diff --git a/gst/matroska/matroska-demux.c b/gst/matroska/matroska-demux.c
index 3a4be60850..8c09145a70 100644
--- a/gst/matroska/matroska-demux.c
+++ b/gst/matroska/matroska-demux.c
@@ -588,183 +588,6 @@ gst_matroska_demux_encoding_cmp (GstMatroskaTrackEncoding * a,
     return 0;
 }
 
-static gboolean
-gst_matroska_demux_encoding_order_unique (GArray * encodings, guint64 order)
-{
-  gint i;
-
-  if (encodings == NULL || encodings->len == 0)
-    return TRUE;
-
-  for (i = 0; i < encodings->len; i++)
-    if (g_array_index (encodings, GstMatroskaTrackEncoding, i).order == order)
-      return FALSE;
-
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
-static GstFlowReturn
-gst_matroska_demux_read_track_encoding (GstMatroskaDemux * demux,
-    GstEbmlRead * ebml, GstMatroskaTrackContext * context)
-{
-  GstMatroskaTrackEncoding enc = { 0, };
-  GstFlowReturn ret;
-  guint32 id;
-
-  DEBUG_ELEMENT_START (demux, ebml, "ContentEncoding");
-  /* Set default values */
-  enc.scope = 1;
-  /* All other default values are 0 */
-
-  if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_master (ebml, &id)) != GST_FLOW_OK) {
-    DEBUG_ELEMENT_STOP (demux, ebml, "ContentEncoding", ret);
-    return ret;
-  }
-
-  while (ret == GST_FLOW_OK && gst_ebml_read_has_remaining (ebml, 1, TRUE)) {
-    if ((ret = gst_ebml_peek_id (ebml, &id)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
-      break;
-
-    switch (id) {
-      case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTENCODINGORDER:{
-        guint64 num;
-
-        if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_uint (ebml, &id, &num)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
-          break;
-
-        if (!gst_matroska_demux_encoding_order_unique (context->encodings, num)) {
-          GST_ERROR_OBJECT (demux, "ContentEncodingOrder %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT
-              "is not unique for track %d", num, context->num);
-          ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
-          break;
-        }
-
-        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (demux, "ContentEncodingOrder: %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT,
-            num);
-        enc.order = num;
-        break;
-      }
-      case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTENCODINGSCOPE:{
-        guint64 num;
-
-        if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_uint (ebml, &id, &num)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
-          break;
-
-        if (num > 7 && num == 0) {
-          GST_ERROR_OBJECT (demux, "Invalid ContentEncodingScope %"
-              G_GUINT64_FORMAT, num);
-          ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
-          break;
-        }
-
-        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (demux, "ContentEncodingScope: %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT,
-            num);
-        enc.scope = num;
-
-        break;
-      }
-      case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTENCODINGTYPE:{
-        guint64 num;
-
-        if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_uint (ebml, &id, &num)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
-          break;
-
-        if (num > 1) {
-          GST_ERROR_OBJECT (demux, "Invalid ContentEncodingType %"
-              G_GUINT64_FORMAT, num);
-          ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
-          break;
-        } else if (num != 0) {
-          GST_ERROR_OBJECT (demux, "Encrypted tracks are not supported yet");
-          ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
-          break;
-        }
-        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (demux, "ContentEncodingType: %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT,
-            num);
-        enc.type = num;
-        break;
-      }
-      case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTCOMPRESSION:{
-
-        DEBUG_ELEMENT_START (demux, ebml, "ContentCompression");
-
-        if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_master (ebml, &id)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
-          break;
-
-        while (ret == GST_FLOW_OK &&
-            gst_ebml_read_has_remaining (ebml, 1, TRUE)) {
-          if ((ret = gst_ebml_peek_id (ebml, &id)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
-            break;
-
-          switch (id) {
-            case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTCOMPALGO:{
-              guint64 num;
-
-              if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_uint (ebml, &id, &num)) != GST_FLOW_OK) {
-                break;
-              }
-              if (num > 3) {
-                GST_ERROR_OBJECT (demux, "Invalid ContentCompAlgo %"
-                    G_GUINT64_FORMAT, num);
-                ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
-                break;
-              }
-              GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (demux, "ContentCompAlgo: %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT,
-                  num);
-              enc.comp_algo = num;
-
-              break;
-            }
-            case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTCOMPSETTINGS:{
-              guint8 *data;
-              guint64 size;
-
-              if ((ret =
-                      gst_ebml_read_binary (ebml, &id, &data,
-                          &size)) != GST_FLOW_OK) {
-                break;
-              }
-              enc.comp_settings = data;
-              enc.comp_settings_length = size;
-              GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (demux,
-                  "ContentCompSettings of size %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT, size);
-              break;
-            }
-            default:
-              GST_WARNING_OBJECT (demux,
-                  "Unknown ContentCompression subelement 0x%x - ignoring", id);
-              ret = gst_ebml_read_skip (ebml);
-              break;
-          }
-        }
-        DEBUG_ELEMENT_STOP (demux, ebml, "ContentCompression", ret);
-        break;
-      }
-
-      case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTENCRYPTION:
-        GST_ERROR_OBJECT (demux, "Encrypted tracks not yet supported");
-        gst_ebml_read_skip (ebml);
-        ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
-        break;
-      default:
-        GST_WARNING_OBJECT (demux,
-            "Unknown ContentEncoding subelement 0x%x - ignoring", id);
-        ret = gst_ebml_read_skip (ebml);
-        break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  DEBUG_ELEMENT_STOP (demux, ebml, "ContentEncoding", ret);
-  if (ret != GST_FLOW_OK && ret != GST_FLOW_UNEXPECTED)
-    return ret;
-
-  /* TODO: Check if the combination of values is valid */
-
-  g_array_append_val (context->encodings, enc);
-
-  return ret;
-}
-
 static gboolean
 gst_matroska_decode_data (GArray * encodings, guint8 ** data_out,
     guint * size_out, GstMatroskaTrackEncodingScope scope, gboolean free)
@@ -884,7 +707,8 @@ gst_matroska_demux_read_track_encodings (GstMatroskaDemux * demux,
 
     switch (id) {
       case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTENCODING:
-        ret = gst_matroska_demux_read_track_encoding (demux, ebml, context);
+        ret = gst_matroska_read_common_read_track_encoding (&demux->common,
+            ebml, context);
         break;
       default:
         GST_WARNING_OBJECT (demux,
diff --git a/gst/matroska/matroska-parse.c b/gst/matroska/matroska-parse.c
index 1b4f724de7..aba4b75df8 100644
--- a/gst/matroska/matroska-parse.c
+++ b/gst/matroska/matroska-parse.c
@@ -511,183 +511,6 @@ gst_matroska_parse_encoding_cmp (GstMatroskaTrackEncoding * a,
     return 0;
 }
 
-static gboolean
-gst_matroska_parse_encoding_order_unique (GArray * encodings, guint64 order)
-{
-  gint i;
-
-  if (encodings == NULL || encodings->len == 0)
-    return TRUE;
-
-  for (i = 0; i < encodings->len; i++)
-    if (g_array_index (encodings, GstMatroskaTrackEncoding, i).order == order)
-      return FALSE;
-
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
-static GstFlowReturn
-gst_matroska_parse_read_track_encoding (GstMatroskaParse * parse,
-    GstEbmlRead * ebml, GstMatroskaTrackContext * context)
-{
-  GstMatroskaTrackEncoding enc = { 0, };
-  GstFlowReturn ret;
-  guint32 id;
-
-  DEBUG_ELEMENT_START (parse, ebml, "ContentEncoding");
-  /* Set default values */
-  enc.scope = 1;
-  /* All other default values are 0 */
-
-  if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_master (ebml, &id)) != GST_FLOW_OK) {
-    DEBUG_ELEMENT_STOP (parse, ebml, "ContentEncoding", ret);
-    return ret;
-  }
-
-  while (ret == GST_FLOW_OK && gst_ebml_read_has_remaining (ebml, 1, TRUE)) {
-    if ((ret = gst_ebml_peek_id (ebml, &id)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
-      break;
-
-    switch (id) {
-      case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTENCODINGORDER:{
-        guint64 num;
-
-        if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_uint (ebml, &id, &num)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
-          break;
-
-        if (!gst_matroska_parse_encoding_order_unique (context->encodings, num)) {
-          GST_ERROR_OBJECT (parse, "ContentEncodingOrder %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT
-              "is not unique for track %d", num, context->num);
-          ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
-          break;
-        }
-
-        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (parse, "ContentEncodingOrder: %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT,
-            num);
-        enc.order = num;
-        break;
-      }
-      case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTENCODINGSCOPE:{
-        guint64 num;
-
-        if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_uint (ebml, &id, &num)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
-          break;
-
-        if (num > 7 && num == 0) {
-          GST_ERROR_OBJECT (parse, "Invalid ContentEncodingScope %"
-              G_GUINT64_FORMAT, num);
-          ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
-          break;
-        }
-
-        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (parse, "ContentEncodingScope: %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT,
-            num);
-        enc.scope = num;
-
-        break;
-      }
-      case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTENCODINGTYPE:{
-        guint64 num;
-
-        if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_uint (ebml, &id, &num)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
-          break;
-
-        if (num > 1) {
-          GST_ERROR_OBJECT (parse, "Invalid ContentEncodingType %"
-              G_GUINT64_FORMAT, num);
-          ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
-          break;
-        } else if (num != 0) {
-          GST_ERROR_OBJECT (parse, "Encrypted tracks are not supported yet");
-          ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
-          break;
-        }
-        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (parse, "ContentEncodingType: %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT,
-            num);
-        enc.type = num;
-        break;
-      }
-      case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTCOMPRESSION:{
-
-        DEBUG_ELEMENT_START (parse, ebml, "ContentCompression");
-
-        if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_master (ebml, &id)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
-          break;
-
-        while (ret == GST_FLOW_OK &&
-            gst_ebml_read_has_remaining (ebml, 1, TRUE)) {
-          if ((ret = gst_ebml_peek_id (ebml, &id)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
-            break;
-
-          switch (id) {
-            case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTCOMPALGO:{
-              guint64 num;
-
-              if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_uint (ebml, &id, &num)) != GST_FLOW_OK) {
-                break;
-              }
-              if (num > 3) {
-                GST_ERROR_OBJECT (parse, "Invalid ContentCompAlgo %"
-                    G_GUINT64_FORMAT, num);
-                ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
-                break;
-              }
-              GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (parse, "ContentCompAlgo: %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT,
-                  num);
-              enc.comp_algo = num;
-
-              break;
-            }
-            case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTCOMPSETTINGS:{
-              guint8 *data;
-              guint64 size;
-
-              if ((ret =
-                      gst_ebml_read_binary (ebml, &id, &data,
-                          &size)) != GST_FLOW_OK) {
-                break;
-              }
-              enc.comp_settings = data;
-              enc.comp_settings_length = size;
-              GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (parse,
-                  "ContentCompSettings of size %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT, size);
-              break;
-            }
-            default:
-              GST_WARNING_OBJECT (parse,
-                  "Unknown ContentCompression subelement 0x%x - ignoring", id);
-              ret = gst_ebml_read_skip (ebml);
-              break;
-          }
-        }
-        DEBUG_ELEMENT_STOP (parse, ebml, "ContentCompression", ret);
-        break;
-      }
-
-      case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTENCRYPTION:
-        GST_ERROR_OBJECT (parse, "Encrypted tracks not yet supported");
-        gst_ebml_read_skip (ebml);
-        ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
-        break;
-      default:
-        GST_WARNING_OBJECT (parse,
-            "Unknown ContentEncoding subelement 0x%x - ignoring", id);
-        ret = gst_ebml_read_skip (ebml);
-        break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  DEBUG_ELEMENT_STOP (parse, ebml, "ContentEncoding", ret);
-  if (ret != GST_FLOW_OK && ret != GST_FLOW_UNEXPECTED)
-    return ret;
-
-  /* TODO: Check if the combination of values is valid */
-
-  g_array_append_val (context->encodings, enc);
-
-  return ret;
-}
-
 static gboolean
 gst_matroska_decode_data (GArray * encodings, guint8 ** data_out,
     guint * size_out, GstMatroskaTrackEncodingScope scope, gboolean free)
@@ -773,7 +596,8 @@ gst_matroska_parse_read_track_encodings (GstMatroskaParse * parse,
 
     switch (id) {
       case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTENCODING:
-        ret = gst_matroska_parse_read_track_encoding (parse, ebml, context);
+        ret = gst_matroska_read_common_read_track_encoding (&parse->common,
+            ebml, context);
         break;
       default:
         GST_WARNING_OBJECT (parse,
diff --git a/gst/matroska/matroska-read-common.c b/gst/matroska/matroska-read-common.c
index 5729688570..ad79e664b2 100644
--- a/gst/matroska/matroska-read-common.c
+++ b/gst/matroska/matroska-read-common.c
@@ -280,6 +280,22 @@ gst_matroska_index_compare (GstMatroskaIndex * i1, GstMatroskaIndex * i2)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static gboolean
+gst_matroska_read_common_encoding_order_unique (GArray * encodings, guint64
+    order)
+{
+  gint i;
+
+  if (encodings == NULL || encodings->len == 0)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < encodings->len; i++)
+    if (g_array_index (encodings, GstMatroskaTrackEncoding, i).order == order)
+      return FALSE;
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
 /* skip unknown or alike element */
 GstFlowReturn
 gst_matroska_read_common_parse_skip (GstMatroskaReadCommon * common,
@@ -607,3 +623,166 @@ gst_matroska_read_common_parse_index (GstMatroskaReadCommon * common,
 
   return ret;
 }
+
+GstFlowReturn
+gst_matroska_read_common_read_track_encoding (GstMatroskaReadCommon * common,
+    GstEbmlRead * ebml, GstMatroskaTrackContext * context)
+{
+  GstMatroskaTrackEncoding enc = { 0, };
+  GstFlowReturn ret;
+  guint32 id;
+
+  DEBUG_ELEMENT_START (common, ebml, "ContentEncoding");
+  /* Set default values */
+  enc.scope = 1;
+  /* All other default values are 0 */
+
+  if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_master (ebml, &id)) != GST_FLOW_OK) {
+    DEBUG_ELEMENT_STOP (common, ebml, "ContentEncoding", ret);
+    return ret;
+  }
+
+  while (ret == GST_FLOW_OK && gst_ebml_read_has_remaining (ebml, 1, TRUE)) {
+    if ((ret = gst_ebml_peek_id (ebml, &id)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+      break;
+
+    switch (id) {
+      case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTENCODINGORDER:{
+        guint64 num;
+
+        if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_uint (ebml, &id, &num)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+          break;
+
+        if (!gst_matroska_read_common_encoding_order_unique (context->encodings,
+                num)) {
+          GST_ERROR_OBJECT (common, "ContentEncodingOrder %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT
+              "is not unique for track %d", num, context->num);
+          ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
+          break;
+        }
+
+        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (common, "ContentEncodingOrder: %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT,
+            num);
+        enc.order = num;
+        break;
+      }
+      case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTENCODINGSCOPE:{
+        guint64 num;
+
+        if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_uint (ebml, &id, &num)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+          break;
+
+        if (num > 7 && num == 0) {
+          GST_ERROR_OBJECT (common, "Invalid ContentEncodingScope %"
+              G_GUINT64_FORMAT, num);
+          ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
+          break;
+        }
+
+        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (common, "ContentEncodingScope: %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT,
+            num);
+        enc.scope = num;
+
+        break;
+      }
+      case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTENCODINGTYPE:{
+        guint64 num;
+
+        if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_uint (ebml, &id, &num)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+          break;
+
+        if (num > 1) {
+          GST_ERROR_OBJECT (common, "Invalid ContentEncodingType %"
+              G_GUINT64_FORMAT, num);
+          ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
+          break;
+        } else if (num != 0) {
+          GST_ERROR_OBJECT (common, "Encrypted tracks are not supported yet");
+          ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
+          break;
+        }
+        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (common, "ContentEncodingType: %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT,
+            num);
+        enc.type = num;
+        break;
+      }
+      case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTCOMPRESSION:{
+
+        DEBUG_ELEMENT_START (common, ebml, "ContentCompression");
+
+        if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_master (ebml, &id)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+          break;
+
+        while (ret == GST_FLOW_OK &&
+            gst_ebml_read_has_remaining (ebml, 1, TRUE)) {
+          if ((ret = gst_ebml_peek_id (ebml, &id)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+            break;
+
+          switch (id) {
+            case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTCOMPALGO:{
+              guint64 num;
+
+              if ((ret = gst_ebml_read_uint (ebml, &id, &num)) != GST_FLOW_OK) {
+                break;
+              }
+              if (num > 3) {
+                GST_ERROR_OBJECT (common, "Invalid ContentCompAlgo %"
+                    G_GUINT64_FORMAT, num);
+                ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
+                break;
+              }
+              GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (common, "ContentCompAlgo: %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT,
+                  num);
+              enc.comp_algo = num;
+
+              break;
+            }
+            case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTCOMPSETTINGS:{
+              guint8 *data;
+              guint64 size;
+
+              if ((ret =
+                      gst_ebml_read_binary (ebml, &id, &data,
+                          &size)) != GST_FLOW_OK) {
+                break;
+              }
+              enc.comp_settings = data;
+              enc.comp_settings_length = size;
+              GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (common,
+                  "ContentCompSettings of size %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT, size);
+              break;
+            }
+            default:
+              GST_WARNING_OBJECT (common,
+                  "Unknown ContentCompression subelement 0x%x - ignoring", id);
+              ret = gst_ebml_read_skip (ebml);
+              break;
+          }
+        }
+        DEBUG_ELEMENT_STOP (common, ebml, "ContentCompression", ret);
+        break;
+      }
+
+      case GST_MATROSKA_ID_CONTENTENCRYPTION:
+        GST_ERROR_OBJECT (common, "Encrypted tracks not yet supported");
+        gst_ebml_read_skip (ebml);
+        ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
+        break;
+      default:
+        GST_WARNING_OBJECT (common,
+            "Unknown ContentEncoding subelement 0x%x - ignoring", id);
+        ret = gst_ebml_read_skip (ebml);
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  DEBUG_ELEMENT_STOP (common, ebml, "ContentEncoding", ret);
+  if (ret != GST_FLOW_OK && ret != GST_FLOW_UNEXPECTED)
+    return ret;
+
+  /* TODO: Check if the combination of values is valid */
+
+  g_array_append_val (context->encodings, enc);
+
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/gst/matroska/matroska-read-common.h b/gst/matroska/matroska-read-common.h
index cbe7103232..db69e4c329 100644
--- a/gst/matroska/matroska-read-common.h
+++ b/gst/matroska/matroska-read-common.h
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ GstFlowReturn gst_matroska_read_common_parse_skip (GstMatroskaReadCommon *
     common, GstEbmlRead * ebml, const gchar * parent_name, guint id);
 gint gst_matroska_read_common_stream_from_num (GstMatroskaReadCommon * common,
     guint track_num);
+GstFlowReturn gst_matroska_read_common_read_track_encoding (
+    GstMatroskaReadCommon * common, GstEbmlRead * ebml,
+    GstMatroskaTrackContext * context);
 
 G_END_DECLS