diff --git a/externals/cpmfile.json b/externals/cpmfile.json
index 4e9356cb83..2a2967ce2e 100644
--- a/externals/cpmfile.json
+++ b/externals/cpmfile.json
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@
     },
     "ffmpeg": {
         "repo": "FFmpeg/FFmpeg",
-        "sha": "c7b5f1537d",
-        "hash": "ed177621176b3961bdcaa339187d3a7688c1c8b060b79c4bb0257cbc67ad7021ae5d5adca5303b45625abbbe3d9aafdd87ce777b8690ac295290d744c875489a",
+        "sha": "1aefacfda4",
+        "hash": "f55af5bb0abee2dabbc730c5b1c11cefc1aa3437745744b7b6d3d6c42b8b71ac19405cf41e9f91a084cc1a98c1a5309d9a6d6ca17d1845ad7aa1b88929d3dadc",
         "bundled": true
     },
     "ffmpeg-ci": {
diff --git a/externals/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d85876ad2..9300060d06 100644
--- a/externals/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ if (NOT YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG)
     # User attempts to do a FFmpeg cross compilation because...
     # Here we just quickly test against host/system processors not matching
     # TODO: Test for versions not matching as well?
-    elseif (NOT (CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR
-    AND CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME))
+    elseif (NOT ("${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}" STREQUAL "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}"
+    AND "${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}"))
         string(TOLOWER "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" FFmpeg_SYSTEM_NAME)
         if (FFmpeg_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "openorbis" OR FFmpeg_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "managarm")
             set(FFmpeg_SYSTEM_NAME "none")
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ if (NOT YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG)
         if (DEFINED FFmpeg_CROSS_PREFIX)
             list(APPEND FFmpeg_CROSS_COMPILE_FLAGS --cross-prefix="${FFmpeg_CROSS_PREFIX}")
         else()
-            message(WARNING "Please set FFmpeg_CROSS_PREFIX to your cross toolchain prefix, for example: \${CMAKE_STAGING_PREFIX}/bin/${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}-${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}-")
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Please set FFmpeg_CROSS_PREFIX to your cross toolchain prefix, for example: \${CMAKE_STAGING_PREFIX}/bin/${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}-${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}-"
+                "If this is not intended, check that:"
+                "${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} = ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}"
+                "${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME} = ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
         endif()
         set(FFmpeg_IS_CROSS_COMPILING TRUE)
     endif()
@@ -65,8 +68,10 @@ elseif (UNIX AND NOT DEFINED FFmpeg_IS_CROSS_COMPILING)
     pkg_check_modules(CUDA cuda)
     pkg_check_modules(FFNVCODEC ffnvcodec)
     pkg_check_modules(VDPAU vdpau)
-
+    pkg_check_modules(VULKAN vulkan)
+    find_package(spirv-headers)
     find_package(X11)
+    
     if(X11_FOUND)
         if (NOT APPLE)
             # In Solaris needs explicit linking for ffmpeg which links to /lib/amd64/libX11.so
@@ -137,7 +142,7 @@ elseif (UNIX AND NOT DEFINED FFmpeg_IS_CROSS_COMPILING)
         endif(CUDA_FOUND)
     endif()
 
-    if (VDPAU_FOUND AND NOT APPLE)
+    if (VDPAU_FOUND)
         list(APPEND FFmpeg_HWACCEL_FLAGS
             --enable-vdpau
             --enable-hwaccel=h264_vdpau
@@ -151,6 +156,21 @@ elseif (UNIX AND NOT DEFINED FFmpeg_IS_CROSS_COMPILING)
         list(APPEND FFmpeg_HWACCEL_FLAGS --disable-vdpau)
         message(WARNING "ffmpeg: libvdpau-dev not found, disabling Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (VDPAU)...")
     endif()
+
+    if (VULKAN_FOUND)
+        list(APPEND FFmpeg_HWACCEL_FLAGS --enable-vulkan)
+        list(APPEND FFmpeg_HWACCEL_LIBRARIES ${VULKAN_LIBRARIES})
+        list(APPEND FFmpeg_HWACCEL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${VULKAN_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+        list(APPEND FFmpeg_HWACCEL_LDFLAGS ${VULKAN_LDFLAGS})
+        message(STATUS "ffmpeg: vulkan libraries version ${VULKAN_VERSION} found")
+    endif()
+
+    if (SPIRV_HEADERS_FOUND)
+        list(APPEND FFmpeg_HWACCEL_LIBRARIES ${SPIRV_HEADERS_LIBRARIES})
+        list(APPEND FFmpeg_HWACCEL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${SPIRV_HEADERS_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+        list(APPEND FFmpeg_HWACCEL_LDFLAGS ${SPIRV_HEADERS_LDFLAGS})
+        message(STATUS "ffmpeg: spirv-headers libraries version ${SPIRV_HEADERS_VERSION} found")
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if (PLATFORM_PS4)
@@ -247,8 +267,15 @@ else()
 
     # `configure` parameters builds only exactly what yuzu needs from FFmpeg
     # `--disable-vdpau` is needed to avoid linking issues
-    set(FFmpeg_CC ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER}  ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER})
-    set(FFmpeg_CXX ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER}  ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER})
+    set(FFmpeg_CC ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER} ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER})
+    set(FFmpeg_CXX ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER} ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER})
+    # A C++ compiler ought to make C++ binaries, unfortunely using raw `ld` often
+    # doesn't properly link libc/libstdc++, we don't exactly have `LD_C + LD_CXX` to diff
+    # between them, so use the C++ compiler wrapper launcher as a form of.. well...
+    # avoiding the issue of stdc++ not being linked, yes, this affects C libraries
+    # but due to the fact 99% of LD linkers use GC nowadays, this basically should resolve
+    # into a nop, MSVC untested.
+    set(FFmpeg_LD ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER} ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER})
     add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT
             ${FFmpeg_MAKEFILE}
@@ -269,7 +296,7 @@ else()
                 --enable-pic
                 --cc=${FFmpeg_CC}
                 --cxx=${FFmpeg_CXX}
-                --ld=${CMAKE_LINKER}
+                --ld=${FFmpeg_LD}
                 --extra-cflags=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}
                 --extra-cxxflags=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}
                 --extra-ldflags=${CMAKE_C_LINK_FLAGS}
@@ -280,6 +307,7 @@ else()
     )
     unset(FFmpeg_CC)
     unset(FFmpeg_CXX)
+    unset(FFmpeg_LD)
     unset(FFmpeg_HWACCEL_FLAGS)
     unset(FFmpeg_CROSS_COMPILE_FLAGS)