diff --git a/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in.in b/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in.in
index d9a1ae858..18eac2c4d 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in.in
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ value here is from the GsmPresenceStatus enumeration.</_summary>
         take care of its own output - this might be used to send the output
         to an icecast server via shout2send or similar. When unset or set
         to an empty value, the default pipeline will be used. This is currently
-        'vp8enc quality=8 speed=6 threads=%T ! queue ! webmmux'
+        'vp8enc min_quantizer=13 max_quantizer=13 cpu-used=5 deadline=1000000 threads=%T ! queue ! webmmux'
         and records to WEBM using the VP8 codec. %T is used as a placeholder
         for a guess at the optimal thread count on the system.
       </_description>
diff --git a/src/shell-recorder.c b/src/shell-recorder.c
index 2c82fdab3..9dd748282 100644
--- a/src/shell-recorder.c
+++ b/src/shell-recorder.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ G_DEFINE_TYPE(ShellRecorder, shell_recorder, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
  * (Theora does have some support for frames at non-uniform times, but
  * things seem to break down if there are large gaps.)
  */
-#define DEFAULT_PIPELINE "vp8enc quality=8 speed=6 threads=%T ! queue ! webmmux"
+#define DEFAULT_PIPELINE "vp8enc min_quantizer=13 max_quantizer=13 cpu-used=5 deadline=1000000 threads=%T ! queue ! webmmux"
 
 /* If we can find the amount of memory on the machine, we use half
  * of that for memory_target, otherwise, we use this value, in kB.
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ shell_recorder_set_filename (ShellRecorder *recorder,
  * might be used to send the output to an icecast server
  * via shout2send or similar.
  *
- * The default value is 'vp8enc quality=8 speed=6 threads=%T ! queue ! webmmux'
+ * The default value is 'vp8enc min_quantizer=13 max_quantizer=13 cpu-used=5 deadline=1000000 threads=%T ! queue ! webmmux'
  */
 void
 shell_recorder_set_pipeline (ShellRecorder *recorder,