diff --git a/server/src/domain/media/media.service.spec.ts b/server/src/domain/media/media.service.spec.ts
index dc5934e7b1..0944016379 100644
--- a/server/src/domain/media/media.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/domain/media/media.service.spec.ts
@@ -1799,7 +1799,7 @@ describe(MediaService.name, () => {
         '/original/path.ext',
         'upload/encoded-video/user-id/as/se/asset-id.mp4',
         {
-          inputOptions: [],
+          inputOptions: ['-hwaccel rkmpp', '-hwaccel_output_format drm_prime', '-afbc rga'],
           outputOptions: [
             `-c:v hevc_rkmpp`,
             '-c:a copy',
@@ -1810,9 +1810,9 @@ describe(MediaService.name, () => {
             '-g 256',
             '-tag:v hvc1',
             '-v verbose',
-            '-vf scale=-2:720,format=yuv420p',
+            '-vf scale_rkrga=-2:720:format=nv12:afbc=1',
             '-level 153',
-            '-rc_mode 3',
+            '-rc_mode AVBR',
             '-b:v 10000k',
           ],
           twoPass: false,
@@ -1834,7 +1834,7 @@ describe(MediaService.name, () => {
         '/original/path.ext',
         'upload/encoded-video/user-id/as/se/asset-id.mp4',
         {
-          inputOptions: [],
+          inputOptions: ['-hwaccel rkmpp', '-hwaccel_output_format drm_prime', '-afbc rga'],
           outputOptions: [
             `-c:v h264_rkmpp`,
             '-c:a copy',
@@ -1844,9 +1844,9 @@ describe(MediaService.name, () => {
             '-map 0:1',
             '-g 256',
             '-v verbose',
-            '-vf scale=-2:720,format=yuv420p',
+            '-vf scale_rkrga=-2:720:format=nv12:afbc=1',
             '-level 51',
-            '-rc_mode 2',
+            '-rc_mode CQP',
             '-qp_init 30',
           ],
           twoPass: false,
diff --git a/server/src/domain/media/media.util.ts b/server/src/domain/media/media.util.ts
index e5890bdd03..d5f08ab0de 100644
--- a/server/src/domain/media/media.util.ts
+++ b/server/src/domain/media/media.util.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class BaseConfig implements VideoCodecSWConfig {
 
   getOptions(target: TranscodeTarget, videoStream: VideoStreamInfo, audioStream?: AudioStreamInfo) {
     const options = {
-      inputOptions: this.getBaseInputOptions(),
+      inputOptions: this.getBaseInputOptions(videoStream),
       outputOptions: [...this.getBaseOutputOptions(target, videoStream, audioStream), '-v verbose'],
       twoPass: this.eligibleForTwoPass(),
     } as TranscodeOptions;
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ class BaseConfig implements VideoCodecSWConfig {
     return options;
   }
 
-  getBaseInputOptions(): string[] {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+  getBaseInputOptions(videoStream: VideoStreamInfo): string[] {
     return [];
   }
 
@@ -611,10 +612,25 @@ export class RKMPPConfig extends BaseHWConfig {
     return false;
   }
 
-  getBaseInputOptions() {
+  getBaseInputOptions(videoStream: VideoStreamInfo) {
     if (this.devices.length === 0) {
       throw new Error('No RKMPP device found');
     }
+    if (this.shouldToneMap(videoStream)) {
+      // disable hardware decoding
+      return [];
+    }
+    return ['-hwaccel rkmpp', '-hwaccel_output_format drm_prime', '-afbc rga'];
+  }
+
+  getFilterOptions(videoStream: VideoStreamInfo) {
+    if (this.shouldToneMap(videoStream)) {
+      // use software filter options
+      return super.getFilterOptions(videoStream);
+    }
+    if (this.shouldScale(videoStream)) {
+      return [`scale_rkrga=${this.getScaling(videoStream)}:format=nv12:afbc=1`];
+    }
     return [];
   }
 
@@ -638,10 +654,10 @@ export class RKMPPConfig extends BaseHWConfig {
     const bitrate = this.getMaxBitrateValue();
     if (bitrate > 0) {
       // -b:v specifies max bitrate, average bitrate is derived automatically...
-      return ['-rc_mode 3', `-b:v ${bitrate}${this.getBitrateUnit()}`];
+      return ['-rc_mode AVBR', `-b:v ${bitrate}${this.getBitrateUnit()}`];
     }
     // use CRF value as QP value
-    return ['-rc_mode 2', `-qp_init ${this.config.crf}`];
+    return ['-rc_mode CQP', `-qp_init ${this.config.crf}`];
   }
 
   getSupportedCodecs() {