diff --git a/bob/pad/face/database/replay.py b/bob/pad/face/database/replay.py
index b5ef50618abe7ecbe956ec9ee4253d7645536ad3..e144511e42f0586f568ee3b3ea192929f27012d5 100644
--- a/bob/pad/face/database/replay.py
+++ b/bob/pad/face/database/replay.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python2
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-
 # Used in ReplayMobilePadFile class
-from bob.bio.video import FrameSelector, FrameContainer
 from bob.pad.base.database import PadDatabase
 from bob.pad.face.database import VideoPadFile  # Used in ReplayPadFile class
 from bob.pad.face.utils import frames, number_of_frames
+from bob.extension import rc
 
 
 class ReplayPadFile(VideoPadFile):
@@ -58,8 +57,8 @@ class ReplayPadDatabase(PadDatabase):
             self,
             # grandtest is the default protocol for this database
             protocol='grandtest',
-            original_directory=None,
-            original_extension=None,
+            original_directory=rc['bob.db.replay.directory'],
+            original_extension='.mov',
             **kwargs):
         """
         Parameters
diff --git a/bob/pad/face/database/replay_mobile.py b/bob/pad/face/database/replay_mobile.py
index e32b975a9a3cfe93315e1ae80e771696f7e820f9..ce56b280b5c89789f210c1ddb6ca0932eb220445 100644
--- a/bob/pad/face/database/replay_mobile.py
+++ b/bob/pad/face/database/replay_mobile.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from bob.pad.base.database import PadDatabase
 from bob.pad.face.database import VideoPadFile
 from bob.pad.face.utils import frames, number_of_frames
 import numpy
+from bob.extension import rc
 # documentation imports
 import bob.bio.video
 
@@ -89,8 +90,8 @@ class ReplayMobilePadDatabase(PadDatabase):
             self,
             # grandtest is the default protocol for this database
             protocol='grandtest',
-            original_directory=None,
-            original_extension=None,
+            original_directory=rc['bob.db.replaymobile.directory'],
+            original_extension='.mov',
             **kwargs):
         """
         Parameters
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ class ReplayMobilePadDatabase(PadDatabase):
         vfilename = padfile.make_path(
             directory=self.original_directory,
             extension=self.original_extension)
-        is_not_tablet = not padfile._f.is_tablet()
+        is_not_tablet = not padfile.f.is_tablet()
         for frame in frames(vfilename):
             frame = numpy.rollaxis(frame, 2, 1)
             if is_not_tablet: