diff -r 81e5e7092023 -r d4251e519062 QTfrontend/net/recorder.cpp
--- a/QTfrontend/net/recorder.cpp	Sat Aug 25 22:55:47 2012 +0200
+++ b/QTfrontend/net/recorder.cpp	Thu Aug 30 22:13:42 2012 -0400
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@
     arguments << prefix;
     arguments << config->AVFormat();
     arguments << config->videoCodec();
-    arguments << "5"; // video quality
+// Could use a field to use quality instead. maybe quality could override bitrate - or just pass (and set) both. 
+// The library does support using both at once after all.
+    arguments << QString::number(config->rec_Bitrate()*1024);
     arguments << (config->recordAudio()? config->audioCodec() : "no");
 
     return arguments;