Index: /OpenSceneGraph/trunk/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/ReaderWriterFFmpeg.cpp
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--- /OpenSceneGraph/trunk/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/ReaderWriterFFmpeg.cpp (revision 9965)
+++ /OpenSceneGraph/trunk/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/ReaderWriterFFmpeg.cpp (revision 9968)
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@
         supportsProtocol("http","Read video/audio from http using ffmpeg.");
 
+        supportsExtension("ffmpeg", "");
         supportsExtension("avi", "");
         supportsExtension("flv", "");
@@ -56,4 +57,7 @@
     virtual ReadResult readImage(const std::string & filename, const osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options * options) const
     {
+        const std::string ext = osgDB::getLowerCaseFileExtension(filename);
+        if (ext=="ffmpeg") return readImage(osgDB::getNameLessExtension(filename),options);
+
         if (filename.compare(0, 5, "/dev/")==0)
         {
@@ -61,5 +65,4 @@
         }
     
-        const std::string ext = osgDB::getLowerCaseFileExtension(filename);
         if (! acceptsExtension(ext))
             return ReadResult::FILE_NOT_HANDLED;