diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d0f4423b..b81f5cda 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The project's name is VBA-M it uses C and C++ code
 PROJECT(VBA-M C CXX)
 
-cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.3.2 )
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 2.8.12 )
 
 IF(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "")
     SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING "Build Type" FORCE)
@@ -286,57 +286,61 @@ IF(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
     ENDIF(ENABLE_LTO)
 
     # common optimization flags
-    SET(MY_C_AND_CXX_OPT_FLAGS -O2 -mtune=generic -fomit-frame-pointer ${LTO_FLAG})
+    SET(MY_C_OPT_FLAGS -O2 -mtune=generic -fomit-frame-pointer ${LTO_FLAG})
 
     # common debug flags
     IF(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
-        SET(MY_C_AND_CXX_DBG_FLAGS -ggdb3 -Og)
+        SET(MY_C_DBG_FLAGS -ggdb3 -Og)
     ELSE()
-        SET(MY_C_AND_CXX_DBG_FLAGS -g)
+        SET(MY_C_DBG_FLAGS -g)
     ENDIF()
 
     # common flags
-    SET(MY_C_AND_CXX_FLAGS -pipe -fPIC -Wformat -Wformat-security -fstack-protector-strong --param ssp-buffer-size=4 -fexceptions -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -feliminate-unused-debug-types)
+    SET(MY_C_FLAGS -pipe -fPIC -fpermissive -Wformat -Wformat-security -fexceptions -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -feliminate-unused-debug-types)
 
-    SET(MY_C_FLAGS   ${MY_C_FLAGS}   ${MY_C_AND_CXX_FLAGS})
-    SET(MY_CXX_FLAGS ${MY_CXX_FLAGS} ${MY_C_AND_CXX_FLAGS})
+    # check if SSP flags are supported
+    INCLUDE(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
+    CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG(-fstack-protector-strong  F_STACK_PROTECTOR_STRONG_FLAG)
+
+    IF(F_STACK_PROTECTOR_STRONG_FLAG)
+        SET(MY_C_FLAGS ${MY_C_FLAGS} -fstack-protector-strong)
+
+        CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("--param ssp-buffer-size=4" SSP_BUFFER_SIZE_FLAG)
+
+        IF(SSP_BUFFER_SIZE_FLAG)
+            SET(MY_C_FLAGS ${MY_C_FLAGS} --param ssp-buffer-size=4)
+        ENDIF()
+    ENDIF()
+
+    # clang doesn't like -std=c++11 for non-C++ sources
+    IF(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+        SET(MY_C_FLAGS ${MY_C_FLAGS} -std=c++11)
+    ENDIF() 
 
     IF(MINGW)
-        SET(MY_C_FLAGS   ${MY_C_FLAGS}   -static-libgcc)
-        SET(MY_CXX_FLAGS ${MY_CXX_FLAGS} -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
+        SET(MY_C_FLAGS ${MY_C_FLAGS} -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
     ENDIF(MINGW)
 
     IF(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL Debug)
-        SET(MY_C_FLAGS   ${MY_C_FLAGS}   ${MY_C_AND_CXX_DBG_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra)
-        SET(MY_CXX_FLAGS ${MY_CXX_FLAGS} ${MY_C_AND_CXX_DBG_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra)
+        SET(MY_C_FLAGS   ${MY_C_FLAGS}   ${MY_C_DBG_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra)
     ELSE()
-        SET(MY_C_FLAGS   ${MY_C_FLAGS}   ${MY_C_AND_CXX_OPT_FLAGS} -Wno-error)
-        SET(MY_CXX_FLAGS ${MY_CXX_FLAGS} ${MY_C_AND_CXX_OPT_FLAGS} -Wno-error)
+        SET(MY_C_FLAGS   ${MY_C_FLAGS}   ${MY_C_OPT_FLAGS} -Wno-error)
     ENDIF()
 
     FOREACH(C_COMPILE_FLAG ${MY_C_FLAGS})
-        ADD_COMPILE_OPTIONS($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:C>:${C_COMPILE_FLAG}>)
-    ENDFOREACH()
-
-    FOREACH(CXX_COMPILE_FLAG ${MY_CXX_FLAGS})
-        ADD_COMPILE_OPTIONS($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:${CXX_COMPILE_FLAG}>)
+        ADD_COMPILE_OPTIONS(${C_COMPILE_FLAG})
     ENDFOREACH()
 
     # make a string of compile options to add to link flags
     UNSET(C_COMPILE_FLAGS_STR)
-    UNSET(CXX_COMPILE_FLAGS_STR)
 
     FOREACH(ARG ${MY_C_FLAGS})
         SET(C_COMPILE_FLAGS_STR "${C_COMPILE_FLAGS_STR} ${ARG}")
     ENDFOREACH()
 
-    FOREACH(ARG ${MY_CXX_FLAGS})
-        SET(CXX_COMPILE_FLAGS_STR "${CXX_COMPILE_FLAGS_STR} ${ARG}")
-    ENDFOREACH()
-
     # need all flags for linking, because of -flto etc.
     SET(CMAKE_C_LINK_EXECUTABLE   "${CMAKE_C_LINK_EXECUTABLE}   ${C_COMPILE_FLAGS_STR}")
-    SET(CMAKE_CXX_LINK_EXECUTABLE "${CMAKE_CXX_LINK_EXECUTABLE} ${CXX_COMPILE_FLAGS_STR}")
+    SET(CMAKE_CXX_LINK_EXECUTABLE "${CMAKE_CXX_LINK_EXECUTABLE} ${C_COMPILE_FLAGS_STR}")
 
     # for the gcc -fstack-protector* flags we need libssp
     # we also have to use the gcc- binutils for LTO to work
diff --git a/installdeps b/installdeps
index df5ed763..1391e143 100755
--- a/installdeps
+++ b/installdeps
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ debian_installdeps() {
 
     if [ -z "$target" ]; then
         check sudo apt-get -qq update
-        check sudo apt-get -qy install build-essential g++ nasm cmake zlib1g-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libavutil-dev libgettextpo-dev libjpeg-dev libpng16-dev libtiff5-dev libsdl2-dev libsfml-dev libopenal-dev libwxgtk3.0-dev
+        check sudo apt-get -qy install build-essential g++ nasm cmake gettext zlib1g-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libavutil-dev libgettextpo-dev libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libtiff5-dev libsdl2-dev libsfml-dev libopenal-dev libwxgtk3.0-dev
     else
         case "$target" in
             mingw-w64-i686)
diff --git a/src/common/ffmpeg.cpp b/src/common/ffmpeg.cpp
index 5f0f27a3..e0db8d22 100644
--- a/src/common/ffmpeg.cpp
+++ b/src/common/ffmpeg.cpp
@@ -58,12 +58,14 @@ static void avformat_free_context(AVFormatContext *ctx)
 #ifndef PixelFormat
 #define PixelFormat AVPixelFormat
 #endif
-#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR > 56
+#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR >= 56
 #define CODEC_ID_NONE AV_CODEC_ID_NONE
 #define CODEC_ID_PCM_S16LE AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_S16LE
 #define CODEC_ID_PCM_S16BE AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_S16BE
 #define CODEC_ID_PCM_U16LE AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_U16LE
 #define CODEC_ID_PCM_U16BE AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_U16BE
+#endif
+#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR > 56
 #define CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER AV_CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER
 #endif
 #if LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR > 54
@@ -408,7 +410,7 @@ MediaRet MediaRecorder::AddFrame(const uint8_t *vid)
 
     AVCodecContext *ctx = vid_st->codec;
     AVPacket pkt;
-#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR > 56
+#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR >= 56
     int ret, got_packet = 0;
 #endif
 
@@ -448,7 +450,7 @@ MediaRet MediaRecorder::AddFrame(const uint8_t *vid)
 	pkt.data = f->data[0];
 	pkt.size = linesize * ctx->height;
     } else {
-#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR > 56
+#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR >= 56
         pkt.data = video_buf;
         pkt.size = VIDEO_BUF_LEN;
         f->format = ctx->pix_fmt;
@@ -486,7 +488,7 @@ MediaRet MediaRecorder::AddFrame(const uint8_t *vid)
     return MRET_OK;
 }
 
-#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR > 56
+#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR >= 56
 /* FFmpeg depricated avcodec_encode_audio.
  * It was removed completely in 3.0.
  * This will at least get audio recording *working*
@@ -560,7 +562,7 @@ MediaRet MediaRecorder::AddFrame(const uint16_t *aud)
     }
     while(len + in_audio_buf2 >= frame_len) {
 	av_init_packet(&pkt);
-	#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR > 56
+	#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR >= 56
 	MediaRecorderEncodeAudio(ctx, &pkt, audio_buf, frame_len,
 	#else
 	pkt.size = avcodec_encode_audio(ctx, audio_buf, frame_len,
diff --git a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
index 852d676c..c53ecf51 100644
--- a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ SET(CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS ${CURRENT_CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS})
 # end of wx OpenGL check
 
 FOREACH(CXX_COMPILE_FLAG ${wxWidgets_CXX_FLAGS})
-    ADD_COMPILE_OPTIONS($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:${CXX_COMPILE_FLAG}>)
+    ADD_COMPILE_OPTIONS(${CXX_COMPILE_FLAG})
 ENDFOREACH()
 
 #EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND sh "${wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE}" --cxxflags)
diff --git a/src/wx/cmdevents.cpp b/src/wx/cmdevents.cpp
index 55124451..a8c27ac8 100644
--- a/src/wx/cmdevents.cpp
+++ b/src/wx/cmdevents.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ extern "C" {
 }
 // For compatibility with 3.0+ ffmpeg
 #include <libavcodec/version.h>
-#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR > 56
+#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR >= 56
 #define CODEC_ID_NONE AV_CODEC_ID_NONE
 #endif
 #endif