diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crPage.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crPage.ts
index 17d2933f545c7..e13652b98b7e1 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crPage.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crPage.ts
@@ -318,12 +318,13 @@ export class CRPage implements PageDelegate {
     return this._sessionForHandle(handle)._scrollRectIntoViewIfNeeded(handle, rect);
   }
 
-  startScreencast(options: { width: number; height: number; quality: number; }) {
+  startScreencast(options: { width: number; height: number; quality: number; fps?: number }) {
     this._mainFrameSession._client.send('Page.startScreencast', {
       format: 'jpeg',
       quality: options.quality,
       maxWidth: options.width,
       maxHeight: options.height,
+      maxFramesInFlight: (options.fps ?? 0) > 30 ? 10 : 5,
     }).catch(() => {});
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/pageDispatcher.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/pageDispatcher.ts
index e94bc3964a52f..59295be3ea38e 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/pageDispatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/pageDispatcher.ts
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ export class PageDispatcher extends Dispatcher<Page, channels.PageChannel, Brows
         dispose: () => this._clearScreencastFrameAcks(),
         size: params.size,
         quality: params.quality,
+        fps: params.fps,
       };
       this._page.screencast.addClient(this._screencastClient);
     }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
index 0c5d10398148f..64e456371acbd 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export interface PageDelegate {
   getBoundingBox(handle: dom.ElementHandle): Promise<types.Rect | null>;
   getFrameElement(frame: frames.Frame): Promise<dom.ElementHandle>;
   scrollRectIntoViewIfNeeded(handle: dom.ElementHandle, rect?: types.Rect): Promise<'error:notvisible' | 'error:notconnected' | 'done'>;
-  startScreencast(options: { width: number, height: number, quality: number }): void;
+  startScreencast(options: { width: number, height: number, quality: number, fps?: number }): void;
   stopScreencast(): void;
 
   pdf?: (options: channels.PagePdfParams) => Promise<Buffer>;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/screencast.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/screencast.ts
index 4982dcf8f018d..f576aa2e0159c 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/screencast.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/screencast.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export type ScreencastClient = {
   dispose: () => void;
   size?: types.Size;
   quality?: number;
+  fps?: number;
 };
 
 type AnnotatePosition = 'top-left' | 'top' | 'top-right' | 'bottom-left' | 'bottom' | 'bottom-right';
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ export class Screencast implements InstrumentationListener {
     const isFirst = this._clients.size === 0;
     this._clients.set(client, new LongStandingScope());
     if (isFirst) {
-      this._startScreencast(client.size, client.quality);
+      this._startScreencast(client.size, client.quality, client.fps);
     } else if (this._lastFrame) {
       // Deliver the cached last frame to the new client so it does not have
       // to wait for the next browser repaint. setTimeout(0) ensures the caller
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ export class Screencast implements InstrumentationListener {
       this._stopScreencast();
   }
 
-  private _startScreencast(size: types.Size | undefined, quality: number | undefined) {
+  private _startScreencast(size: types.Size | undefined, quality: number | undefined, fps: number | undefined) {
     this._size = size;
     if (!this._size) {
       const viewport = this.page.browserContext._options.viewport || { width: 800, height: 600 };
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ export class Screencast implements InstrumentationListener {
       width: this._size.width,
       height: this._size.height,
       quality: quality ?? 90,
+      fps,
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/videoRecorder.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/videoRecorder.ts
index ffddeb56956cc..8715730a43fa3 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/videoRecorder.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/videoRecorder.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export class VideoRecorder {
       gracefulClose: () => this.stop(),
       dispose: () => this.stop().catch(e => debugLogger.log('error', `Failed to stop video recorder: ${String(e)}`)),
       size: options.size,
+      fps: options.fps,
     };
 
     const { size } = this._screencast.addClient(this._client);