diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 8da70ae14..2f574054d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -1058,9 +1058,9 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                     # TODO: looks like video codec is not always necessarily goes first
                     va_codecs = codecs.split(',')
                     if va_codecs[0]:
-                        f['vcodec'] = va_codecs[0].partition('.')[0]
+                        f['vcodec'] = va_codecs[0]
                     if len(va_codecs) > 1 and va_codecs[1]:
-                        f['acodec'] = va_codecs[1].partition('.')[0]
+                        f['acodec'] = va_codecs[1]
                 resolution = last_info.get('RESOLUTION')
                 if resolution:
                     width_str, height_str = resolution.split('x')