diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/VncRecordingContainer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/VncRecordingContainer.java
index a171e6ba2f6..be8a4ed735f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/VncRecordingContainer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/VncRecordingContainer.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ 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", "-pix_fmt", "yuv420p", newFileOutput);
                 return newFileOutput;
             }
         };