diff --git a/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp b/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp
index 8db581c72..cbe128b11 100644
--- a/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@ int FfmpegCamera::PrimeCapture()
     // Handle options
     AVDictionary *opts = 0;
     StringVector opVect = split(Options(), ",");
-    for (int i=0; i<opVect.size(), i++)
+    for (size_t i=0; i<opVect.size(); i++)
     {
     	StringVector parts = split(opVect[i],"=");
     	if (parts.size() > 1)
-    		av_dict_set(&opts, trimSpaces(parts[0]), trimSpaces(parts[1]));
+    		av_dict_set(&opts, trimSpaces(parts[0]).c_str(), trimSpaces(parts[1]).c_str(), 0);
     }
     if ( avformat_open_input( &mFormatContext, mPath.c_str(), NULL, &opts ) !=0 )
 #endif
diff --git a/src/zm_libvlc_camera.cpp b/src/zm_libvlc_camera.cpp
index f127fe3a0..f88009311 100644
--- a/src/zm_libvlc_camera.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_libvlc_camera.cpp
@@ -147,12 +147,15 @@ int LibvlcCamera::PrimeCapture()
 
     if (opVect.size() > 0) 
     {
-    	mOptArgV = new char*[opVect.size()];cmd
-    	for (int i=0; i< opVect.size(); i++)
-    		mOptArgV[i] = opVect[i].c_str();
+    	mOptArgV = new char*[opVect.size()];
+    	Debug(2, "Size of Option Array: %d",opVect.size());
+    	for (size_t i=0; i< opVect.size(); i++) {
+    		mOptArgV[i] = (char *)opVect[i].c_str();
+    		Debug(2, "set option %d to %s", i,  opVect[i].c_str());
+    	}
     }
 
-    mLibvlcInstance = libvlc_new (opVect.size(), optArgV);
+    mLibvlcInstance = libvlc_new (opVect.size(), (const char* const*)mOptArgV);
     if(mLibvlcInstance == NULL)
         Fatal("Unable to create libvlc instance due to: %s", libvlc_errmsg());
      
diff --git a/src/zm_libvlc_camera.h b/src/zm_libvlc_camera.h
index 75d97ad72..45a1e029f 100644
--- a/src/zm_libvlc_camera.h
+++ b/src/zm_libvlc_camera.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class LibvlcCamera : public Camera
 protected:
     std::string mPath;
     std::string mOptions;
-    unisgned char **mOptArgV;
+    char **mOptArgV;
 	LibvlcPrivateData mLibvlcData;
     std::string mTargetChroma;
     uint8_t mBpp;