diff --git a/src/podcast/UBPodcastController.cpp b/src/podcast/UBPodcastController.cpp
index 35b00563..0a33ab32 100644
--- a/src/podcast/UBPodcastController.cpp
+++ b/src/podcast/UBPodcastController.cpp
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
 
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-    #include "ffmpeg/UBFFmpegVideoEncoder.h"
-    #include "ffmpeg/UBMicrophoneInput.h"
+    #include "windowsmedia/UBWindowsMediaVideoEncoder.h"
+    #include "windowsmedia/UBWaveRecorder.h"
 #elif defined(Q_OS_OSX)
     #include "ffmpeg/UBFFmpegVideoEncoder.h"
     #include "ffmpeg/UBMicrophoneInput.h"
@@ -308,7 +308,13 @@ void UBPodcastController::start()
 
         applicationMainModeChanged(UBApplication::applicationController->displayMode());
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+        mVideoEncoder = new UBWindowsMediaVideoEncoder(this);  //deleted on stop
+#elif defined(Q_OS_OSX)
+        mVideoEncoder = new UBFFmpegVideoEncoder(this);
+#elif defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
         mVideoEncoder = new UBFFmpegVideoEncoder(this);
+#endif
 
         if (mVideoEncoder)
         {
@@ -799,7 +805,13 @@ QStringList UBPodcastController::audioRecordingDevices()
 {
     QStringList devices;
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    devices = UBWaveRecorder::waveInDevices();
+#elif defined(Q_OS_OSX)
     devices = UBMicrophoneInput::availableDevicesNames();
+#elif defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
+    devices = UBMicrophoneInput::availableDevicesNames();
+#endif
 
     return devices;
 }
diff --git a/src/podcast/podcast.pri b/src/podcast/podcast.pri
index 1e0f0673..e96263fa 100644
--- a/src/podcast/podcast.pri
+++ b/src/podcast/podcast.pri
@@ -13,16 +13,13 @@ SOURCES      += src/podcast/UBPodcastController.cpp \
 
 win32 {
 
-    SOURCES  += src/podcast/ffmpeg/UBFFmpegVideoEncoder.cpp \
-                src/podcast/ffmpeg/UBMicrophoneInput.cpp
-
-    HEADERS  += src/podcast/ffmpeg/UBFFmpegVideoEncoder.h \
-                src/podcast/ffmpeg/UBMicrophoneInput.h
-
-    LIBS += -L$$PWD/../OpenBoard-ThirdParty/ffmpeg/lib/ -lavformat -lavcodec -lswscale  -lswresample -lavutil
+    SOURCES  += src/podcast/windowsmedia/UBWindowsMediaVideoEncoder.cpp \
+                src/podcast/windowsmedia/UBWindowsMediaFile.cpp \
+                src/podcast/windowsmedia/UBWaveRecorder.cpp
 
-    INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/../OpenBoard-ThirdParty/ffmpeg/include
-    DEPENDPATH += $$PWD/../OpenBoard-ThirdParty/ffmpeg/include
+    HEADERS  += src/podcast/windowsmedia/UBWindowsMediaVideoEncoder.h \
+                src/podcast/windowsmedia/UBWindowsMediaFile.h \
+                src/podcast/windowsmedia/UBWaveRecorder.h
 }
 
 macx {
diff --git a/src/podcast/windowsmedia/UBWaveRecorder.cpp b/src/podcast/windowsmedia/UBWaveRecorder.cpp
index 1ae94e3f..f1142100 100644
--- a/src/podcast/windowsmedia/UBWaveRecorder.cpp
+++ b/src/podcast/windowsmedia/UBWaveRecorder.cpp
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ bool UBWaveRecorder::init(const QString& waveInDeviceName)
         }
     }
 
-    WAVEFORMATEX format;
-    format.cbSize = 0;
+    WAVEFORMATEX format = {0};
     format.wFormatTag = WAVE_FORMAT_PCM;
     format.nChannels = mNbChannels;
     format.wBitsPerSample = mBitsPerSample;
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ bool UBWaveRecorder::init(const QString& waveInDeviceName)
     format.nBlockAlign = format.nChannels * (format.wBitsPerSample / 8);
     format.nAvgBytesPerSec = format.nSamplesPerSec * format.nBlockAlign;
 
-    if (waveInOpen(&mWaveInDevice, deviceID, &format, (DWORD)waveInProc, (DWORD_PTR)this, CALLBACK_FUNCTION) != MMSYSERR_NOERROR)
+    if (waveInOpen(&mWaveInDevice, deviceID, &format, reinterpret_cast<DWORD_PTR>(waveInProc), reinterpret_cast<DWORD_PTR>(this), CALLBACK_FUNCTION) != MMSYSERR_NOERROR)
     {
         setLastErrorMessage("Cannot open wave in device ");
         return false;