diff --git a/libavcodec/snow.h b/libavcodec/snow.h
index f7ed1f82e7..41a3bef4de 100644
--- a/libavcodec/snow.h
+++ b/libavcodec/snow.h
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@
 #include "rangecoder.h"
 #include "mathops.h"
 
-#define FF_MPV_OFFSET(x) (offsetof(MpegEncContext, x) + offsetof(SnowContext, m))
 #include "mpegvideo.h"
 #include "h264qpel.h"
 
+#define FF_ME_ITER 3
+
 #define MID_STATE 128
 
 #define MAX_PLANES 4
diff --git a/libavcodec/snowenc.c b/libavcodec/snowenc.c
index e03877a96c..bb113d0a2b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/snowenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/snowenc.c
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 #include "mpegvideo.h"
 #include "h263.h"
 
-#define FF_ME_ITER 50
-
 static av_cold int encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     SnowContext *s = avctx->priv_data;
@@ -86,6 +84,8 @@ FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
 
     s->m.avctx   = avctx;
     s->m.bit_rate= avctx->bit_rate;
+    s->m.lmin    = avctx->mb_lmin;
+    s->m.lmax    = avctx->mb_lmax;
 
     s->m.me.temp      =
     s->m.me.scratchpad= av_mallocz_array((avctx->width+64), 2*16*2*sizeof(uint8_t));
@@ -1929,8 +1929,11 @@ static av_cold int encode_end(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(SnowContext, x)
 #define VE AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM | AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM
 static const AVOption options[] = {
-    FF_MPV_COMMON_OPTS
-    { "iter",           NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = FF_ME_ITER }, 0, 0, FF_MPV_OPT_FLAGS, "motion_est" },
+    {"motion_est", "motion estimation algorithm", OFFSET(motion_est), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = FF_ME_EPZS }, FF_ME_ZERO, FF_ME_ITER, VE, "motion_est" },
+    { "zero", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = FF_ME_ZERO }, 0, 0, VE, "motion_est" },
+    { "epzs", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = FF_ME_EPZS }, 0, 0, VE, "motion_est" },
+    { "xone", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = FF_ME_XONE }, 0, 0, VE, "motion_est" },
+    { "iter", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = FF_ME_ITER }, 0, 0, VE, "motion_est" },
     { "memc_only",      "Only do ME/MC (I frames -> ref, P frame -> ME+MC).",   OFFSET(memc_only), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, 1, VE },
     { "no_bitstream",   "Skip final bitstream writeout.",                    OFFSET(no_bitstream), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, 1, VE },
     { "intra_penalty",  "Penalty for intra blocks in block decission",      OFFSET(intra_penalty), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, INT_MAX, VE },