diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
index 13a7d57de..8b56a0aae 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
@@ -5,7 +5,23 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 import time
 import re
-
+import collections
+from string import ascii_letters
+import random
+from ..utils import expand_path
+# from youtube_dl import YoutubeDL
+# todo fail to import youtubedl class for _NUMERIC_FIELDS
+# http://python-notes.curiousefficiency.org/en/latest/python_concepts/import_traps.html
+_NUMERIC_FIELDS = set((
+    'width', 'height', 'tbr', 'abr', 'asr', 'vbr', 'fps', 'filesize', 'filesize_approx',
+    'timestamp', 'upload_year', 'upload_month', 'upload_day',
+    'duration', 'view_count', 'like_count', 'dislike_count', 'repost_count',
+    'average_rating', 'comment_count', 'age_limit',
+    'start_time', 'end_time',
+    'chapter_number', 'season_number', 'episode_number',
+    'track_number', 'disc_number', 'release_year',
+    'playlist_index',
+))
 
 from .common import AudioConversionError, PostProcessor
 
@@ -181,7 +197,7 @@ class FFmpegPostProcessor(PostProcessor):
         oldest_mtime = min(
             os.stat(encodeFilename(path)).st_mtime for path in input_paths)
 
-        opts += map(lambda s: s % info, self._configuration_args())
+        opts += map(lambda s: self._resolve_postprocessor_arg_var(s, info), self._configuration_args())
 
         files_cmd = []
         for path in input_paths:
@@ -214,6 +230,83 @@ class FFmpegPostProcessor(PostProcessor):
         # Also leave '-' intact in order not to break streaming to stdout.
         return 'file:' + fn if fn != '-' else fn
 
+    def _resolve_postprocessor_arg_var(self, arg, info):
+        # map(lambda s: s % info, args)
+        if "%(" not in arg:
+            return arg
+
+        template_dict = dict(info)
+        template_dict['epoch'] = int(time.time())
+        # autonumber_size = self.params.get('autonumber_size')
+        # if autonumber_size is None:
+        autonumber_size = 5
+        #
+        # template_dict['autonumber'] = self.params.get('autonumber_start', 1) - 1 + self._num_downloads
+        # if template_dict.get('resolution') is None:
+        #     if template_dict.get('width') and template_dict.get('height'):
+        #         template_dict['resolution'] = '%dx%d' % (template_dict['width'], template_dict['height'])
+        #     elif template_dict.get('height'):
+        #         template_dict['resolution'] = '%sp' % template_dict['height']
+        #     elif template_dict.get('width'):
+        #         template_dict['resolution'] = '%dx?' % template_dict['width']
+        # sanitize = lambda k, v: sanitize_filename(
+        #     compat_str(v),
+        #     restricted=self.params.get('restrictfilenames'),
+        #     is_id=(k == 'id' or k.endswith('_id')))
+        # template_dict = dict((k, v if isinstance(v, compat_numeric_types) else sanitize(k, v))
+        #                      for k, v in template_dict.items()
+        #                      if v is not None and not isinstance(v, (list, tuple, dict)))
+        template_dict = collections.defaultdict(lambda: 'NA', template_dict)
+        outtmpl = arg
+
+        # For fields playlist_index and autonumber convert all occurrences
+        # of %(field)s to %(field)0Nd for backward compatibility
+        field_size_compat_map = {
+            'playlist_index': len(str(template_dict['n_entries'])),
+            'autonumber': autonumber_size,
+        }
+        FIELD_SIZE_COMPAT_RE = r'(?<!%)%\((?P<field>autonumber|playlist_index)\)s'
+        mobj = re.search(FIELD_SIZE_COMPAT_RE, outtmpl)
+        if mobj:
+            outtmpl = re.sub(
+                FIELD_SIZE_COMPAT_RE,
+                r'%%(\1)0%dd' % field_size_compat_map[mobj.group('field')],
+                outtmpl)
+        # Missing numeric fields used together with integer presentation types
+        # in format specification will break the argument substitution since
+        # string 'NA' is returned for missing fields. We will patch output
+        # template for missing fields to meet string presentation type.
+        for numeric_field in _NUMERIC_FIELDS:
+            if numeric_field not in template_dict:
+                # As of [1] format syntax is:
+                #  %[mapping_key][conversion_flags][minimum_width][.precision][length_modifier]type
+                # 1. https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting
+                FORMAT_RE = r'''(?x)
+                    (?<!%)
+                    %
+                    \({0}\)  # mapping key
+                    (?:[#0\-+ ]+)?  # conversion flags (optional)
+                    (?:\d+)?  # minimum field width (optional)
+                    (?:\.\d+)?  # precision (optional)
+                    [hlL]?  # length modifier (optional)
+                    [diouxXeEfFgGcrs%]  # conversion type
+                '''
+                outtmpl = re.sub(
+                    FORMAT_RE.format(numeric_field),
+                    r'%({0})s'.format(numeric_field), outtmpl)
+        # expand_path translates '%%' into '%' and '$$' into '$'
+        # correspondingly that is not what we want since we need to keep
+        # '%%' intact for template dict substitution step. Working around
+        # with boundary-alike separator hack.
+        sep = ''.join([random.choice(ascii_letters) for _ in range(32)])
+        outtmpl = outtmpl.replace('%%', '%{0}%'.format(sep)).replace('$$', '${0}$'.format(sep))
+        # outtmpl should be expand_path'ed before template dict substitution
+        # because meta fields may contain env variables we don't want to
+        # be expanded. For example, for outtmpl "%(title)s.%(ext)s" and
+        # title "Hello $PATH", we don't want `$PATH` to be expanded.
+        #     todo need encoding & sanitize_path ?
+        return expand_path(outtmpl).replace(sep, '') % template_dict
+
 
 class FFmpegExtractAudioPP(FFmpegPostProcessor):
     def __init__(self, downloader=None, preferredcodec=None, preferredquality=None, nopostoverwrites=False):