diff --git a/vlc.changes b/vlc.changes
index 2ad56c9..69b403d 100644
--- a/vlc.changes
+++ b/vlc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug  9 11:14:19 UTC 2016 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Enable avcodec on openSUSE since ffmpeg had been in the distro
+  since Leap 42.1.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug  4 18:59:44 UTC 2016 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/vlc.spec b/vlc.spec
index 5f06f19..013b6fe 100644
--- a/vlc.spec
+++ b/vlc.spec
@@ -195,11 +195,9 @@ BuildRequires:  libkde4-devel
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1320
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(ncursesw)
 %endif
-%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1321
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavcodec) >= 55.26.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavformat) >= 53.21.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavutil) >= 52.4.0
-%endif
 # Those are dependencies which are NOT provided in openSUSE, mostly for legal reasons.
 %if 0%{?BUILD_ORIG}
 BuildRequires:  faad2-devel
@@ -374,9 +372,6 @@ export LDFLAGS="-pie"
    --disable-dependency-tracking        \
    --enable-aa                          \
    --enable-alsa                        \
-%if ! 0%{?BUILD_ORIG}
-   --disable-avcodec                    \
-%endif
    --enable-dvbpsi                      \
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1110 || 0%{?BUILD_ORIG}
    --enable-dvdnav                      \
@@ -422,7 +417,6 @@ export LDFLAGS="-pie"
 %if 0%{?BUILD_ORIG}
    --enable-libmpeg2                    \
    --enable-mad                         \
-   --enable-avcodec                     \
    --enable-postproc                    \
    --enable-faad                        \
    --enable-a52                         \
@@ -430,12 +424,12 @@ export LDFLAGS="-pie"
 %else
    --disable-libmpeg2                   \
    --disable-mad                        \
-   --disable-avcodec                    \
    --disable-postproc                   \
    --disable-faad                       \
    --disable-a52                        \
    --disable-dca                        \
 %endif
+   --enable-avcodec                     \
    --enable-lirc                        \
    --enable-live555                     \
    --enable-lua                         \
@@ -724,6 +718,7 @@ install -Dm0644 %{S:3} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/appdata/%{name}.appdata.xml
 %endif
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_realrtsp_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/access/libattachment_plugin.so
+%{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/access/libavio_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/access/libcdda_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/access/libdtv_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/access/libdvb_plugin.so
@@ -818,6 +813,7 @@ install -Dm0644 %{S:3} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/appdata/%{name}.appdata.xml
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libadpcm_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libaes3_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libaraw_plugin.so
+%{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libavcodec_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libcc_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libcdg_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libcvdsub_plugin.so
@@ -861,6 +857,10 @@ install -Dm0644 %{S:3} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/appdata/%{name}.appdata.xml
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libtelx_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libtheora_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libuleaddvaudio_plugin.so
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1140
+%{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libvaapi_drm_plugin.so
+%endif
+%{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libvaapi_x11_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libvorbis_plugin.so
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1110
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libxwd_plugin.so
@@ -883,6 +883,7 @@ install -Dm0644 %{S:3} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/appdata/%{name}.appdata.xml
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/demux/libaiff_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/demux/libasf_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/demux/libau_plugin.so
+%{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/demux/libavformat_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/demux/libavi_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/demux/libcaf_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/demux/libdemux_cdg_plugin.so
@@ -962,9 +963,7 @@ install -Dm0644 %{S:3} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/appdata/%{name}.appdata.xml
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/mux/libmux_ps_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/mux/libmux_ts_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/mux/libmux_wav_plugin.so
-%if 0%{?BUILD_ORIG}
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/packetizer/libpacketizer_avparser_plugin.so
-%endif
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/packetizer/libpacketizer_copy_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/packetizer/libpacketizer_dirac_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/packetizer/libpacketizer_flac_plugin.so
@@ -1132,21 +1131,14 @@ install -Dm0644 %{S:3} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/appdata/%{name}.appdata.xml
 %if 0%{?BUILD_ORIG}
 %files codecs
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/access/libavio_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/audio_filter/liba52tofloat32_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/audio_filter/libdtstofloat32_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/audio_filter/libmpgatofixed32_plugin.so
-%{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libavcodec_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libfaad_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/liblibmpeg2_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libtwolame_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libx264_plugin.so
 #{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libx265_plugin.so
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1140
-%{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libvaapi_drm_plugin.so
-%endif
-%{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libvaapi_x11_plugin.so
-%{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/demux/libavformat_plugin.so
 %if 0%{?BUILD_ORIG}
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/demux/libhevc_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/packetizer/libpacketizer_hevc_plugin.so