diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode.rs b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode.rs
index 03bf241a..311fab2c 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode.rs
+++ b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode.rs
@@ -1033,6 +1033,10 @@ mod nvenc_cuda;
 #[cfg(all(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"), feature = "nvenc"))]
 #[path = "encode/nvenc_status.rs"]
 mod nvenc_status;
+// Shared libavcodec glue (`pixel_to_av`, swscale consts) for the three libav backends — Linux
+// NVENC + VAAPI and Windows AMF/QSV — so the byte-identical pieces live once (plan §2.2, Tier 2).
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", all(target_os = "windows", feature = "amf-qsv")))]
+mod libav;
 // Software (openh264) H.264 encoder — the GPU-less path on BOTH Windows and Linux (a headless /
 // GPU-less test box, or a fallback when no hardware encoder is available). Platform-agnostic: it
 // consumes CPU RGB `CapturedFrame`s and the statically-bundled openh264 build.
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/libav.rs b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/libav.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a078cb3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/libav.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+//! Shared libavcodec (FFmpeg) glue for the three libav encode backends — Linux NVENC
+//! (`encode/linux/mod.rs`), VAAPI (`encode/linux/vaapi.rs`), and Windows AMF/QSV
+//! (`encode/windows/ffmpeg_win.rs`) — so the byte-identical pieces live once (plan §2.2, the Tier-2
+//! gap). Free functions and consts over borrowed handles; nothing here is per-frame `dyn`,
+//! allocating, or on the zero-copy ingest path.
+use ffmpeg_next::ffi; // = ffmpeg_sys_next
+use ffmpeg_next::format::Pixel;
+use std::os::raw::c_int;
+
+/// swscale: nearest-neighbour scaler flag (`SWS_POINT`). We never rescale (src dims == dst dims), so
+/// the resampler choice only governs the colour-conversion path; POINT is the cheapest.
+pub(crate) const SWS_POINT: c_int = 0x10;
+/// swscale colorspace id for ITU-R BT.709 (`SWS_CS_ITU709`) — the CSC coefficients for our RGB→YUV.
+pub(crate) const SWS_CS_ITU709: c_int = 1;
+/// swscale colorspace id for ITU-R BT.2020 non-constant-luminance (`SWS_CS_BT2020`) — the CSC
+/// coefficients for the HDR X2BGR10→P010 path (Windows only today).
+pub(crate) const SWS_CS_BT2020: c_int = 9;
+
+/// `Pixel` → `AVPixelFormat`. `Pixel` is `#[repr(i32)]`-compatible with `AVPixelFormat` (the bindgen
+/// enum) via this documented conversion in ffmpeg-next.
+pub(crate) fn pixel_to_av(p: Pixel) -> ffi::AVPixelFormat {
+    ffi::AVPixelFormat::from(p)
+}
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/linux/mod.rs b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/linux/mod.rs
index d495c0be..b4620788 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/linux/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/linux/mod.rs
@@ -21,14 +21,9 @@ use ffmpeg_next as ffmpeg;
 use std::os::raw::c_int;
 use std::ptr;
 
+use super::libav::{pixel_to_av, SWS_CS_ITU709, SWS_POINT};
 use ffmpeg::ffi; // = ffmpeg_sys_next
 
-/// swscale: nearest-neighbour scaler flag (`SWS_POINT`). We never rescale (src dims == dst dims), so
-/// the resampler choice only governs the colour-conversion path; POINT is the cheapest.
-const SWS_POINT: c_int = 0x10;
-/// swscale colorspace id for ITU-R BT.709 (`SWS_CS_ITU709`) — the CSC coefficients for our RGB→YUV.
-const SWS_CS_ITU709: c_int = 1;
-
 /// The swscale *source* pixel format for a captured packed RGB/BGR layout (the real byte order, not
 /// the NVENC-padded `*0` form). Used by the 4:4:4 RGB→YUV444P conversion path. Mirrors the VAAPI
 /// CPU-input mapping; YUV/10-bit inputs can't feed this path (the 4:4:4 session forces packed RGB).
@@ -118,13 +113,6 @@ impl Drop for CudaHw {
     }
 }
 
-/// `ffmpeg::format::Pixel` → raw `AVPixelFormat`.
-fn pixel_to_av(p: Pixel) -> ffi::AVPixelFormat {
-    // `Pixel` is `#[repr(i32)]`-compatible with `AVPixelFormat` (the bindgen enum) via this
-    // documented conversion in ffmpeg-next.
-    ffi::AVPixelFormat::from(p)
-}
-
 /// Map a captured layout to the NVENC input pixel format, and whether a 3→4 byte expand is
 /// needed (packed RGB/BGR have no padding byte; the NVENC `*0` formats do).
 fn nvenc_input(format: PixelFormat) -> (Pixel, bool) {
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/linux/vaapi.rs b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/linux/vaapi.rs
index 7a0903b1..94444539 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/linux/vaapi.rs
+++ b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/linux/vaapi.rs
@@ -34,18 +34,9 @@ use std::os::raw::c_int;
 use std::ptr;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU8, Ordering};
 
+use super::libav::{pixel_to_av, SWS_CS_ITU709, SWS_POINT};
 use ffmpeg::ffi; // = ffmpeg_sys_next
 
-// libswscale scaler-flag + colour-space constants (not exported as Rust consts by the bindings;
-// these are the stable `<libswscale/swscale.h>` #defines). No-rescale → POINT is cheapest.
-const SWS_POINT: c_int = 0x10;
-const SWS_CS_ITU709: c_int = 1;
-
-/// `ffmpeg::format::Pixel` → raw `AVPixelFormat` (the documented ffmpeg-next conversion).
-fn pixel_to_av(p: Pixel) -> ffi::AVPixelFormat {
-    ffi::AVPixelFormat::from(p)
-}
-
 /// `fourcc(a,b,c,d)` — DRM FourCC packing (`a | b<<8 | c<<16 | d<<24`).
 const fn fourcc(a: u8, b: u8, c: u8, d: u8) -> u32 {
     (a as u32) | ((b as u32) << 8) | ((c as u32) << 16) | ((d as u32) << 24)
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/windows/ffmpeg_win.rs b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/windows/ffmpeg_win.rs
index 39fd3da7..60c02e57 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/windows/ffmpeg_win.rs
+++ b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/windows/ffmpeg_win.rs
@@ -60,14 +60,9 @@ use windows::Win32::Graphics::Dxgi::Common::{
     DXGI_FORMAT_R10G10B10A2_UNORM, DXGI_SAMPLE_DESC,
 };
 
+use super::libav::{pixel_to_av, SWS_CS_BT2020, SWS_CS_ITU709, SWS_POINT};
 use ffmpeg::ffi; // = ffmpeg_sys_next
 
-// libswscale scaler-flag + colour-space constants (not exported as Rust consts by the bindings —
-// the stable `<libswscale/swscale.h>` #defines, same as the VAAPI path uses).
-const SWS_POINT: c_int = 0x10;
-const SWS_CS_ITU709: c_int = 1;
-const SWS_CS_BT2020: c_int = 9;
-
 /// `AVD3D11VADeviceContext` (libavutil/hwcontext_d3d11va.h) — mirrored (the ffmpeg-sys bindings
 /// don't allowlist that header). We set `device` to the capturer's `ID3D11Device` so AMF/QSV share
 /// it; `av_hwdevice_ctx_init` fills `device_context`/`video_device`/`video_context`/the default
@@ -149,11 +144,6 @@ fn is_10bit_format(format: PixelFormat, bit_depth: u8) -> bool {
     bit_depth >= 10 || matches!(format, PixelFormat::P010 | PixelFormat::Rgb10a2)
 }
 
-/// `ffmpeg::format::Pixel` → raw `AVPixelFormat`.
-fn pixel_to_av(p: Pixel) -> ffi::AVPixelFormat {
-    ffi::AVPixelFormat::from(p)
-}
-
 /// Build the FFmpeg encoder context shared by both inner paths: name, mode, low-latency RC,
 /// infinite GOP, the BT.709-limited (SDR) or BT.2020-PQ (HDR) VUI, the given `pix_fmt`, and the
 /// optional hw device/frames contexts (null for the system path). Returns the opened encoder.