diff --git a/daemon/contrib/src/vpx/libvpx-mac.patch b/daemon/contrib/src/vpx/libvpx-mac.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ebb868ade3efe9b652fbe51d1d70051edfe56bbe..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/daemon/contrib/src/vpx/libvpx-mac.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-libvpx's configure script hard-codes the SDK location of previous Xcode release in the /Developer folder. However, starting with Xcode 4.3, the SDKs moved to /Applications/Xcode.app/blabla
-VLC's contrib system is clever enough to detect this, but libvpx fails miserably. However, they are providing a work-around for iOS and Android, which is expanded by this patch.
-
-diff -ru libvpx/build/make/configure.sh libvpx/build/make/configure.sh
---- libvpx/build/make/configure.sh	2012-06-08 10:26:47.000000000 +0200
-+++ libvpx-fixed/build/make/configure.sh	2012-06-08 10:26:07.000000000 +0200
-@@ -628,6 +628,11 @@
-     if [ -d "/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.7.sdk" ]; then
-         osx_sdk_dir="/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.7.sdk"
-     fi
-+    if [ -d "${sdk_path}" ]; then
-+        case "${sdk_path}" in
-+           darwin*) osx_sdk_dir=${sdk_path} ;;
-+        esac
-+    fi
- 
-     case ${toolchain} in
-         *-darwin8-*)
diff --git a/daemon/contrib/src/vpx/libvpx-no-cross.patch b/daemon/contrib/src/vpx/libvpx-no-cross.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e261dc7773b882e7d2e9797607e0d941713667e3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/daemon/contrib/src/vpx/libvpx-no-cross.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- libvpx-v1.0.0/build/make/configure.sh.orig	2012-01-29 04:59:36.976441000 -0500
-+++ libvpx-v1.0.0/build/make/configure.sh	2012-01-29 04:59:46.684441001 -0500
-@@ -680,7 +680,6 @@
- 
-         case ${tgt_cc} in
-         gcc)
--            CROSS=${CROSS:-arm-none-linux-gnueabi-}
-             link_with_cc=gcc
-             setup_gnu_toolchain
-             arch_int=${tgt_isa##armv}
diff --git a/daemon/contrib/src/vpx/libvpx-sysroot.patch b/daemon/contrib/src/vpx/libvpx-sysroot.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b843389d511cc887671467f5ce33233e9271737..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/daemon/contrib/src/vpx/libvpx-sysroot.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-Our contrib system already passes the correct sysroot to the compiler, so there
-is no need to set an alternate libc path. If that path is empty the script will
-try to look for it in some fashion, but since the SDKROOT may be in a
-non standard location the look up may fail.
-
-This patch avoids that case and relies on the user configuration for the
-correct sysroot.
-
-See also https://code.google.com/p/webm/issues/detail?id=809
-
-diff --git a/build/make/configure.sh b/build/make/configure.sh
-index d4124c7..c420d25 100755
---- a/build/make/configure.sh
-+++ b/build/make/configure.sh
-@@ -939,8 +939,11 @@ EOF
-                           awk '{ print $1 }' | tail -1`
-             fi
- 
--            add_cflags "--sysroot=${alt_libc}"
--            add_ldflags "--sysroot=${alt_libc}"
-+            # this may happen if toolchain binaries are outside the ndk dir
-+            if [ "${alt_libc}" ]; then
-+                add_cflags "--sysroot=${alt_libc}"
-+                add_ldflags "--sysroot=${alt_libc}"
-+            fi
- 
-             # linker flag that routes around a CPU bug in some
-             # Cortex-A8 implementations (NDK Dev Guide)
--- 
-1.8.3.2
-
diff --git a/daemon/contrib/src/vpx/rules.mak b/daemon/contrib/src/vpx/rules.mak
index 36276648550bd672290ebda94728edd93fb7ea4f..716a430bc140045f6af3eec6d6cbec8f3911c5ec 100644
--- a/daemon/contrib/src/vpx/rules.mak
+++ b/daemon/contrib/src/vpx/rules.mak
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 # libvpx
 
-VPX_VERSION := v1.3.0
-VPX_URL := http://webm.googlecode.com/files/libvpx-$(VPX_VERSION).tar.bz2
+VPX_HASH := 4640a0c4804b49f1870d5a2d17df0c7d0a77af2f
+VPX_URL := http://libvpx.webm.googlecode.com/archive/$(VPX_HASH).tar.gz
+#VPX_GITURL := https://code.google.com/p/webm.libvpx
 
-$(TARBALLS)/libvpx-$(VPX_VERSION).tar.bz2:
+$(TARBALLS)/libvpx-$(VPX_HASH).tar.gz:
 	$(call download,$(VPX_URL))
 
-.sum-vpx: libvpx-$(VPX_VERSION).tar.bz2
+.sum-vpx: libvpx-$(VPX_HASH).tar.gz
+	$(warning $@ not implemented)
+	touch $@
 
-libvpx: libvpx-$(VPX_VERSION).tar.bz2 .sum-vpx
-	$(UNPACK)
-	$(APPLY) $(SRC)/vpx/libvpx-sysroot.patch
-	$(APPLY) $(SRC)/vpx/libvpx-no-cross.patch
-	$(APPLY) $(SRC)/vpx/libvpx-mac.patch
+libvpx: libvpx-$(VPX_HASH).tar.gz .sum-vpx
+	rm -Rf $@-$(VPX_HASH)
+	mkdir -p $@-$(VPX_HASH)
+	(cd $@-$(VPX_HASH) && tar xv --strip-components=1 -f ../$<)
 	$(MOVE)
 
 DEPS_vpx =
@@ -72,12 +74,15 @@ endif
 
 VPX_CONF := \
 	--as=yasm \
-	--enable-runtime-cpu-detect \
 	--disable-docs \
 	--disable-examples \
 	--disable-unit-tests \
 	--disable-install-bins \
-	--disable-install-docs
+	--disable-install-docs \
+	--enable-realtime-only \
+	--enable-error-concealment \
+	--disable-runtime-cpu-detect \
+	--disable-webm-io
 
 ifndef HAVE_WIN32
 VPX_CONF += --enable-pic
diff --git a/daemon/src/media/media_encoder.cpp b/daemon/src/media/media_encoder.cpp
index a2cf77940976af72f2ac25c0d8a01e25606cc438..5508dcc72e60345473ac3d63dfa1381002e46cce 100644
--- a/daemon/src/media/media_encoder.cpp
+++ b/daemon/src/media/media_encoder.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,15 @@ MediaEncoder::openOutput(const char *filename,
         extractProfileLevelID(args.parameters, encoderCtx_);
         forcePresetX264();
     } else if (args.codec->systemCodecInfo.avcodecId == AV_CODEC_ID_VP8) {
+        // Using information given on this page:
+        // http://www.webmproject.org/docs/encoder-parameters/
         av_opt_set(encoderCtx_->priv_data, "quality", "realtime", 0);
+        av_opt_set_int(encoderCtx_->priv_data, "error-resilient", 1, 0);
+        av_opt_set_int(encoderCtx_->priv_data, "cpu-used", 3, 0);
+        encoderCtx_->slices = 2; // VP8E_SET_TOKEN_PARTITIONS
+        encoderCtx_->qmin = 4;
+        encoderCtx_->qmax = 56;
+        encoderCtx_->gop_size = 999999;
     }
 
     int ret;