diff --git a/plugins/houdini/otls/afanasyscheduler.hda b/plugins/houdini/otls/afanasyscheduler.hda
index 488240665..d342f9adb 100644
Binary files a/plugins/houdini/otls/afanasyscheduler.hda and b/plugins/houdini/otls/afanasyscheduler.hda differ
diff --git a/plugins/houdini/pdg/types/afanasyscheduler.py b/plugins/houdini/pdg/types/afanasyscheduler.py
index 39bc15172..06cefd49e 100644
--- a/plugins/houdini/pdg/types/afanasyscheduler.py
+++ b/plugins/houdini/pdg/types/afanasyscheduler.py
@@ -52,9 +52,42 @@ def _initData(self):
         self._local_addr = self._getLocalAddr()
 
 
+    def _getWorkItemServiceAndParser(self, work_item):
+        # Set the default service values
+        service = 'hbatch'
+        # PDG uses "ALF_PROGRESS" everywhere
+        parser = 'mantra'
+
+        topnode = work_item.node.topNode()
+        toptype = topnode.type().name()
+        if toptype == 'ropfetch':
+            # Try to detect ROP type
+            roppath = topnode.parm('roppath')
+            if roppath is not None:
+                ropnode = hou.node(roppath.eval())
+                if ropnode:
+                    roptype = ropnode.type().name()
+                    if roptype == 'ifd':
+                        service = 'hbatch_mantra'
+        elif toptype == 'ffmpegencodevideo':
+            service = 'ffmpeg'
+            parser = 'ffmpeg'
+
+        # Service can be specified directly:
+        value = self.evaluateStringOverride(work_item.node, self.parmprefix, 'service', work_item, '')
+        if value is not None and len(value):
+            service = value
+
+        # Parser can be specified directly:
+        value = self.evaluateStringOverride(work_item.node, self.parmprefix, 'parser', work_item, '')
+        if value is not None and len(value):
+            parser = value
+
+        return service, parser
+
+
     def _constructJob(self):
         job = af.Job(self['job_name'].evaluateString())
-
         job.setBranch(self['job_branch'].evaluateString())
         job.setPriority(self['priority'].evaluateInt())
         job.setMaxRunningTasks(self['afanasy_max_running_tasks'].evaluateInt())
@@ -66,7 +99,9 @@ def _constructJob(self):
 
 
     def _constructBlock(self, work_item):
-        block = af.Block(work_item.node.name, 'hbatch_mantra')
+        service, parser = self._getWorkItemServiceAndParser(work_item)
+        block = af.Block(work_item.node.name, service)
+        block.setParser(parser)
         block.setCapacity(self.evaluateIntOverride(work_item.node, self.parmprefix, 'capacity', work_item, -1))
         block.setHostsMask(self.evaluateStringOverride(work_item.node, self.parmprefix, 'hosts_mask', work_item, ''))
         block.setHostsMaskExclude(self.evaluateStringOverride(work_item.node, self.parmprefix, 'hosts_mask_exclude', work_item, ''))
@@ -75,9 +110,6 @@ def _constructBlock(self, work_item):
         block.setNeedMemory(self.evaluateIntOverride(work_item.node, self.parmprefix, 'need_memory', work_item, -1)*1024)
         block.setTaskMinRunTime(self.evaluateIntOverride(work_item.node, self.parmprefix, 'task_min_run_time', work_item, -1))
         block.setTaskMaxRunTime(int(self.evaluateFloatOverride(work_item.node, self.parmprefix, 'task_max_run_time', work_item, -1)*3600.0))
-        # Check service and parser:
-        # PDG uses "ALF_PROGRESS" everywhere
-        block.setParser('mantra')
 
         return block
 
@@ -86,7 +118,7 @@ def _constructTask(self, work_item):
         task = af.Task(work_item.name)
         task.setCommand(self.expandCommandTokens(work_item.command, work_item))
 
-        # Set Environment Task Variables
+        # Set environment variables
         task.setEnv('PDG_RESULT_SERVER', str(self.workItemResultServerAddr()))
         task.setEnv('PDG_ITEM_NAME', str(work_item.name))
         task.setEnv('PDG_DIR', str(self.workingDir(False)))
diff --git a/plugins/houdini/topscheduler.user.ds b/plugins/houdini/topscheduler.user.ds
index 180746607..71129d1c6 100644
--- a/plugins/houdini/topscheduler.user.ds
+++ b/plugins/houdini/topscheduler.user.ds
@@ -91,3 +91,25 @@
 		help	"Task maximum running time in hours."
     }
 
+
+	parm {
+		name    "afanasy_service"
+		label   "Service"
+		type    string
+		default { "" }
+		parmtag { "pdg::scheduler" "" }
+		parmtag { spare_category "Afanasy" }
+		help    "Tasks service."
+	}
+
+
+	parm {
+		name    "afanasy_parser"
+		label   "Parser"
+		type    string
+		default { "" }
+		parmtag { "pdg::scheduler" "" }
+		parmtag { spare_category "Afanasy" }
+		help    "Tasks output parser."
+	}
+