diff --git a/flatpak/io.github.brunoherbelin.Vimix.json b/flatpak/io.github.brunoherbelin.Vimix.json
index 1a40476..7e47204 100644
--- a/flatpak/io.github.brunoherbelin.Vimix.json
+++ b/flatpak/io.github.brunoherbelin.Vimix.json
@@ -59,6 +59,22 @@
             }
             ]
         },
+        {
+            "name": "x265",
+            "buildsystem": "cmake-ninja",
+            "subdir": "source",
+            "config-opts": [
+                "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release",
+                "-DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON"
+            ],
+            "sources": [
+            {
+                "type": "git",
+                "tag": "3.4",
+                "url": "https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265_git.git"
+            }
+            ]
+        },
         {
             "name": "srt",
             "buildsystem": "cmake-ninja",
@@ -96,24 +112,25 @@
             "buildsystem": "meson",
             "builddir": true,
             "config-opts": [
-            "-Ddoc=disabled",
-            "-Dpython=disabled",
-            "-Dges=disabled",
-            "-Drs=disabled",
-            "-Dgst-examples=disabled",
-            "-Drtsp_server=disabled",
-            "-Ddevtools=disabled",
-            "-Dqt5=disabled",
-            "-Dlibav=enabled",
-            "-Dbase=enabled",
-            "-Dgood=enabled",
-            "-Dgst-plugins-good:v4l2=enabled",
-            "-Dgpl=enabled",
-            "-Dbad=enabled",
-            "-Dgst-plugins-bad:srt=enabled",
-            "-Dgst-plugins-bad:shm=enabled",
-            "-Dugly=enabled",
-            "-Dgst-plugins-ugly:x264=enabled"
+               "-Ddoc=disabled",
+               "-Dpython=disabled",
+               "-Dges=disabled",
+               "-Drs=disabled",
+               "-Dgst-examples=disabled",
+               "-Drtsp_server=disabled",
+               "-Ddevtools=disabled",
+               "-Dqt5=disabled",
+               "-Dlibav=enabled",
+               "-Dbase=enabled",
+               "-Dgood=enabled",
+               "-Dgst-plugins-good:v4l2=enabled",
+               "-Dgpl=enabled",
+               "-Dbad=enabled",
+               "-Dgst-plugins-bad:x265=enabled",
+               "-Dgst-plugins-bad:srt=enabled",
+               "-Dgst-plugins-bad:shm=enabled",
+               "-Dugly=enabled",
+               "-Dgst-plugins-ugly:x264=enabled"
             ],
             "sources": [
               {
diff --git a/src/VideoBroadcast.cpp b/src/VideoBroadcast.cpp
index 9d94ffd..dc54b52 100644
--- a/src/VideoBroadcast.cpp
+++ b/src/VideoBroadcast.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "Log.h"
 #include "GstToolkit.h"
+#include "Settings.h"
 
 #include "VideoBroadcast.h"
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ std::vector< std::string > srt_sink_alternatives_ {
 std::vector< std::pair<std::string, std::string> > srt_encoder_alternatives_ {
     {"nvh264enc", "nvh264enc zerolatency=true rc-mode=cbr-ld-hq bitrate=4000 ! "},
     {"vaapih264enc", "vaapih264enc rate-control=cqp init-qp=26 ! "},
+    {"vtenc_h264_hw", "vtenc_h264_hw realtime=1 allow-frame-reordering=0 ! "},
     {"x264enc", "x264enc tune=zerolatency ! "}
 };
 
@@ -67,14 +69,20 @@ bool VideoBroadcast::available()
 
         if (!srt_sink_.empty())
         {
-            for (auto config = srt_encoder_alternatives_.cbegin();
-                 config != srt_encoder_alternatives_.cend() && srt_encoder_.empty(); ++config) {
-                if ( GstToolkit::has_feature(config->first) ) {
-                    srt_encoder_ = config->second;
-                    if (config->first != srt_encoder_alternatives_.back().first)
-                        Log::Info("Video Broadcast uses hardware-accelerated encoder (%s)", config->first.c_str());
+            if (Settings::application.render.gpu_decoding) {
+                for (auto config = srt_encoder_alternatives_.cbegin();
+                     config != srt_encoder_alternatives_.cend() && srt_encoder_.empty(); ++config) {
+                    if ( GstToolkit::has_feature(config->first) ) {
+                        srt_encoder_ = config->second;
+                        if (config->first != srt_encoder_alternatives_.back().first)
+                            Log::Info("Video Broadcast uses hardware-accelerated encoder (%s)", config->first.c_str());
+                    }
                 }
             }
+            // disabled hardware accelerated encoding
+            else {
+                srt_encoder_ = srt_encoder_alternatives_.back().second;
+            }
         }
         else
             Log::Info("Video SRT Broadcast not available.");