diff --git a/src/ui/Features/Options/Settings/SettingsViewModel.cs b/src/ui/Features/Options/Settings/SettingsViewModel.cs
index 4bc8761ad1..70206be5e7 100644
--- a/src/ui/Features/Options/Settings/SettingsViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/ui/Features/Options/Settings/SettingsViewModel.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Features.Video.BurnIn;
 using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic;
 using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.Config;
+using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.Download;
 using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.Media;
 using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.VideoPlayers.LibMpvDynamic;
 using System;
@@ -689,7 +690,7 @@ public SettingsViewModel(IWindowService windowService, IFolderHelper folderHelpe
         LibMpvPath = string.Empty;
         IsLibMpvDownloadVisible = OperatingSystem.IsWindows();
         IsLibVlcDownloadVisible = OperatingSystem.IsWindows();
-        IsFfmpegLibsDownloadVisible = OperatingSystem.IsWindows();
+        IsFfmpegLibsDownloadVisible = FfmpegLibsDownloadService.IsDownloadSupportedOnCurrentPlatform();
 
         MpvPreviewFontName = FontNames.First();
         MpvPreviewSelectedBorderType = MpvPreviewBorderTypes.First();
diff --git a/src/ui/Logic/Download/FfmpegLibsDownloadService.cs b/src/ui/Logic/Download/FfmpegLibsDownloadService.cs
index 8c813955d7..70e27a102b 100644
--- a/src/ui/Logic/Download/FfmpegLibsDownloadService.cs
+++ b/src/ui/Logic/Download/FfmpegLibsDownloadService.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ public async Task DownloadFfmpegLibs(string destinationFileName, IProgress<float
         await VerifySha256Async(destinationFileName, WindowsX64Sha256, cancellationToken);
     }
 
+    internal static bool IsDownloadSupported(bool isWindows, Architecture processArchitecture)
+    {
+        return isWindows && processArchitecture == Architecture.X64;
+    }
+
+    internal static bool IsDownloadSupportedOnCurrentPlatform()
+    {
+        return IsDownloadSupported(OperatingSystem.IsWindows(), RuntimeInformation.ProcessArchitecture);
+    }
+
     internal static async Task VerifySha256Async(string filePath, string expectedSha256, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         var actual = await Sha256Util.ComputeSha256Async(filePath, cancellationToken);
@@ -64,7 +74,7 @@ private static void TryDeleteFile(string filePath)
 
     private static string GetUrl()
     {
-        if (OperatingSystem.IsWindows() && RuntimeInformation.ProcessArchitecture == Architecture.X64)
+        if (IsDownloadSupportedOnCurrentPlatform())
         {
             return WindowsX64Url;
         }
diff --git a/src/ui/Logic/VideoPlayers/Ffmpeg/FfmpegLibraries.cs b/src/ui/Logic/VideoPlayers/Ffmpeg/FfmpegLibraries.cs
index 69a1d849eb..e07069494e 100644
--- a/src/ui/Logic/VideoPlayers/Ffmpeg/FfmpegLibraries.cs
+++ b/src/ui/Logic/VideoPlayers/Ffmpeg/FfmpegLibraries.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,22 @@ public static class FfmpegLibraries
     /// <summary>libavcodec major the bindings were generated for (63 for FFmpeg 9), as used in the library file names.</summary>
     public static int AvCodecMajor => ffmpeg.LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR;
 
+    internal static int VersionMajor(uint version) => (int)(version >> 16);
+
+    internal static bool RequiredLibraryVersionsMatch(
+        uint avcodec,
+        uint avformat,
+        uint avutil,
+        uint swscale,
+        uint swresample)
+    {
+        return VersionMajor(avcodec) == ffmpeg.LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR &&
+               VersionMajor(avformat) == ffmpeg.LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR &&
+               VersionMajor(avutil) == ffmpeg.LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR &&
+               VersionMajor(swscale) == ffmpeg.LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR &&
+               VersionMajor(swresample) == ffmpeg.LIBSWRESAMPLE_VERSION_MAJOR;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Set this path (directory only) to override the default search paths - the same idea as
     /// <c>LibVlcDynamicPlayer.LibVlcPath</c>.
@@ -163,6 +179,20 @@ private static bool TryInitialize()
             // An empty RootPath leaves the lookup to the system loader (PATH / LD_LIBRARY_PATH /
             // dyld), which is the normal case on Linux where FFmpeg is a distro package.
             ffmpeg.RootPath = _resolvedPath;
+
+            // Probe every library the player actually uses. av_version_info() belongs to avutil,
+            // so probing only that function can report the player as available even when codec,
+            // demux, scaling or resampling libraries are missing.
+            var avcodec = ffmpeg.avcodec_version();
+            var avformat = ffmpeg.avformat_version();
+            var avutil = ffmpeg.avutil_version();
+            var swscale = ffmpeg.swscale_version();
+            var swresample = ffmpeg.swresample_version();
+            if (!RequiredLibraryVersionsMatch(avcodec, avformat, avutil, swscale, swresample))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
             var version = ffmpeg.av_version_info();
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(version))
             {
diff --git a/tests/UI/Logic/Download/FfmpegLibsDownloadServiceTests.cs b/tests/UI/Logic/Download/FfmpegLibsDownloadServiceTests.cs
index b3e294f3a8..641e1a3be2 100644
--- a/tests/UI/Logic/Download/FfmpegLibsDownloadServiceTests.cs
+++ b/tests/UI/Logic/Download/FfmpegLibsDownloadServiceTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.Download;
 using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.VideoPlayers.Ffmpeg;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace UITests.Logic.Download;
 
@@ -16,6 +17,19 @@ public void WindowsArchive_IsPinnedToReviewedAutobuildAndDigest()
         Assert.Matches("^[0-9a-f]{64}$", FfmpegLibsDownloadService.WindowsX64Sha256);
     }
 
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(true, Architecture.X64, true)]
+    [InlineData(true, Architecture.Arm64, false)]
+    [InlineData(true, Architecture.X86, false)]
+    [InlineData(false, Architecture.X64, false)]
+    public void IsDownloadSupported_MatchesPublishedWindowsX64Capability(
+        bool isWindows,
+        Architecture architecture,
+        bool expected)
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(expected, FfmpegLibsDownloadService.IsDownloadSupported(isWindows, architecture));
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task VerifySha256Async_MatchingDigest_KeepsFile()
     {
diff --git a/tests/UI/Logic/FfmpegPlayerTests.cs b/tests/UI/Logic/FfmpegPlayerTests.cs
index e19394646b..692a79d50a 100644
--- a/tests/UI/Logic/FfmpegPlayerTests.cs
+++ b/tests/UI/Logic/FfmpegPlayerTests.cs
@@ -226,6 +226,31 @@ public void AvCodecFileName_CarriesTheBindingsMajorVersion()
         Assert.Contains(FfmpegLibraries.AvCodecMajor.ToString(), FfmpegLibraries.AvCodecFileName);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void RequiredLibraryVersionsMatch_RequiresEveryBindingMajor()
+    {
+        static uint V(int major) => (uint)major << 16;
+
+        var codec = V(ffmpeg.LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR);
+        var format = V(ffmpeg.LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR);
+        var util = V(ffmpeg.LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR);
+        var scale = V(ffmpeg.LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR);
+        var resample = V(ffmpeg.LIBSWRESAMPLE_VERSION_MAJOR);
+
+        Assert.True(FfmpegLibraries.RequiredLibraryVersionsMatch(codec, format, util, scale, resample));
+        Assert.False(FfmpegLibraries.RequiredLibraryVersionsMatch(codec + (1u << 16), format, util, scale, resample));
+        Assert.False(FfmpegLibraries.RequiredLibraryVersionsMatch(codec, format + (1u << 16), util, scale, resample));
+        Assert.False(FfmpegLibraries.RequiredLibraryVersionsMatch(codec, format, util + (1u << 16), scale, resample));
+        Assert.False(FfmpegLibraries.RequiredLibraryVersionsMatch(codec, format, util, scale + (1u << 16), resample));
+        Assert.False(FfmpegLibraries.RequiredLibraryVersionsMatch(codec, format, util, scale, resample + (1u << 16)));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void VersionMajor_UsesFfmpegVersionEncoding()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(63, FfmpegLibraries.VersionMajor((63u << 16) | (12u << 8) | 100u));
+    }
+
     [Theory]
     [InlineData(12.5, 60.0, 12.5)]
     [InlineData(75.0, 60.0, 60.0)] // past the end: clamped to the duration