--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -143,25 +143,6 @@ if test -z "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
     AC_MSG_WARN([please install pkg-config; Debian package: pkg-config])
 fi

-dnl FFmpeg
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libavformat], [libavformat >= 52.110.0 libavcodec libavutil], [HAVE_LIBAVFORMAT=1], [HAVE_LIBAVFORMAT=0])
-if test "$HAVE_LIBAVFORMAT" != "1"; then
-    AC_MSG_WARN([required library libavformat >= 52.110.0 not found:])
-    AC_MSG_WARN([$libavformat_PKG_ERRORS])
-    AC_MSG_WARN([libavformat >= 52.110.0 is provided by libav >= 0.7 or FFmpeg >= 0.7])
-fi
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libavdevice], [libavdevice >= 52.5.0], [HAVE_LIBAVDEVICE=1], [HAVE_LIBAVDEVICE=0])
-if test "$HAVE_LIBAVDEVICE" != "1"; then
-    AC_MSG_WARN([required library libavdevice >= 52.5.0 not found:])
-    AC_MSG_WARN([$libavdevice_PKG_ERRORS])
-    AC_MSG_WARN([libavdevice >= 52.5.0 is provided by libav >= 0.7 or FFmpeg >= 0.7])
-fi
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libswscale], [libswscale >= 0.14.1 libavutil], [HAVE_LIBSWSCALE=1], [HAVE_LIBSWSCALE=0])
-if test "$HAVE_LIBSWSCALE" != "1"; then
-    AC_MSG_WARN([required library libswscale >= 0.14.1 not found:])
-    AC_MSG_WARN([$libswscale_PKG_ERRORS])
-    AC_MSG_WARN([libswscale >= 0.14.1 is provided by libav >= 0.7 or FFmpeg >= 0.7])
-fi
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([sysconf])

 dnl libass
@@ -400,11 +381,16 @@ UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE=""
 AC_ARG_VAR([UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE], [update-desktop-database command])
 AC_CHECK_PROGS([UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE], [update-desktop-database])

+dnl ffmpeg4.4 libs
+LIBS="$LIBS /usr/lib/libswscale.so.5"
+LIBS="$LIBS /usr/lib/libavutil.so.56"
+LIBS="$LIBS /usr/lib/libavformat.so.58"
+LIBS="$LIBS /usr/lib/libavdevice.so.58"
+LIBS="$LIBS /usr/lib/libavcodec.so.58"
+CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I/usr/include/ffmpeg4.4"
+
 dnl Check if all libraries were found
 if test "$am_cv_func_iconv" != "yes" \
-    -o "$HAVE_LIBAVFORMAT" != "1" \
-    -o "$HAVE_LIBAVDEVICE" != "1" \
-    -o "$HAVE_LIBSWSCALE" != "1" \
     -o "$HAVE_LIBASS" != "1" \
     -o "$HAVE_LIBOPENAL" != "1" \
     -o "$HAVE_LIBQTOPENGL" != "1" \