diff --git a/cmake/FindFFmpeg.cmake b/cmake/FindFFmpeg.cmake
index e1a6891f2..79db7304c 100644
--- a/cmake/FindFFmpeg.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindFFmpeg.cmake
@@ -161,7 +161,13 @@ else()
     set(FFMPEG_FOUND FALSE)
     message( "-- ${Yellow}NOTE: FindFFmpeg failed to find -- FFMPEG${ColourReset}" )
   endif()
-  
+
+  if(_FFMPEG_AVCODEC_VERSION VERSION_LESS 59.18.100 OR _FFMPEG_AVFORMAT_VERSION VERSION_LESS 59.16.100 OR _FFMPEG_AVUTIL_VERSION VERSION_LESS 57.17.100)
+    set(FFMPEG_VERSION_4 TRUE)
+  else()
+    set(FFMPEG_VERSION_4 FALSE)
+  endif()
+
   if(FFMPEG_FOUND)
     set(FFMPEG_INCLUDE_DIR ${AVFORMAT_INCLUDE_DIR} CACHE INTERNAL "")
     set(FFMPEG_LIBRARIES 
diff --git a/rocAL/CMakeLists.txt b/rocAL/CMakeLists.txt
index f58c525ab..3ac08af24 100644
--- a/rocAL/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rocAL/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -302,6 +302,11 @@ if(${BUILD_ROCAL})
     if(NOT FFMPEG_FOUND)
         message("-- ${Yellow}NOTE: rocAL built without FFmpeg Video Decode Functionality${ColourReset}")
     else()
+        if (FFMPEG_VERSION_4)
+            target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC USE_FFMPEG_VERSION_4=1)
+        else()
+            target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC USE_FFMPEG_VERSION_4=0)
+        endif()
         include_directories(${AVUTIL_INCLUDE_DIR} ${AVCODEC_INCLUDE_DIR} ${SWSCALE_INCLUDE_DIR} ${AVFORMAT_INCLUDE_DIR})
         set(LINK_LIBRARY_LIST ${LINK_LIBRARY_LIST} ${FFMPEG_LIBRARIES})
         message("-- ${White}rocAL built with FFmpeg Video Decode Functionality${ColourReset}")
diff --git a/rocAL/include/decoders/image/hw_jpeg_decoder.h b/rocAL/include/decoders/image/hw_jpeg_decoder.h
index 25acca4fb..869d91f6b 100644
--- a/rocAL/include/decoders/image/hw_jpeg_decoder.h
+++ b/rocAL/include/decoders/image/hw_jpeg_decoder.h
@@ -80,7 +80,11 @@ class HWJpegDecoder : public Decoder {
     AVIOContext *_io_ctx = NULL;
     AVFormatContext *_fmt_ctx = NULL;
     AVCodecContext *_video_dec_ctx = NULL;
+#if USE_FFMPEG_VERSION_4
     AVCodec *_decoder = NULL;
+#else
+    const AVCodec *_decoder = NULL;
+#endif
     AVStream *_video_stream = NULL;
     int _video_stream_idx = -1;
     AVPixelFormat _dec_pix_fmt;
diff --git a/rocAL/include/decoders/video/ffmpeg_video_decoder.h b/rocAL/include/decoders/video/ffmpeg_video_decoder.h
index e66ee9f7b..5be738ff8 100644
--- a/rocAL/include/decoders/video/ffmpeg_video_decoder.h
+++ b/rocAL/include/decoders/video/ffmpeg_video_decoder.h
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ class FFmpegVideoDecoder : public VideoDecoder {
     const char *_src_filename = NULL;
     AVFormatContext *_fmt_ctx = NULL;
     AVCodecContext *_video_dec_ctx = NULL;
+#if USE_FFMPEG_VERSION_4
     AVCodec *_decoder = NULL;
+#else
+    const AVCodec *_decoder = NULL;
+#endif
     AVStream *_video_stream = NULL;
     int _video_stream_idx = -1;
     AVPixelFormat _dec_pix_fmt;
diff --git a/rocAL/include/decoders/video/hardware_video_decoder.h b/rocAL/include/decoders/video/hardware_video_decoder.h
index dad64e02b..561d4186f 100644
--- a/rocAL/include/decoders/video/hardware_video_decoder.h
+++ b/rocAL/include/decoders/video/hardware_video_decoder.h
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ class HardWareVideoDecoder : public VideoDecoder {
     const char *_src_filename = NULL;
     AVFormatContext *_fmt_ctx = NULL;
     AVCodecContext *_video_dec_ctx = NULL;
+#if USE_FFMPEG_VERSION_4
     AVCodec *_decoder = NULL;
+#else
+    const AVCodec *_decoder = NULL;
+#endif
     AVStream *_video_stream = NULL;
     int _video_stream_idx = -1;
     AVPixelFormat _dec_pix_fmt;
diff --git a/rocAL/source/decoders/image/hw_jpeg_decoder.cpp b/rocAL/source/decoders/image/hw_jpeg_decoder.cpp
index d148f47e3..1ebd96933 100644
--- a/rocAL/source/decoders/image/hw_jpeg_decoder.cpp
+++ b/rocAL/source/decoders/image/hw_jpeg_decoder.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static enum AVPixelFormat get_vaapi_format(AVCodecContext *ctx, const enum AVPix
 // ffmpeg helper functions for custom AVIOContex for bitstream reading
 static int ReadFunc(void *ptr, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size) {
     struct buffer_data *bd = (struct buffer_data *)ptr;
-    buf_size = FFMIN(buf_size, bd->size);
+    buf_size = FFMIN(buf_size, static_cast<int>(bd->size));
 
     if (!buf_size)
         return AVERROR_EOF;
diff --git a/rocAL/source/readers/video/video_properties.cpp b/rocAL/source/readers/video/video_properties.cpp
index 8bd27fd8b..af7e1eaae 100644
--- a/rocAL/source/readers/video/video_properties.cpp
+++ b/rocAL/source/readers/video/video_properties.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ void substring_extraction(std::string const &str, const char delim, std::vector<
 // Opens the context of the Video file to obtain the width, heigh and frame rate info.
 void open_video_context(const char *video_file_path, Properties &props) {
     AVFormatContext *pFormatCtx = NULL;
-    AVCodecContext *pCodecCtx = NULL;
     int videoStream = -1;
     unsigned int i = 0;
 
@@ -55,21 +54,18 @@ void open_video_context(const char *video_file_path, Properties &props) {
     ret = avformat_find_stream_info(pFormatCtx, NULL);
     assert(ret >= 0);
     for (i = 0; i < pFormatCtx->nb_streams; i++) {
-        if (pFormatCtx->streams[i]->codec->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO && videoStream < 0) {
+        if (pFormatCtx->streams[i]->codecpar->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO && videoStream < 0) {
             videoStream = i;
         }
     }
     assert(videoStream != -1);
 
     // Get a pointer to the codec context for the video stream
-    pCodecCtx = pFormatCtx->streams[videoStream]->codec;
-    assert(pCodecCtx != NULL);
-    props.width = pCodecCtx->width;
-    props.height = pCodecCtx->height;
+    props.width = pFormatCtx->streams[videoStream]->codecpar->width;
+    props.height = pFormatCtx->streams[videoStream]->codecpar->height;
     props.frames_count = pFormatCtx->streams[videoStream]->nb_frames;
     props.avg_frame_rate_num = pFormatCtx->streams[videoStream]->avg_frame_rate.num;
     props.avg_frame_rate_den = pFormatCtx->streams[videoStream]->avg_frame_rate.den;
-    avcodec_close(pCodecCtx);
     avformat_close_input(&pFormatCtx);
 }