diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/VncRecordingContainer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/VncRecordingContainer.java
index 192a5bcd679..6fb28f9a72e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/VncRecordingContainer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/VncRecordingContainer.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public VncRecordingContainer withVncPort(int vncPort) {
         return this;
     }
 
-    public VncRecordingContainer withVideoExtension(VncRecordingFormat recordingFormat) {
+    public VncRecordingContainer withVideoFormat(VncRecordingFormat recordingFormat) {
         if (recordingFormat != null) {
             this.recordingFormat = recordingFormat;
         }
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ protected void configure() {
 
     @SneakyThrows
     public void saveRecordingToFile(@NonNull File file) {
-        try(InputStream inputStream = streamRecording()) {
+        try (InputStream inputStream = streamRecording()) {
             Files.copy(inputStream, file.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
         }
     }
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public enum VncRecordingFormat {
             @Override
             String reencodeRecording(@NonNull VncRecordingContainer container, @NonNull String source) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
                 String newFileOutput = "/newScreen.flv";
-                container.execInContainer("ffmpeg" , "-i", source, "-vcodec", "libx264", newFileOutput);
+                container.execInContainer("ffmpeg", "-i", source, "-vcodec", "libx264", newFileOutput);
                 return newFileOutput;
             }
         },
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ String reencodeRecording(@NonNull VncRecordingContainer container, @NonNull Stri
             @Override
             String reencodeRecording(@NonNull VncRecordingContainer container, @NonNull String source) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
                 String newFileOutput = "/newScreen.mp4";
-                container.execInContainer("ffmpeg" , "-i", source, "-vcodec", "libx264", "-movflags", "faststart", newFileOutput);
+                container.execInContainer("ffmpeg", "-i", source, "-vcodec", "libx264", "-movflags", "faststart", newFileOutput);
                 return newFileOutput;
             }
         };
@@ -147,14 +147,8 @@ public String getExtension() {
             return filenameExtension;
         }
 
-        /**
-         * @return {@code vncRecordingFormat} value if not null, otherwise, {@link VncRecordingFormat#FLV} will be returned as a default format.
-         */
-        public static VncRecordingFormat of(VncRecordingFormat vncRecordingFormat) {
-            if (vncRecordingFormat == null) {
-                return DEFAULT_FORMAT;
-            }
-            return vncRecordingFormat;
+        public static VncRecordingFormat getDefaultFormat() {
+            return DEFAULT_FORMAT;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/BrowserWebDriverContainer.java b/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/BrowserWebDriverContainer.java
index 03807eef316..a121a56b5ea 100644
--- a/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/BrowserWebDriverContainer.java
+++ b/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/BrowserWebDriverContainer.java
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ protected void configure() {
             vncRecordingContainer = new VncRecordingContainer(this)
                     .withVncPassword(DEFAULT_PASSWORD)
                     .withVncPort(VNC_PORT)
-                    .withVideoExtension(recordingFormat);
+                    .withVideoFormat(recordingFormat);
         }
 
         if (customImageName != null) {
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ public SELF withRecordingMode(VncRecordingMode recordingMode, File vncRecordingD
         return withRecordingMode(recordingMode, vncRecordingDirectory, null);
     }
 
-    public SELF withRecordingMode(VncRecordingMode recordingMode, File vncRecordingDirectory, @Nullable VncRecordingFormat recordingFormat) {
+    public SELF withRecordingMode(VncRecordingMode recordingMode, File vncRecordingDirectory, VncRecordingFormat recordingFormat) {
         this.recordingMode = recordingMode;
         this.vncRecordingDirectory = vncRecordingDirectory;
         this.recordingFormat = recordingFormat;
diff --git a/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/DefaultRecordingFileFactory.java b/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/DefaultRecordingFileFactory.java
index c64ee71bfce..1e98defe27d 100644
--- a/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/DefaultRecordingFileFactory.java
+++ b/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/DefaultRecordingFileFactory.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class DefaultRecordingFileFactory implements RecordingFileFactory {
 
     @Override
     public File recordingFileForTest(File vncRecordingDirectory, String prefix, boolean succeeded) {
-        return recordingFileForTest(vncRecordingDirectory, prefix, succeeded, null);
+        return recordingFileForTest(vncRecordingDirectory, prefix, succeeded, VncRecordingFormat.getDefaultFormat());
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public File recordingFileForTest(File vncRecordingDirectory, String prefix, bool
             resultMarker,
             prefix,
             filenameDateFormat.format(new Date()),
-            VncRecordingFormat.of(recordingFormat).getExtension()
+            recordingFormat.getExtension()
         );
         return new File(vncRecordingDirectory, fileName);
     }
diff --git a/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/RecordingFileFactory.java b/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/RecordingFileFactory.java
index 32912ddef86..aff607cf23d 100644
--- a/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/RecordingFileFactory.java
+++ b/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/RecordingFileFactory.java
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ default File recordingFileForTest(File vncRecordingDirectory, Description descri
         return recordingFileForTest(vncRecordingDirectory, description.getTestClass().getSimpleName() + "-" + description.getMethodName(), succeeded);
     }
 
-    File recordingFileForTest(File vncRecordingDirectory, String prefix, boolean succeeded);
-
     default File recordingFileForTest(File vncRecordingDirectory, String prefix, boolean succeeded, VncRecordingFormat recordingFormat) {
         return recordingFileForTest(vncRecordingDirectory, prefix, succeeded);
     }
 
+    File recordingFileForTest(File vncRecordingDirectory, String prefix, boolean succeeded);
+
 }
diff --git a/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/ChromeRecordingWebDriverContainerTest.java b/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/ChromeRecordingWebDriverContainerTest.java
index 34fc714e67c..fdf56aa0134 100644
--- a/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/ChromeRecordingWebDriverContainerTest.java
+++ b/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/ChromeRecordingWebDriverContainerTest.java
@@ -132,14 +132,14 @@ public void recordingTestThatShouldHaveCorrectDuration() throws IOException, Int
                 mountableFile = MountableFile.forHostPath(recordedFiles[0].getCanonicalPath());
             }
 
-            try( GenericContainer<?> container = new GenericContainer<>(DockerImageName.parse("testcontainers/vnc-recorder:1.2.0")) ) {
+            try (GenericContainer<?> container = new GenericContainer<>(DockerImageName.parse("testcontainers/vnc-recorder:1.2.0"))) {
                 String recordFileContainerPath = "/tmp/chromeTestRecord.flv";
                 container.withCopyFileToContainer(mountableFile, recordFileContainerPath)
-                        .withCreateContainerCmdModifier( createContainerCmd -> createContainerCmd.withEntrypoint("ffmpeg") )
-                        .withCommand("-i" , recordFileContainerPath, "-f" ,"null" ,"-" )
-                        .waitingFor( new LogMessageWaitStrategy()
+                        .withCreateContainerCmdModifier(createContainerCmd -> createContainerCmd.withEntrypoint("ffmpeg"))
+                        .withCommand("-i", recordFileContainerPath, "-f", "null", "-")
+                        .waitingFor(new LogMessageWaitStrategy()
                                                 .withRegEx(".*Duration.*")
-                                                .withStartupTimeout(Duration.of(60, SECONDS)) )
+                                                .withStartupTimeout(Duration.of(60, SECONDS)))
                         .start();
                 String ffmpegOutput = container.getLogs();