diff --git a/.devcontainer/post_create.sh b/.devcontainer/post_create.sh
index 9c5dec5bb6..1a1832f3b6 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/post_create.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/post_create.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ curl -L https://api.github.com/meta | jq -r '.ssh_keys | .[]' | \
 sudo mkdir -p /media/frigate
 sudo chown -R "$(id -u):$(id -g)" /media/frigate
 
+# When started as a service, LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR is defined in the
+# s6 service file. For dev, where frigate is started from an interactive
+# shell, we define it in .bashrc instead.
+echo 'export LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR=$(ffmpeg -version | grep -Po "libavformat\W+\K\d+")' >> $HOME/.bashrc
+
 make version
 
 cd web
diff --git a/docker/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/frigate/run b/docker/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/frigate/run
index 0a835550e8..f2cc40fcfc 100755
--- a/docker/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/frigate/run
+++ b/docker/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/frigate/run
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ function migrate_db_path() {
 
 echo "[INFO] Preparing Frigate..."
 migrate_db_path
+export LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR=$(ffmpeg -version | grep -Po 'libavformat\W+\K\d+')
 
 echo "[INFO] Starting Frigate..."
 
diff --git a/docker/rootfs/usr/local/go2rtc/create_config.py b/docker/rootfs/usr/local/go2rtc/create_config.py
index 1397adee8e..0531b173de 100644
--- a/docker/rootfs/usr/local/go2rtc/create_config.py
+++ b/docker/rootfs/usr/local/go2rtc/create_config.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import yaml
 
 sys.path.insert(0, "/opt/frigate")
-from frigate.const import BIRDSEYE_PIPE, BTBN_PATH  # noqa: E402
+from frigate.const import BIRDSEYE_PIPE  # noqa: E402
 from frigate.ffmpeg_presets import (  # noqa: E402
     parse_preset_hardware_acceleration_encode,
 )
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     go2rtc_config["rtsp"]["default_query"] = "mp4"
 
 # need to replace ffmpeg command when using ffmpeg4
-if not os.path.exists(BTBN_PATH):
+if int(os.environ["LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR"]) < 59:
     if go2rtc_config.get("ffmpeg") is None:
         go2rtc_config["ffmpeg"] = {
             "rtsp": "-fflags nobuffer -flags low_delay -stimeout 5000000 -user_agent go2rtc/ffmpeg -rtsp_transport tcp -i {input}"
diff --git a/frigate/const.py b/frigate/const.py
index 20e2b0daa8..b6b0e44bd8 100644
--- a/frigate/const.py
+++ b/frigate/const.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 FRIGATE_LOCALHOST = "http://127.0.0.1:5000"
 PLUS_ENV_VAR = "PLUS_API_KEY"
 PLUS_API_HOST = "https://api.frigate.video"
-BTBN_PATH = "/usr/lib/btbn-ffmpeg"
 
 # Attributes
 
diff --git a/frigate/ffmpeg_presets.py b/frigate/ffmpeg_presets.py
index a2785813c1..c719213f5f 100644
--- a/frigate/ffmpeg_presets.py
+++ b/frigate/ffmpeg_presets.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Any
 
-from frigate.const import BTBN_PATH
 from frigate.util import vainfo_hwaccel
 from frigate.version import VERSION
 
@@ -43,7 +42,11 @@ def get_selected_gpu(self) -> str:
         return ""
 
 
-TIMEOUT_PARAM = "-timeout" if os.path.exists(BTBN_PATH) else "-stimeout"
+TIMEOUT_PARAM = (
+    "-timeout"
+    if int(os.getenv("LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR", "59")) >= 59
+    else "-stimeout"
+)
 
 _gpu_selector = LibvaGpuSelector()
 _user_agent_args = [