diff --git a/examples/am7xxx-play.c b/examples/am7xxx-play.c
index 46a91c9..fed455f 100644
--- a/examples/am7xxx-play.c
+++ b/examples/am7xxx-play.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 
 #include <libavdevice/avdevice.h>
 #include <libavformat/avformat.h>
-#include <libavutil/imgutils.h>
 #include <libswscale/swscale.h>
 
 #include <am7xxx.h>
@@ -308,7 +307,7 @@ static int am7xxx_play(const char *input_format_string,
 	}
 
 	/* allocate an input frame */
-	picture_raw = av_frame_alloc();
+	picture_raw = avcodec_alloc_frame();
 	if (picture_raw == NULL) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "cannot allocate the raw picture frame!\n");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -316,7 +315,7 @@ static int am7xxx_play(const char *input_format_string,
 	}
 
 	/* allocate output frame */
-	picture_scaled = av_frame_alloc();
+	picture_scaled = avcodec_alloc_frame();
 	if (picture_scaled == NULL) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "cannot allocate the scaled picture!\n");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -327,10 +326,9 @@ static int am7xxx_play(const char *input_format_string,
 	picture_scaled->height = (output_ctx.codec_ctx)->height;
 
 	/* calculate the bytes needed for the output image and create buffer for the output image */
-	out_buf_size = av_image_get_buffer_size((output_ctx.codec_ctx)->pix_fmt,
-						(output_ctx.codec_ctx)->width,
-						(output_ctx.codec_ctx)->height,
-						1);
+	out_buf_size = avpicture_get_size((output_ctx.codec_ctx)->pix_fmt,
+					  (output_ctx.codec_ctx)->width,
+					  (output_ctx.codec_ctx)->height);
 	out_buf = av_malloc(out_buf_size * sizeof(uint8_t));
 	if (out_buf == NULL) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "cannot allocate output data buffer!\n");
@@ -339,13 +337,11 @@ static int am7xxx_play(const char *input_format_string,
 	}
 
 	/* assign appropriate parts of buffer to image planes in picture_scaled */
-	av_image_fill_arrays(picture_scaled->data,
-			     picture_scaled->linesize,
-			     out_buf,
-			     (output_ctx.codec_ctx)->pix_fmt,
-			     (output_ctx.codec_ctx)->width,
-			     (output_ctx.codec_ctx)->height,
-			     1);
+	avpicture_fill((AVPicture *)picture_scaled,
+		       out_buf,
+		       (output_ctx.codec_ctx)->pix_fmt,
+		       (output_ctx.codec_ctx)->width,
+		       (output_ctx.codec_ctx)->height);
 
 	sw_scale_ctx = sws_getCachedContext(NULL,
 					    (input_ctx.codec_ctx)->width,
@@ -458,17 +454,17 @@ static int am7xxx_play(const char *input_format_string,
 		}
 end_while:
 		if (!output_ctx.raw_output && got_packet)
-			av_packet_unref(&out_packet);
-		av_packet_unref(&in_packet);
+			av_free_packet(&out_packet);
+		av_free_packet(&in_packet);
 	}
 
 	sws_freeContext(sw_scale_ctx);
 cleanup_out_buf:
 	av_free(out_buf);
 cleanup_picture_scaled:
-	av_frame_free(&picture_scaled);
+	avcodec_free_frame(&picture_scaled);
 cleanup_picture_raw:
-	av_frame_free(&picture_raw);
+	avcodec_free_frame(&picture_raw);
 
 cleanup_output:
 	/* av_free is needed as well,
diff --git a/src/am7xxx.c b/src/am7xxx.c
index 84d7e9c..f26fc18 100644
--- a/src/am7xxx.c
+++ b/src/am7xxx.c
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ AM7XXX_PUBLIC int am7xxx_init(am7xxx_context **ctx)
 		goto out_free_context;
 	}
 
-	libusb_set_debug((*ctx)->usb_context, LIBUSB_LOG_LEVEL_INFO);
+	libusb_set_debug((*ctx)->usb_context, 3);
 
 	ret = scan_devices(*ctx, SCAN_OP_BUILD_DEVLIST , 0, NULL);
 	if (ret < 0) {