you have to configure x264enc, the default configuration is so higher. try the option speed-preset=ultrafast -- View this message in context: http://gstreamer-devel.966125.n4.nabble.com/Poor-CPU-utiization-DM365-and-gstreamer-tp4656192p4656205.html Sent from the GStreamer-devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com.