diff --git a/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp b/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
index 0f256c13c..de137668f 100644
--- a/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void FFMPEGInit() {
       Debug(1,"Not enabling ffmpeg logs, as LOG_FFMPEG and/or LOG_DEBUG is disabled in options, or this monitor is not part of your debug targets");
       av_log_set_level(AV_LOG_QUIET);
     }
-#if !LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_CHECK(58, 9, 0, 64, 0)
+#if !LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_CHECK(58, 9, 58, 9, 0)
     av_register_all();
 #endif
     avformat_network_init();
@@ -222,61 +222,6 @@ simple_round:
 #endif
 #endif
 
-int hacked_up_context2_for_older_ffmpeg(AVFormatContext **avctx, AVOutputFormat *oformat, const char *format, const char *filename) {
-  AVFormatContext *s = avformat_alloc_context();
-  int ret = 0;
-
-  *avctx = nullptr;
-  if (!s) {
-    av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Out of memory\n");
-    ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-    return ret;
-  }
-
-  if (!oformat) {
-    if (format) {
-      oformat = av_guess_format(format, nullptr, nullptr);
-      if (!oformat) {
-        av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Requested output format '%s' is not a suitable output format\n", format);
-        ret = AVERROR(EINVAL);
-      }
-    } else {
-      oformat = av_guess_format(nullptr, filename, nullptr);
-      if (!oformat) {
-        ret = AVERROR(EINVAL);
-        av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Unable to find a suitable output format for '%s'\n", filename);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (ret) {
-    avformat_free_context(s);
-    return ret;
-  }
-
-  s->oformat = oformat;
-#if 0
-  if (s->oformat->priv_data_size > 0) {
-      if (s->oformat->priv_class) {
-        // This looks wrong, we just allocated priv_data and now we are losing the pointer to it.FIXME
-        *(const AVClass**)s->priv_data = s->oformat->priv_class;
-        av_opt_set_defaults(s->priv_data);
-      } else {
-    s->priv_data = av_mallocz(s->oformat->priv_data_size);
-    if ( ! s->priv_data) {
-      av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Out of memory\n");
-      ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-      return ret;
-    }
-    s->priv_data = nullptr;
-  }
-#endif
-
-  if (filename) strncpy(s->filename, filename, sizeof(s->filename)-1);
-  *avctx = s;
-  return 0;
-}
-
 static void zm_log_fps(double d, const char *postfix) {
   uint64_t v = lrintf(d * 100);
   if (!v) {
diff --git a/src/zm_ffmpeg.h b/src/zm_ffmpeg.h
index f57396a6f..3a6c7b449 100644
--- a/src/zm_ffmpeg.h
+++ b/src/zm_ffmpeg.h
@@ -278,11 +278,6 @@ enum _AVPIXELFORMAT GetFFMPEGPixelFormat(unsigned int p_colours, unsigned p_subp
 
 #endif // ( HAVE_LIBAVUTIL_AVUTIL_H || HAVE_LIBAVCODEC_AVCODEC_H || HAVE_LIBAVFORMAT_AVFORMAT_H || HAVE_LIBAVDEVICE_AVDEVICE_H )
 
-#ifndef avformat_alloc_output_context2
-int hacked_up_context2_for_older_ffmpeg(AVFormatContext **avctx, AVOutputFormat *oformat, const char *format, const char *filename);
-#define avformat_alloc_output_context2(x,y,z,a) hacked_up_context2_for_older_ffmpeg(x,y,z,a)
-#endif
-
 #ifndef av_rescale_delta
 /**
  * Rescale a timestamp while preserving known durations.
diff --git a/src/zm_rtsp.cpp b/src/zm_rtsp.cpp
index 9cba4082e..67373813e 100644
--- a/src/zm_rtsp.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_rtsp.cpp
@@ -399,7 +399,9 @@ int RtspThread::run() {
   if ( mFormatContext->nb_streams >= 1 ) {
     for ( unsigned int i = 0; i < mFormatContext->nb_streams; i++ ) {
       SessionDescriptor::MediaDescriptor *mediaDesc = mSessDesc->getStream(i);
-#if (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(52, 64, 0, 64, 0) || LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_CHECK(50, 14, 0, 14, 0))
+#if LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_CHECK(57, 33, 0, 33, 0)
+      if ( mFormatContext->streams[i]->codecpar->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO )
+#elif (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(52, 64, 0, 64, 0) || LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_CHECK(50, 14, 0, 14, 0))
       if ( mFormatContext->streams[i]->codec->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO )
 #else
       if ( mFormatContext->streams[i]->codec->codec_type == CODEC_TYPE_VIDEO )
@@ -417,7 +419,11 @@ int RtspThread::run() {
           }
         }
         rtpClock = mediaDesc->getClock();
+#if LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_CHECK(57, 33, 0, 33, 0)
+        codecId = mFormatContext->streams[i]->codecpar->codec_id;
+#else
         codecId = mFormatContext->streams[i]->codec->codec_id;
+#endif
         break;
       }  // end if is video
     }  // end foreach stream