diff --git a/conanfile.txt b/conanfile.txt
index 0392c5ef..251be41d 100644
--- a/conanfile.txt
+++ b/conanfile.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ jsoncons/1.5.0
 zstd/1.5.5
 date/3.0.4
 libarchive/3.7.4
+libjpeg-turbo/3.1.0
+libpng/1.6.47
 
 [options]
 arrow/*:parquet=True
diff --git a/pj_media/demos/CMakeLists.txt b/pj_media/demos/CMakeLists.txt
index 54602a6e..2464ea4e 100644
--- a/pj_media/demos/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pj_media/demos/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 find_package(mcap REQUIRED)
+find_package(libjpeg-turbo REQUIRED)
 find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
 if(PkgConfig_FOUND)
-  pkg_check_modules(TURBOJPEG IMPORTED_TARGET libturbojpeg)
   pkg_check_modules(LIBAVCODEC IMPORTED_TARGET libavcodec)
   pkg_check_modules(LIBAVFORMAT IMPORTED_TARGET libavformat)
   pkg_check_modules(LIBAVUTIL IMPORTED_TARGET libavutil)
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ add_executable(extract_frame extract_frame.cpp)
 target_compile_features(extract_frame PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
 target_compile_options(extract_frame PRIVATE ${PJ_WARNING_FLAGS})
 target_link_libraries(extract_frame PRIVATE
-  pj_media_core pj_datastore mcap::mcap PkgConfig::TURBOJPEG
+  pj_media_core pj_datastore mcap::mcap libjpeg-turbo::libjpeg-turbo
 )
 
 # --- Qt demo: MCAP image viewer with ObjectStore pipeline ---
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ if(TARGET pj_media_qt)
   target_compile_options(mcap_image_viewer PRIVATE ${PJ_WARNING_FLAGS})
   target_compile_definitions(mcap_image_viewer PRIVATE PJ_HAS_RHI_WIDGET)
   target_link_libraries(mcap_image_viewer PRIVATE
-    pj_media_qt pj_media_core pj_datastore mcap::mcap PkgConfig::TURBOJPEG
+    pj_media_qt pj_media_core pj_datastore mcap::mcap libjpeg-turbo::libjpeg-turbo
   )
   # --- Qt demo: multi-channel viewer (color + depth side by side) ---
   add_executable(multi_channel_viewer multi_channel_viewer.cpp)
   target_compile_features(multi_channel_viewer PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
   target_compile_options(multi_channel_viewer PRIVATE ${PJ_WARNING_FLAGS})
   target_link_libraries(multi_channel_viewer PRIVATE
-    pj_media_qt pj_media_core pj_datastore mcap::mcap PkgConfig::TURBOJPEG
+    pj_media_qt pj_media_core pj_datastore mcap::mcap libjpeg-turbo::libjpeg-turbo
   )
 
   # --- Qt demo: simulated live stream (M13) ---
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if(TARGET pj_media_qt)
   target_compile_features(simulated_stream PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
   target_compile_options(simulated_stream PRIVATE ${PJ_WARNING_FLAGS})
   target_link_libraries(simulated_stream PRIVATE
-    pj_media_qt pj_media_core pj_datastore PkgConfig::TURBOJPEG
+    pj_media_qt pj_media_core pj_datastore libjpeg-turbo::libjpeg-turbo
   )
 
   # --- Qt demo: video stream (M18 — FFmpeg decode via ObjectStore) ---
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ elseif(PJ_BUILD_DIALOG_ENGINE_QT)
   target_compile_features(mcap_image_viewer PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
   target_compile_options(mcap_image_viewer PRIVATE ${PJ_WARNING_FLAGS})
   target_link_libraries(mcap_image_viewer PRIVATE
-    pj_media_core pj_datastore mcap::mcap PkgConfig::TURBOJPEG
+    pj_media_core pj_datastore mcap::mcap libjpeg-turbo::libjpeg-turbo
     Qt6::Widgets
   )
 endif()
diff --git a/pj_media/pj_media_core/CMakeLists.txt b/pj_media/pj_media_core/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e6e5380..06c0e3e1 100644
--- a/pj_media/pj_media_core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pj_media/pj_media_core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # pj_media_core — media decode/playback core, no Qt dependency
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+find_package(libjpeg-turbo REQUIRED)
+find_package(PNG REQUIRED)
 find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
 if(PkgConfig_FOUND)
-  pkg_check_modules(TURBOJPEG IMPORTED_TARGET libturbojpeg)
-  pkg_check_modules(LIBPNG IMPORTED_TARGET libpng)
   pkg_check_modules(LIBAVCODEC IMPORTED_TARGET libavcodec)
   pkg_check_modules(LIBAVFORMAT IMPORTED_TARGET libavformat)
   pkg_check_modules(LIBAVUTIL IMPORTED_TARGET libavutil)
@@ -37,9 +37,16 @@ target_compile_features(pj_media_core PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 target_compile_options(pj_media_core PRIVATE
   ${PJ_WARNING_FLAGS} ${PJ_SANITIZER_FLAGS}
 )
+if(MSVC)
+  # libpng uses setjmp/longjmp for error handling, which MSVC warns
+  # about via C4611 (non-portable interaction with C++ destruction).
+  # The decoder paths that call setjmp here do not construct RAII
+  # objects in the longjmp scope, so the warning is safe to silence.
+  target_compile_options(pj_media_core PRIVATE /wd4611)
+endif()
 target_link_libraries(pj_media_core
   PUBLIC pj_base pj_datastore
-  PRIVATE PkgConfig::TURBOJPEG PkgConfig::LIBPNG
+  PRIVATE libjpeg-turbo::libjpeg-turbo PNG::PNG
 )
 
 if(LIBAVCODEC_FOUND AND LIBAVFORMAT_FOUND)
@@ -67,7 +74,7 @@ if(PJ_BUILD_TESTS)
   foreach(test_src ${PJ_MEDIA_CORE_TESTS})
     get_filename_component(test_name ${test_src} NAME_WE)
     add_executable(${test_name} ${test_src})
-    target_link_libraries(${test_name} PRIVATE pj_media_core PkgConfig::TURBOJPEG PkgConfig::LIBPNG GTest::gtest_main)
+    target_link_libraries(${test_name} PRIVATE pj_media_core libjpeg-turbo::libjpeg-turbo PNG::PNG GTest::gtest_main)
     target_compile_options(${test_name} PRIVATE ${PJ_WARNING_FLAGS} ${PJ_SANITIZER_FLAGS})
     add_test(NAME ${test_name} COMMAND ${test_name})
   endforeach()
@@ -76,7 +83,7 @@ if(PJ_BUILD_TESTS)
   add_executable(mcap_integration_test tests/mcap_integration_test.cpp)
   target_link_libraries(mcap_integration_test PRIVATE
     pj_media_core pj_datastore mcap::mcap nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
-    PkgConfig::TURBOJPEG GTest::gtest_main
+    libjpeg-turbo::libjpeg-turbo GTest::gtest_main
   )
   target_compile_options(mcap_integration_test PRIVATE ${PJ_WARNING_FLAGS} ${PJ_SANITIZER_FLAGS})
   add_test(NAME mcap_integration_test COMMAND mcap_integration_test
@@ -110,7 +117,7 @@ if(PJ_BUILD_TESTS)
     target_link_libraries(thumbnail_cache_test PRIVATE
       pj_media_core pj_datastore
       PkgConfig::LIBAVCODEC PkgConfig::LIBAVFORMAT PkgConfig::LIBAVUTIL PkgConfig::LIBSWSCALE
-      PkgConfig::TURBOJPEG
+      libjpeg-turbo::libjpeg-turbo
       GTest::gtest_main
     )
     target_compile_options(thumbnail_cache_test PRIVATE ${PJ_WARNING_FLAGS} ${PJ_SANITIZER_FLAGS})