diff -r 31b9a4c9ad97 src/AVHandler.cc
--- a/src/AVHandler.cc	Tue Sep 03 07:50:42 2013 -0400
+++ b/src/AVHandler.cc	Tue Sep 15 16:04:56 2015 +0530
@@ -120,19 +120,12 @@
         if (add_video_stream() != 0) return -1;
     }
     
-    /* av_set_parameters is mandatory */
-    // FIXME: deprecated, but there's no replacement yet
-    if (av_set_parameters(av_output, NULL) < 0) {
-        (*out) << "AVHandler: Error setting output format parameters" << std::endl;
-        return -1;
-    }
-
     snprintf(av_output->filename, sizeof(av_output->filename), "%s", filename.c_str());
 // FIXME:    snprintf(av_output->title, sizeof(av_output->title), "%s", title.c_str());
 // FIXME:    snprintf(av_output->author, sizeof(av_output->author), "%s", author.c_str());
 // FIXME:    snprintf(av_output->comment, sizeof(av_output->comment), "%s", comment.c_str());
     
-    if (avio_open(&av_output->pb, filename.c_str(), URL_WRONLY) < 0) {
+    if (avio_open(&av_output->pb, filename.c_str(), AVIO_FLAG_WRITE) < 0) {
         (*out) << "AVHandler: Could not open \"" << filename << "\" for output" << std::endl;
         return -1;
     }
@@ -383,7 +376,7 @@
     AVCodec *codec;
     for (codec = av_codec_next(0); codec != NULL; codec = av_codec_next(codec)) {
         if ((codec->type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO) &&
-            (codec->encode)) {
+            (av_codec_is_encoder(codec))) {
             (*out) << codec->name << " ";
         }
     }
diff -r 31b9a4c9ad97 src/oct-avifile.cc
--- a/src/oct-avifile.cc	Tue Sep 03 07:50:42 2013 -0400
+++ b/src/oct-avifile.cc	Tue Sep 15 16:04:56 2015 +0530
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 #include <octave/oct.h>
 #include "oct-avifile.h"
 
-DEFINE_OCTAVE_ALLOCATOR(Avifile);
-DEFINE_OV_TYPEID_FUNCTIONS_AND_DATA(Avifile, "avifile", "avifile");
-
 Avifile::Avifile(std::string fn) : octave_base_value(),
     filename(fn), frames(0), frame_rows(0), frame_columns(0) {
 
diff -r 31b9a4c9ad97 src/oct-avifile.h
--- a/src/oct-avifile.h	Tue Sep 03 07:50:42 2013 -0400
+++ b/src/oct-avifile.h	Tue Sep 15 16:04:56 2015 +0530
@@ -56,8 +56,5 @@
   unsigned int frames;
   unsigned int frame_rows;
   unsigned int frame_columns;
-
-  DECLARE_OCTAVE_ALLOCATOR
-  DECLARE_OV_TYPEID_FUNCTIONS_AND_DATA
 };
 #endif