diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs
index 48fda471a6..54e0527c90 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs
@@ -1908,7 +1908,7 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
 
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(state.OutputVideoSync))
         {
-            args += " -vsync " + state.OutputVideoSync;
+            args += EncodingHelper.GetVideoSyncOption(state.OutputVideoSync, _mediaEncoder.EncoderVersion);
         }
 
         args += _encodingHelper.GetOutputFFlags(state);
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
index ae33da1fb3..c120e08fa2 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
@@ -6857,7 +6857,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(state.InputVideoSync))
             {
-                inputModifier += " -vsync " + state.InputVideoSync;
+                inputModifier += GetVideoSyncOption(state.InputVideoSync, _mediaEncoder.EncoderVersion);
             }
 
             if (state.ReadInputAtNativeFramerate && state.InputProtocol != MediaProtocol.Rtsp)
@@ -7280,7 +7280,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(state.OutputVideoSync))
             {
-                args += " -vsync " + state.OutputVideoSync;
+                args += GetVideoSyncOption(state.OutputVideoSync, _mediaEncoder.EncoderVersion);
             }
 
             args += GetOutputFFlags(state);
@@ -7453,5 +7453,33 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             return state.SubtitleDeliveryMethod == SubtitleDeliveryMethod.Encode
                    || (state.BaseRequest.AlwaysBurnInSubtitleWhenTranscoding && !IsCopyCodec(state.OutputVideoCodec));
         }
+
+        public static string GetVideoSyncOption(string videoSync, Version encoderVersion)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(videoSync))
+            {
+                return string.Empty;
+            }
+
+            if (encoderVersion >= new Version(5, 1))
+            {
+                if (int.TryParse(videoSync, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var vsync))
+                {
+                    return vsync switch
+                    {
+                        -1 => " -fps_mode auto",
+                        0 => " -fps_mode passthrough",
+                        1 => " -fps_mode cfr",
+                        2 => " -fps_mode vfr",
+                        _ => string.Empty
+                    };
+                }
+
+                return string.Empty;
+            }
+
+            // -vsync is deprecated in FFmpeg 5.1 and will be removed in the future.
+            return $" -vsync {videoSync}";
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
index ace8bda19a..ec04015767 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
                 vidEncoder,
                 encoderQualityOption + encoderQuality + " ",
                 vidEncoder.Contains("videotoolbox", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) ? "-allow_sw 1 " : string.Empty, // allow_sw fallback for some intel macs
-                EncoderVersion >= new Version(5, 1) ? "-fps_mode passthrough " : "-vsync passthrough ", // passthrough timestamp
+                EncodingHelper.GetVideoSyncOption("0", EncoderVersion).Trim() + " ", // passthrough timestamp
                 "image2",
                 outputPath);
 
diff --git a/src/Jellyfin.LiveTv/IO/EncodedRecorder.cs b/src/Jellyfin.LiveTv/IO/EncodedRecorder.cs
index ff00c89997..0c660637fd 100644
--- a/src/Jellyfin.LiveTv/IO/EncodedRecorder.cs
+++ b/src/Jellyfin.LiveTv/IO/EncodedRecorder.cs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.LiveTv.IO
                 const int MaxBitrate = 25000000;
                 videoArgs = string.Format(
                     CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
-                    "-codec:v:0 libx264 -force_key_frames \"expr:gte(t,n_forced*5)\" {0} -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset superfast -crf 23 -b:v {1} -maxrate {1} -bufsize ({1}*2) -vsync -1 -profile:v high -level 41",
+                    "-codec:v:0 libx264 -force_key_frames \"expr:gte(t,n_forced*5)\" {0} -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset superfast -crf 23 -b:v {1} -maxrate {1} -bufsize ({1}*2) -profile:v high -level 41",
                     GetOutputSizeParam(),
                     MaxBitrate);
             }
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.LiveTv.IO
                 flags.Add("+genpts");
             }
 
-            var inputModifier = "-async 1 -vsync -1";
+            var inputModifier = "-async 1";
 
             if (flags.Count > 0)
             {