diff --git a/src/media/video/video_mixer.cpp b/src/media/video/video_mixer.cpp
index 2445ed3ac..d9342308f 100644
--- a/src/media/video/video_mixer.cpp
+++ b/src/media/video/video_mixer.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ VideoMixer::process()
 
     VideoFrame& output = getNewFrame();
     try {
-        output.reserve(AV_PIX_FMT_YUV422P, width_, height_);
+        output.reserve(format_, width_, height_);
     } catch (const std::bad_alloc& e) {
         JAMI_ERR("VideoFrame::allocBuffer() failed");
         return;
@@ -217,12 +217,13 @@ VideoMixer::render_frame(VideoFrame& output, const VideoFrame& input,
 }
 
 void
-VideoMixer::setDimensions(int width, int height)
+VideoMixer::setParameters(int width, int height, AVPixelFormat format)
 {
     auto lock(rwMutex_.write());
 
     width_ = width;
     height_ = height;
+    format_ = format;
 
     // cleanup the previous frame to have a nice copy in rendering method
     std::shared_ptr<VideoFrame> previous_p(obtainLastFrame());
@@ -268,6 +269,6 @@ VideoMixer::getHeight() const
 
 AVPixelFormat
 VideoMixer::getPixelFormat() const
-{ return AV_PIX_FMT_YUYV422; }
+{ return format_; }
 
 }} // namespace jami::video
diff --git a/src/media/video/video_mixer.h b/src/media/video/video_mixer.h
index 056c472f2..db32f777f 100644
--- a/src/media/video/video_mixer.h
+++ b/src/media/video/video_mixer.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public:
     VideoMixer(const std::string& id);
     ~VideoMixer();
 
-    void setDimensions(int width, int height);
+    void setParameters(int width, int height, AVPixelFormat format = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV422P);
 
     int getWidth() const override;
     int getHeight() const override;
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ private:
     const std::string id_;
     int width_ = 0;
     int height_ = 0;
+    AVPixelFormat format_ = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV422P;
     std::list<std::unique_ptr<VideoMixerSource>> sources_;
     rw_mutex rwMutex_;
 
diff --git a/src/media/video/video_rtp_session.cpp b/src/media/video/video_rtp_session.cpp
index c1db4f6f6..3ed0edd5c 100644
--- a/src/media/video/video_rtp_session.cpp
+++ b/src/media/video/video_rtp_session.cpp
@@ -300,7 +300,13 @@ VideoRtpSession::enterConference(Conference* conference)
 
     if (send_.enabled or receiveThread_) {
         videoMixer_ = conference->getVideoMixer();
-        videoMixer_->setDimensions(localVideoParams_.width, localVideoParams_.height);
+#if defined(__APPLE__) && TARGET_OS_MAC
+        videoMixer_->setParameters(localVideoParams_.width,
+                                   localVideoParams_.height,
+                                   av_get_pix_fmt(localVideoParams_.pixel_format.c_str()));
+#else
+        videoMixer_->setParameters(localVideoParams_.width, localVideoParams_.height);
+#endif
         setupConferenceVideoPipeline(*conference_);
     }
 }
@@ -574,5 +580,3 @@ VideoRtpSession::getPonderateLoss(float lastLoss)
 
 
 }} // namespace jami::video
-
-