diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/avformatwriter.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/avformatwriter.cpp
index 0c2d5be..fb49998 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/avformatwriter.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/avformatwriter.cpp
@@ -427,15 +427,15 @@ AVStream* AVFormatWriter::AddVideoStream(void)
         c->coder_type            = 0;
         c->max_b_frames          = 0;
         c->slices                = 8;
-        c->level                 = 13;
-        c->flags                |= CODEC_FLAG_LOOP_FILTER;
-        c->me_cmp               |= 1;
-        c->partitions           |= X264_PART_I8X8
-                                 + X264_PART_I4X4
+        c->level                 = 30;
+        c->flags                |= CODEC_FLAG_LOOP_FILTER
+                                 + CODEC_FLAG_4MV;
+        c->me_cmp               |= 256;
+        c->partitions           |= X264_PART_I4X4
                                  + X264_PART_P8X8
                                  + X264_PART_B8X8;
         c->me_method             = ME_HEX;
-        c->me_subpel_quality     = 6;
+        c->me_subpel_quality     = 7;
         c->me_range              = 16;
         c->keyint_min            = 25;
         c->scenechange_threshold = 40;
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ AVStream* AVFormatWriter::AddVideoStream(void)
         c->qmin                  = 10;
         c->qmax                  = 51;
         c->max_qdiff             = 4;
-        c->refs                  = 3;
+        c->refs                  = 5;
         c->directpred            = 1;
         c->rc_lookahead          = 0;