diff --git a/api/video/video_frame_buffer.cc b/api/video/video_frame_buffer.cc
index 374b438adc..7297ee6051 100644
--- a/api/video/video_frame_buffer.cc
+++ b/api/video/video_frame_buffer.cc
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 #include "api/video/video_frame_buffer.h"
 
+#include <string>
+
 #include "api/video/i420_buffer.h"
 #include "api/video/i422_buffer.h"
 #include "api/video/i444_buffer.h"
@@ -79,6 +81,10 @@ rtc::scoped_refptr<VideoFrameBuffer> VideoFrameBuffer::GetMappedFrameBuffer(
   return nullptr;
 }
 
+std::string VideoFrameBuffer::storage_representation() const {
+  return "?";
+}
+
 VideoFrameBuffer::Type I420BufferInterface::type() const {
   return Type::kI420;
 }
diff --git a/api/video/video_frame_buffer.h b/api/video/video_frame_buffer.h
index 4e5d40c3f3..ebea7d9406 100644
--- a/api/video/video_frame_buffer.h
+++ b/api/video/video_frame_buffer.h
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 #ifndef API_VIDEO_VIDEO_FRAME_BUFFER_H_
 #define API_VIDEO_VIDEO_FRAME_BUFFER_H_
 
-#include <stdint.h>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
 
 #include "api/array_view.h"
 #include "api/ref_count.h"
@@ -125,6 +126,10 @@ class RTC_EXPORT VideoFrameBuffer : public webrtc::RefCountInterface {
   virtual rtc::scoped_refptr<VideoFrameBuffer> GetMappedFrameBuffer(
       rtc::ArrayView<Type> types);
 
+  // For logging: returns a textual representation of the storage.
+  // TODO(b/328533258): Make pure virtual once downstream adapts.
+  virtual std::string storage_representation() const;
+
  protected:
   ~VideoFrameBuffer() override {}
 };
diff --git a/video/video_stream_encoder.cc b/video/video_stream_encoder.cc
index 7f42f73a61..706b4ce1c4 100644
--- a/video/video_stream_encoder.cc
+++ b/video/video_stream_encoder.cc
@@ -2021,8 +2021,9 @@ void VideoStreamEncoder::EncodeVideoFrame(const VideoFrame& video_frame,
       << send_codec_.height << " received a too small frame "
       << out_frame.width() << "x" << out_frame.height();
 
-  TRACE_EVENT1("webrtc", "VCMGenericEncoder::Encode", "timestamp",
-               out_frame.rtp_timestamp());
+  TRACE_EVENT2("webrtc", "webrtc::VideoEncoder::Encode", "rtp_timestamp",
+               out_frame.rtp_timestamp(), "storage_representation",
+               out_frame.video_frame_buffer()->storage_representation());
 
   frame_encode_metadata_writer_.OnEncodeStarted(out_frame);