diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentProcessor.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentProcessor.cs
index 5961ed3..e9369a5 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentProcessor.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentProcessor.cs
@@ -130,7 +130,14 @@ private Instance PrepareInstance(out CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSo
         {
             FFMpegHelper.RootExceptionCheck();
             FFMpegHelper.VerifyFFMpegExists();
-            var instance = new Instance(FFMpegOptions.Options.FFmpegBinary(), _ffMpegArguments.Text);
+            var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
+            {
+                FileName = FFMpegOptions.Options.FFmpegBinary(),
+                Arguments = _ffMpegArguments.Text,
+                StandardOutputEncoding = FFMpegOptions.Options.Encoding,
+                StandardErrorEncoding = FFMpegOptions.Options.Encoding,
+            };
+            var instance = new Instance(startInfo);
             cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
 
             if (_onTimeProgress != null || (_onPercentageProgress != null && _totalTimespan != null))
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegOptions.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegOptions.cs
index 947f942..5bdb3a9 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegOptions.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegOptions.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Text.Json;
 
 namespace FFMpegCore
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ static FFMpegOptions()
         public Dictionary<string, string> ExtensionOverrides { get; private set; } = new Dictionary<string, string>();
 
         public bool UseCache { get; set; } = true;
+        public Encoding Encoding { get; set; } = Encoding.Default;
 
         private static string FFBinary(string name)
         {