diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/AVOut/FFmpegWriter.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/AVOut/FFmpegWriter.cs
index 6b5574a057..84bb23a136 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/AVOut/FFmpegWriter.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/AVOut/FFmpegWriter.cs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			try
 			{
 				_ffmpeg = OSTailoredCode.ConstructSubshell(
-					OSTailoredCode.IsUnixHost ? "ffmpeg" : Path.Combine(PathUtils.DllDirectoryPath, "ffmpeg.exe"),
+					FFmpegService.FFmpegPath,
 					$"-y -f nut -i - {_token.Commandline} \"{_baseName}{(_segment == 0 ? string.Empty : $"_{_segment}")}{_ext}\"",
 					checkStdout: false,
 					checkStderr: true // ffmpeg sends informative display to stderr, and nothing to stdout