diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ae79e3f..3e2cb23 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 [submodule "SDL_ttf"]
 	path = SDL_ttf
 	url = https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_ttf.git
-[submodule "FFmpeg-rpi"]
-	path = FFmpeg-rpi
-	url = https://github.com/cgutman/FFmpeg.git
 [submodule "dav1d"]
 	path = dav1d
 	url = https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d.git
diff --git a/Dockerfile.rpi.bookworm b/Dockerfile.rpi.bookworm
index 785407e..0e0855f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.rpi.bookworm
+++ b/Dockerfile.rpi.bookworm
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ RUN /bin/bash -c /opt/scripts/install-base-deps.sh && \
     apt-get clean -y && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-COPY dav1d /opt/dav1d
-COPY FFmpeg-rpi /opt/FFmpeg
 COPY SDL2 /opt/SDL2
 COPY SDL_ttf /opt/SDL_ttf
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.rpi.trixie b/Dockerfile.rpi.trixie
index 201b581..1215c60 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.rpi.trixie
+++ b/Dockerfile.rpi.trixie
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ RUN /bin/bash -c /opt/scripts/install-base-deps.sh && \
     apt-get clean -y && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-COPY dav1d /opt/dav1d
-COPY FFmpeg-rpi /opt/FFmpeg
 COPY SDL2 /opt/SDL2
 COPY SDL_ttf /opt/SDL_ttf
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.rpi64.bookworm b/Dockerfile.rpi64.bookworm
index 63955d1..d1be741 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.rpi64.bookworm
+++ b/Dockerfile.rpi64.bookworm
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ RUN /bin/bash -c /opt/scripts/install-base-deps.sh && \
     apt-get clean -y && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-COPY dav1d /opt/dav1d
-COPY FFmpeg-rpi /opt/FFmpeg
 COPY SDL2 /opt/SDL2
 COPY SDL_ttf /opt/SDL_ttf
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.rpi64.trixie b/Dockerfile.rpi64.trixie
index 6a912cf..4c635fb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.rpi64.trixie
+++ b/Dockerfile.rpi64.trixie
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ RUN /bin/bash -c /opt/scripts/install-base-deps.sh && \
     apt-get clean -y && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-COPY dav1d /opt/dav1d
-COPY FFmpeg-rpi /opt/FFmpeg
 COPY SDL2 /opt/SDL2
 COPY SDL_ttf /opt/SDL_ttf
 
diff --git a/FFmpeg-rpi b/FFmpeg-rpi
deleted file mode 160000
index 9482fb3..0000000
--- a/FFmpeg-rpi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 9482fb35ae5e602ef29818f354f4400f07db436a
diff --git a/scripts/build-deps.sh b/scripts/build-deps.sh
index 61e3e09..1cdf755 100755
--- a/scripts/build-deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-deps.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 set -e
 
 BASE_FFMPEG_ARGS="--fatal-warnings --enable-pic --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-all --disable-vulkan --enable-avcodec --enable-swscale --enable-decoder=h264 --enable-decoder=hevc --enable-decoder=av1 --enable-libdav1d --enable-decoder=libdav1d --enable-libdrm --enable-decoder=h264_v4l2m2m --enable-decoder=hevc_v4l2m2m --extra-cflags=-I/usr/include/libdrm"
+USE_PLATFORM_FFMPEG=0
 
 echo "Building dependencies for $TARGET"
 if [ "$TARGET" == "rpi" ] || [ "$TARGET" == "rpi64" ]; then
-    # Enable HEVC VL42 stateless decoder (H.264 is stateful on Pi 4 and absent on Pi 5)
-    EXTRA_FFMPEG_ARGS="--enable-sand --enable-libudev --enable-v4l2-request --enable-hwaccel=hevc_v4l2request"
+    # Use the platform-provided FFmpeg version on Raspberry Pi OS
+    USE_PLATFORM_FFMPEG=1
 elif [ "$TARGET" == "l4t" ]; then
     # Enable NVV4L2 decoders (and VP9 decoder to work around compilation error in NVV4L2 fallback code)
     EXTRA_FFMPEG_ARGS="--enable-nvv4l2 --enable-decoder=h264_nvv4l2 --enable-decoder=hevc_nvv4l2 --enable-decoder=vp9"
@@ -43,13 +44,17 @@ sed -i 's/-lSDL2_ttf/-lSDL2_ttf -lfreetype/g' SDL2_ttf.pc
 cat SDL2_ttf.pc
 make install
 
-# Build and install libdav1d
-cd /opt/dav1d
-meson setup build -Ddefault_library=static -Dbuildtype=debugoptimized -Denable_tools=false -Denable_tests=false
-ninja -C build
-ninja install -C build
+# Build FFmpeg and its dependencies if we're not using the platform version
+if [ "$USE_PLATFORM_FFMPEG" == "0" ]; then
+    # Build and install libdav1d
+    cd /opt/dav1d
+    meson setup build -Ddefault_library=static -Dbuildtype=debugoptimized -Denable_tools=false -Denable_tests=false
+    ninja -C build
+    ninja install -C build
 
-cd /opt/FFmpeg
-./configure $BASE_FFMPEG_ARGS $EXTRA_FFMPEG_ARGS $DAV1D_FFMPEG_ARGS
-make -j$(nproc)
-make install
+    # Build and install FFmpeg
+    cd /opt/FFmpeg
+    ./configure $BASE_FFMPEG_ARGS $EXTRA_FFMPEG_ARGS $DAV1D_FFMPEG_ARGS
+    make -j$(nproc)
+    make install
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/build-package.sh b/scripts/build-package.sh
index 293ba71..31c9240 100755
--- a/scripts/build-package.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-package.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ VERSION=`cat app/version.txt`
 # Determine extra target-specific dependencies
 if [ "$TARGET" == "rpi" ] || [ "$TARGET" == "rpi64" ]; then
     EXTRA_CONFIG="CONFIG+=gpuslow CONFIG+=disable-mmal"
+    EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS="libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev"
 elif [ "$TARGET" == "l4t" ]; then
     :
 elif [ "$TARGET" == "desktop" ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/install-base-deps.sh b/scripts/install-base-deps.sh
index 4247a91..c863229 100755
--- a/scripts/install-base-deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-base-deps.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ apt-get update
 apt-get install -y curl g++ make ninja-build devscripts fakeroot debhelper git nasm libgbm-dev libdrm-dev libasound2-dev libdbus-1-dev libegl1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libgles2-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libibus-1.0-dev libpulse-dev libudev-dev libx11-dev libxcursor-dev libxext-dev libxi-dev libxinerama-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxrandr-dev libxss-dev libxt-dev libxv-dev libxxf86vm-dev cmake libgl-dev meson wayland-protocols libwayland-dev libdecor-0-dev libfreetype-dev libpipewire-0.3-dev
 apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libssl-dev qtbase5-dev qtquickcontrols2-5-dev qtdeclarative5-dev libqt5svg5-dev libopus-dev gnupg
 
+# Install FFmpeg if we're using the OS-provided version
+if [ "$TARGET" == "rpi" ] || [ "$TARGET" == "rpi64" ]; then
+   apt-get install -y libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev
+fi
+
 if [ "$TARGET" == "embedded" ] && [ "$DISTRO" != "sid" ] && [ "$DISTRO" != "trixie" ]; then
    # Grab latest kernel headers from Bookworm to pick up the latest V4L2 defs
    apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 6ED0E7B82643E131