diff --git a/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp b/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
index a19e8ad1d..8b3c47238 100644
--- a/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ std::list<const CodecData*> get_encoder_data(int wanted_codec, const std::string
       }
     }
     if (wanted_codec and (enc_codecs[i].codec_id != wanted_codec)) {
-      Debug(1, "Not the right codec id %d %s != %d %s for %s",
+      Debug(4, "Not the right codec id %d %s != %d %s for %s",
           chosen_codec_data->codec_id,
           avcodec_get_name(chosen_codec_data->codec_id),
           wanted_codec,
diff --git a/src/zm_image.cpp b/src/zm_image.cpp
index 6c5e612ea..c54cf831e 100644
--- a/src/zm_image.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_image.cpp
@@ -5677,9 +5677,9 @@ AVPixelFormat Image::AVPixFormat(AVPixelFormat new_pixelformat) {
     default:
       Error("Unknown pixelformat %d %s", new_pixelformat, av_get_pix_fmt_name(new_pixelformat));
   }
-  Debug(1, "Old size: %d, old pixelformat %d", size, imagePixFormat);
+  Debug(4, "Old size: %d, old pixelformat %d", size, imagePixFormat);
   size = av_image_get_buffer_size(new_pixelformat, width, height, 32);
-  Debug(1, "New size: %d new pixelformat %d", size, new_pixelformat);
+  Debug(4, "New size: %d new pixelformat %d", size, new_pixelformat);
   linesize = FFALIGN(av_image_get_linesize(new_pixelformat, width, 0), 32);
   return imagePixFormat = new_pixelformat;
 }