diff --git a/internal/capture/manager.go b/internal/capture/manager.go
index 6e6950a8..4a1ebfe2 100644
--- a/internal/capture/manager.go
+++ b/internal/capture/manager.go
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ func New(desktop types.DesktopManager, config *config.Capture) *CaptureManagerCt
 				"! audio/x-raw,channels=2 "+
 				"! audioconvert "+
 				"! queue "+
-				"! voaacenc bitrate=128000 "+
+				"! voaacenc bitrate=%d "+
 				"! mux. "+
 				"ximagesrc display-name=%s show-pointer=true use-damage=false "+
 				"! video/x-raw "+
 				"! videoconvert "+
 				"! queue "+
-				"! x264enc threads=4 bitrate=4096 key-int-max=15 byte-stream=true tune=zerolatency speed-preset=veryfast "+
-				"! mux.", config.AudioDevice, config.Display,
+				"! x264enc threads=4 bitrate=%d key-int-max=15 byte-stream=true tune=zerolatency speed-preset=%s "+
+				"! mux.", config.AudioDevice, config.BroadcastAudioBitrate*1000, config.Display, config.BroadcastVideoBitrate, config.BroadcastPreset,
 		)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/config/capture.go b/internal/config/capture.go
index 095ad736..d3612263 100644
--- a/internal/config/capture.go
+++ b/internal/config/capture.go
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ type Capture struct {
 	AudioCodec    codec.RTPCodec
 	AudioPipeline string
 
-	BroadcastPipeline string
+	BroadcastAudioBitrate int
+	BroadcastVideoBitrate int
+	BroadcastPreset       string
+	BroadcastPipeline     string
 
 	ScreencastEnabled  bool
 	ScreencastRate     string
@@ -43,6 +46,21 @@ func (Capture) Init(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 	}
 
 	// broadcast
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().Int("capture.screencast.audio_bitrate", 128, "broadcast audio bitrate in KB/s")
+	if err := viper.BindPFlag("capture.screencast.audio_bitrate", cmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("capture.screencast.audio_bitrate")); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().Int("capture.screencast.video_bitrate", 4096, "broadcast video bitrate in KB/s")
+	if err := viper.BindPFlag("capture.screencast.video_bitrate", cmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("capture.screencast.video_bitrate")); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().String("capture.screencast.preset", "veryfast", "broadcast speed preset for h264 encoding")
+	if err := viper.BindPFlag("capture.screencast.preset", cmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("capture.screencast.preset")); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().String("capture.broadcast.pipeline", "", "gstreamer pipeline used for broadcasting")
 	if err := viper.BindPFlag("capture.broadcast.pipeline", cmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("capture.broadcast.pipeline")); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -94,6 +112,9 @@ func (s *Capture) Set() {
 		s.AudioCodec = codec.Opus()
 	}
 
+	s.BroadcastAudioBitrate = viper.GetInt("capture.broadcast.audio_bitrate")
+	s.BroadcastVideoBitrate = viper.GetInt("capture.broadcast.video_bitrate")
+	s.BroadcastPreset = viper.GetString("capture.broadcast.preset")
 	s.BroadcastPipeline = viper.GetString("capture.broadcast.pipeline")
 
 	s.ScreencastEnabled = viper.GetBool("capture.screencast.enabled")