diff --git a/src/Cli/Commands/LlodCommand.php b/src/Cli/Commands/LlodCommand.php
index 4aeef1b76..326c33f4f 100644
--- a/src/Cli/Commands/LlodCommand.php
+++ b/src/Cli/Commands/LlodCommand.php
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ class LlodCommand implements CommandInterface {
 		if (!defined('STREAMS_PATH')) define('STREAMS_PATH', MAIN_HOME . 'content/streams/');
 		if (!defined('CACHE_TMP_PATH')) define('CACHE_TMP_PATH', MAIN_HOME . 'tmp/cache/');
 		if (!defined('CONS_TMP_PATH')) define('CONS_TMP_PATH', MAIN_HOME . 'tmp/opened_cons/');
-		if (!defined('FFMPEG')) define('FFMPEG', MAIN_HOME . 'bin/ffmpeg_bin/4.0/ffmpeg');
-		if (!defined('FFPROBE')) define('FFPROBE', MAIN_HOME . 'bin/ffmpeg_bin/4.0/ffprobe');
+		if (!defined('FFMPEG')) define('FFMPEG', \XcVm\Streaming\Codec\FfmpegPaths::cpu() ?: FFMPEG_BIN_40);
+		if (!defined('FFPROBE')) define('FFPROBE', \XcVm\Streaming\Codec\FfmpegPaths::probe() ?: FFPROBE_BIN_40);
 		if (!defined('PACKET_SIZE')) define('PACKET_SIZE', 188);
 		if (!defined('BUFFER_SIZE')) define('BUFFER_SIZE', 12032);
 		if (!defined('TIMEOUT')) define('TIMEOUT', 20);
diff --git a/src/Cli/Commands/LoopbackCommand.php b/src/Cli/Commands/LoopbackCommand.php
index 9555fe8cb..e12f06c3e 100644
--- a/src/Cli/Commands/LoopbackCommand.php
+++ b/src/Cli/Commands/LoopbackCommand.php
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ class LoopbackCommand implements CommandInterface {
 
 		if (!defined('MAIN_HOME')) define('MAIN_HOME', '/home/xc_vm/');
 		if (!defined('STREAMS_PATH')) define('STREAMS_PATH', MAIN_HOME . 'content/streams/');
-		if (!defined('FFMPEG')) define('FFMPEG', MAIN_HOME . 'bin/ffmpeg_bin/4.0/ffmpeg');
-		if (!defined('FFPROBE')) define('FFPROBE', MAIN_HOME . 'bin/ffmpeg_bin/4.0/ffprobe');
+		if (!defined('FFMPEG')) define('FFMPEG', \XcVm\Streaming\Codec\FfmpegPaths::cpu() ?: FFMPEG_BIN_40);
+		if (!defined('FFPROBE')) define('FFPROBE', \XcVm\Streaming\Codec\FfmpegPaths::probe() ?: FFPROBE_BIN_40);
 		if (!defined('CACHE_TMP_PATH')) define('CACHE_TMP_PATH', MAIN_HOME . 'tmp/cache/');
 		if (!defined('CONFIG_PATH')) define('CONFIG_PATH', MAIN_HOME . 'config/');
 		// PAT_HEADER restored to the real PAT header bytes (0xB0 0x0D) derived from the stream.
diff --git a/src/Cli/Commands/RecordCommand.php b/src/Cli/Commands/RecordCommand.php
index d09c3785e..c9e16b19a 100644
--- a/src/Cli/Commands/RecordCommand.php
+++ b/src/Cli/Commands/RecordCommand.php
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class RecordCommand implements CommandInterface {
 		}
 
 		$rInsertID = $db->last_insert_id();
-		shell_exec(FFMPEG_BIN_40 . " -i '" . ARCHIVE_PATH . $recordingID . '.ts' . "' -c:v copy -c:a copy '" . VOD_PATH . $rInsertID . '.mp4' . "'");
+		shell_exec((\XcVm\Streaming\Codec\FfmpegPaths::cpu() ?: FFMPEG_BIN_40) . " -i '" . ARCHIVE_PATH . $recordingID . '.ts' . "' -c:v copy -c:a copy '" . VOD_PATH . $rInsertID . '.mp4' . "'");
 		@unlink(ARCHIVE_PATH . $recordingID . '.ts');
 
 		if (!file_exists(VOD_PATH . $rInsertID . '.mp4')) {
diff --git a/src/Core/Config/Binaries.php b/src/Core/Config/Binaries.php
index 637ea0857..e32a2be59 100644
--- a/src/Core/Config/Binaries.php
+++ b/src/Core/Config/Binaries.php
@@ -24,12 +24,11 @@ define('GEOLITE2_BIN',  BIN_PATH . 'maxmind/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb');
 define('GEOLITE2C_BIN', BIN_PATH . 'maxmind/GeoLite2-City.mmdb');
 define('GEOISP_BIN',    BIN_PATH . 'maxmind/GeoIP2-ISP.mmdb');
 
-// ── FFmpeg (по версиям) ───────────────────────────────────────
-define('FFMPEG_BIN_40', BIN_PATH . 'ffmpeg_bin/4.0/ffmpeg');
-define('FFMPEG_BIN_71', BIN_PATH . 'ffmpeg_bin/7.1/ffmpeg');
-define('FFMPEG_BIN_80', BIN_PATH . 'ffmpeg_bin/8.0/ffmpeg');
-
-// ── FFprobe (по версиям) ──────────────────────────────────────
+// ── FFmpeg/FFprobe — legacy 4.0 "DTS" build anchor ────────────
+// Only the 4.0 build is pinned as a constant: it is the legacy/DTS-safe binary
+// (StreamProcess `-nofix_dts`, RecordCommand, and the FfmpegPaths fallback). Every
+// other version is resolved dynamically from bin/ffmpeg_bin/<version>/ by
+// FfmpegPaths (paths) and FfmpegBinaries (discovery + capabilities) — no more
+// per-version constants to keep in sync with what actually ships in the folder.
+define('FFMPEG_BIN_40',  BIN_PATH . 'ffmpeg_bin/4.0/ffmpeg');
 define('FFPROBE_BIN_40', BIN_PATH . 'ffmpeg_bin/4.0/ffprobe');
-define('FFPROBE_BIN_71', BIN_PATH . 'ffmpeg_bin/7.1/ffprobe');
-define('FFPROBE_BIN_80', BIN_PATH . 'ffmpeg_bin/8.0/ffprobe');
diff --git a/src/Core/Init/LegacyInitializer.php b/src/Core/Init/LegacyInitializer.php
index 4a016f913..a53704ec2 100644
--- a/src/Core/Init/LegacyInitializer.php
+++ b/src/Core/Init/LegacyInitializer.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class LegacyInitializer {
 			SettingsManager::update('on_demand_wait_time', 15);
 		}
 
-		\XcVm\Streaming\Codec\FfmpegPaths::resolve(SettingsManager::get('ffmpeg_cpu'));
+		\XcVm\Streaming\Codec\FfmpegPaths::resolve(SettingsManager::get('ffmpeg_cpu'), SettingsManager::get('ffmpeg_gpu'));
 
 		if (!$rUseCache) {
 			\XcVm\Domain\Server\ServerRepository::getAll();
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class LegacyInitializer {
 			$GLOBALS['rSettings']['on_demand_wait_time'] = 15;
 		}
 
-		\XcVm\Streaming\Codec\FfmpegPaths::resolve($GLOBALS['rSettings']['ffmpeg_cpu']);
+		\XcVm\Streaming\Codec\FfmpegPaths::resolve($GLOBALS['rSettings']['ffmpeg_cpu'], $GLOBALS['rSettings']['ffmpeg_gpu'] ?? null);
 
 		$GLOBALS['rCached'] = \XcVm\Infrastructure\Cache\CacheReader::isReady($GLOBALS['rSettings']);
 		$GLOBALS['rServers'] = \XcVm\Infrastructure\Cache\CacheReader::get('servers') ?: array();
diff --git a/src/Public/Views/admin/settings.php b/src/Public/Views/admin/settings.php
index 10e9e3324..a6be088b6 100644
--- a/src/Public/Views/admin/settings.php
+++ b/src/Public/Views/admin/settings.php
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ use XcVm\Core\Config\SettingsManager;
 use XcVm\Core\GeoIP\MaxMindUpdater;
 use XcVm\Core\Localization\Translator;
 use XcVm\Core\Util\AdminHelpers;
-use XcVm\Domain\Stream\StreamConfigRepository;// Code reconstruction by Squallp
+use XcVm\Domain\Stream\StreamConfigRepository;
+use XcVm\Streaming\Codec\FfmpegBinaries;// Code reconstruction by Squallp
 
 if (!isset($__settingsViewMode)):
 
@@ -1954,16 +1955,43 @@ $isAjaxRequest = (
 													</div>
 												</div>
 
+												<?php
+													$rFfmpegGpuBuilds = FfmpegBinaries::gpuCapable();
+													$rCpuOpts = array_keys(FfmpegBinaries::available()) ?: ["8.0", "7.1", "4.0"];
+													if (!empty($rSettings["ffmpeg_cpu"]) && !in_array($rSettings["ffmpeg_cpu"], $rCpuOpts, true)) {
+														$rCpuOpts[] = $rSettings["ffmpeg_cpu"];
+													}
+													$rGpuOpts = array_keys($rFfmpegGpuBuilds);
+													if (!empty($rSettings["ffmpeg_gpu"]) && !in_array($rSettings["ffmpeg_gpu"], $rGpuOpts, true)) {
+														$rGpuOpts[] = $rSettings["ffmpeg_gpu"];
+													}
+												?>
 												<div class="form-group row mb-4">
 													<label class="col-md-4 col-form-label" for="ffmpeg_cpu">
-														FFMPEG Version
+														FFMPEG Version (CPU)
 														<i title="<?= $language::get('which_version_of_ffmpeg_to_tooltip') ?>" class="tooltip text-secondary far fa-circle"></i>
 													</label>
 
 													<div class="col-md-2">
 														<select name="ffmpeg_cpu" id="ffmpeg_cpu" class="form-control" data-toggle="select2">
-															<?php foreach (["8.0", "7.1", "4.0"] as $rValue): ?>
+															<?php foreach ($rCpuOpts as $rValue): ?>
 																<option value="<?= $rValue ?>" <?= $rSettings["ffmpeg_cpu"] == $rValue ? ' selected' : '' ?>>
+																	v<?= $rValue ?><?= isset($rFfmpegGpuBuilds[$rValue]) ? ' (GPU)' : '' ?>
+																</option>
+															<?php endforeach; ?>
+														</select>
+													</div>
+
+													<label class="col-md-4 col-form-label" for="ffmpeg_gpu">
+														FFMPEG Version (GPU)
+														<i title="<?= $language::get('which_version_of_ffmpeg_to_tooltip') ?>" class="tooltip text-secondary far fa-circle"></i>
+													</label>
+
+													<div class="col-md-2">
+														<select name="ffmpeg_gpu" id="ffmpeg_gpu" class="form-control" data-toggle="select2">
+															<option value="" <?= empty($rSettings["ffmpeg_gpu"]) ? ' selected' : '' ?>>Same as CPU</option>
+															<?php foreach ($rGpuOpts as $rValue): ?>
+																<option value="<?= $rValue ?>" <?= ($rSettings["ffmpeg_gpu"] ?? '') === $rValue ? ' selected' : '' ?>>
 																	v<?= $rValue ?>
 																</option>
 															<?php endforeach; ?>
@@ -2741,7 +2769,46 @@ $isAjaxRequest = (
 													</tbody>
 												</table>
 
-												<h4 class="card-title mb-4"><?= $language::get('support_project') ?></h4>
+												<h4 class="card-title mb-4">FFmpeg</h4>
+
+											<table class="table table-striped table-bordered">
+												<thead class="thead-light">
+													<tr>
+														<th class="text-center" style="font-size: 0.85rem;">Version</th>
+														<th class="text-center" style="font-size: 0.85rem;">Build</th>
+														<th class="text-center" style="font-size: 0.85rem;">GPU</th>
+														<th class="text-center" style="font-size: 0.85rem;">Hardware encoders</th>
+													</tr>
+												</thead>
+
+												<tbody>
+													<?php $rFfmpegBuilds = FfmpegBinaries::available(); ?>
+													<?php if (empty($rFfmpegBuilds)): ?>
+														<tr>
+															<td colspan="4" class="text-center" style="font-size: 0.85rem;">N/A</td>
+														</tr>
+													<?php else: ?>
+														<?php foreach ($rFfmpegBuilds as $rVer => $rInfo): ?>
+															<tr>
+																<td class="text-center" style="font-size: 0.85rem;">
+																	<button type="button" class="btn btn-info btn-sm" style="font-size: 0.85rem;">v<?= htmlspecialchars($rVer) ?></button>
+																</td>
+																<td class="text-center" style="font-size: 0.8rem;"><?= htmlspecialchars($rInfo['banner']) ?></td>
+																<td class="text-center">
+																	<?php if ($rInfo['gpu']): ?>
+																		<span class="badge badge-success">GPU</span>
+																	<?php else: ?>
+																		<span class="badge badge-secondary">CPU</span>
+																	<?php endif; ?>
+																</td>
+																<td class="text-center text-monospace small"><?= $rInfo['encoders'] ? htmlspecialchars(implode(', ', $rInfo['encoders'])) : '—' ?></td>
+															</tr>
+														<?php endforeach; ?>
+													<?php endif; ?>
+												</tbody>
+											</table>
+
+											<h4 class="card-title mb-4"><?= $language::get('support_project') ?></h4>
 
 												<table class="table table-striped table-bordered text-center">
 													<thead class="thead-light">
diff --git a/src/Streaming/Codec/FfmpegBinaries.php b/src/Streaming/Codec/FfmpegBinaries.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdeafd318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Streaming/Codec/FfmpegBinaries.php
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace XcVm\Streaming\Codec;
+
+/**
+ * FfmpegBinaries — discovery + capability probe for the bundled FFmpeg builds.
+ *
+ * Scans BIN_PATH/ffmpeg_bin/<version>/ for real version directories (named
+ * `<major>.<minor>`, so `*.backup.*` folders are ignored) that ship an
+ * executable `ffmpeg`, and records per build: the version banner, whether it can
+ * encode on the GPU, and the list of hardware encoders it exposes.
+ *
+ * Probing shells out to each binary (`-hwaccels`, `-encoders`), which is slow, so
+ * the result is cached to a JSON file keyed by a fingerprint of the directory set
+ * and their mtimes — a binary swap (e.g. by BinariesCommand) changes the mtime and
+ * transparently invalidates the cache. This class is UI-only (settings page); the
+ * streaming hot path resolves paths cheaply via {@see FfmpegPaths} without scanning.
+ *
+ * @package XC_VM_Streaming_Codec
+ * @author  Divarion_D <https://github.com/Divarion-D>
+ * @copyright 2025-2026 Vateron Media
+ * @link    https://github.com/Vateron-Media/XC_VM
+ * @license AGPL-3.0 https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html
+ */
+class FfmpegBinaries {
+
+	/** Encoder-name substrings that mark a hardware (GPU/accelerated) encoder. */
+	private const HW_ENCODER_MARKERS = ['_nvenc', 'nvenc_', '_qsv', '_vaapi', '_amf', '_videotoolbox', '_mf'];
+
+	/** @var array<string, array{version: string, gpu: bool, encoders: string[], banner: string}>|null */
+	private static ?array $cache = null;
+
+	/** Base directory holding the per-version ffmpeg build folders. */
+	private static function baseDir(): string {
+		return BIN_PATH . 'ffmpeg_bin/';
+	}
+
+	/** Absolute path to the capabilities cache file. */
+	private static function cacheFile(): string {
+		return (defined('TMP_PATH') ? TMP_PATH : sys_get_temp_dir() . '/') . 'ffmpeg_capabilities.json';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * All discovered builds, newest version first.
+	 *
+	 * @return array<string, array{version: string, gpu: bool, encoders: string[], banner: string}>
+	 *         Keyed by version string (the folder name, e.g. '8.0').
+	 */
+	public static function available(): array {
+		if (self::$cache !== null) {
+			return self::$cache;
+		}
+
+		$rFingerprint = self::fingerprint();
+		$rCached = self::readCache();
+		if ($rCached !== null && ($rCached['fingerprint'] ?? null) === $rFingerprint && isset($rCached['versions']) && is_array($rCached['versions'])) {
+			return self::$cache = $rCached['versions'];
+		}
+
+		$rVersions = self::scan();
+		self::writeCache($rFingerprint, $rVersions);
+		return self::$cache = $rVersions;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Only the builds that can encode on the GPU, newest first.
+	 *
+	 * @return array<string, array{version: string, gpu: bool, encoders: string[], banner: string}>
+	 */
+	public static function gpuCapable(): array {
+		return array_filter(self::available(), static fn (array $rInfo): bool => $rInfo['gpu']);
+	}
+
+	/** Whether a given version folder exists with an executable ffmpeg. */
+	public static function has(string $rVersion): bool {
+		return isset(self::available()[$rVersion]);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Cheap fingerprint of the build folders (names + mtimes) — no shelling out.
+	 * A binary swap bumps the folder mtime and changes this, invalidating the cache.
+	 */
+	private static function fingerprint(): string {
+		$rParts = array();
+		foreach (self::versionDirs() as $rVersion => $rDir) {
+			$rParts[] = $rVersion . ':' . (@filemtime($rDir . 'ffmpeg') ?: 0);
+		}
+		sort($rParts);
+		return md5(implode('|', $rParts));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Version folders (name matches `<int>.<int>`) that ship an executable ffmpeg.
+	 *
+	 * @return array<string, string> version => absolute directory path (trailing slash)
+	 */
+	private static function versionDirs(): array {
+		$rBase = self::baseDir();
+		$rOut = array();
+		foreach (glob($rBase . '*', GLOB_ONLYDIR) ?: array() as $rDir) {
+			$rVersion = basename($rDir);
+			if (!preg_match('/^\d+\.\d+$/', $rVersion)) {
+				continue; // skip backups / non-version folders
+			}
+			$rBinary = $rDir . '/ffmpeg';
+			if (is_file($rBinary)) {
+				$rOut[$rVersion] = $rDir . '/';
+			}
+		}
+		uksort($rOut, static fn (string $a, string $b): int => version_compare($b, $a));
+		return $rOut;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Probe every build's capabilities by shelling out. Slow — callers cache it.
+	 *
+	 * @return array<string, array{version: string, gpu: bool, encoders: string[], banner: string}>
+	 */
+	private static function scan(): array {
+		$rOut = array();
+		foreach (self::versionDirs() as $rVersion => $rDir) {
+			$rBinary = $rDir . 'ffmpeg';
+			$rEncoders = self::hwEncoders($rBinary);
+			$rOut[$rVersion] = array(
+				'version'  => $rVersion,
+				'gpu'      => count($rEncoders) > 0,
+				'encoders' => $rEncoders,
+				'banner'   => self::banner($rBinary),
+			);
+		}
+		return $rOut;
+	}
+
+	/** First line of `ffmpeg -version` (the human-readable build banner). */
+	private static function banner(string $rBinary): string {
+		$rOut = (string) @shell_exec('timeout 5 ' . escapeshellarg($rBinary) . ' -hide_banner -version 2>/dev/null');
+		$rLine = trim(strtok($rOut, "\n") ?: '');
+		return $rLine !== '' ? $rLine : 'ffmpeg';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Hardware encoder names exposed by a build (nvenc/qsv/vaapi/amf/…).
+	 *
+	 * @return string[]
+	 */
+	private static function hwEncoders(string $rBinary): array {
+		$rOut = (string) @shell_exec('timeout 5 ' . escapeshellarg($rBinary) . ' -hide_banner -encoders 2>/dev/null');
+		$rEncoders = array();
+		foreach (explode("\n", $rOut) as $rRow) {
+			// ` V....D h264_nvenc  NVIDIA NVENC H.264 encoder`
+			if (!preg_match('/^\s*[VASFXBD.]{6}\s+(\S+)/', $rRow, $rMatch)) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			$rName = $rMatch[1];
+			foreach (self::HW_ENCODER_MARKERS as $rMarker) {
+				if (strpos($rName, $rMarker) !== false) {
+					$rEncoders[] = $rName;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		sort($rEncoders);
+		return array_values(array_unique($rEncoders));
+	}
+
+	/** @return array{fingerprint?: string, versions?: array}|null */
+	private static function readCache(): ?array {
+		$rFile = self::cacheFile();
+		if (!is_file($rFile)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		$rDecoded = json_decode((string) @file_get_contents($rFile), true);
+		return is_array($rDecoded) ? $rDecoded : null;
+	}
+
+	/** Best-effort atomic cache write; failure is non-fatal (rescans next time). */
+	private static function writeCache(string $rFingerprint, array $rVersions): void {
+		$rJson = json_encode(array('fingerprint' => $rFingerprint, 'versions' => $rVersions), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
+		if ($rJson === false) {
+			return;
+		}
+		$rFile = self::cacheFile();
+		$rTmp = $rFile . '.tmp';
+		if (@file_put_contents($rTmp, $rJson, LOCK_EX) !== false) {
+			@rename($rTmp, $rFile);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Streaming/Codec/FfmpegPaths.php b/src/Streaming/Codec/FfmpegPaths.php
index 79a625c88..244bc74a0 100644
--- a/src/Streaming/Codec/FfmpegPaths.php
+++ b/src/Streaming/Codec/FfmpegPaths.php
@@ -21,36 +21,50 @@ class FfmpegPaths {
 	private static $resolved = false;
 
 	/**
-	 * Resolve paths from an ffmpeg_cpu version string.
+	 * Resolve the CPU/GPU/probe binary paths from the configured version strings.
+	 *
+	 * Paths are built dynamically from BIN_PATH/ffmpeg_bin/<version>/ so any build
+	 * dropped into that folder is usable without touching this class — no version
+	 * switch to maintain. This runs on the bootstrap hot path, so it stays cheap:
+	 * a format check plus an is_file() stat, never a shell probe (that lives in
+	 * {@see FfmpegBinaries}). An unknown/missing CPU version falls back to the
+	 * legacy 4.0 build; the GPU binary falls back to the resolved CPU binary when
+	 * ffmpeg_gpu is empty or points at a missing build.
 	 *
 	 * Called once during bootstrap; subsequent calls are no-ops.
 	 *
-	 * @param string $version  e.g. '8.0', '7.1', '4.0'
+	 * @param string      $cpuVersion e.g. '8.0', '7.1', '4.0'
+	 * @param string|null $gpuVersion GPU ffmpeg version, or null to reuse the CPU build
 	 */
-	public static function resolve($version) {
+	public static function resolve($cpuVersion, $gpuVersion = null) {
 		if (self::$resolved) {
 			return;
 		}
-		switch ($version) {
-			case '8.0':
-				self::$cpu   = FFMPEG_BIN_80;
-				self::$probe = FFPROBE_BIN_80;
-				self::$gpu   = FFMPEG_BIN_80;
-				break;
-			case '7.1':
-				self::$cpu   = FFMPEG_BIN_71;
-				self::$probe = FFPROBE_BIN_71;
-				self::$gpu   = FFMPEG_BIN_71;
-				break;
-			default:
-				self::$cpu   = FFMPEG_BIN_40;
-				self::$probe = FFPROBE_BIN_40;
-				self::$gpu   = FFMPEG_BIN_40;
-				break;
-		}
+
+		self::$cpu   = self::binary($cpuVersion, 'ffmpeg') ?? FFMPEG_BIN_40;
+		self::$probe = self::binary($cpuVersion, 'ffprobe') ?? FFPROBE_BIN_40;
+
+		$rGpu = ($gpuVersion !== null && $gpuVersion !== '') ? self::binary($gpuVersion, 'ffmpeg') : null;
+		self::$gpu = $rGpu ?? self::$cpu;
+
 		self::$resolved = true;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Build a binary path for a version folder, or null when the version string is
+	 * malformed or the binary is absent.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $version Version folder name (e.g. '8.0')
+	 * @param string $name    'ffmpeg' or 'ffprobe'
+	 */
+	private static function binary($version, $name): ?string {
+		if (!is_string($version) || !preg_match('/^\d+\.\d+$/', $version)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		$rPath = BIN_PATH . 'ffmpeg_bin/' . $version . '/' . $name;
+		return is_file($rPath) ? $rPath : null;
+	}
+
 	/** @return string Path to CPU-optimized ffmpeg binary */
 	public static function cpu() {
 		return self::$cpu;