diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 5980cc6de5..1e158e4171 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ static const bool second_pass_smooth = true;
 // Record video assuming game runs hi-res.
 static const bool hires_record = false;
 
+// Enables lossless RGB H.264 recording if possible (if not, FFV1 is used).
+static const bool h264_record = true;
+
 // Record post-filtered (CPU filter) video rather than raw SNES output.
 static const bool post_filter_record = false;
 
diff --git a/general.h b/general.h
index 0262376f5d..47cda8c995 100644
--- a/general.h
+++ b/general.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ struct settings
       bool disable_composition;
 
       bool hires_record;
+      bool h264_record;
       bool post_filter_record;
 
       char external_driver[PATH_MAX];
diff --git a/record/ffemu.c b/record/ffemu.c
index 5dcff18d65..0c09833a65 100644
--- a/record/ffemu.c
+++ b/record/ffemu.c
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "../boolean.h"
-#include "ffemu.h"
 #include "../fifo_buffer.h"
 #include "../thread.h"
+#include "../general.h"
+#include "ffemu.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ struct ffemu
    volatile bool can_sleep;
 };
 
-static bool init_audio(struct ff_audio_info *audio, struct ffemu_params *param)
+static bool ffemu_init_audio(struct ff_audio_info *audio, struct ffemu_params *param)
 {
    AVCodec *codec = avcodec_find_encoder(CODEC_ID_FLAC);
    if (!codec)
@@ -153,10 +154,10 @@ static bool init_audio(struct ff_audio_info *audio, struct ffemu_params *param)
    return true;
 }
 
-static bool init_video(struct ff_video_info *video, const struct ffemu_params *param)
+static bool ffemu_init_video(struct ff_video_info *video, const struct ffemu_params *param)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_X264RGB
-   AVCodec *codec = avcodec_find_encoder(CODEC_ID_H264);
+   AVCodec *codec = avcodec_find_encoder(g_settings.video.h264_record ? CODEC_ID_H264 : CODEC_ID_FFV1);
 #else
    AVCodec *codec = avcodec_find_encoder(CODEC_ID_FFV1);
 #endif
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ static bool init_video(struct ff_video_info *video, const struct ffemu_params *p
    }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_X264RGB
-   video->pix_fmt = PIX_FMT_BGR24;
+   video->pix_fmt = g_settings.video.h264_record ? PIX_FMT_BGR24 : PIX_FMT_RGB32;
 #else
    video->pix_fmt = PIX_FMT_RGB32;
 #endif
@@ -201,8 +202,13 @@ static bool init_video(struct ff_video_info *video, const struct ffemu_params *p
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_X264RGB
-   video->codec->thread_count = 3;
-   av_dict_set(&opts, "qp", "0", 0);
+   if (g_settings.video.h264_record)
+   {
+      video->codec->thread_count = 3;
+      av_dict_set(&opts, "qp", "0", 0);
+   }
+   else
+      video->codec->thread_count = 2;
 #else
    video->codec->thread_count = 2;
 #endif
@@ -233,7 +239,7 @@ static bool init_video(struct ff_video_info *video, const struct ffemu_params *p
    return true;
 }
 
-static bool init_muxer(ffemu_t *handle)
+static bool ffemu_init_muxer(ffemu_t *handle)
 {
    AVFormatContext *ctx = avformat_alloc_context();
    av_strlcpy(ctx->filename, handle->params.filename, sizeof(ctx->filename));
@@ -285,7 +291,8 @@ static bool init_muxer(ffemu_t *handle)
    handle->muxer.astream = stream;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_X264RGB // Avoids a warning at end about non-monotonically increasing DTS values. It seems to be harmless to disable this.
-   ctx->oformat->flags |= AVFMT_TS_NONSTRICT;
+   if (g_settings.video.h264_record)
+      ctx->oformat->flags |= AVFMT_TS_NONSTRICT;
 #endif
 
    av_dict_set(&ctx->metadata, "title", "SSNES video dump", 0); 
@@ -379,13 +386,13 @@ ffemu_t *ffemu_new(const struct ffemu_params *params)
 
    handle->params = *params;
 
-   if (!init_video(&handle->video, &handle->params))
+   if (!ffemu_init_video(&handle->video, &handle->params))
       goto error;
 
-   if (!init_audio(&handle->audio, &handle->params))
+   if (!ffemu_init_audio(&handle->audio, &handle->params))
       goto error;
 
-   if (!init_muxer(handle))
+   if (!ffemu_init_muxer(handle))
       goto error;
 
    if (!init_thread(handle))
diff --git a/settings.c b/settings.c
index 398d287127..c4e76d15fb 100644
--- a/settings.c
+++ b/settings.c
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ void config_set_defaults(void)
 
    g_settings.video.refresh_rate = refresh_rate;
    g_settings.video.hires_record = hires_record;
+   g_settings.video.h264_record = h264_record;
    g_settings.video.post_filter_record = post_filter_record;
 
    g_settings.audio.enable = audio_enable;
@@ -388,6 +389,7 @@ bool config_load_file(const char *path)
 #endif
 
    CONFIG_GET_BOOL(video.hires_record, "video_hires_record");
+   CONFIG_GET_BOOL(video.h264_record, "video_h264_record");
    CONFIG_GET_BOOL(video.post_filter_record, "video_post_filter_record");
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DYLIB
diff --git a/ssnes.cfg b/ssnes.cfg
index f018ec4795..1d94b34b03 100644
--- a/ssnes.cfg
+++ b/ssnes.cfg
@@ -315,6 +315,9 @@
 # Records video assuming video is hi-res.
 # video_hires_record = false
 
+# Enables lossless RGB H.264 recording if possible (if not, FFV1 is used).
+# video_h264_record = true
+
 # Records video after CPU video filter.
 # video_post_filter_record = false