diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
index 712c41e63..3143bd751 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
@@ -7548,6 +7548,29 @@ void OBSBasic::UpdatePause(bool activate)
 #define MBYTES_LEFT_STOP_REC 50ULL
 #define MAX_BYTES_LEFT (MBYTES_LEFT_STOP_REC * MBYTE)
 
+const char *OBSBasic::GetCurrentOutputPath()
+{
+	const char *path = nullptr;
+	const char *mode = config_get_string(Config(), "Output", "Mode");
+
+	if (strcmp(mode, "Advanced") == 0) {
+		const char *advanced_mode =
+			config_get_string(Config(), "AdvOut", "RecType");
+
+		if (strcmp(advanced_mode, "FFmpeg") == 0) {
+			path = config_get_string(Config(), "AdvOut",
+						 "FFFilePath");
+		} else {
+			path = config_get_string(Config(), "AdvOut",
+						 "RecFilePath");
+		}
+	} else {
+		path = config_get_string(Config(), "SimpleOutput", "FilePath");
+	}
+
+	return path;
+}
+
 void OBSBasic::DiskSpaceMessage()
 {
 	blog(LOG_ERROR, "Recording stopped because of low disk space");
@@ -7558,12 +7581,11 @@ void OBSBasic::DiskSpaceMessage()
 
 bool OBSBasic::LowDiskSpace()
 {
-	const char *mode = config_get_string(Config(), "Output", "Mode");
-	const char *path =
-		strcmp(mode, "Advanced")
-			? config_get_string(Config(), "SimpleOutput",
-					    "FilePath")
-			: config_get_string(Config(), "AdvOut", "RecFilePath");
+	const char *path;
+
+	path = GetCurrentOutputPath();
+	if (!path)
+		return false;
 
 	uint64_t num_bytes = os_get_free_disk_space(path);
 
diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main.hpp b/UI/window-basic-main.hpp
index a75eb4723..d3eeab40a 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main.hpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main.hpp
@@ -681,6 +681,8 @@ public:
 
 	static OBSBasic *Get();
 
+	const char *GetCurrentOutputPath();
+
 protected:
 	virtual void closeEvent(QCloseEvent *event) override;
 	virtual void changeEvent(QEvent *event) override;
diff --git a/UI/window-basic-stats.cpp b/UI/window-basic-stats.cpp
index 7f6e2cad7..76da53a68 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-stats.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-stats.cpp
@@ -297,13 +297,7 @@ void OBSBasicStats::Update()
 
 	/* ------------------ */
 
-	const char *mode = config_get_string(main->Config(), "Output", "Mode");
-	const char *path = strcmp(mode, "Advanced")
-				   ? config_get_string(main->Config(),
-						       "SimpleOutput",
-						       "FilePath")
-				   : config_get_string(main->Config(), "AdvOut",
-						       "RecFilePath");
+	const char *path = main->GetCurrentOutputPath();
 
 #define MBYTE (1024ULL * 1024ULL)
 #define GBYTE (1024ULL * 1024ULL * 1024ULL)