diff -ur zoneminder-1.36.36.org/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp zoneminder-1.36.36/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp
--- zoneminder-1.36.36.org/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp	2025-10-29 14:45:26.933191973 +0100
+++ zoneminder-1.36.36/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp	2025-11-05 14:31:49.843777440 +0100
@@ -595,14 +595,18 @@
   mCanCapture = false;
 
   if ( mVideoCodecContext ) {
+#if !LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(62, 11, 0, 11, 0)
     avcodec_close(mVideoCodecContext);
+#endif
 #if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(57, 64, 0, 64, 0)
     avcodec_free_context(&mVideoCodecContext);
 #endif
     mVideoCodecContext = nullptr;  // Freed by av_close_input_file
   }
   if ( mAudioCodecContext ) {
+#if !LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(62, 11, 0, 11, 0)
     avcodec_close(mAudioCodecContext);
+#endif
 #if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(57, 64, 0, 64, 0)
     avcodec_free_context(&mAudioCodecContext);
 #endif
diff -ur zoneminder-1.36.36.org/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp zoneminder-1.36.36/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
--- zoneminder-1.36.36.org/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp	2025-10-29 14:45:26.933191973 +0100
+++ zoneminder-1.36.36/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp	2025-11-05 14:31:49.844198254 +0100
@@ -601,7 +601,9 @@
 
 void zm_free_codec(AVCodecContext **ctx) {
   if (*ctx) {
+#if !LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(62, 11, 0, 11, 0)
     avcodec_close(*ctx);
+#endif
 #if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(57, 64, 0, 64, 0)
     // We allocate and copy in newer ffmpeg, so need to free it
     avcodec_free_context(ctx);
diff -ur zoneminder-1.36.36.org/src/zm_ffmpeg_input.cpp zoneminder-1.36.36/src/zm_ffmpeg_input.cpp
--- zoneminder-1.36.36.org/src/zm_ffmpeg_input.cpp	2025-10-29 14:45:26.933191973 +0100
+++ zoneminder-1.36.36/src/zm_ffmpeg_input.cpp	2025-11-05 14:31:49.844690762 +0100
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@
 int FFmpeg_Input::Close( ) {
   if (streams) {
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < input_format_context->nb_streams; i += 1) {
+#if !LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(62, 11, 0, 11, 0)
       avcodec_close(streams[i].context);
+#endif
 #if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(57, 64, 0, 64, 0)
       avcodec_free_context(&streams[i].context);
       streams[i].context = nullptr;
diff -ur zoneminder-1.36.36.org/src/zm_mpeg.cpp zoneminder-1.36.36/src/zm_mpeg.cpp
--- zoneminder-1.36.36.org/src/zm_mpeg.cpp	2025-10-29 14:45:26.933191973 +0100
+++ zoneminder-1.36.36/src/zm_mpeg.cpp	2025-11-05 14:31:49.844920280 +0100
@@ -498,7 +498,9 @@
 	}
 	/* close each codec */
 	if ( ost ) {
+#if !LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(62, 11, 0, 11, 0)
 		avcodec_close( codec_context );
+#endif
 		av_free( opicture->data[0] );
 		av_frame_free( &opicture );
 		if ( tmp_opicture ) {
@@ -532,6 +534,9 @@
 	if ( codec_and_format ) {
 		delete codec_and_format;
 	}
+#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(57, 64, 0, 64, 0)
+	avcodec_free_context(&codec_context);
+#endif
 }
 
 double VideoStream::EncodeFrame( const uint8_t *buffer, int buffer_size, bool _add_timestamp, unsigned int _timestamp ) {
diff -ur zoneminder-1.36.36.org/src/zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp zoneminder-1.36.36/src/zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp
--- zoneminder-1.36.36.org/src/zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp	2025-10-29 14:45:26.933191973 +0100
+++ zoneminder-1.36.36/src/zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp	2025-11-05 14:33:07.185734189 +0100
@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@
 RemoteCameraRtsp::~RemoteCameraRtsp() {
 
   if ( mVideoCodecContext ) {
+#if !LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(62, 11, 0, 11, 0)
      avcodec_close(mVideoCodecContext);
      mVideoCodecContext = nullptr; // Freed by avformat_free_context in the destructor of RtspThread class
+#endif
   }
   // Is allocated in RTSPThread and is free there as well
   mFormatContext = nullptr;
@@ -93,6 +95,9 @@
   if ( capture ) {
     Terminate();
   }
+#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(62, 11, 0, 11, 0)
+  avcodec_free_context(&mVideoCodecContext);
+#endif
 }
 
 void RemoteCameraRtsp::Initialise() {
diff -ur zoneminder-1.36.36.org/src/zm_videostore.cpp zoneminder-1.36.36/src/zm_videostore.cpp
--- zoneminder-1.36.36.org/src/zm_videostore.cpp	2025-10-29 14:45:26.933887846 +0100
+++ zoneminder-1.36.36/src/zm_videostore.cpp	2025-11-05 14:31:49.845456830 +0100
@@ -754,8 +754,10 @@
   if (video_out_stream) {
     video_in_ctx = nullptr;
 
+#if !LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(62, 11, 0, 11, 0)
     avcodec_close(video_out_ctx);
     Debug(3, "Freeing video_out_ctx");
+#endif
     avcodec_free_context(&video_out_ctx);
     if (hw_device_ctx) {
       Debug(3, "Freeing hw_device_ctx");
@@ -772,8 +774,10 @@
     audio_in_codec = nullptr;
 
     if (audio_out_ctx) {
+#if !LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(62, 11, 0, 11, 0)
       Debug(4, "Success closing audio_out_ctx");
       avcodec_close(audio_out_ctx);
+#endif
 #if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(57, 64, 0, 64, 0)
       avcodec_free_context(&audio_out_ctx);
 #endif