diff --git a/lib/types/media-types.js b/lib/types/media-types.js
--- a/lib/types/media-types.js
+++ b/lib/types/media-types.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
   +thumbHash?: string,
 };
 
-export type FFmpegStatistics = {
+export type TranscodingStatistics = {
   // seconds of video being processed per second
   +speed: number,
   // total milliseconds of video processed so far
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@
 };
 
 export type TranscodeVideoMediaMissionStep = {
-  +step: 'video_ffmpeg_transcode',
+  +step: 'video_transcode',
   +success: boolean,
   +exceptionMessage: ?string,
   +time: number, // ms
   +newPath: ?string,
-  +stats: ?FFmpegStatistics,
+  +stats: ?TranscodingStatistics,
 };
 
 export type VideoGenerateThumbnailMediaMissionStep = {
diff --git a/native/android/build.gradle b/native/android/build.gradle
--- a/native/android/build.gradle
+++ b/native/android/build.gradle
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-ext {
-  ffmpegKitPackage = "min-lts"
-}
-
 allprojects {
     repositories {
         maven {
diff --git a/native/ios/Comm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/native/ios/Comm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
--- a/native/ios/Comm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/native/ios/Comm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -1180,27 +1180,11 @@
 			inputPaths = (
 				"${PODS_ROOT}/Target Support Files/Pods-Comm/Pods-Comm-frameworks.sh",
 				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/OpenSSL-Universal/OpenSSL.framework/OpenSSL",
-				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/ffmpeg-kit-ios-min/ffmpegkit.framework/ffmpegkit",
-				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/ffmpeg-kit-ios-min/libavcodec.framework/libavcodec",
-				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/ffmpeg-kit-ios-min/libavdevice.framework/libavdevice",
-				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/ffmpeg-kit-ios-min/libavfilter.framework/libavfilter",
-				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/ffmpeg-kit-ios-min/libavformat.framework/libavformat",
-				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/ffmpeg-kit-ios-min/libavutil.framework/libavutil",
-				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/ffmpeg-kit-ios-min/libswresample.framework/libswresample",
-				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/ffmpeg-kit-ios-min/libswscale.framework/libswscale",
 				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/hermes-engine/hermes.framework/hermes",
 			);
 			name = "[CP] Embed Pods Frameworks";
 			outputPaths = (
 				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/OpenSSL.framework",
-				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/ffmpegkit.framework",
-				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/libavcodec.framework",
-				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/libavdevice.framework",
-				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/libavfilter.framework",
-				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/libavformat.framework",
-				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/libavutil.framework",
-				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/libswresample.framework",
-				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/libswscale.framework",
 				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/hermes.framework",
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
diff --git a/native/ios/Podfile b/native/ios/Podfile
--- a/native/ios/Podfile
+++ b/native/ios/Podfile
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 def common_comm_target_pods
   pod 'SQLCipher-Amalgamation', :path => '../../node_modules/@commapp/sqlcipher-amalgamation'
   pod 'react-native-video/VideoCaching', :podspec => '../node_modules/react-native-video'
-  pod 'ffmpeg-kit-react-native', :subspecs => ['min'], :podspec => '../node_modules/ffmpeg-kit-react-native'
 end
 
 post_integrate do |installer|
diff --git a/native/ios/Podfile.lock b/native/ios/Podfile.lock
--- a/native/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/native/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -132,10 +132,6 @@
     - React-Core (= 0.70.15)
     - React-jsi (= 0.70.15)
     - ReactCommon/turbomodule/core (= 0.70.15)
-  - ffmpeg-kit-ios-min (6.0)
-  - ffmpeg-kit-react-native/min (6.0.2):
-    - ffmpeg-kit-ios-min (= 6.0)
-    - React-Core
   - fmt (6.2.1)
   - glog (0.3.5)
   - hermes-engine (0.70.15)
@@ -608,7 +604,6 @@
   - EXUpdatesInterface (from `../../node_modules/expo-updates-interface/ios`)
   - FBLazyVector (from `../../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/FBLazyVector`)
   - FBReactNativeSpec (from `../../node_modules/react-native/React/FBReactNativeSpec`)
-  - ffmpeg-kit-react-native/min (from `../node_modules/ffmpeg-kit-react-native`)
   - glog (from `../../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/glog.podspec`)
   - hermes-engine (from `../../node_modules/react-native/sdks/hermes/hermes-engine.podspec`)
   - libevent (~> 2.1.12)
@@ -671,7 +666,6 @@
 SPEC REPOS:
   trunk:
     - DVAssetLoaderDelegate
-    - ffmpeg-kit-ios-min
     - fmt
     - libaom
     - libavif
@@ -747,8 +741,6 @@
     :path: "../../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/FBLazyVector"
   FBReactNativeSpec:
     :path: "../../node_modules/react-native/React/FBReactNativeSpec"
-  ffmpeg-kit-react-native:
-    :podspec: "../node_modules/ffmpeg-kit-react-native"
   glog:
     :podspec: "../../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/glog.podspec"
   hermes-engine:
@@ -888,8 +880,6 @@
   EXUpdatesInterface: bffd1ead18f0bab04fa784ca159c115607b8a23c
   FBLazyVector: 9cf707e46f9bd90816b7c91b2c1c8b8a2f549527
   FBReactNativeSpec: 771fae43bc7b966ff4464a2a93407f666958a652
-  ffmpeg-kit-ios-min: 4e9a088f4ee9629435960b9d68e54848975f1931
-  ffmpeg-kit-react-native: 3cea88c9c5cfad62e1465279ea7d800dfbba3b00
   fmt: ff9d55029c625d3757ed641535fd4a75fedc7ce9
   glog: 04b94705f318337d7ead9e6d17c019bd9b1f6b1b
   hermes-engine: 2592781da1571e4375dfd897f9462638c2d0ceb9
@@ -962,6 +952,6 @@
   Yoga: d6134eb3d6e3675afc1d6d65ccb3169b60e21980
   ZXingObjC: 8898711ab495761b2dbbdec76d90164a6d7e14c5
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: e798997ef1aaf79a5061dcbe1ee62bb7df19b483
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: f76805dc4a3fa10f92a1a57ac8cd3105aec6708f
 
 COCOAPODS: 1.14.3
diff --git a/native/media/file-utils.js b/native/media/file-utils.js
--- a/native/media/file-utils.js
+++ b/native/media/file-utils.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 import { getMessageForException } from 'lib/utils/errors.js';
 
 import { stringToIntArray } from './blob-utils.js';
-import { ffmpeg } from './ffmpeg.js';
+import { mediaProcessingQueue } from './media-processing-queue.js';
 
 const defaultInputs = Object.freeze({});
 const defaultFields = Object.freeze({});
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
     exceptionMessage;
   const start = Date.now();
   try {
-    hasMultipleFrames = await ffmpeg.hasMultipleFrames(path);
+    hasMultipleFrames = await mediaProcessingQueue.hasMultipleFrames(path);
     success = true;
   } catch (e) {
     exceptionMessage = getMessageForException(e);
diff --git a/native/media/ffmpeg.js b/native/media/media-processing-queue.js
rename from native/media/ffmpeg.js
rename to native/media/media-processing-queue.js
--- a/native/media/ffmpeg.js
+++ b/native/media/media-processing-queue.js
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 // @flow
-import type { FFmpegStatistics, VideoInfo } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
+import type {
+  TranscodingStatistics,
+  VideoInfo,
+} from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
 
 import type { TranscodeOptions } from '../utils/media-module.js';
 import {
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@
   runCommand: () => Promise<void>,
 };
 
-class FFmpeg {
+class MediaProcessingQueue {
   queue: QueuedCommand[] = [];
   currentCalls: CallCounter = { process: 0, probe: 0 };
 
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@
     outputPath: string,
     transcodeOptions: TranscodeOptions,
     onTranscodingProgress?: (percent: number) => void,
-  ): Promise<FFmpegStatistics> {
+  ): Promise<TranscodingStatistics> {
     const wrappedCommand = async () => {
       const stats = await transcodeVideo(
         inputPath,
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@
   }
 
   getVideoInfo(path: string): Promise<VideoInfo> {
-    const wrappedCommand = () => FFmpeg.innerGetVideoInfo(path);
+    const wrappedCommand = () => MediaProcessingQueue.innerGetVideoInfo(path);
     return this.queueCommand('probe', wrappedCommand);
   }
 
@@ -127,6 +130,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-const ffmpeg: FFmpeg = new FFmpeg();
+const mediaProcessingQueue: MediaProcessingQueue = new MediaProcessingQueue();
 
-export { ffmpeg };
+export { mediaProcessingQueue };
diff --git a/native/media/video-utils.js b/native/media/video-utils.js
--- a/native/media/video-utils.js
+++ b/native/media/video-utils.js
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
 import { getMessageForException } from 'lib/utils/errors.js';
 
-import { ffmpeg } from './ffmpeg.js';
 import { temporaryDirectoryPath } from './file-utils.js';
+import { mediaProcessingQueue } from './media-processing-queue.js';
 import { generateThumbhashStep } from './media-utils.js';
 
 // These are some numbers I sorta kinda made up
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
   const thumbnailStart = Date.now();
   let exceptionMessage;
   try {
-    await ffmpeg.generateThumbnail(path, thumbnailPath);
+    await mediaProcessingQueue.generateThumbnail(path, thumbnailPath);
   } catch (e) {
     exceptionMessage = getMessageForException(e);
   }
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
   const transcodeStart = Date.now();
   let newPath, stats, exceptionMessage;
   try {
-    stats = await ffmpeg.transcodeVideo(
+    stats = await mediaProcessingQueue.transcodeVideo(
       plan.inputPath,
       plan.outputPath,
       {
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
   }
 
   return {
-    step: 'video_ffmpeg_transcode',
+    step: 'video_transcode',
     success: !exceptionMessage,
     exceptionMessage,
     time: Date.now() - transcodeStart,
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@
     exceptionMessage;
   const start = Date.now();
   try {
-    ({ codec, format, dimensions, duration } = await ffmpeg.getVideoInfo(path));
+    ({ codec, format, dimensions, duration } =
+      await mediaProcessingQueue.getVideoInfo(path));
     success = true;
     validFormat = validCodecs.includes(codec) && validFormats.includes(format);
   } catch (e) {
diff --git a/native/package.json b/native/package.json
--- a/native/package.json
+++ b/native/package.json
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
     "expo-secure-store": "~12.0.0",
     "expo-splash-screen": "~0.17.4",
     "fastestsmallesttextencoderdecoder": "^1.0.22",
-    "ffmpeg-kit-react-native": "^6.0.2",
     "find-root": "^1.1.0",
     "invariant": "^2.2.4",
     "lib": "0.0.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -12447,11 +12447,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fflate/-/fflate-0.7.4.tgz#61587e5d958fdabb5a9368a302c25363f4f69f50"
   integrity sha512-5u2V/CDW15QM1XbbgS+0DfPxVB+jUKhWEKuuFuHncbk3tEEqzmoXL+2KyOFuKGqOnmdIy0/davWF1CkuwtibCw==
 
-ffmpeg-kit-react-native@^6.0.2:
-  version "6.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ffmpeg-kit-react-native/-/ffmpeg-kit-react-native-6.0.2.tgz#9eeac96ad89367c99480bd90431391405d4eb73e"
-  integrity sha512-r9uSmahq8TeyIb7fXf3ft+uUXyoeWRFa99+khjo0TAzWO9y0z9wU7eGnab9JLw1MmCB9v64o4yojNluJhVm9nQ==
-
 figma-squircle@^0.1.2:
   version "0.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/figma-squircle/-/figma-squircle-0.1.2.tgz#fa97de644131d99f2c42a2d8b70d56a36783c234"