diff --git a/src/plumbing/transcoding.c b/src/plumbing/transcoding.c
index a8144f5..ab721fc 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/transcoding.c
+++ b/src/plumbing/transcoding.c
@@ -1099,8 +1099,12 @@ transcoder_stream_video(transcoder_t *t, transcoder_stream_t *ts, th_pkt_t *pkt)
       break;

     case SCT_H264:
+
       octx->codec_id       = AV_CODEC_ID_H264;
-      octx->pix_fmt        = PIX_FMT_YUV420P;
+      if (!strcmp(ocodec->name, "nvenc"))
+          octx->pix_fmt    = AV_PIX_FMT_NV12;
+      else
+          octx->pix_fmt    = PIX_FMT_YUV420P;
       octx->flags          |= CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER;

       // Qscale difference between I-frames and P-frames.
@@ -1113,7 +1117,10 @@ transcoder_stream_video(transcoder_t *t, transcoder_stream_t *ts, th_pkt_t *pkt)
       octx->qcompress = 0.6;

       // Default = "medium". We gain more encoding speed compared to the loss of quality when lowering it _slightly_.
-      av_dict_set(&opts, "preset",  "faster", 0);
+      if (!strcmp(ocodec->name, "nvenc"))
+         av_dict_set(&opts, "preset",  "hq", 0);
+      else
+         av_dict_set(&opts, "preset",  "faster", 0);
       // Use main profile instead of the standard "baseline", we are aiming for better quality.
       // Older devices (iPhone <4, Android <4) only supports baseline. Chromecast only supports >=4.1...
       av_dict_set(&opts, "profile", "main", 0); // L3.0