diff --git a/gnu/packages/arcan.scm b/gnu/packages/arcan.scm
index c25d64903c..7483777ff0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/arcan.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/arcan.scm
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ (define-public arcan
               (files '("share/arcan/scripts")))))
       (inputs
        `(("apr" ,apr)
-         ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)
+         ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg-4)
          ("freetype" ,freetype)
          ("glib" ,glib)
          ("glu" ,glu)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm b/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm
index c59f4d02a4..f99dbcbf06 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ (define-public stackistry
     (native-inputs
      (list pkg-config))
      (inputs
-      (list gtkmm-3 libskry ffmpeg))
+      (list gtkmm-3 libskry ffmpeg-4))
      (home-page "https://github.com/GreatAttractor/stackistry")
      (synopsis "Astronomical lucky imaging/image stacking tool")
      (description
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ (define-public libskry
                (copy-recursively "include" include))
              #t)))))
     (inputs
-     (list ffmpeg))
+     (list ffmpeg-4))
     (home-page "https://github.com/GreatAttractor/libskry")
     (synopsis "Astronimical lucky imaging library")
     (description
diff --git a/gnu/packages/audio.scm b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
index e480ce9e58..5e471d34e9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/audio.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
@@ -603,7 +603,11 @@ (define-public aubio
         "--enable-samplerate"
         "--enable-avcodec")))
     (inputs
-     (list jack-1 libsndfile libsamplerate fftwf ffmpeg)) ; for libavcodec
+     (list jack-1
+           libsndfile
+           libsamplerate
+           ffmpeg-4                     ;for libavcodec
+           fftwf))
     (native-inputs
      (list pkg-config))
     (home-page "https://aubio.org/")
@@ -4442,7 +4446,7 @@ (define-public bs1770gain
               ,home-page))
            #t))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (inputs (list ffmpeg sox))
+    (inputs (list ffmpeg-4 sox))
     (synopsis "Tool to adjust loudness of media files")
     (description
      "BS1770GAIN is a loudness scanner compliant with ITU-R BS.1770 and its
diff --git a/gnu/packages/education.scm b/gnu/packages/education.scm
index c0f7778c1c..0e3dd08c23 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/education.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/education.scm
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ (define-public openboard
       (inputs
        (list alsa-lib
              coreutils-minimal          ;for patched 'env' shebang
-             ffmpeg
+             ffmpeg-4
              freetype
              lame
              libass
diff --git a/gnu/packages/emulators.scm b/gnu/packages/emulators.scm
index 5054ae3da5..11d1cda46f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emulators.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emulators.scm
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ (define-public dolphin-emu
              bluez
              curl
              eudev
-             ffmpeg
+             ffmpeg-4
              font-wqy-microhei
              freetype
              glew
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ (define-public retroarch
                  "--disable-builtinminiupnpc")))))))
     (inputs
      `(("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
-       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)
+       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg-4)
        ("freetype" ,freetype)
        ("libxinerama" ,libxinerama)
        ("libxkbcommon" ,libxkbcommon)
@@ -2035,7 +2035,7 @@ (define-public pcsxr
        (list libcdio
              sdl2
              gtk+
-             ffmpeg
+             ffmpeg-4
              libxv
              libarchive
              pulseaudio))
@@ -2322,7 +2322,7 @@ (define-public ppsspp
     (native-inputs (list pkg-config python))
     (inputs (list bash
                   cityhash
-                  ffmpeg
+                  ffmpeg-4
                   glew
                   glslang
                   libpng
diff --git a/gnu/packages/game-development.scm b/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
index 4a0435045b..8fec474d0b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
@@ -2665,7 +2665,7 @@ (define-public warsow-qfusion
        `(("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
          ("curl" ,curl)
          ("freetype" ,freetype)
-         ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)
+         ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg-4)
          ("libjpeg" ,libjpeg-turbo)
          ("libogg" ,libogg)
          ("libpng" ,libpng)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/games.scm b/gnu/packages/games.scm
index d8c5a34a41..4c5f28a55c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/games.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/games.scm
@@ -8478,7 +8478,7 @@ (define-public oshu
     (native-inputs
      (list pkg-config))
     (inputs
-     (list cairo ffmpeg pango sdl2 sdl2-image))
+     (list cairo ffmpeg-4 pango sdl2 sdl2-image))
     (home-page "https://github.com/fmang/oshu/")
     (synopsis "Rhythm game in which you click on circles")
     (description "@i{oshu!} is a minimalist variant of the @i{osu!} rhythm game,
@@ -9318,7 +9318,7 @@ (define-public hedgewars
                     (string-append "../hedgewars-src-" #$version)
                   (install-file "misc/hedgewars.png" icons))))))))
     (inputs
-     (list ffmpeg
+     (list ffmpeg-4
            freeglut
            ghc-entropy
            ghc-hslogger
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnunet.scm b/gnu/packages/gnunet.scm
index b477fee537..c98ceefad7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnunet.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnunet.scm
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ (define-public libextractor
     `(("exiv2" ,exiv2)
       ("bzip2" ,bzip2)
       ("flac" ,flac)
-      ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)
+      ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg-4)
       ("file" ,file)                           ;libmagic, for the MIME plug-in
       ("glib" ,glib)
       ("giflib" ,giflib)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/graphics.scm b/gnu/packages/graphics.scm
index efe1deede4..4642dfbe36 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/graphics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/graphics.scm
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ (define-public openscenegraph
        ("jasper" ,jasper)
        ("librsvg" ,librsvg)
        ("libxrandr" ,libxrandr)
-       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)
+       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg-4)
        ("mesa" ,mesa)))
     (synopsis "High-performance real-time graphics toolkit")
     (description
diff --git a/gnu/packages/image-processing.scm b/gnu/packages/image-processing.scm
index fb45e9b141..ab796d7719 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/image-processing.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/image-processing.scm
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ (define-public opencv
            (sha256
             (base32 "0ga0l4ranp1834gxgp487ll1amvmssa02l2nk5ja5w0rx4d8hh26"))))))
     (inputs
-     (list ffmpeg
+     (list ffmpeg-4
            gtk+
            gtkglext
            hdf5
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ (define-public paraview-5.9
            double-conversion
            eigen
            expat
-           ffmpeg
+           ffmpeg-4
            freetype
            gdal
            gl2ps
diff --git a/gnu/packages/julia-jll.scm b/gnu/packages/julia-jll.scm
index 594c36b6ce..2b0f644736 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/julia-jll.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/julia-jll.scm
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ (define-public julia-ffmpeg-jll
                ;; There's a Julia file for each platform, override them all
                (find-files "src/wrappers/" "\\.jl$")))))))
     (inputs
-     (list ffmpeg))
+     (list ffmpeg-4))
     (propagated-inputs
      (list julia-jllwrappers
            julia-bzip2-jll
diff --git a/gnu/packages/kde-multimedia.scm b/gnu/packages/kde-multimedia.scm
index 9fb3572909..d635eca26d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/kde-multimedia.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/kde-multimedia.scm
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ (define-public kid3
     (native-inputs
      (list docbook-xsl
            extra-cmake-modules
-           ffmpeg
+           ffmpeg-4
            kdoctools
            libxslt
            python-wrapper
diff --git a/gnu/packages/kodi.scm b/gnu/packages/kodi.scm
index 402ee221c5..18791359f2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/kodi.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/kodi.scm
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ (define-public kodi
        ("dcadec" ,dcadec)
        ("dbus" ,dbus)
        ("eudev" ,eudev)
-       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)
+       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg-4)
        ("flac" ,flac)
        ("flatbuffers" ,flatbuffers)
        ("fmt" ,fmt-7)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linphone.scm b/gnu/packages/linphone.scm
index 7b5efeb588..130097ef40 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linphone.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linphone.scm
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ (define-public mediastreamer2
        ("bcg729" ,bcg729)
        ("bcmatroska2" ,bcmatroska2)
        ("bctoolbox" ,bctoolbox)
-       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)
+       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg-4)
        ("glew" ,glew)
        ("glu" ,glu)
        ("glx" ,mesa-utils)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index c476940eed..9ea77069ca 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -8991,7 +8991,7 @@ (define-public pipewire
      (list alsa-lib
            dbus
            eudev
-           ffmpeg
+           ffmpeg-4
            gstreamer
            gst-plugins-base
            libva
@@ -9035,6 +9035,7 @@ (define-public pipewire-0.3
      (modify-inputs (package-native-inputs pipewire)
        (prepend python-docutils)))
     (inputs (modify-inputs (package-inputs pipewire)
+              (replace "ffmpeg" ffmpeg)
               (prepend avahi
                        bluez
                        jack-2
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mp3.scm b/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
index e2b112832b..03e4485618 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ (define-public chromaprint
     (inputs
      ;; requires one of FFmpeg (prefered), FFTW3 or vDSP
      ;; use the same ffmpeg version as for acoustid-fingerprinter
-     (list ffmpeg boost))
+     (list ffmpeg-4 boost))
     (home-page "https://acoustid.org/chromaprint")
     (synopsis "Audio fingerprinting library")
     (description "Chromaprint is a library for calculating audio
diff --git a/gnu/packages/music.scm b/gnu/packages/music.scm
index 026bb22770..e3cb67b413 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/music.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/music.scm
@@ -6806,7 +6806,7 @@ (define-public musikcube
      (list alsa-lib
            boost
            curl
-           ffmpeg
+           ffmpeg-4
            lame
            libev
            libmicrohttpd
diff --git a/gnu/packages/qt.scm b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
index 519a7d1548..6406fd5c49 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/qt.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
@@ -2546,7 +2546,7 @@ (define-public qtwebengine-5
            cups-minimal
            curl
            dbus
-           ffmpeg
+           ffmpeg-4
            fontconfig
            harfbuzz
            icu4c
diff --git a/gnu/packages/rdesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/rdesktop.scm
index 12a1d3e9eb..84a07e6ba9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/rdesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/rdesktop.scm
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ (define-public freerdp
     (inputs
      `(("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
        ("cups" ,cups)
-       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)
+       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg-4)
        ("libjpeg" ,libjpeg-turbo)
        ("libusb" ,libusb)
        ("libx11" ,libx11)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index a2cbc53f8c..a15c86ee07 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ (define-public transcode
            python-wrapper))
     (inputs
      (list alsa-lib
-           ffmpeg
+           ffmpeg-4
            freetype
            imagemagick
            lame
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ (define-public libquicktime
      (list gettext-minimal doxygen pkg-config))
     (inputs
      (list alsa-lib
-           ffmpeg
+           ffmpeg-4
            gtk+-2
            lame
            libdv
@@ -1876,7 +1876,7 @@ (define-public ffmpeg-2.8
                (format #t "setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to ~s~%" path)
                (setenv "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" path)))))))))
 
-(define-public ffmpeg ffmpeg-4)
+(define-public ffmpeg ffmpeg-5)
 
 (define-public ffmpeg-for-stepmania
   (hidden-package
@@ -1923,7 +1923,7 @@ (define-public ffmpegthumbnailer
     (native-inputs
      (list pkg-config))
     (inputs
-     (list ffmpeg libjpeg-turbo libpng gvfs))
+     (list ffmpeg-4 libjpeg-turbo libpng gvfs))
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags (list "-DENABLE_GIO=ON" "-DENABLE_THUMBNAILER=ON")))
     (home-page "https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer")
@@ -2102,7 +2102,7 @@ (define-public mplayer
     (inputs
      `(("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
        ("cdparanoia" ,cdparanoia)
-       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)
+       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg-4)
        ("fontconfig" ,fontconfig)
        ("freetype" ,freetype)
        ("giflib" ,giflib)
@@ -3296,6 +3296,7 @@ (define-public mlt-6
        ,@(package-arguments mlt)))
     (inputs
      (modify-inputs (package-inputs mlt)
+       (replace "ffmpeg" ffmpeg-4)
        (replace "gtk+" gtk+-2)))))
 
 (define-public v4l-utils
@@ -3409,7 +3410,7 @@ (define-public obs
       bash-minimal
       curl
       eudev
-      ffmpeg
+      ffmpeg-4
       fontconfig
       freetype
       glib
@@ -3679,7 +3680,7 @@ (define-public simplescreenrecorder
     ;; As a result, they are omitted. Please add them back if problems appear.
     (inputs
      (list alsa-lib
-           ffmpeg
+           ffmpeg-4
            glu
            jack-1
            libxi
@@ -3872,7 +3873,7 @@ (define-public handbrake
     (inputs
      `(("bzip2" ,bzip2)
        ("dbus-glib" ,dbus-glib)
-       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)
+       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg-4)
        ("fontconfig" ,fontconfig)
        ("freetype" ,freetype)
        ("glib" ,glib)
@@ -4313,7 +4314,7 @@ (define-public ffms2
     (inputs
      (list zlib))
     (propagated-inputs
-     (list ffmpeg))
+     (list ffmpeg-4))
     (native-inputs
      (list pkg-config))
     (synopsis "Cross-platform wrapper around ffmpeg/libav")
@@ -4743,7 +4744,7 @@ (define-public libopenshot
      (list alsa-lib zlib))
     (propagated-inputs                  ;all referenced in installed headers
      (list cppzmq
-           ffmpeg
+           ffmpeg-4
            imagemagick
            jsoncpp
            libopenshot-audio
@@ -4968,7 +4969,7 @@ (define-public wlstream
            "01qbcgfl3g9kfwn1jf1z9pdj3bvf5lmg71d1vwkcllc2az24bjqp"))))
       (build-system meson-build-system)
       (native-inputs (list libdrm pkg-config))
-      (inputs (list ffmpeg pulseaudio wayland wayland-protocols))
+      (inputs (list ffmpeg-4 pulseaudio wayland wayland-protocols))
       (home-page "https://github.com/atomnuker/wlstream")
       (synopsis "Screen capture tool for Wayland sessions")
       (description "Wlstream is a screen capture tool for recording audio and