diff --git a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-mux.c b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-mux.c
index 62cab42a3..5d5d5338e 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-mux.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-mux.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static void add_video_encoder_params(struct ffmpeg_muxer *stream,
 	obs_data_release(settings);
 
 	dstr_catf(cmd, "%s %d %d %d %d %d ",
-			"h264",
+			obs_encoder_get_codec(vencoder),
 			bitrate,
 			obs_output_get_width(stream->output),
 			obs_output_get_height(stream->output),