diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/videowidget.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/videowidget.cpp
index 13fabfeed..2c9b1c97e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/videowidget.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/videowidget.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ void VideoWidget::playVideo(const std::string &video)
 {
     mPlayer->setAudioFactory(new MWSound::MovieAudioFactory());
 
-    mPlayer->playVideo(mVFS->get(video));
+    mPlayer->playVideo(mVFS->get(video), video);
 
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Texture2D> texture = mPlayer->getVideoTexture();
     if (!texture)
diff --git a/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videoplayer.cpp b/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videoplayer.cpp
index 1336e45a3..9bd4a2df3 100644
--- a/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videoplayer.cpp
+++ b/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videoplayer.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ void VideoPlayer::setAudioFactory(MovieAudioFactory *factory)
     mAudioFactory.reset(factory);
 }
 
-void VideoPlayer::playVideo(boost::shared_ptr<std::istream> inputstream)
+void VideoPlayer::playVideo(boost::shared_ptr<std::istream> inputstream, const std::string& name)
 {
     if(mState)
         close();
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ void VideoPlayer::playVideo(boost::shared_ptr<std::istream> inputstream)
     try {
         mState = new VideoState;
         mState->setAudioFactory(mAudioFactory.get());
-        mState->init(inputstream);
+        mState->init(inputstream, name);
 
         // wait until we have the first picture
         while (mState->video_st && !mState->mTexture.get())
diff --git a/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videoplayer.hpp b/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videoplayer.hpp
index 261246f39..b886257e7 100644
--- a/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videoplayer.hpp
+++ b/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videoplayer.hpp
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ namespace Video
 
         /// Play the given video. If a video is already playing, the old video is closed first.
         /// @note The video will be unpaused by default. Use the pause() and play() methods to control pausing.
-        void playVideo (boost::shared_ptr<std::istream> inputstream);
+        /// @param name A name for the video stream - only used for logging purposes.
+        void playVideo (boost::shared_ptr<std::istream> inputstream, const std::string& name);
 
         /// Get the current playback time position in the video, in seconds
         double getCurrentTime();
diff --git a/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videostate.cpp b/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videostate.cpp
index 72fc82f86..4dd618858 100644
--- a/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videostate.cpp
+++ b/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videostate.cpp
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ int VideoState::stream_open(int stream_index, AVFormatContext *pFormatCtx)
     return 0;
 }
 
-void VideoState::init(boost::shared_ptr<std::istream> inputstream)
+void VideoState::init(boost::shared_ptr<std::istream> inputstream, const std::string &name)
 {
     int video_index = -1;
     int audio_index = -1;
@@ -622,8 +622,6 @@ void VideoState::init(boost::shared_ptr<std::istream> inputstream)
     if(this->format_ctx)
         this->format_ctx->pb = ioCtx;
 
-    std::string videoName;
-
     // Open video file
     ///
     /// format_ctx->pb->buffer must be freed by hand,
@@ -631,7 +629,7 @@ void VideoState::init(boost::shared_ptr<std::istream> inputstream)
     ///
     /// https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/1357
     ///
-    if(!this->format_ctx || avformat_open_input(&this->format_ctx, videoName.c_str(), NULL, NULL))
+    if(!this->format_ctx || avformat_open_input(&this->format_ctx, name.c_str(), NULL, NULL))
     {
         if (this->format_ctx != NULL)
         {
@@ -655,7 +653,7 @@ void VideoState::init(boost::shared_ptr<std::istream> inputstream)
         throw std::runtime_error("Failed to retrieve stream information");
 
     // Dump information about file onto standard error
-    av_dump_format(this->format_ctx, 0, videoName.c_str(), 0);
+    av_dump_format(this->format_ctx, 0, name.c_str(), 0);
 
     for(i = 0;i < this->format_ctx->nb_streams;i++)
     {
diff --git a/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videostate.hpp b/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videostate.hpp
index 40925e014..4a4f2fc6b 100644
--- a/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videostate.hpp
+++ b/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videostate.hpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ struct VideoState {
 
     void setAudioFactory(MovieAudioFactory* factory);
 
-    void init(boost::shared_ptr<std::istream> inputstream);
+    void init(boost::shared_ptr<std::istream> inputstream, const std::string& name);
     void deinit();
 
     void setPaused(bool isPaused);