diff --git a/Telegram/Resources/langs/rewrites/en.json b/Telegram/Resources/langs/rewrites/en.json
index 51f11e960..48623efb6 100644
--- a/Telegram/Resources/langs/rewrites/en.json
+++ b/Telegram/Resources/langs/rewrites/en.json
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@
 	"ktg_settings_call_confirm": "Confirm before calling",
 	"ktg_call_sure": "Are you sure you want to call this user?",
 	"ktg_call_button": "Call",
+	"ktg_settings_ffmpeg_multithread": "Multithread video decoding",
+	"ktg_settings_ffmpeg_multithread_about": "When enabled, CPU and RAM consumption is higher, video decodes faster. When disabled, CPU and RAM consumption is lower, video decodes slower. The more CPU cores you have, the more RAM consumption you have when this option is enabled. You can set exact number of threads in the JSON configuration file.",
 	"ktg_settings_adaptive_bubbles": "Adaptive bubbles",
 	"ktg_settings_filters": "Folders",
 	"ktg_settings_messages": "Messages",
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_utility.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_utility.cpp
index a674a4b82..add415cf8 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_utility.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_utility.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/blob/master/LEGAL
 */
 #include "ffmpeg/ffmpeg_utility.h"
 
+#include "kotato/kotato_settings.h"
 #include "base/algorithm.h"
 #include "logs.h"
 
@@ -287,7 +288,13 @@ CodecPointer MakeCodecPointer(CodecDescriptor descriptor) {
 		return {};
 	}
 	context->pkt_timebase = stream->time_base;
-	av_opt_set(context, "threads", "auto", 0);
+	if(::Kotato::JsonSettings::GetBool("ffmpeg_multithread")) {
+		if (::Kotato::JsonSettings::GetInt("ffmpeg_thread_count") > 0) {
+			av_opt_set(context, "threads", std::to_string(::Kotato::JsonSettings::GetInt("ffmpeg_thread_count")).c_str(), 0);
+		} else {
+			av_opt_set(context, "threads", "auto", 0);
+		}
+	}
 	av_opt_set_int(context, "refcounted_frames", 1, 0);
 
 	const auto codec = FindDecoder(context);
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/kotato/kotato_settings.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/kotato/kotato_settings.cpp
index 9a0bd8dce..78b2c75c3 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/kotato/kotato_settings.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/kotato/kotato_settings.cpp
@@ -325,6 +325,13 @@ const std::map<QString, Definition, std::greater<QString>> DefinitionMap {
 	{ "confirm_before_calls", {
 		.type = SettingType::BoolSetting,
 		.defaultValue = true, }},
+	{ "ffmpeg_multithread", {
+		.type = SettingType::BoolSetting,
+		.defaultValue = true, }},
+	{ "ffmpeg_thread_count", {
+		.type = SettingType::IntSetting,
+		.defaultValue = 0,
+		.limitHandler = IntLimitMin(0) }},
 };
 
 using OldOptionKey = QString;
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/kotato/kotato_settings_menu.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/kotato/kotato_settings_menu.cpp
index 7ea98605c..4d221f6b6 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/kotato/kotato_settings_menu.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/kotato/kotato_settings_menu.cpp
@@ -330,6 +330,11 @@ void SetupKotatoOther(
 	});
 
 	SettingsMenuJsonSwitch(ktg_settings_call_confirm, confirm_before_calls);
+	SettingsMenuJsonSwitch(ktg_settings_ffmpeg_multithread, ffmpeg_multithread);
+
+	AddSkip(container);
+	AddDividerText(container, rktr("ktg_settings_ffmpeg_multithread_about"));
+	AddSkip(container);
 }
 
 Kotato::Kotato(