diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d8739fb00..6b88ddac67 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ option(YUZU_USE_CPM "Use CPM to fetch system dependencies (fmt, boost, etc) if n
 option(ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE "Enable web services (telemetry, etc.)" ON)
 option(ENABLE_WIFI_SCAN "Enable WiFi scanning" OFF)
 
-option(YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG "Download/Build bundled FFmpeg" ${EXT_DEFAULT})
+option(YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG "Download bundled FFmpeg" ${EXT_DEFAULT})
+cmake_dependent_option(YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_FFMPEG "Build FFmpeg from source" OFF "NOT WIN32 AND NOT ANDROID" OFF)
 
 option(YUZU_USE_QT_MULTIMEDIA "Use QtMultimedia for Camera" OFF)
 
@@ -184,8 +185,6 @@ option(YUZU_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS "Use precompiled headers" ${EXT_DEFAULT})
 # TODO(crueter): CI this?
 option(YUZU_DOWNLOAD_ANDROID_VVL "Download validation layer binary for android" ON)
 
-option(FORCE_DOWNLOAD_WIN_BUNDLES "Forcefully download bundled Windows dependencies (useful for CI)" OFF)
-
 # TODO(crueter): Cleanup, each dep that has a bundled option should allow to choose between bundled, external, system
 CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_SDL2 "Download bundled SDL2 build" "${MSVC}" "ENABLE_SDL2" OFF)
 
@@ -579,6 +578,10 @@ if(ENABLE_CUBEB)
             )
         endif()
     endif()
+
+    if (NOT TARGET cubeb::cubeb)
+        add_library(cubeb::cubeb ALIAS cubeb)
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 # find SDL2 exports a bunch of variables that are needed, so its easier to do this outside of the YUZU_find_package
@@ -662,10 +665,6 @@ if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE OR ENABLE_QT_UPDATE_CHECKER)
     find_package(cpp-jwt)
 endif()
 
-if (ENABLE_SDL2)
-    find_package(SDL2)
-endif()
-
 if (ENABLE_QT)
     if (YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_QT)
         download_qt(6.8.3)
@@ -738,9 +737,8 @@ if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID)
     pkg_check_modules(LIBVA libva)
 endif()
 
-if (NOT YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG)
+if (NOT (YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG OR YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_FFMPEG))
     # Use system installed FFmpeg
-    #find_package(FFmpeg 4.3 REQUIRED QUIET COMPONENTS ${FFmpeg_COMPONENTS})
     find_package(FFmpeg REQUIRED QUIET COMPONENTS ${FFmpeg_COMPONENTS})
 
     # TODO(crueter): Version
diff --git a/CMakeModules/CPMUtil.cmake b/CMakeModules/CPMUtil.cmake
index 6a1384e730..d84c069399 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/CPMUtil.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/CPMUtil.cmake
@@ -126,6 +126,15 @@ function(AddJsonPackage)
             DISABLED_PLATFORMS ${disabled_platforms}
             CMAKE_FILENAME ${cmake_filename}
         )
+
+        # pass stuff to parent scope
+        set(${package}_ADDED "${${package}_ADDED}"
+            PARENT_SCOPE)
+        set(${package}_SOURCE_DIR "${${package}_SOURCE_DIR}"
+            PARENT_SCOPE)
+        set(${package}_BINARY_DIR "${${package}_BINARY_DIR}"
+            PARENT_SCOPE)
+
         return()
     endif()
 
@@ -598,7 +607,9 @@ function(AddCIPackage)
 
     if (DEFINED ARTIFACT_DIR)
         include(${ARTIFACT_DIR}/${ARTIFACT_CMAKE}.cmake)
+
         set(${ARTIFACT_PACKAGE}_ADDED TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
+        set(${ARTIFACT_PACKAGE}_SOURCE_DIR "${ARTIFACT_DIR}" PARENT_SCOPE)
     else()
         find_package(${ARTIFACT_PACKAGE} ${ARTIFACT_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED)
     endif()
diff --git a/CMakeModules/DownloadExternals.cmake b/CMakeModules/DownloadExternals.cmake
index 88fa183061..6c4afc03be 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/DownloadExternals.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/DownloadExternals.cmake
@@ -51,15 +51,6 @@ function(download_bundled_external remote_path lib_name cpm_key prefix_var versi
     message(STATUS "Using bundled binaries at ${${cpm_key}_SOURCE_DIR}")
 endfunction()
 
-function(download_win_archives)
-    set(FORCE_WIN_ARCHIVES ON)
-    set(FFmpeg_EXT_NAME "ffmpeg-7.1.1")
-
-    download_bundled_external("ffmpeg/" ${FFmpeg_EXT_NAME} "ffmpeg-bundled" "" 7.1.1)
-
-    set(FORCE_WIN_ARCHIVES OFF)
-endfunction()
-
 function(download_moltenvk_external platform version)
     set(MOLTENVK_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/externals/MoltenVK")
     set(MOLTENVK_TAR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/externals/MoltenVK.tar")
diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index aba5451b6d..b46e624fb9 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 Eden Emulator Project
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Eden Emulator Project
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Citra Emulator Project
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
@@ -28,10 +25,6 @@ set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
 # Skip install rules for all externals
 set_directory_properties(PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ON)
 
-if (FORCE_DOWNLOAD_WIN_BUNDLES)
-    download_win_archives()
-endif()
-
 # Xbyak (also used by Dynarmic, so needs to be added first)
 if (ARCHITECTURE_x86 OR ARCHITECTURE_x86_64)
     if (PLATFORM_SUN OR PLATFORM_OPENBSD)
@@ -100,11 +93,13 @@ endif()
 AddJsonPackage(unordered-dense)
 
 # FFMpeg
-if (YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG)
+if (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_FFMPEG OR YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG)
     add_subdirectory(ffmpeg)
+
     set(FFmpeg_PATH "${FFmpeg_PATH}" PARENT_SCOPE)
     set(FFmpeg_LDFLAGS "${FFmpeg_LDFLAGS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
     set(FFmpeg_LIBRARIES "${FFmpeg_LIBRARIES}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR "${FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR}" PARENT_SCOPE)
     set(FFmpeg_INCLUDE_DIR "${FFmpeg_INCLUDE_DIR}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/externals/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
index 8908aa234f..1b21dd711d 100644
--- a/externals/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,53 +1,14 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 Eden Emulator Project
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 yuzu Emulator Project
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 include(CPMUtil)
 
-if (NOT WIN32 AND NOT ANDROID)
-    # Build FFmpeg from externals
-    message(STATUS "Using FFmpeg from externals")
-
-    if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "(x86_64|amd64)")
-        # FFmpeg has source that requires one of nasm or yasm to assemble it.
-        # REQUIRED throws an error if not found here during configuration rather than during compilation.
-        find_program(ASSEMBLER NAMES nasm yasm)
-        if ("${ASSEMBLER}" STREQUAL "ASSEMBLER-NOTFOUND")
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "One of either `nasm` or `yasm` not found but is required.")
-        endif()
-    endif()
-
-    find_program(AUTOCONF autoconf)
-    if ("${AUTOCONF}" STREQUAL "AUTOCONF-NOTFOUND")
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Required program `autoconf` not found.")
-    endif()
-
-    AddJsonPackage(ffmpeg)
-
-    set(FFmpeg_PREFIX ${ffmpeg_SOURCE_DIR})
-    set(FFmpeg_BUILD_DIR ${ffmpeg_BINARY_DIR})
-    set(FFmpeg_MAKEFILE ${FFmpeg_BUILD_DIR}/Makefile)
-    make_directory(${FFmpeg_BUILD_DIR})
-
-    # Read version string from external
-    file(READ ${FFmpeg_PREFIX}/RELEASE FFmpeg_VERSION)
-    set(FFmpeg_FOUND NO)
-    if (NOT FFmpeg_VERSION STREQUAL "")
-        set(FFmpeg_FOUND YES)
-    endif()
-
-    unset(FFmpeg_LIBRARIES CACHE)
-
-    foreach(COMPONENT ${FFmpeg_COMPONENTS})
-        set(FFmpeg_${COMPONENT}_PREFIX "${FFmpeg_BUILD_DIR}/lib${COMPONENT}")
-        set(FFmpeg_${COMPONENT}_LIB_NAME "lib${COMPONENT}.a")
-        set(FFmpeg_${COMPONENT}_LIBRARY "${FFmpeg_${COMPONENT}_PREFIX}/${FFmpeg_${COMPONENT}_LIB_NAME}")
-
-        set(FFmpeg_LIBRARIES
-            ${FFmpeg_LIBRARIES}
-            ${FFmpeg_${COMPONENT}_LIBRARY}
-            CACHE PATH "Paths to FFmpeg libraries" FORCE)
-    endforeach()
+# TODO(crueter, MaranBr): Externals FFmpeg 8.0
 
+if (UNIX)
     find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
     if (NOT ANDROID)
         pkg_check_modules(LIBVA libva)
@@ -142,6 +103,83 @@ if (NOT WIN32 AND NOT ANDROID)
         list(APPEND FFmpeg_HWACCEL_FLAGS --disable-vdpau)
         message(WARNING "ffmpeg: libvdpau-dev not found, disabling Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (VDPAU)...")
     endif()
+endif()
+
+if (YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG)
+    # MSVC conflicts with ksuser otherwise
+    # TODO(crueter) fix
+    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ${MSVC})
+    AddJsonPackage(ffmpeg-ci)
+
+    set(FFmpeg_INCLUDE_DIR
+        "${FFmpeg_SOURCE_DIR}/include;${FFmpeg_HWACCEL_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
+        PARENT_SCOPE
+    )
+
+    set(FFmpeg_PATH
+        "${FFmpeg_SOURCE_DIR}"
+        PARENT_SCOPE
+    )
+
+    set(FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR
+        "${FFmpeg_SOURCE_DIR}/bin"
+        PARENT_SCOPE
+    )
+
+    set(FFmpeg_LIBRARIES
+        cubeb::cubeb
+        ksuser
+        FFmpeg::swscale
+        FFmpeg::avutil
+        FFmpeg::avcodec
+        FFmpeg::avfilter
+        ${FFMPEG_HWACCEL_LIBRARIES}
+        PARENT_SCOPE
+    )
+else()
+    # Build FFmpeg from externals
+    message(STATUS "Using FFmpeg from externals")
+
+    if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "(x86_64|amd64)")
+        # FFmpeg has source that requires one of nasm or yasm to assemble it.
+        # REQUIRED throws an error if not found here during configuration rather than during compilation.
+        find_program(ASSEMBLER NAMES nasm yasm)
+        if ("${ASSEMBLER}" STREQUAL "ASSEMBLER-NOTFOUND")
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "One of either `nasm` or `yasm` not found but is required.")
+        endif()
+    endif()
+
+    find_program(AUTOCONF autoconf)
+    if ("${AUTOCONF}" STREQUAL "AUTOCONF-NOTFOUND")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Required program `autoconf` not found.")
+    endif()
+
+    AddJsonPackage(ffmpeg)
+
+    set(FFmpeg_PREFIX ${ffmpeg_SOURCE_DIR})
+    set(FFmpeg_BUILD_DIR ${ffmpeg_BINARY_DIR})
+    set(FFmpeg_MAKEFILE ${FFmpeg_BUILD_DIR}/Makefile)
+    make_directory(${FFmpeg_BUILD_DIR})
+
+    # Read version string from external
+    file(READ ${FFmpeg_PREFIX}/RELEASE FFmpeg_VERSION)
+    set(FFmpeg_FOUND NO)
+    if (NOT FFmpeg_VERSION STREQUAL "")
+        set(FFmpeg_FOUND YES)
+    endif()
+
+    unset(FFmpeg_LIBRARIES CACHE)
+
+    foreach(COMPONENT ${FFmpeg_COMPONENTS})
+        set(FFmpeg_${COMPONENT}_PREFIX "${FFmpeg_BUILD_DIR}/lib${COMPONENT}")
+        set(FFmpeg_${COMPONENT}_LIB_NAME "lib${COMPONENT}.a")
+        set(FFmpeg_${COMPONENT}_LIBRARY "${FFmpeg_${COMPONENT}_PREFIX}/${FFmpeg_${COMPONENT}_LIB_NAME}")
+
+        set(FFmpeg_LIBRARIES
+            ${FFmpeg_LIBRARIES}
+            ${FFmpeg_${COMPONENT}_LIBRARY}
+            CACHE PATH "Paths to FFmpeg libraries" FORCE)
+    endforeach()
 
     find_program(BASH_PROGRAM bash REQUIRED)
 
@@ -242,57 +280,6 @@ if (NOT WIN32 AND NOT ANDROID)
     else()
         message(FATAL_ERROR "FFmpeg not found")
     endif()
-elseif(ANDROID)
-    # Use yuzu FFmpeg binaries
-    if (ARCHITECTURE_arm64)
-        set(FFmpeg_EXT_NAME "ffmpeg-android-7.1.1-aarch64")
-    elseif (ARCHITECTURE_x86_64)
-        set(FFmpeg_EXT_NAME "ffmpeg-android-v5.1.LTS-x86_64")
-    else()
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Unsupported architecture for Android FFmpeg")
-    endif()
-
-    download_bundled_external("ffmpeg/" ${FFmpeg_EXT_NAME} "ffmpeg-bundled" FFmpeg_PATH 7.1.1)
-    set(FFmpeg_FOUND YES)
-    set(FFmpeg_INCLUDE_DIR "${FFmpeg_PATH}/include" CACHE PATH "Path to FFmpeg headers" FORCE)
-    set(FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR "${FFmpeg_PATH}/lib" CACHE PATH "Path to FFmpeg library directory" FORCE)
-    set(FFmpeg_LDFLAGS "" CACHE STRING "FFmpeg linker flags" FORCE)
-    set(FFmpeg_LIBRARIES
-        ${FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR}/libavcodec.so
-        ${FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR}/libavdevice.so
-        ${FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR}/libavfilter.so
-        ${FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR}/libavformat.so
-        ${FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR}/libavutil.so
-        ${FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR}/libswresample.so
-        ${FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR}/libswscale.so
-        ${FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR}/libvpx.a
-        ${FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR}/libx264.a
-        CACHE PATH "Paths to FFmpeg libraries" FORCE)
-    # exported variables
-    set(FFmpeg_PATH "${FFmpeg_PATH}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-    set(FFmpeg_LDFLAGS "${FFmpeg_LDFLAGS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-    set(FFmpeg_LIBRARIES "${FFmpeg_LIBRARIES}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-    set(FFmpeg_INCLUDE_DIR "${FFmpeg_INCLUDE_DIR}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-elseif(WIN32)
-    # Use yuzu FFmpeg binaries
-    set(FFmpeg_EXT_NAME "ffmpeg-7.1.1")
-
-    download_bundled_external("ffmpeg/" ${FFmpeg_EXT_NAME} "ffmpeg-bundled" FFmpeg_PATH 7.1.1)
-    set(FFmpeg_FOUND YES)
-    set(FFmpeg_INCLUDE_DIR "${FFmpeg_PATH}/include" CACHE PATH "Path to FFmpeg headers" FORCE)
-    set(FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR "${FFmpeg_PATH}/bin" CACHE PATH "Path to FFmpeg library directory" FORCE)
-    set(FFmpeg_LDFLAGS "" CACHE STRING "FFmpeg linker flags" FORCE)
-    set(FFmpeg_LIBRARIES
-    ${FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR}/swscale.lib
-    ${FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR}/avcodec.lib
-    ${FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR}/avfilter.lib
-    ${FFmpeg_LIBRARY_DIR}/avutil.lib
-    CACHE PATH "Paths to FFmpeg libraries" FORCE)
-    # exported variables
-    set(FFmpeg_PATH "${FFmpeg_PATH}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-    set(FFmpeg_LDFLAGS "${FFmpeg_LDFLAGS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-    set(FFmpeg_LIBRARIES "${FFmpeg_LIBRARIES}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-    set(FFmpeg_INCLUDE_DIR "${FFmpeg_INCLUDE_DIR}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 endif()
 
 unset(FFmpeg_COMPONENTS)
diff --git a/externals/ffmpeg/cpmfile.json b/externals/ffmpeg/cpmfile.json
index dd9179703e..9b9efaadde 100644
--- a/externals/ffmpeg/cpmfile.json
+++ b/externals/ffmpeg/cpmfile.json
@@ -4,5 +4,17 @@
         "sha": "c2184b65d2",
         "hash": "2a89d664119debbb3c006ab1c48d5d7f26e889f4a65ad2e25c8b0503308295123d5a9c5c78bf683aef5ff09acef8c3fc2837f22d3e8c611528b933bf03bcdd97",
         "bundled": true
+    },
+	"ffmpeg-ci": {
+        "ci": true,
+        "package": "FFmpeg",
+        "name": "ffmpeg",
+        "repo": "crueter-ci/FFmpeg",
+        "version": "8.0",
+        "min_version": "4.1",
+		"disabled_platforms": [
+			"freebsd",
+			"solaris"
+		]
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/audio_core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/audio_core/CMakeLists.txt
index 389b1044e9..9e7ba05b39 100644
--- a/src/audio_core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/audio_core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ if (ENABLE_CUBEB)
         sink/cubeb_sink.h
     )
 
-    target_link_libraries(audio_core PRIVATE cubeb)
+    target_link_libraries(audio_core PRIVATE cubeb::cubeb)
     target_compile_definitions(audio_core PRIVATE HAVE_CUBEB=1)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c2473266a..642494016e 100644
--- a/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -321,11 +321,12 @@ add_library(video_core STATIC
 target_link_libraries(video_core PUBLIC common core)
 target_link_libraries(video_core PUBLIC glad shader_recompiler stb bc_decoder)
 
-if (YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG AND NOT (WIN32 OR ANDROID))
+if (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_FFMPEG)
     add_dependencies(video_core ffmpeg-build)
 endif()
 
 target_include_directories(video_core PRIVATE ${FFmpeg_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
 target_link_libraries(video_core PRIVATE ${FFmpeg_LIBRARIES})
 target_link_options(video_core PRIVATE ${FFmpeg_LDFLAGS})
 
diff --git a/src/video_core/host1x/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.cpp b/src/video_core/host1x/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.cpp
index 6609752bdb..536a01fcc8 100644
--- a/src/video_core/host1x/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/host1x/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ constexpr AVPixelFormat PreferredCpuFormat = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P;
 constexpr std::array PreferredGpuDecoders = {
 #if defined (_WIN32)
 	AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_CUDA,
-	AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_D3D11VA,
+    AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_D3D11VA,
 	AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_DXVA2,
 #elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
 	AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VDPAU,
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ constexpr std::array PreferredGpuDecoders = {
 	AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VAAPI,
 	AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VDPAU,
 #endif
-	AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VULKAN,
+    AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VULKAN,
 };
 
 AVPixelFormat GetGpuFormat(AVCodecContext* codec_context, const AVPixelFormat* pix_fmts) {