diff --git a/make/environment.mk b/make/environment.mk
index a95fc6d5..41ebd996 100644
--- a/make/environment.mk
+++ b/make/environment.mk
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ NI_DRIVERS-BIN		= ni-drivers-bin
 # ffmpeg/master is currently not mature enough for daily use
 # if you want to help testing you can enable it here
 NI_FFMPEG		= ni-ffmpeg
-#NI_FFMPEG_BRANCH	= ni/ffmpeg/2.8
-NI_FFMPEG_BRANCH	= ni/ffmpeg/master
+NI_FFMPEG_BRANCH	= ni/ffmpeg/2.8
+#NI_FFMPEG_BRANCH	= ni/ffmpeg/master
 
 NI_OPENTHREADS		= ni-openthreads