diff --git a/web/includes/functions.php b/web/includes/functions.php
index 319ff1774..09a86c03c 100644
--- a/web/includes/functions.php
+++ b/web/includes/functions.php
@@ -432,20 +432,38 @@ function htmlSelect( $name, $contents, $values, $behaviours=false ) {
     }
   }
 
-  return "<select name=\"$name\" id=\"$name\"$behaviourText>".htmlOptions( $contents, $values ).'</select>';
+  return "<select name=\"$name\" id=\"$name\"$behaviourText>".htmlOptions($contents, $values).'</select>';
 }
 
-function htmlOptions( $contents, $values ) {
-  $html = '';
-  foreach ( $contents as $value=>$text ) {
-    if ( is_array( $text ) )
-      $text = $text['Name'];
-    else if ( is_object( $text ) )
-      $text = $text->Name();
-    $selected = is_array( $values ) ? in_array( $value, $values ) : !strcmp($value, $values);
-    $html .= "<option value=\"$value\"".($selected?" selected=\"selected\"":'').">$text</option>";
+function htmlOptions($contents, $values) {
+  $options_html = '';
+
+  foreach ( $contents as $value=>$option ) {
+    $disabled = 0;
+    $text = '';
+    if ( is_array($option) ) {
+
+      if ( isset($option['Name']) )
+        $text = $option['Name'];
+      else if ( isset($option['text']) )
+        $text = $option['text'];
+
+      if ( isset($option['disabled']) ) {
+        $disabled = $option['disabled'];
+        Error("Setting to disabled");
+      }
+    } else if ( is_object($option) ) {
+      $text = $option->Name();
+    } else {
+      $text = $option;
+    }
+    $selected = is_array($values) ? in_array($value, $values) : !strcmp($value, $values);
+    $options_html .= "<option value=\"$value\"".
+      ($selected?' selected="selected"':'').
+      ($disabled?' disabled="disabled"':'').
+      ">$text</option>";
   }
-  return $html;
+  return $options_html;
 }
 
 function truncText( $text, $length, $deslash=1 ) {       
diff --git a/web/skins/classic/views/monitor.php b/web/skins/classic/views/monitor.php
index 9867298d5..92d6325bd 100644
--- a/web/skins/classic/views/monitor.php
+++ b/web/skins/classic/views/monitor.php
@@ -924,7 +924,9 @@ if ( $monitor->Type() == 'Local' ) {
 			1 => 'X264 Encode',
 			);
 	if ($monitor->Type() == 'Ffmpeg' )
-		$videowriteropts[2]='H264 Camera Passthrough';
+		$videowriteropts[2] = 'H264 Camera Passthrough';
+  else
+    $videowriteropts[2] = array('text'=>'H264 Camera Passthrough - only for FFMPEG','disabled'=>1);
 	echo htmlselect( 'newMonitor[VideoWriter]', $videowriteropts, $monitor->VideoWriter() );
 ?>
             </td></tr>