diff --git a/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp b/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
index 29ea2e504..d903da446 100644
--- a/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ std::list<const CodecData*> get_encoder_data(int wanted_codec, const std::string
       }
     }
     if (wanted_codec and (enc_codecs[i].codec_id != wanted_codec)) {
-      Debug(1, "Not the right codec id %d %s != %d %s for %s",
+      Debug(4, "Not the right codec id %d %s != %d %s for %s",
           chosen_codec_data->codec_id,
           avcodec_get_name(chosen_codec_data->codec_id),
           wanted_codec,
diff --git a/src/zm_image.cpp b/src/zm_image.cpp
index 33ba530a1..da8ec2cb6 100644
--- a/src/zm_image.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_image.cpp
@@ -5354,4 +5354,38 @@ AVPixelFormat Image::AVPixFormat() const {
   }
 }
 
-
+AVPixelFormat Image::AVPixFormat(AVPixelFormat new_pixelformat) {
+  switch (new_pixelformat) {
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ420P:
+      colours = ZM_COLOUR_YUVJ420P;
+      subpixelorder = ZM_SUBPIX_ORDER_YUVJ420P;
+      break;
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P:
+      colours = ZM_COLOUR_YUV420P;
+      subpixelorder = ZM_SUBPIX_ORDER_YUV420P;
+      break;
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA:
+      colours = ZM_COLOUR_RGB32;
+      subpixelorder = ZM_SUBPIX_ORDER_RGBA;
+      break;
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_BGR24:
+      colours = ZM_COLOUR_RGB24;
+      subpixelorder = ZM_SUBPIX_ORDER_BGR;
+      break;
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24:
+      colours = ZM_COLOUR_RGB24;
+      subpixelorder = ZM_SUBPIX_ORDER_RGB;
+      break;
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY8:
+      colours = ZM_COLOUR_GRAY8;
+      subpixelorder = ZM_SUBPIX_ORDER_NONE;
+      break;
+    default:
+      Error("Unknown pixelformat %d %s", new_pixelformat, av_get_pix_fmt_name(new_pixelformat));
+  }
+  Debug(4, "Old size: %d, old pixelformat %d", size, imagePixFormat);
+  size = av_image_get_buffer_size(new_pixelformat, width, height, 32);
+  Debug(4, "New size: %d new pixelformat %d", size, new_pixelformat);
+  linesize = FFALIGN(av_image_get_linesize(new_pixelformat, width, 0), 32);
+  return imagePixFormat = new_pixelformat;
+}