diff --git a/dikte/audio.py b/dikte/audio.py
index edcd5dc..ef24461 100644
--- a/dikte/audio.py
+++ b/dikte/audio.py
@@ -874,11 +874,13 @@ def _avfoundation_default_output():
 # this listing in. Newer builds mark each device `(audio)` or `(video)`; older
 # ones print no marker and group the devices under a heading instead. Both are
 # anchored at each end, so that the error lines the command ends with, which
-# quote the device name that was not found, are not read as devices.
+# quote the device name that was not found, are not read as devices. The
+# bracketed prefix is not pinned to a spelling: ffmpeg 8 writes `[in#0 @ ...]`
+# where the versions before it wrote `[dshow @ ...]`.
 _DSHOW_ENTRY = re.compile(
-    r'^(?:\[dshow @ [^\]]*\]\s*)?"([^"]+)"\s*(?:\(([^)]*)\))?\s*$')
+    r'^(?:\[[^\]]*\]\s*)?"([^"]+)"\s*(?:\(([^)]*)\))?\s*$')
 _DSHOW_ALTERNATIVE = re.compile(
-    r'^(?:\[dshow @ [^\]]*\]\s*)?Alternative name\s+"([^"]+)"\s*$')
+    r'^(?:\[[^\]]*\]\s*)?Alternative name\s+"([^"]+)"\s*$')
 _DSHOW_HEADING = re.compile(r'DirectShow (audio|video) devices')
 
 # The last listing taken, so that a dictation does not pay for one of its own.
diff --git a/tests/test_audio.py b/tests/test_audio.py
index 7435443..a7ea353 100644
--- a/tests/test_audio.py
+++ b/tests/test_audio.py
@@ -982,6 +982,22 @@ class WindowsDevices(OnWindows, DikteTest):
         with self.listing():
             self.assertNotIn("dummy", [name for _, name in audio.list_sources()])
 
+    def test_a_listing_from_ffmpeg_8_which_renamed_the_prefix(self):
+        """ffmpeg 8 writes `[in#0 @ ...]` where older builds wrote `[dshow @ ...]`."""
+        listing = (
+            '[in#0 @ 00000238c3300ac0] "Integrated Camera" (video)\n'
+            '[in#0 @ 00000238c3300ac0]   Alternative name "@device_pnp_\\..."\n'
+            '[in#0 @ 00000238c3300ac0] "OBS Virtual Camera" (none)\n'
+            '[in#0 @ 00000238c3300ac0]   Alternative name "@device_sw_{860B}"\n'
+            '[in#0 @ 00000238c3300ac0] "Mikrofon Dizisi (Intel® Smart Sound)" (audio)\n'
+            '[in#0 @ 00000238c3300ac0]   Alternative name "@device_cm_{33D9}"\n'
+            "Error opening input file dummy.\n"
+        ).encode("utf-8")
+        with self.listing(stderr=listing):
+            self.assertEqual(audio.list_sources(),
+                             [("@device_cm_{33D9}",
+                               "Mikrofon Dizisi (Intel® Smart Sound)")])
+
     def test_a_listing_from_an_ffmpeg_that_marks_nothing(self):
         """Older builds print a heading instead of an (audio) on every line."""
         listing = (