diff --git a/src/examples/video-src-alloc.c b/src/examples/video-src-alloc.c
index 1165183c4..8348fdf92 100644
--- a/src/examples/video-src-alloc.c
+++ b/src/examples/video-src-alloc.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <pipewire/pipewire.h>
 
-#define BPP		3
+#define BPP		4
 #define CURSOR_WIDTH	64
 #define CURSOR_HEIGHT	64
 #define CURSOR_BPP	4
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		SPA_TYPE_OBJECT_Format, SPA_PARAM_EnumFormat,
 		SPA_FORMAT_mediaType,       SPA_POD_Id(SPA_MEDIA_TYPE_video),
 		SPA_FORMAT_mediaSubtype,    SPA_POD_Id(SPA_MEDIA_SUBTYPE_raw),
-		SPA_FORMAT_VIDEO_format,    SPA_POD_Id(SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGB),
+		SPA_FORMAT_VIDEO_format,    SPA_POD_Id(SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBA),
 		SPA_FORMAT_VIDEO_size,      SPA_POD_CHOICE_RANGE_Rectangle(
 						&SPA_RECTANGLE(320, 240),
 						&SPA_RECTANGLE(1, 1),
diff --git a/src/examples/video-src-fixate.c b/src/examples/video-src-fixate.c
index 724974a44..2d77a8887 100644
--- a/src/examples/video-src-fixate.c
+++ b/src/examples/video-src-fixate.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <pipewire/pipewire.h>
 
-#define BPP		3
+#define BPP		4
 #define CURSOR_WIDTH	64
 #define CURSOR_HEIGHT	64
 #define CURSOR_BPP	4
@@ -414,11 +414,11 @@ on_stream_param_changed(void *_data, uint32_t id, const struct spa_pod *param)
 				modifier = modifiers[rand()%n_modifiers];
 			}
 
-			params[0] = fixate_format(&b, SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGB, &modifier);
+			params[0] = fixate_format(&b, SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBA, &modifier);
 
-			params[1] = build_format(&b, SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGB,
+			params[1] = build_format(&b, SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBA,
 					supported_modifiers, sizeof(supported_modifiers)/sizeof(supported_modifiers[0]));
-			params[2] = build_format(&b, SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGB,
+			params[2] = build_format(&b, SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBA,
 					NULL, 0);
 
 			printf("announcing fixated EnumFormats\n");
@@ -540,9 +540,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 * The server will select a format that matches and informs us about this
 	 * in the stream param_changed event.
 	 */
-	params[0] = build_format(&b, SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGB,
+	params[0] = build_format(&b, SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBA,
 			supported_modifiers, sizeof(supported_modifiers)/sizeof(supported_modifiers[0]));
-	params[1] = build_format(&b, SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGB, NULL, 0);
+	params[1] = build_format(&b, SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBA, NULL, 0);
 
 	printf("announcing starting EnumFormats\n");
 	for (unsigned int i=0; i < 2; i++) {
diff --git a/src/examples/video-src-reneg.c b/src/examples/video-src-reneg.c
index d9f6abf8b..9c322d61a 100644
--- a/src/examples/video-src-reneg.c
+++ b/src/examples/video-src-reneg.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <pipewire/pipewire.h>
 
-#define BPP		3
+#define BPP		4
 #define CURSOR_WIDTH	64
 #define CURSOR_HEIGHT	64
 #define CURSOR_BPP	4
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static void on_reneg_timeout(void *userdata, uint64_t expirations)
 		SPA_TYPE_OBJECT_Format, SPA_PARAM_EnumFormat,
 		SPA_FORMAT_mediaType,       SPA_POD_Id(SPA_MEDIA_TYPE_video),
 		SPA_FORMAT_mediaSubtype,    SPA_POD_Id(SPA_MEDIA_SUBTYPE_raw),
-		SPA_FORMAT_VIDEO_format,    SPA_POD_Id(SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGB),
+		SPA_FORMAT_VIDEO_format,    SPA_POD_Id(SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBA),
 		SPA_FORMAT_VIDEO_size,      SPA_POD_Rectangle(&SPA_RECTANGLE(width, height)),
 		SPA_FORMAT_VIDEO_framerate, SPA_POD_Fraction(&SPA_FRACTION(25, 1)));
 
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	pw_init(&argc, &argv);
 
 	/* create a thread loop and start it */
-	data.loop = pw_thread_loop_new("video-src-alloc", NULL);
+	data.loop = pw_thread_loop_new("video-src-reneg", NULL);
 
 	/* take the lock around all PipeWire functions. In callbacks, the lock
 	 * is already taken for you but it's ok to lock again because the lock is
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		SPA_TYPE_OBJECT_Format, SPA_PARAM_EnumFormat,
 		SPA_FORMAT_mediaType,       SPA_POD_Id(SPA_MEDIA_TYPE_video),
 		SPA_FORMAT_mediaSubtype,    SPA_POD_Id(SPA_MEDIA_SUBTYPE_raw),
-		SPA_FORMAT_VIDEO_format,    SPA_POD_Id(SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGB),
+		SPA_FORMAT_VIDEO_format,    SPA_POD_Id(SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBA),
 		SPA_FORMAT_VIDEO_size,      SPA_POD_CHOICE_RANGE_Rectangle(
 						&SPA_RECTANGLE(320, 240),
 						&SPA_RECTANGLE(1, 1),
diff --git a/src/examples/video-src.c b/src/examples/video-src.c
index 92db5ff78..cba32c94e 100644
--- a/src/examples/video-src.c
+++ b/src/examples/video-src.c
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
 #include <spa/param/video/format-utils.h>
 #include <spa/param/tag-utils.h>
 #include <spa/debug/pod.h>
+#include <spa/debug/format.h>
 
 #include <pipewire/pipewire.h>
 
-#define BPP		3
+#define BPP		4
 #define CURSOR_WIDTH	64
 #define CURSOR_HEIGHT	64
 #define CURSOR_BPP	4
@@ -224,6 +225,9 @@ on_stream_param_changed(void *_data, uint32_t id, const struct spa_pod *param)
 	if (param == NULL || id != SPA_PARAM_Format)
 		return;
 
+	fprintf(stderr, "got format:\n");
+	spa_debug_format(2, NULL, param);
+
 	spa_format_video_raw_parse(param, &data->format);
 
 	data->stride = SPA_ROUND_UP_N(data->format.size.width * BPP, 4);
@@ -317,7 +321,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		SPA_TYPE_OBJECT_Format, SPA_PARAM_EnumFormat,
 		SPA_FORMAT_mediaType,       SPA_POD_Id(SPA_MEDIA_TYPE_video),
 		SPA_FORMAT_mediaSubtype,    SPA_POD_Id(SPA_MEDIA_SUBTYPE_raw),
-		SPA_FORMAT_VIDEO_format,    SPA_POD_Id(SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGB),
+		SPA_FORMAT_VIDEO_format,    SPA_POD_Id(SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_BGRA),
 		SPA_FORMAT_VIDEO_size,      SPA_POD_CHOICE_RANGE_Rectangle(
 						&SPA_RECTANGLE(320, 240),
 						&SPA_RECTANGLE(1, 1),