diff --git a/src/utils/video_pattern_generator.cpp b/src/utils/video_pattern_generator.cpp
index 33e92c6f6..f055277b0 100644
--- a/src/utils/video_pattern_generator.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/video_pattern_generator.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
 #include <array>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <random>
-#include <set>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ using std::make_unique;
 using std::max;
 using std::min;
 using std::move;
-using std::set;
 using std::string;
 using std::swap;
 using std::unique_ptr;
@@ -99,8 +97,6 @@ enum class generator_depth {
         bits16
 };
 
-static const set<codec_t> native_16b{ RG48, R12L, R10k, v210, Y416, Y216 };
-
 class image_pattern {
         public:
                 static unique_ptr<image_pattern> create(string const & config);
@@ -339,8 +335,10 @@ unique_ptr<image_pattern> image_pattern::create(string const &config) {
         if (config == "help") {
                 cout << "Pattern to use, one of: " << BOLD("bars, blank, ebu_bars, gradient[=0x<AABBGGRR>], gradient2, noise, raw=0xXX[YYZZ..], smpte_bars, 0x<AABBGGRR>\n");
                 cout << "\t\t- patterns 'gradient2' and 'noise' generate full bit-depth patterns with";
-                for (auto & c : native_16b) {
-                        cout << " " << BOLD(get_codec_name(c));
+                for (codec_t c = VIDEO_CODEC_FIRST; c != VIDEO_CODEC_COUNT; c = static_cast<codec_t>(static_cast<int>(c) + 1)) {
+                        if (get_decoder_from_to(RG48, c, true) != NULL) {
+                                cout << " " << BOLD(get_codec_name(c));
+                        }
                 }
                 cout << "\n";
                 cout << "\t\t- pattern 'raw' generates repeating sequence of given bytes without any color conversion\n";
@@ -419,7 +417,7 @@ video_pattern_generate(std::string const & config, int width, int height, codec_
 
         auto data = generator->init(width, height, generator_depth::bits8);
         codec_t codec_src = RGBA;
-        if (native_16b.find(color_spec) != native_16b.end()) {
+        if (get_decoder_from_to(RG48, color_spec, true) != NULL) {
                 data = generator->init(width, height, generator_depth::bits16);
                 codec_src = RG48;
         }