diff --git a/cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/ffmpeg.C b/cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/ffmpeg.C
index 7521c0ba..26bf1bef 100644
--- a/cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/ffmpeg.C
+++ b/cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/ffmpeg.C
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ AVHWDeviceType FFVideoStream::encode_hw_activate(const char *hw_dev)
 	if( type != AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_NONE ) {
 		AVHWFramesContext *frames_ctx = (AVHWFramesContext *)(hw_frames_ref->data);
 		frames_ctx->format = AV_PIX_FMT_VAAPI;
-		frames_ctx->sw_format = AV_PIX_FMT_NV12;
+		frames_ctx->sw_format = AV_PIX_FMT_P010LE;
 		frames_ctx->width = width;
 		frames_ctx->height = height;
 		frames_ctx->initial_pool_size = 0; // 200;
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ int FFVideoStream::init_frame(AVFrame *picture)
 {
 	switch( avctx->pix_fmt ) {
 	case AV_PIX_FMT_VAAPI:
-		picture->format = AV_PIX_FMT_NV12;
+		picture->format = AV_PIX_FMT_P010LE;
 		break;
 	default:
 		picture->format = avctx->pix_fmt;