diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 4667fe81..90854880 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         "YTP_DOWNLOAD_PATH": "${workspaceFolder}/var/downloads",
         "YTP_TEMP_PATH": "${workspaceFolder}/var/tmp",
         "YTP_URL_HOST": "http://localhost:8081",
-        "YTP_LOG_LEVEL": "DEBUG"
+        "YTP_LOG_LEVEL": "DEBUG",
       }
     },
     {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         "YTP_DOWNLOAD_PATH": "${workspaceFolder}/var/downloads",
         "YTP_TEMP_PATH": "${workspaceFolder}/var/tmp",
         "YTP_URL_HOST": "http://localhost:8081",
-        "YTP_LOG_LEVEL": "DEBUG"
+        "YTP_LOG_LEVEL": "DEBUG",
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 4f87eae2..ea210f0f 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "preferredcodec",
     "preferredquality",
     "tmpfilename",
+    "vcodec",
     "vconvert",
     "writedescription",
     "xerror"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef022942..4e347451 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ Certain values can be set via environment variables, using the `-e` parameter on
 * __YTP_PORT__: Which port to bind to. Defaults to `8081`.
 * __YTP_LOG_LEVEL__: Log level. Defaults to `info`.
 * __YTP_MAX_WORKERS__: How many works to use for downloads. Defaults to `1`.
+* __YTP_MAX_WORKERS__: How many works to use for downloads. Defaults to `1`.
+* __YTP_STREAMER_VCODEC__: The video codec to use for in-browser streaming. Defaults to `libx264`.
+* __YTP_STREAMER_ACODEC__: The audio codec to use for in-browser streaming. Defaults to `aac`.
 
 ## Running behind a reverse proxy
 
diff --git a/app/Config.py b/app/Config.py
index d25fdb82..591d0e80 100644
--- a/app/Config.py
+++ b/app/Config.py
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ class Config:
 
     started: int = 0
 
+    streamer_vcodec = 'libx264'
+    streamer_acodec = 'aac'
+
     ytdlp_version: str = YTDLP_VERSION
 
     _int_vars: tuple = ('port', 'max_workers', 'socket_timeout', 'extract_info_timeout',)
diff --git a/app/player/Segments.py b/app/player/Segments.py
index b89f781d..3e0ba9cd 100644
--- a/app/player/Segments.py
+++ b/app/player/Segments.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 import tempfile
 from Utils import calcDownloadPath
+from Config import Config
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger('segments')
 
@@ -13,12 +14,18 @@ class Segments:
     index: int
     vconvert: bool
     aconvert: bool
+    vcodec: str
+    acodec: str
 
     def __init__(self, index: int, duration: float, vconvert: bool, aconvert: bool):
+        config = Config.get_instance()
         self.index = int(index)
         self.duration = float(duration)
         self.vconvert = bool(vconvert)
         self.aconvert = bool(aconvert)
+        self.vcodec = config.streamer_vcodec
+        self.acodec = config.streamer_acodec
+        self.vconvert = True
 
     async def stream(self, path: str, file: str) -> bytes:
         realFile: str = calcDownloadPath(basePath=path, folder=file, createPath=False)
@@ -66,29 +73,13 @@ class Segments:
         fargs.append('-2')
 
         fargs.append('-codec:v')
-        fargs.append('libx264' if self.vconvert else 'copy')
-        if self.vconvert:
-            fargs.append('-crf')
-            fargs.append('23')
-            fargs.append('-preset:v')
-            fargs.append('fast')
-            fargs.append('-level')
-            fargs.append('4.1')
-            fargs.append('-profile:v')
-            fargs.append('baseline')
+        fargs.append(self.vcodec if self.vconvert else 'copy')
 
         # audio section.
         fargs.append('-map')
         fargs.append('0:a:0')
         fargs.append('-codec:a')
-        fargs.append('aac' if self.aconvert else 'copy')
-        if self.aconvert:
-            fargs.append('-b:a')
-            fargs.append('192k')
-            fargs.append('-ar')
-            fargs.append('22050')
-            fargs.append('-ac')
-            fargs.append('2')
+        fargs.append(self.acodec if self.aconvert else 'copy')
 
         fargs.append('-sn')
 
@@ -110,7 +101,7 @@ class Segments:
         data, err = await proc.communicate()
 
         if 0 != proc.returncode:
-            LOG.error(f'Failed to stream {realFile} segment {self.index}. {err.decode("utf-8")}')
+            LOG.error(f'Failed to stream {realFile} segment {self.index}. {err.decode("utf-8")}.')
             raise Exception(f'Failed to stream {realFile} segment {self.index}.')
 
         return data