diff --git a/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp b/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
index 0b6de4090..08ae04c42 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
@@ -311,6 +311,26 @@ void GameController::setTurbo(bool set, bool forced) {
 	}
 }
 
+void GameController::setAVStream(GBAAVStream* stream) {
+	if (m_gameOpen) {
+		GBAThreadInterrupt(&m_threadContext);
+		m_threadContext.stream = stream;
+		GBAThreadContinue(&m_threadContext);
+	} else {
+		m_threadContext.stream = stream;
+	}
+}
+
+void GameController::clearAVStream() {
+	if (m_gameOpen) {
+		GBAThreadInterrupt(&m_threadContext);
+		m_threadContext.stream = nullptr;
+		GBAThreadContinue(&m_threadContext);
+	} else {
+		m_threadContext.stream = nullptr;
+	}
+}
+
 void GameController::updateKeys() {
 	int activeKeys = m_activeKeys;
 #ifdef BUILD_SDL
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/GameController.h b/src/platform/qt/GameController.h
index 45e2e07da..95cbc0da6 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/GameController.h
+++ b/src/platform/qt/GameController.h
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ public slots:
 	void setAudioSync(bool);
 	void setFrameskip(int);
 	void setTurbo(bool, bool forced = true);
+	void setAVStream(GBAAVStream*);
+	void clearAVStream();
 
 #ifdef BUILD_SDL
 private slots:
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/VideoView.cpp b/src/platform/qt/VideoView.cpp
index 73b858533..4060a8457 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/VideoView.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/VideoView.cpp
@@ -2,14 +2,183 @@
 
 #ifdef USE_FFMPEG
 
+#include <QFileDialog>
+#include <QMap>
+
 using namespace QGBA;
 
+QMap<QString, QString> VideoView::s_acodecMap;
+QMap<QString, QString> VideoView::s_vcodecMap;
+QMap<QString, QString> VideoView::s_containerMap;
+
 VideoView::VideoView(QWidget* parent)
 	: QWidget(parent)
+	, m_audioCodecCstr(nullptr)
+	, m_videoCodecCstr(nullptr)
+	, m_containerCstr(nullptr)
 {
 	m_ui.setupUi(this);
 
+	if (s_acodecMap.empty()) {
+		s_acodecMap["mp3"] = "libmp3lame";
+		s_acodecMap["uncompressed"] = "pcm_s16le";
+	}
+	if (s_vcodecMap.empty()) {
+		s_vcodecMap["h264"] = "libx264rgb";
+	}
+	if (s_containerMap.empty()) {
+		s_containerMap["mkv"] = "matroska";
+	}
+
 	connect(m_ui.buttonBox, SIGNAL(rejected()), this, SLOT(close()));
+	connect(m_ui.start, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(startRecording()));
+	connect(m_ui.stop, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(stopRecording()));
+
+	connect(m_ui.selectFile, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(selectFile()));
+	connect(m_ui.filename, SIGNAL(textChanged(const QString&)), this, SLOT(setFilename(const QString&)));
+
+	connect(m_ui.audio, SIGNAL(activated(const QString&)), this, SLOT(setAudioCodec(const QString&)));
+	connect(m_ui.video, SIGNAL(activated(const QString&)), this, SLOT(setVideoCodec(const QString&)));
+	connect(m_ui.container, SIGNAL(activated(const QString&)), this, SLOT(setContainer(const QString&)));
+
+	connect(m_ui.abr, SIGNAL(valueChanged(int)), this, SLOT(setAudioBitrate(int)));
+	connect(m_ui.vbr, SIGNAL(valueChanged(int)), this, SLOT(setVideoBitrate(int)));
+
+	FFmpegEncoderInit(&m_encoder);
+
+	setAudioCodec(m_ui.audio->currentText());
+	setVideoCodec(m_ui.video->currentText());
+	setContainer(m_ui.container->currentText());
+}
+
+VideoView::~VideoView() {
+	stopRecording();
+	free(m_audioCodecCstr);
+	free(m_videoCodecCstr);
+	free(m_containerCstr);
+}
+
+void VideoView::startRecording() {
+	if (!validateSettings()) {
+		return;
+	}
+	if (!FFmpegEncoderOpen(&m_encoder, m_filename.toLocal8Bit().constData())) {
+		return;
+	}
+	m_ui.start->setEnabled(false);
+	m_ui.stop->setEnabled(true);
+	emit recordingStarted(&m_encoder.d);
+}
+
+void VideoView::stopRecording() {
+	emit recordingStopped();
+	FFmpegEncoderClose(&m_encoder);
+	m_ui.stop->setEnabled(false);
+	validateSettings();
+}
+
+void VideoView::selectFile() {
+	QString filename = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(this, tr("Select output file"));
+	if (!filename.isEmpty()) {
+		m_ui.filename->setText(filename);
+	}
+}
+
+void VideoView::setFilename(const QString& fname) {
+	m_filename = fname;
+	validateSettings();
+}
+
+void VideoView::setAudioCodec(const QString& codec) {
+	free(m_audioCodecCstr);
+	m_audioCodec = sanitizeCodec(codec);
+	if (s_acodecMap.contains(m_audioCodec)) {
+		m_audioCodec = s_acodecMap[m_audioCodec];
+	}
+	m_audioCodecCstr = strdup(m_audioCodec.toLocal8Bit().constData());
+	if (!FFmpegEncoderSetAudio(&m_encoder, m_audioCodecCstr, m_abr)) {
+		free(m_audioCodecCstr);
+		m_audioCodecCstr = nullptr;
+	}
+	validateSettings();
+}
+
+void VideoView::setVideoCodec(const QString& codec) {
+	free(m_videoCodecCstr);
+	m_videoCodec = sanitizeCodec(codec);
+	if (s_vcodecMap.contains(m_videoCodec)) {
+		m_videoCodec = s_vcodecMap[m_videoCodec];
+	}
+	m_videoCodecCstr = strdup(m_videoCodec.toLocal8Bit().constData());
+	if (!FFmpegEncoderSetVideo(&m_encoder, m_videoCodecCstr, m_vbr)) {
+		free(m_videoCodecCstr);
+		m_videoCodecCstr = nullptr;
+	}
+	validateSettings();
+}
+
+void VideoView::setContainer(const QString& container) {
+	free(m_containerCstr);
+	m_container = sanitizeCodec(container);
+	if (s_containerMap.contains(m_container)) {
+		m_container = s_containerMap[m_container];
+	}
+	m_containerCstr = strdup(m_container.toLocal8Bit().constData());
+	if (!FFmpegEncoderSetContainer(&m_encoder, m_containerCstr)) {
+		free(m_containerCstr);
+		m_containerCstr = nullptr;
+	}
+	validateSettings();
+}
+
+void VideoView::setAudioBitrate(int br) {
+	m_abr = br;
+	FFmpegEncoderSetAudio(&m_encoder, m_audioCodecCstr, m_abr);
+	validateSettings();
+}
+
+void VideoView::setVideoBitrate(int br) {
+	m_abr = br;
+	FFmpegEncoderSetVideo(&m_encoder, m_videoCodecCstr, m_vbr);
+	validateSettings();
+}
+
+bool VideoView::validateSettings() {
+	bool valid = true;
+	if (!m_audioCodecCstr) {
+		valid = false;
+		m_ui.audio->setStyleSheet("QComboBox { color: red; }");
+	} else {
+		m_ui.audio->setStyleSheet("");
+	}
+
+	if (!m_videoCodecCstr) {
+		valid = false;
+		m_ui.video->setStyleSheet("QComboBox { color: red; }");
+	} else {
+		m_ui.video->setStyleSheet("");
+	}
+
+	if (!m_containerCstr) {
+		valid = false;
+		m_ui.container->setStyleSheet("QComboBox { color: red; }");
+	} else {
+		m_ui.container->setStyleSheet("");
+	}
+
+	// This |valid| check is necessary as if one of the cstrs
+	// is null, the encoder likely has a dangling pointer
+	if (valid && !FFmpegEncoderVerifyContainer(&m_encoder)) {
+		valid = false;
+	}
+
+	m_ui.start->setEnabled(valid && !m_filename.isNull());
+	return valid;
+}
+
+QString VideoView::sanitizeCodec(const QString& codec) {
+	QString sanitized = codec.toLower();
+	return sanitized.remove(QChar('.'));
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/VideoView.h b/src/platform/qt/VideoView.h
index c99325d41..2a53b9a8a 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/VideoView.h
+++ b/src/platform/qt/VideoView.h
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 
 #include "ui_VideoView.h"
 
-struct FFmpegEncoder;
+extern "C" {
+#include "platform/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-encoder.h"
+}
 
 namespace QGBA {
 
@@ -16,11 +18,50 @@ Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
 	VideoView(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
+	virtual ~VideoView();
+
+	GBAAVStream* getStream() { return &m_encoder.d; }
+
+public slots:
+	void startRecording();
+	void stopRecording();
+
+signals:
+	void recordingStarted(GBAAVStream*);
+	void recordingStopped();
+
+private slots:
+	void selectFile();
+	void setFilename(const QString&);
+	void setAudioCodec(const QString&);
+	void setVideoCodec(const QString&);
+	void setContainer(const QString&);
+
+	void setAudioBitrate(int);
+	void setVideoBitrate(int);
 
 private:
+	bool validateSettings();
+	static QString sanitizeCodec(const QString&);
+
 	Ui::VideoView m_ui;
 
-	FFmpegEncoder* m_encoder;
+	FFmpegEncoder m_encoder;
+
+	QString m_filename;
+	QString m_audioCodec;
+	QString m_videoCodec;
+	QString m_container;
+	char* m_audioCodecCstr;
+	char* m_videoCodecCstr;
+	char* m_containerCstr;
+
+	int m_abr;
+	int m_vbr;
+
+	static QMap<QString, QString> s_acodecMap;
+	static QMap<QString, QString> s_vcodecMap;
+	static QMap<QString, QString> s_containerMap;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/VideoView.ui b/src/platform/qt/VideoView.ui
index 862f7b867..91ab16e1c 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/VideoView.ui
+++ b/src/platform/qt/VideoView.ui
@@ -68,12 +68,7 @@
         </item>
         <item>
          <property name="text">
-          <string>Xvid</string>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>Uncompressed</string>
+          <string>FFV1</string>
          </property>
         </item>
        </widget>
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp b/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
index d92a57256..fe8f4265d 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ void Window::selectPatch() {
 void Window::openVideoWindow() {
 	if (!m_videoView) {
 		m_videoView = new VideoView();
+		connect(m_videoView, SIGNAL(recordingStarted(GBAAVStream*)), m_controller, SLOT(setAVStream(GBAAVStream*)));
+		connect(m_videoView, SIGNAL(recordingStopped()), m_controller, SLOT(clearAVStream()), Qt::DirectConnection);
 	}
 	m_videoView->show();
 }