diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index eb38920b0e87c..fca2a86804bca 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4570,7 +4570,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ruffle_render_canvas",
  "ruffle_render_webgl",
  "ruffle_render_wgpu",
- "ruffle_video_software",
+ "ruffle_video_external",
  "ruffle_web_common",
  "serde",
  "serde-wasm-bindgen",
diff --git a/web/Cargo.toml b/web/Cargo.toml
index 4cb15596188cb..769ad60cf2d3a 100644
--- a/web/Cargo.toml
+++ b/web/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ruffle_web_common = { path = "common" }
 ruffle_render = { path = "../render" }
 ruffle_render_webgl = { path = "../render/webgl", optional = true }
 ruffle_render_wgpu = { path = "../render/wgpu", optional = true }
-ruffle_video_software = { path = "../video/software" }
+ruffle_video_external = { path = "../video/external", features = ["webcodecs"] }
 url = { workspace = true }
 wasm-bindgen = { workspace = true }
 wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4.43"
diff --git a/web/src/builder.rs b/web/src/builder.rs
index a4389f870eb4b..27ce4221b210d 100644
--- a/web/src/builder.rs
+++ b/web/src/builder.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use ruffle_core::{
 };
 use ruffle_render::backend::RenderBackend;
 use ruffle_render::quality::StageQuality;
-use ruffle_video_software::backend::SoftwareVideoBackend;
+use ruffle_video_external::backend::ExternalVideoBackend;
 use ruffle_web_common::JsResult;
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ impl RuffleInstanceBuilder {
         let core = builder
             .with_log(log_adapter::WebLogBackend::new(trace_observer.clone()))
             .with_ui(ui::WebUiBackend::new(js_player.clone(), &canvas))
-            .with_video(SoftwareVideoBackend::new())
+            .with_video(ExternalVideoBackend::new(None))
             .with_letterbox(self.letterbox)
             .with_max_execution_duration(self.max_execution_duration)
             .with_player_version(self.player_version)