diff --git a/js/dbusServices/screencast/screencastService.js b/js/dbusServices/screencast/screencastService.js
index 94e6f8f9c..fb56fdb3a 100644
--- a/js/dbusServices/screencast/screencastService.js
+++ b/js/dbusServices/screencast/screencastService.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const ScreenCastProxy = Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper(ScreenCastIface);
 const ScreenCastSessionProxy = Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper(ScreenCastSessionIface);
 const ScreenCastStreamProxy = Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper(ScreenCastStreamIface);
 
-const DEFAULT_PIPELINE = 'vp8enc min_quantizer=13 max_quantizer=13 cpu-used=5 deadline=1000000 threads=%T ! queue ! webmmux';
+const DEFAULT_PIPELINE = 'videoconvert chroma-mode=GST_VIDEO_CHROMA_MODE_NONE dither=GST_VIDEO_DITHER_NONE matrix-mode=GST_VIDEO_MATRIX_MODE_OUTPUT_ONLY n-threads=%T ! queue ! vp8enc cpu-used=16 max-quantizer=17 deadline=1 keyframe-mode=disabled threads=%T static-threshold=1000 buffer-size=20000 ! queue ! webmmux';
 const DEFAULT_FRAMERATE = 30;
 const DEFAULT_DRAW_CURSOR = true;
 
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ var Recorder = class {
     _substituteThreadCount(pipelineDescr) {
         const numProcessors = GLib.get_num_processors();
         const numThreads = Math.min(Math.max(1, numProcessors), 64);
-        return pipelineDescr.replace(/%T/, numThreads);
+        return pipelineDescr.replaceAll('%T', numThreads);
     }
 
     _ensurePipeline(nodeId) {
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ var Recorder = class {
                         keepalive-time=1000
                         resend-last=true !
             video/x-raw,max-framerate=${framerate}/1 !
-            videoconvert !
             ${this._pipelineString} !
             filesink location="${this._filePath}"`;
         fullPipeline = this._substituteThreadCount(fullPipeline);