diff --git a/linphone/mediastreamer2/include/mediastreamer2/msvideo.h b/linphone/mediastreamer2/include/mediastreamer2/msvideo.h
index aea6ee17d..5b2a325a4 100644
--- a/linphone/mediastreamer2/include/mediastreamer2/msvideo.h
+++ b/linphone/mediastreamer2/include/mediastreamer2/msvideo.h
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ typedef enum{
 	MS_RGB24,
 	MS_MJPEG,
 	MS_UYVY,
-	MS_YUY2   /* -> same as MS_YUYV */
+	MS_YUY2,   /* -> same as MS_YUYV */
+	MS_PIX_FMT_UNKNOWN
 }MSPixFmt;
 
 typedef struct _MSPicture{
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ extern "C"{
 
 int ms_pix_fmt_to_ffmpeg(MSPixFmt fmt);
 MSPixFmt ffmpeg_pix_fmt_to_ms(int fmt);
+MSPixFmt ms_fourcc_to_pix_fmt(uint32_t fourcc);
 void ms_ffmpeg_check_init(void);
 int yuv_buf_init_from_mblk(MSPicture *buf, mblk_t *m);
 void yuv_buf_init_from_mblk_with_size(MSPicture *buf, mblk_t *m, int w, int h);
diff --git a/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/msvideo.c b/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/msvideo.c
index c3234f1bf..860829698 100644
--- a/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/msvideo.c
+++ b/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/msvideo.c
@@ -105,3 +105,31 @@ void yuv_buf_copy(uint8_t *src_planes[], const int src_strides[],
 	plane_copy(src_planes[2],src_strides[2],dst_planes[2],dst_strides[2],roi);
 }
 
+#ifndef MAKEFOURCC
+#define MAKEFOURCC(a,b,c,d) ((d)<<24 | (c)<<16 | (b)<<8 | (a))
+#endif
+
+MSPixFmt ms_fourcc_to_pix_fmt(uint32_t fourcc){
+	MSPixFmt ret;
+	switch (fourcc){
+		case MAKEFOURCC('I','4','2','0'):
+			ret=MS_YUV420P;
+		break;
+		case MAKEFOURCC('Y','U','Y','2'):
+			ret=MS_YUY2;
+		break;
+		case MAKEFOURCC('Y','U','Y','V'):
+			ret=MS_YUYV;
+		break;
+		case MAKEFOURCC('U','Y','V','Y'):
+			ret=MS_UYVY;
+		break;
+		case 0: /*BI_RGB on windows*/
+			ret=MS_RGB24;
+		break;
+		default:
+			ret=MS_PIX_FMT_UNKNOWN;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
diff --git a/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/winvideo.c b/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/winvideo.c
index 552b89de8..15541bfad 100644
--- a/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/winvideo.c
+++ b/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/winvideo.c
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ static int v4w_open_videodevice(V4wState *s)
 	BITMAPINFO videoformat;
 	char compname[5];
 	int i;
+	MSPixFmt driver_last;
 	char dev[80];
 	char ver[80];
 	compname[4]='\0';
@@ -183,9 +184,14 @@ static int v4w_open_videodevice(V4wState *s)
 	memcpy(compname,&videoformat.bmiHeader.biCompression,4);
 	ms_message("v4w: camera's current format is %s", compname);
 
+	driver_last=ms_fourcc_to_pix_fmt(videoformat.bmiHeader.biCompression);
+
 	if (s->startwith_yuv_bug==TRUE && try_format(s,&videoformat,MS_RGB24)){
 		s->pix_fmt=MS_RGB24;
 		ms_message("Using RGB24");
+	}else if (driver_last!=MS_PIX_FMT_UNKNOWN && try_format(s,&videoformat,driver_last)){
+		ms_message("Using driver last setting");
+		s->pix_fmt=driver_last;
 	}else if (try_format(s,&videoformat,MS_YUV420P)){
 		s->pix_fmt=MS_YUV420P;
 		ms_message("Using YUV420P");