diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
index 7a40d5bd19..4a62da6f64 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
@@ -767,7 +767,20 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
             if (request.Width.HasValue || request.Height.HasValue || request.MaxHeight.HasValue || request.MaxWidth.HasValue)
             {
                 outputSizeParam = GetOutputSizeParam(state, outputVideoCodec).TrimEnd('"');
-                outputSizeParam = "," + outputSizeParam.Substring(outputSizeParam.IndexOf("scale", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+
+                if (string.Equals(outputVideoCodec, "h264_vaapi", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    outputSizeParam = "," + outputSizeParam.Substring(outputSizeParam.IndexOf("format", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    outputSizeParam = "," + outputSizeParam.Substring(outputSizeParam.IndexOf("scale", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (string.Equals(outputVideoCodec, "h264_vaapi", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && outputSizeParam.Length == 0)
+            {
+                outputSizeParam = ",format=nv12|vaapi,hwupload";
             }
 
             var videoSizeParam = string.Empty;
@@ -1022,7 +1035,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
                 var encodingOptions = ApiEntryPoint.Instance.GetEncodingOptions();
                 if (GetVideoEncoder(state).IndexOf("vaapi", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1)
                 {
-                    arg = "-hwaccel vaapi -hwaccel_output_format vaapi -vaapi_device " + encodingOptions.VaapiDevice + " " + arg;
+                    arg = "-hwaccel vaapi -hwaccel_output_format yuv420p -vaapi_device " + encodingOptions.VaapiDevice + " " + arg;
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/BaseEncoder.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/BaseEncoder.cs
index 2ded8a66f4..9d8b7fd63a 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/BaseEncoder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/BaseEncoder.cs
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
                 var videoEncoder = EncodingJobFactory.GetVideoEncoder(MediaEncoder, state, encodingOptions);
                 if (videoEncoder.IndexOf("vaapi", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1)
                 {
-                    arg = "-hwaccel vaapi -hwaccel_output_format vaapi -vaapi_device " + encodingOptions.VaapiDevice + " " + arg;
+                    arg = "-hwaccel vaapi -hwaccel_output_format yuv420p -vaapi_device " + encodingOptions.VaapiDevice + " " + arg;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -565,7 +565,20 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
             {
                 outputSizeParam = await GetOutputSizeParam(state, outputVideoCodec).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 outputSizeParam = outputSizeParam.TrimEnd('"');
-                outputSizeParam = "," + outputSizeParam.Substring(outputSizeParam.IndexOf("scale", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+
+                if (string.Equals(outputVideoCodec, "h264_vaapi", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    outputSizeParam = "," + outputSizeParam.Substring(outputSizeParam.IndexOf("format", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    outputSizeParam = "," + outputSizeParam.Substring(outputSizeParam.IndexOf("scale", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (string.Equals(outputVideoCodec, "h264_vaapi", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && outputSizeParam.Length == 0)
+            {
+                outputSizeParam = ",format=nv12|vaapi,hwupload";
             }
 
             var videoSizeParam = string.Empty;