diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1a7607c828..c6e15d2d18 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-12-04  Sebastian Dröge  <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	* ffmpegrev:
+	Update ffmpeg rev to 16001 and update the date for the corresponding
+	swscale checkout.
+
 2008-12-03  Yotam Shtossel  <sh.yotam@gmail.com>
 
 	reviewed by: Edward Hervey  <edward.hervey@collabora.co.uk>
diff --git a/ffmpegrev b/ffmpegrev
index 8d881a37e7..87e857f381 100644
--- a/ffmpegrev
+++ b/ffmpegrev
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-FFMPEG_REVISION=15750
+FFMPEG_REVISION=16001
 FFMPEG_CO_DIR=gst-libs/ext/ffmpeg
 FFMPEG_SVN=svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg/trunk
 # Because ffmpeg checks out libswscale via an svn:externals, checking
 # out an old ffmpeg does not check out a corresponding libswscale.
 # Keep the swscale checkout manually synchronized, then. Update this
 # when you update FFMPEG_REVISION.
-FFMPEG_EXTERNALS_UPDATE="cd $FFMPEG_CO_DIR/libswscale && svn up -r '{2008-10-30 12:29:00 +0100}'"
+FFMPEG_EXTERNALS_UPDATE="cd $FFMPEG_CO_DIR/libswscale && svn up -r '{2008-12-04 08:34:00 +0100}'"