diff --git a/lib/local/LandmarkDetector/include/LandmarkDetectorParameters.h b/lib/local/LandmarkDetector/include/LandmarkDetectorParameters.h
index 4ed5b24b..71f0b32f 100644
--- a/lib/local/LandmarkDetector/include/LandmarkDetectorParameters.h
+++ b/lib/local/LandmarkDetector/include/LandmarkDetectorParameters.h
@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@ struct FaceModelParameters
 	string mtcnn_face_detector_location;
 	FaceDetector curr_face_detector;
 
-	// Should the results be visualised and reported to console
-	bool quiet_mode;
-
 	// Should the model be refined hierarchically (if available)
 	bool refine_hierarchical;
 
diff --git a/lib/local/LandmarkDetector/src/LandmarkDetectorParameters.cpp b/lib/local/LandmarkDetector/src/LandmarkDetectorParameters.cpp
index 95233d56..97245808 100644
--- a/lib/local/LandmarkDetector/src/LandmarkDetectorParameters.cpp
+++ b/lib/local/LandmarkDetector/src/LandmarkDetectorParameters.cpp
@@ -150,13 +150,6 @@ FaceModelParameters::FaceModelParameters(vector<string> &arguments)
 			valid[i + 1] = false;
 			i++;
 		}
-		else if (arguments[i].compare("-q") == 0)
-		{
-
-			quiet_mode = true;
-
-			valid[i] = false;
-		}
 		else if (arguments[i].compare("-wild") == 0)
 		{
 			// For in the wild fitting these parameters are suitable
@@ -345,7 +338,6 @@ void FaceModelParameters::init()
 	// Face detection
 	haar_face_detector_location = "classifiers/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml";
 	mtcnn_face_detector_location = "model/mtcnn_detector/MTCNN_detector.txt";
-	quiet_mode = false;
 
 	// By default use MTCNN
 	curr_face_detector = MTCNN_DETECTOR;
diff --git a/lib/local/Utilities/include/RecorderOpenFaceParameters.h b/lib/local/Utilities/include/RecorderOpenFaceParameters.h
index f27c2caf..e6c44196 100644
--- a/lib/local/Utilities/include/RecorderOpenFaceParameters.h
+++ b/lib/local/Utilities/include/RecorderOpenFaceParameters.h
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ namespace Utilities
 		bool outputTracked() const { return output_tracked; }
 		bool outputAlignedFaces() const { return output_aligned_faces; }
 		std::string outputCodec() const { return output_codec; }
+		std::string imageFormatAligned() const { return image_format_aligned; }
+		std::string imageFormatVisualization() const { return image_format_visualization; }
 		double outputFps() const { return fps_vid_out; }
 
 		bool outputBadAligned() const { return record_aligned_bad; }
@@ -107,6 +109,10 @@ namespace Utilities
 		std::string output_codec;
 		double fps_vid_out;
 
+		// Image recording parameters
+		std::string image_format_aligned;
+		std::string image_format_visualization;
+
 		// Camera parameters for recording in the meta file;
 		float fx, fy, cx, cy;
 
diff --git a/lib/local/Utilities/src/RecorderOpenFace.cpp b/lib/local/Utilities/src/RecorderOpenFace.cpp
index a6e24b39..633fbb1e 100644
--- a/lib/local/Utilities/src/RecorderOpenFace.cpp
+++ b/lib/local/Utilities/src/RecorderOpenFace.cpp
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ void RecorderOpenFace::PrepareRecording(const std::string& in_filename)
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			this->media_filename = out_name + ".jpg";
+			this->media_filename = out_name + "." + params.imageFormatVisualization();
 			metadata_file << "Output image:" << this->media_filename << endl;
 			this->media_filename = (path(record_root) / this->media_filename).string();
 		}
@@ -378,18 +378,18 @@ void RecorderOpenFace::WriteObservation()
 
 		char name[100];
 
-		// Filename is based on frame number
+		// Filename is based on frame number (TODO stringstream this)
 		if(params.isSequence())
-			std::sprintf(name, "frame_det_%02d_%06d.bmp", face_id, frame_number);
+			std::sprintf(name, "frame_det_%02d_%06d.", face_id, frame_number);
 		else
-			std::sprintf(name, "face_det_%06d.bmp", face_id);
+			std::sprintf(name, "face_det_%06d.", face_id);
 
 		// Construct the output filename
 		boost::filesystem::path slash("/");
 
 		std::string preferredSlash = slash.make_preferred().string();
 
-		string out_file = aligned_output_directory + preferredSlash + string(name);
+		string out_file = aligned_output_directory + preferredSlash + string(name) + params.imageFormatAligned();
 
 		if(params.outputBadAligned() || landmark_detection_success)
 		{
diff --git a/lib/local/Utilities/src/RecorderOpenFaceParameters.cpp b/lib/local/Utilities/src/RecorderOpenFaceParameters.cpp
index 11786764..a00289e1 100644
--- a/lib/local/Utilities/src/RecorderOpenFaceParameters.cpp
+++ b/lib/local/Utilities/src/RecorderOpenFaceParameters.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ RecorderOpenFaceParameters::RecorderOpenFaceParameters(std::vector<std::string>
 	// Default output code
 	this->output_codec = "DIVX";
 
+	this->image_format_aligned = "bmp";
+	this->image_format_visualization = "jpg";
+
 	bool output_set = false;
 
 	this->output_2D_landmarks = false;
@@ -74,6 +77,16 @@ RecorderOpenFaceParameters::RecorderOpenFaceParameters(std::vector<std::string>
 
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < arguments.size(); ++i)
 	{
+		if (arguments[i].compare("-format_aligned") == 0)
+		{
+			this->image_format_aligned = arguments[i+1];
+			i++;
+		}
+		if (arguments[i].compare("-format_vis_image") == 0)
+		{
+			this->image_format_visualization = arguments[i + 1];
+			i++;
+		}
 		if (arguments[i].compare("-nobadaligned") == 0)
 		{
 			this->record_aligned_bad = false;