diff --git a/intern/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_compat.h b/intern/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_compat.h
index 1eb6c3ba2dc..bc65f19ef59 100644
--- a/intern/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_compat.h
+++ b/intern/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_compat.h
@@ -119,6 +119,45 @@ int av_sample_fmt_is_planar(enum AVSampleFormat sample_fmt)
 
 #endif
 
+/* XXX TODO Probably fix to correct modern flags in code? Not sure how old FFMPEG we want to support though,
+ * so for now this will do. */
+
+#ifndef FF_MIN_BUFFER_SIZE
+#  ifdef AV_INPUT_BUFFER_MIN_SIZE
+#    define FF_MIN_BUFFER_SIZE AV_INPUT_BUFFER_MIN_SIZE
+#  endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef FF_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE
+#  ifdef AV_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE
+#    define FF_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE AV_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE
+#  endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER
+#  ifdef AV_CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER
+#    define CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER AV_CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER
+#  endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER
+#  ifdef AV_CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER
+#    define CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER AV_CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER
+#  endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef CODEC_FLAG_INTERLACED_DCT
+#  ifdef AV_CODEC_FLAG_INTERLACED_DCT
+#    define CODEC_FLAG_INTERLACED_DCT AV_CODEC_FLAG_INTERLACED_DCT
+#  endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef CODEC_FLAG_INTERLACED_ME
+#  ifdef AV_CODEC_FLAG_INTERLACED_ME
+#    define CODEC_FLAG_INTERLACED_ME AV_CODEC_FLAG_INTERLACED_ME
+#  endif
+#endif
+
 /* FFmpeg upstream 1.0 is the first who added AV_ prefix. */
 #if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT < AV_VERSION_INT(54, 59, 100)
 #  define AV_CODEC_ID_NONE CODEC_ID_NONE
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/writeffmpeg.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/writeffmpeg.c
index d7fcd896e11..fc719634ff5 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/writeffmpeg.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/writeffmpeg.c
@@ -619,7 +619,8 @@ static AVStream *alloc_video_stream(FFMpegContext *context, RenderData *rd, int
 	c->rc_buffer_aggressivity = 1.0;
 #endif
 
-	c->me_method = ME_EPZS;
+	/* Deprecated and not doing anything since July 2015, deleted in recent ffmpeg */
+	//c->me_method = ME_EPZS;
 	
 	codec = avcodec_find_encoder(c->codec_id);
 	if (!codec)