diff --git a/src/AvTranscoder/file/FormatContext.hpp b/src/AvTranscoder/file/FormatContext.hpp
index 2e885f32..3257ce2a 100644
--- a/src/AvTranscoder/file/FormatContext.hpp
+++ b/src/AvTranscoder/file/FormatContext.hpp
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class AvExport FormatContext
      * @param position: can be in AV_TIME_BASE units, in frames... depending on the flag value
      * @param flag: seeking mode (AVSEEK_FLAG_xxx)
      * @return seek status
+     * @warn seeking on a raw bitstreams (without any container) could produce an error (because of a lack of timing information)
      * @see flushDecoder
      */
     bool seek(const uint64_t position, const int flag);
diff --git a/src/AvTranscoder/properties/FileProperties.cpp b/src/AvTranscoder/properties/FileProperties.cpp
index e7ab4fd8..1a250d02 100644
--- a/src/AvTranscoder/properties/FileProperties.cpp
+++ b/src/AvTranscoder/properties/FileProperties.cpp
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ FileProperties::FileProperties(const FormatContext& formatContext)
 
 void FileProperties::extractStreamProperties(IProgress& progress, const EAnalyseLevel level)
 {
-    clearStreamProperties();
-
     // if the analysis level wiil decode some streams parts, seek at the beginning
-    if(level > eAnalyseLevelHeader)
+    if(level > eAnalyseLevelHeader && ! isRawFormat())
         const_cast<FormatContext*>(_formatContext)->seek(0, AVSEEK_FLAG_BACKWARD);
 
+    // clear properties
+    clearStreamProperties();
+
+    // reload properties
     for(size_t streamIndex = 0; streamIndex < _formatContext->getNbStreams(); ++streamIndex)
     {
         switch(_formatContext->getAVStream(streamIndex).codec->codec_type)
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ void FileProperties::extractStreamProperties(IProgress& progress, const EAnalyse
     }
 
     // if the analysis level has decoded some streams parts, return at the beginning
-    if(level > eAnalyseLevelHeader)
+    if(level > eAnalyseLevelHeader && ! isRawFormat())
         const_cast<FormatContext*>(_formatContext)->seek(0, AVSEEK_FLAG_BACKWARD);
 }
 
@@ -145,6 +147,16 @@ std::string FileProperties::getFormatLongName() const
     return _avFormatContext->iformat->long_name;
 }
 
+bool FileProperties::isRawFormat() const
+{
+    if(getNbStreams() != 1)
+        return false;
+    // the format name should be the same as the codec name
+    if(getFormatName() == getStreamProperties().at(0)->getCodecName())
+        return true;
+    return false;
+}
+
 std::string FileProperties::getFormatMimeType() const
 {
 #if LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR <= 55
diff --git a/src/AvTranscoder/properties/FileProperties.hpp b/src/AvTranscoder/properties/FileProperties.hpp
index f311cb0b..75c1a475 100644
--- a/src/AvTranscoder/properties/FileProperties.hpp
+++ b/src/AvTranscoder/properties/FileProperties.hpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class AvExport FileProperties
     std::string getFilename() const;
     std::string getFormatName() const; ///< A comma separated list of short names for the format, or empty if unknown.
     std::string getFormatLongName() const; ///< Descriptive name for the format, meant to be more human-readable than name, or empty if unknown.
+    bool isRawFormat() const; ///< Is there a container, or a raw bitstreams without access to timing information.
     std::string getFormatMimeType() const; ///< Comma-separated list of mime types, or empty if unknown.
 
     size_t getProgramsCount() const;