diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 87a983a..1464a9e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
   - [Using the configuration file](#using-the-configuration-file)
   - [Set the logging level](#set-the-logging-level)
 - [Development](#development)
-  - [Tarball](#tarball)
   - [Test](#test)
+  - [Tarball](#tarball)
   - [Debugging](#debugging)
 - [License](#license)
 - [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
@@ -83,12 +83,11 @@ This creates a `snapshot-<version>` directory with the following structure:
 
 ```bash
 snapshot-<version>
-  ├── bin/
-  ├── lib/
+  ├── runtime/
   └── snapshot
 ```
 
-where `bin` and `lib` are directories that you should not touch. The `snapshot`
+the `runtime` directory contains files you should not touch. The `snapshot`
 script is the one that you should use to interact with the application. For
 example:
 
@@ -413,22 +412,6 @@ If you want to contribute to this project, you should start by reading
 source](#from-source). This section provides information about: the tarball, the
 unit tests, and ways to debug the application.
 
-### Tarball
-
-Additional information about the stand-alone tarball is provided here.
-
-- `snapshot` executable in the form of a bash script. This script:
-  - sets the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` to the `lib` directory and runs the `snapshot`
-    binary.
-  - resolves the path to the script if it is referenced using a symlink.
-- `bin` directory with the `snapshot` binary.
-- `lib` directory with the shared libraries that the `snapshot` binary depends
-  on. In case the project is built with the `--shared` option, the `lib` folder
-  will also contain subdirectories with the libraries of the Qt plugins. The
-  `lib` directory does not include the standard `c/c++` libraries (`libc`,
-  `libstdc++`, `libm`, `libdbm`, `libpthread`) together with the dynamic linker
-  as they are assumed to be present on the system.
-
 ### Test
 
 Googletest and QTest are used for building the unit tests and the end-to-end
@@ -446,6 +429,26 @@ run the following command:
 ctest --test-dir ./build
 ```
 
+### Tarball
+
+Additional information about the stand-alone tarball is provided here.
+
+- `snapshot` is an executable in the form of a bash script. This script:
+  - sets the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` to the `lib` directory and runs the `snapshot`
+    binary.
+  - resolves the path to the script if it is referenced using a symlink.
+- the `runtime` directory contains shared libraries and binaries that the
+  `snapshot` script depends on. In case the project is built with the `--shared`
+  option, the `runtime` folder will also contain subdirectories with the
+  libraries of the Qt plugins. The `runtime` directory does not include the
+  standard `c/c++` libraries (`libc`, `libstdc++`, `libm`, `libdbm`,
+  `libpthread`) together with the dynamic linker as they are assumed to be
+  present on the system.
+- `snapshot_test` is an executable in the form of a bash script. This script is
+  only present when the project is built with the `cmake` option
+  `-DBUILD_TESTING=ON`. If so, when running the `snapshot_test` script, all
+  tests are executed.
+
 ### Debugging
 
 You can use one of the following ways to run the application with a video stream:
@@ -543,3 +546,4 @@ very useful when you encounter issues with hardware acceleration:
 - [Nvidia](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA)
 - [Nouveau](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Nouveau)
 - [AMD](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AMDGPU)
+
diff --git a/scripts/build-ffmpeg b/scripts/build-ffmpeg
index a189816..08098dc 100755
--- a/scripts/build-ffmpeg
+++ b/scripts/build-ffmpeg
@@ -74,12 +74,9 @@ compile_nasm() {
 }
 
 compile_x264() {
-    local commit
-    commit="4815ccadb1890572f2bf8b9d9553d56f6c9122ad"
     cd "$source_dir" &&
         git -C x264 pull 2>/dev/null || git clone https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264.git &&
         cd x264 &&
-        git reset --hard $commit &&
         PATH="$bin_dir:$PATH" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$install_dir/lib/pkgconfig" ./configure --prefix="$install_dir" --bindir="$bin_dir" --enable-static --enable-pic &&
         PATH="$bin_dir:$PATH" make &&
         make install
@@ -96,25 +93,19 @@ compile_x265() {
 }
 
 compile_libvpx() {
-    local commit
-    commit="8630b183230e7d4b87f8535e8d5e458e96366117"
     cd "$source_dir" &&
         git -C libvpx pull 2>/dev/null || git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libvpx.git &&
         cd libvpx &&
-        git reset --hard $commit &&
         PATH="$bin_dir:$PATH" ./configure --prefix="$install_dir" --disable-examples --disable-unit-tests --enable-vp9-highbitdepth --as=yasm &&
         PATH="$bin_dir:$PATH" make &&
         make install
 }
 
 compile_fdk-aac() {
-    local commit
-    commit="716f4394641d53f0d79c9ddac3fa93b03a49f278" 
     cd "$source_dir" &&
         PATH="$bin_dir:$PATH" &&
         git -C fdk-aac pull 2>/dev/null || git clone https://github.com/mstorsjo/fdk-aac &&
         cd fdk-aac &&
-        git reset --hard $commit &&
         autoreconf -fiv &&
         ./configure --prefix="$install_dir" --disable-shared &&
         make &&
@@ -122,13 +113,10 @@ compile_fdk-aac() {
 }
 
 compile_libopus() {
-    local commit
-    commit="c85499757c148fede8604cffa12454206b6138ba"
     cd "$source_dir" &&
         PATH="$bin_dir:$PATH" &&
         git -C opus pull 2>/dev/null || git clone https://github.com/xiph/opus.git &&
         cd opus &&
-        git reset --hard $commit &&
         ./autogen.sh &&
         ./configure --prefix="$install_dir" --disable-shared &&
         make &&
@@ -136,13 +124,10 @@ compile_libopus() {
 }
 
 compile_libdav1d() {
-    local commit
-    commit="a6878be7e07114f5a2915ad46300700f0db55197"
     cd "$source_dir" &&
         PATH="$bin_dir:$PATH" &&
         git -C dav1d pull 2>/dev/null || git clone https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d.git &&
         cd dav1d &&
-        git reset --hard $commit &&
         mkdir -p build &&
         cd build &&
         meson setup -Denable_tools=false -Denable_tests=false --default-library=static .. --prefix "$install_dir" --libdir="$install_dir/lib" &&
@@ -151,13 +136,10 @@ compile_libdav1d() {
 }
 
 compile_libaom() {
-    local commit
-    commit="f8c91a2080beb6a98c909435fb5937f82a8ef83f"
     echo "Compiling libaom"
     cd "$source_dir" &&
         git -C aom pull 2>/dev/null || git clone https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom &&
         cd aom &&
-        git reset --hard $commit &&
         cd - &&
         mkdir -p aom_build &&
         cd aom_build &&
@@ -167,13 +149,10 @@ compile_libaom() {
 }
 
 compile_libsvtav1() {
-    local commit
-    commit="3c701b39c86d86d9adb43eb0f59a6f7a9b299b88"
     echo "Compiling libsvtav1"
     cd "$source_dir" &&
         git -C SVT-AV1 pull 2>/dev/null || git clone https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/SVT-AV1.git &&
         cd SVT-AV1 &&
-        git reset --hard $commit &&
         mkdir -p build &&
         cd build &&
         PATH="$bin_dir:$PATH" cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$install_dir" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_DEC=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF .. &&
@@ -194,10 +173,9 @@ compile_libvmaf() {
 }
 
 compile_ffmpeg() {
-    local version file unpack_dir
-    version="6.1.1"
-    file="ffmpeg-$version.tar.bz2"
-    unpack_dir="ffmpeg-$version"
+    local file unpack_dir
+    file="ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2"
+    unpack_dir="ffmpeg"
     cd "$source_dir" &&
         wget -O "$file" https://ffmpeg.org/releases/"$file" &&
         tar xjvf "$file" &&