diff --git a/frigate/ffmpeg_presets.py b/frigate/ffmpeg_presets.py
index 402046bfe..fb0fd4321 100644
--- a/frigate/ffmpeg_presets.py
+++ b/frigate/ffmpeg_presets.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ PRESETS_HW_ACCEL_DECODE["preset-nvidia-mjpeg"] = PRESETS_HW_ACCEL_DECODE[
 PRESETS_HW_ACCEL_SCALE = {
     "preset-rpi-64-h264": "-r {0} -vf fps={0},scale={1}:{2}",
     "preset-rpi-64-h265": "-r {0} -vf fps={0},scale={1}:{2}",
-    FFMPEG_HWACCEL_VAAPI: "-r {0} -vf fps={0},scale_vaapi=w={1}:h={2}:format=nv12,hwdownload,format=nv12,format=yuv420p",
+    FFMPEG_HWACCEL_VAAPI: "-r {0} -vf fps={0},scale_vaapi=w={1}:h={2},hwdownload",
     "preset-intel-qsv-h264": "-r {0} -vf vpp_qsv=framerate={0}:w={1}:h={2}:format=nv12,hwdownload,format=nv12,format=yuv420p",
     "preset-intel-qsv-h265": "-r {0} -vf vpp_qsv=framerate={0}:w={1}:h={2}:format=nv12,hwdownload,format=nv12,format=yuv420p",
     FFMPEG_HWACCEL_NVIDIA: "-r {0} -vf fps={0},scale_cuda=w={1}:h={2}:format=nv12,hwdownload,format=nv12,format=yuv420p",