diff --git a/server/src/services/media.service.spec.ts b/server/src/services/media.service.spec.ts
index 634cd790ebd0f..bf493de0f39d1 100644
--- a/server/src/services/media.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/media.service.spec.ts
@@ -1247,6 +1247,7 @@ describe(MediaService.name, () => {
             '-fps_mode passthrough',
             '-map 0:0',
             '-map 0:1',
+            '-strict unofficial',
             '-v verbose',
             '-vf scale=-2:720,format=yuv420p',
             '-preset 12',
@@ -1372,6 +1373,7 @@ describe(MediaService.name, () => {
             '-fps_mode passthrough',
             '-map 0:0',
             '-map 0:1',
+            '-strict unofficial',
             '-g 256',
             '-v verbose',
             '-vf format=nv12,hwupload_cuda,scale_cuda=-2:720',
@@ -1532,6 +1534,7 @@ describe(MediaService.name, () => {
             '-fps_mode passthrough',
             '-map 0:0',
             '-map 0:1',
+            '-strict unofficial',
             '-bf 7',
             '-refs 5',
             '-g 256',
@@ -1716,6 +1719,7 @@ describe(MediaService.name, () => {
             '-fps_mode passthrough',
             '-map 0:0',
             '-map 0:1',
+            '-strict unofficial',
             '-g 256',
             '-v verbose',
             '-vf format=nv12,hwupload,scale_vaapi=-2:720',
@@ -1913,6 +1917,7 @@ describe(MediaService.name, () => {
             '-fps_mode passthrough',
             '-map 0:0',
             '-map 0:1',
+            '-strict unofficial',
             '-g 256',
             '-v verbose',
             '-vf scale_rkrga=-2:720:format=nv12:afbc=1',
diff --git a/server/src/utils/media.ts b/server/src/utils/media.ts
index cf8e438349e52..8068f4a5e6587 100644
--- a/server/src/utils/media.ts
+++ b/server/src/utils/media.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ export class BaseConfig implements VideoCodecSWConfig {
       '-fps_mode passthrough',
       // explicitly selects the video stream instead of leaving it up to FFmpeg
       `-map 0:${videoStream.index}`,
+      '-strict unofficial',
     ];
 
     if (audioStream) {