diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 86dbe223..6013a304 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Hosting for Moonlight's Debian and L4T package repositories is graciously provid
 ### Linux/Unix Build Requirements
 * Qt 6 is recommended, but Qt 5.9 or later is also supported (replace `qmake6` with `qmake` when using Qt 5).
 * GCC or Clang
-* FFmpeg 5.0 or later
+* FFmpeg 4.0 or later
 * Install the required packages:
   * Debian/Ubuntu:
     * Base Requirements: `libegl1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libopus-dev libsdl2-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libssl-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libva-dev libvdpau-dev libxkbcommon-dev wayland-protocols libdrm-dev`
diff --git a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/drm.cpp b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/drm.cpp
index 448afef9..b539c192 100644
--- a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/drm.cpp
+++ b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/drm.cpp
@@ -93,8 +93,10 @@ static const std::map<uint32_t, AVPixelFormat> k_DrmToAvFormatMap
     {DRM_FORMAT_NV21, AV_PIX_FMT_NV21},
     {DRM_FORMAT_P010, AV_PIX_FMT_P010LE},
     {DRM_FORMAT_YUV420, AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P},
+#if LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(56, 27, 100)
     {DRM_FORMAT_NV24, AV_PIX_FMT_NV24},
     {DRM_FORMAT_NV42, AV_PIX_FMT_NV42},
+#endif
     {DRM_FORMAT_YUV444, AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P},
     {DRM_FORMAT_Q410, AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P10LE},
 #if LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(57, 34, 100)
@@ -111,7 +113,9 @@ static const std::map<uint32_t, AVPixelFormat> k_DrmToAvFormatMap
     {DRM_FORMAT_NA12, AV_PIX_FMT_P010LE},
     {DRM_FORMAT_NV15, AV_PIX_FMT_P010LE},
     {DRM_FORMAT_P030, AV_PIX_FMT_P010LE},
+#if LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(57, 9, 100)
     {DRM_FORMAT_NV30, AV_PIX_FMT_P410LE},
+#endif
 };
 
 // This map is used to determine the required DRM format for dumb buffer upload.
@@ -124,8 +128,10 @@ static const std::map<AVPixelFormat, uint32_t> k_AvToDrmFormatMap
     {AV_PIX_FMT_P010LE, DRM_FORMAT_P010},
     {AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P, DRM_FORMAT_YUV420},
     {AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ420P, DRM_FORMAT_YUV420},
+#if LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(56, 27, 100)
     {AV_PIX_FMT_NV24, DRM_FORMAT_NV24},
     {AV_PIX_FMT_NV42, DRM_FORMAT_NV42},
+#endif
     {AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P, DRM_FORMAT_YUV444},
     {AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ444P, DRM_FORMAT_YUV444},
     {AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P10LE, DRM_FORMAT_Q410},
diff --git a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/sdlvid.cpp b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/sdlvid.cpp
index b520502f..1467ce52 100644
--- a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/sdlvid.cpp
+++ b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/sdlvid.cpp
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ ReadbackRetry:
             m_RgbFrame->format = AV_PIX_FMT_BGR0;
 
             sws_freeContext(m_SwsContext);
+
+#if LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(6, 1, 100)
             m_SwsContext = sws_alloc_context();
             if (!m_SwsContext) {
                 SDL_LogError(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
@@ -377,6 +379,19 @@ ReadbackRetry:
                              av_make_error_string(string, sizeof(string), err));
                 goto Exit;
             }
+#else
+            SDL_LogWarn(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
+                        "CPU color conversion is slow on FFmpeg 4.x. Update FFmpeg for better performance.");
+
+            m_SwsContext = sws_getContext(frame->width, frame->height, (AVPixelFormat)frame->format,
+                                          m_RgbFrame->width, m_RgbFrame->height, (AVPixelFormat)m_RgbFrame->format,
+                                          0, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
+            if (!m_SwsContext) {
+                SDL_LogError(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
+                             "sws_getContext() failed");
+                goto Exit;
+            }
+#endif
         }
         else {
             // SDL will perform YUV conversion on the GPU
@@ -526,10 +541,18 @@ ReadbackRetry:
         m_RgbFrame->data[0] = pixels;
         m_RgbFrame->linesize[0] = texturePitch;
 
+#if LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(6, 1, 100)
         // Perform multi-threaded color conversion into the locked texture buffer
         err = sws_scale_frame(m_SwsContext, m_RgbFrame, frame);
+#else
+        // Perform a single-threaded color conversion using the legacy swscale API
+        err = sws_scale(m_SwsContext, frame->data, frame->linesize, 0, frame->height,
+                        m_RgbFrame->data, m_RgbFrame->linesize);
+#endif
+
         av_buffer_unref(&m_RgbFrame->buf[0]);
         SDL_UnlockTexture(m_Texture);
+
         if (err < 0) {
             char string[AV_ERROR_MAX_STRING_SIZE];
             SDL_LogError(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,