diff --git a/libparabolic/src/controllers/mainwindowcontroller.cpp b/libparabolic/src/controllers/mainwindowcontroller.cpp
index 7133df115..b10a21756 100644
--- a/libparabolic/src/controllers/mainwindowcontroller.cpp
+++ b/libparabolic/src/controllers/mainwindowcontroller.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace Nickvision::TubeConverter::Shared::Controllers
         m_appInfo.setVersion({ "2024.10.2-next" });
         m_appInfo.setShortName(_("Parabolic"));
         m_appInfo.setDescription(_("Download web video and audio"));
-        m_appInfo.setChangelog("- Fixed an issue where some websites failed in 403 forbidden error");
+        m_appInfo.setChangelog("- The user's preferred video codec will now be used in playlist downloads where individual quality/format selection is not available\n- Fixed an issue where some websites failed in 403 forbidden error");
         m_appInfo.setSourceRepo("https://github.com/NickvisionApps/Parabolic");
         m_appInfo.setIssueTracker("https://github.com/NickvisionApps/Parabolic/issues/new");
         m_appInfo.setSupportUrl("https://github.com/NickvisionApps/Parabolic/discussions");
diff --git a/libparabolic/src/models/downloadoptions.cpp b/libparabolic/src/models/downloadoptions.cpp
index 8999d2f5a..e49336f7e 100644
--- a/libparabolic/src/models/downloadoptions.cpp
+++ b/libparabolic/src/models/downloadoptions.cpp
@@ -283,6 +283,26 @@ namespace Nickvision::TubeConverter::Shared::Models
             arguments.push_back("--remux-video");
             arguments.push_back(StringHelpers::lower(m_fileType.str()));
         }
+        //Force preferred video codec sorting for playlist downloads to use as format selection is not available
+        if(downloaderOptions.getPreferredVideoCodec() != VideoCodec::Any)
+        {
+            std::string vcodec{ "vcodec:" };
+            switch (downloaderOptions.getPreferredVideoCodec())
+            {
+            case VideoCodec::VP9:
+                vcodec += "vp9";
+                break;
+            case VideoCodec::AV01:
+                vcodec += "av01";
+                break;
+            case VideoCodec::H264:
+                vcodec += "h264";
+                break;            
+            }
+            arguments.push_back("--format-sort");
+            arguments.push_back(vcodec);
+            arguments.push_back("--format-sort-force");
+        }
         if(m_videoFormat && m_audioFormat)
         {
             arguments.push_back("--format");
diff --git a/resources/linux/org.nickvision.tubeconverter.metainfo.xml.in b/resources/linux/org.nickvision.tubeconverter.metainfo.xml.in
index b3482e4e6..8fd314434 100644
--- a/resources/linux/org.nickvision.tubeconverter.metainfo.xml.in
+++ b/resources/linux/org.nickvision.tubeconverter.metainfo.xml.in
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
   <releases>
     <release version="2024.10.2-next" date="2024-10-13">
       <description translate="no">
+        <p>- The user's preferred video codec will now be used in playlist downloads where individual quality/format selection is not available</p>
         <p>- Fixed an issue where some websites failed in 403 forbidden error</p>
       </description>
     </release>