diff --git a/VideoNodes/FfmpegBuilderNodes/FfmpegBuilderExecutor.cs b/VideoNodes/FfmpegBuilderNodes/FfmpegBuilderExecutor.cs
index 75c39e99..c4ac4cd9 100644
--- a/VideoNodes/FfmpegBuilderNodes/FfmpegBuilderExecutor.cs
+++ b/VideoNodes/FfmpegBuilderNodes/FfmpegBuilderExecutor.cs
@@ -196,8 +196,10 @@ public class FfmpegBuilderExecutor: FfmpegBuilderNode
                 string pxtFormat = video?.Stream?.PixelFormat;
                 if (targetIs10Bit && video?.Stream?.Is10Bit == true)
                     pxtFormat = "p010le";
-                if (targetIs10Bit == false && video?.Stream?.Is10Bit == false && video?.Stream?.Is12Bit == false)
+                else if (targetIs10Bit == false && video?.Stream?.Is10Bit == false && video?.Stream?.Is12Bit == false)
                     pxtFormat = "yuv420p";
+                else if (targetIs10Bit)
+                    pxtFormat = string.Empty; // clear it, if we use a 8bit pixel format this will break the colours
                     
                 startArgs.AddRange(GetHardwareDecodingArgs(args, localFile, FFMPEG, video?.Stream?.Codec, pxtFormat));
             }
diff --git a/VideoNodes/FfmpegBuilderNodes/Video/FfmpegBuilderVideoEncode/FfmpegBuilderVideoEncode.cs b/VideoNodes/FfmpegBuilderNodes/Video/FfmpegBuilderVideoEncode/FfmpegBuilderVideoEncode.cs
index 372c76f5..e689a331 100644
--- a/VideoNodes/FfmpegBuilderNodes/Video/FfmpegBuilderVideoEncode/FfmpegBuilderVideoEncode.cs
+++ b/VideoNodes/FfmpegBuilderNodes/Video/FfmpegBuilderVideoEncode/FfmpegBuilderVideoEncode.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
 using FileFlows.VideoNodes.FfmpegBuilderNodes.Models;
 
 namespace FileFlows.VideoNodes.FfmpegBuilderNodes;
@@ -171,27 +172,42 @@ public partial class FfmpegBuilderVideoEncode:FfmpegBuilderNode
                 args.Variables?.TryGetValue("HW_OFF", out object oHwOff) == true && (oHwOff as bool? == true || oHwOff?.ToString() == "1")
             ) ? ENCODER_CPU : this.Encoder;
 
+        args.Logger?.ILog("Codec: " + Codec);
         if (Codec == CODEC_H264)
         {
-            stream.EncodingParameters.AddRange(H264(args, false, Quality, encoder, Speed));
+            var encodingParameters = H264(args, false, Quality, encoder, Speed).ToArray();
+            args.Logger?.ILog("Encoding Parameters: " +
+                              string.Join(" ", encodingParameters.Select(x => x.Contains(" ") ? "\"" + x + "\"" : x)));
+            stream.EncodingParameters.AddRange(encodingParameters);
             stream.Codec = CODEC_H264;
         }
         else if (Codec is CODEC_H265 or CODEC_H265_10BIT)
         {
             bool tenBit = Codec == CODEC_H265_10BIT || stream.Stream.Is10Bit;
-            stream.EncodingParameters.AddRange(H265(stream, args, tenBit, Quality, encoder,
-                stream.Stream.FramesPerSecond, Speed));
+            args.Logger?.ILog("10 Bit: " + tenBit);
+            var encodingParameters = H265(stream, args, tenBit, Quality, encoder,
+                stream.Stream.FramesPerSecond, Speed).ToArray();
+            args.Logger?.ILog("Encoding Parameters: " +
+                              string.Join(" ", encodingParameters.Select(x => x.Contains(" ") ? "\"" + x + "\"" : x)));
+            stream.EncodingParameters.AddRange(encodingParameters);
             stream.Codec = "hevc";
         }
         else if (Codec is CODEC_AV1 or CODEC_AV1_10BIT)
         {
             bool tenBit = Codec == CODEC_AV1_10BIT || stream.Stream.Is10Bit;
-            stream.EncodingParameters.AddRange(AV1(args, tenBit, Quality, encoder, Speed));
+            args.Logger?.ILog("10 Bit: " + tenBit);
+            var encodingParameters = AV1(args, tenBit, Quality, encoder, Speed).ToArray();
+            args.Logger?.ILog("Encoding Parameters: " +
+                              string.Join(" ", encodingParameters.Select(x => x.Contains(" ") ? "\"" + x + "\"" : x)));
+            stream.EncodingParameters.AddRange(encodingParameters);
             stream.Codec = "av1";
         }
         else if (Codec == CODEC_VP9)
         {
-            stream.EncodingParameters.AddRange(VP9(args, Quality, encoder, Speed));
+            var encodingParameters = VP9(args, Quality, encoder, Speed).ToArray();
+            args.Logger?.ILog("Encoding Parameters: " +
+                              string.Join(" ", encodingParameters.Select(x => x.Contains(" ") ? "\"" + x + "\"" : x)));
+            stream.EncodingParameters.AddRange(encodingParameters);
             stream.Codec = "vp9";
         }
         else
@@ -322,6 +338,8 @@ public partial class FfmpegBuilderVideoEncode:FfmpegBuilderNode
         }
         else if(non10BitFilters?.Any() == true)
             parameters.AddRange(non10BitFilters);
+        else if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(stream?.Stream?.PixelFormat) == false)
+            parameters.AddRange(new[] { "-pix_fmt:v:{index}", stream.Stream.PixelFormat });
         return parameters;
     }
 
diff --git a/VideoNodes/VideoInfoHelper.cs b/VideoNodes/VideoInfoHelper.cs
index 02dec868..166a31af 100644
--- a/VideoNodes/VideoInfoHelper.cs
+++ b/VideoNodes/VideoInfoHelper.cs
@@ -460,8 +460,8 @@ public class VideoInfoHelper
         // only p010le confirmed working so far
         if(Regex.IsMatch(line, @"p(0)?10l(b)?e"))
            return "p010le";
-        // if(line.IndexOf("yuv420p", StringComparison.Ordinal) > 0)
-        //    return "yuv420p";
+        if(line.IndexOf("yuv420p", StringComparison.Ordinal) > 0)
+            return "yuv420p";
         // if (line.IndexOf("nv12", StringComparison.Ordinal) >= 0)
         //     return "nv12";
         // if (line.IndexOf("yuv444p", StringComparison.Ordinal) >= 0)