diff --git a/libavformat/movenc.c b/libavformat/movenc.c
index 9e345d5e40..d59580db91 100644
--- a/libavformat/movenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/movenc.c
@@ -1083,8 +1083,11 @@ static int mov_write_video_tag(AVIOContext *pb, MOVTrack *track)
     else if (track->vos_len > 0)
         mov_write_glbl_tag(pb, track);
 
-    if (track->enc->field_order != AV_FIELD_UNKNOWN)
-        mov_write_fiel_tag(pb, track);
+    if (track->enc->codec_id != CODEC_ID_H264 &&
+        track->enc->codec_id != CODEC_ID_MPEG4 &&
+        track->enc->codec_id != CODEC_ID_DNXHD)
+        if (track->enc->field_order != AV_FIELD_UNKNOWN)
+            mov_write_fiel_tag(pb, track);
 
     if (track->enc->sample_aspect_ratio.den && track->enc->sample_aspect_ratio.num &&
         track->enc->sample_aspect_ratio.den != track->enc->sample_aspect_ratio.num) {
diff --git a/tests/ref/vsynth/vsynth1-dnxhd-1080i b/tests/ref/vsynth/vsynth1-dnxhd-1080i
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbe2c371e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ref/vsynth/vsynth1-dnxhd-1080i
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+124c991ee3ac0caef39a58a45287a762 *tests/data/fate/vsynth1-dnxhd-1080i.mov
+3031911 tests/data/fate/vsynth1-dnxhd-1080i.mov
+a09132c6db44f415e831dcaa630a351b *tests/data/fate/vsynth1-dnxhd-1080i.out.rawvideo
+stddev:    6.29 PSNR: 32.15 MAXDIFF:   64 bytes:  7603200/   760320
diff --git a/tests/ref/vsynth/vsynth1-mpeg4 b/tests/ref/vsynth/vsynth1-mpeg4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6da11cef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ref/vsynth/vsynth1-mpeg4
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+a2acdf772bf7b7641079d8a03ea03ccf *tests/data/fate/vsynth1-mpeg4.mp4
+540024 tests/data/fate/vsynth1-mpeg4.mp4
+f80ec173d37f2f91add031e95579a220 *tests/data/fate/vsynth1-mpeg4.out.rawvideo
+stddev:    7.97 PSNR: 30.10 MAXDIFF:  105 bytes:  7603200/  7603200
diff --git a/tests/ref/vsynth/vsynth2-dnxhd-1080i b/tests/ref/vsynth/vsynth2-dnxhd-1080i
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f657eb4c95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ref/vsynth/vsynth2-dnxhd-1080i
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+5d7ab75ce6e547ed63a7a0eacf18f078 *tests/data/fate/vsynth2-dnxhd-1080i.mov
+3031911 tests/data/fate/vsynth2-dnxhd-1080i.mov
+744ba46da5d4c19a28562ea31061d170 *tests/data/fate/vsynth2-dnxhd-1080i.out.rawvideo
+stddev:    1.31 PSNR: 45.77 MAXDIFF:   23 bytes:  7603200/   760320
diff --git a/tests/ref/vsynth/vsynth2-mpeg4 b/tests/ref/vsynth/vsynth2-mpeg4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..399ef58e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ref/vsynth/vsynth2-mpeg4
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+04f74c54f4db25e1d454ede9216632c1 *tests/data/fate/vsynth2-mpeg4.mp4
+119661 tests/data/fate/vsynth2-mpeg4.mp4
+9a1e085d9e488c5ead0c940c9612a37a *tests/data/fate/vsynth2-mpeg4.out.rawvideo
+stddev:    5.34 PSNR: 33.57 MAXDIFF:   83 bytes:  7603200/  7603200