if (ret < 0) {
+            return -1;
+        }
     }
-    return len;
 }
 
 static int tcp_write(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
 {
     TCPContext *s = h->priv_data;
-    int ret, size1, fd_max;
+    int ret, size1, fd_max, len;
     fd_set wfds;
     struct timeval tv;
 
@@ -187,24 +190,28 @@ static int tcp_write(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
         FD_SET(s->fd, &wfds);
         tv.tv_sec = 0;
         tv.tv_usec = 100 * 1000;
-        select(fd_max + 1, NULL, &wfds, NULL, &tv);
+        ret = select(fd_max + 1, NULL, &wfds, NULL, &tv);
+        if (ret > 0 && FD_ISSET(s->fd, &wfds)) {
 #ifdef __BEOS__
-        ret = send(s->fd, buf, size, 0);
+            len = send(s->fd, buf, size, 0);
 #else
-        ret = write(s->fd, buf, size);
+            len = write(s->fd, buf, size);
 #endif
-        if (ret < 0) {
-            if (errno != EINTR && errno != EAGAIN) {
+            if (len < 0) {
+                if (errno != EINTR && errno != EAGAIN) {
 #ifdef __BEOS__
-                return errno;
+                    return errno;
 #else
-                return -errno;
+                    return -errno;
 #endif
+                }
+                continue;
             }
-            continue;
+            size -= len;
+            buf += len;
+        } else if (ret < 0) {
+            return -1;
         }
-        size -= ret;
-        buf += ret;
     }
     return size1 - size;
 }