diff --git a/pandora/archive/extract.py b/pandora/archive/extract.py
index b386f0bbb..10179dc60 100644
--- a/pandora/archive/extract.py
+++ b/pandora/archive/extract.py
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ def stream(video, target, profile, info, avconv=None, audio_track=0):
                     '-vcodec', 'libx264',
                     '-preset:v', 'medium',
                     '-profile:v', 'baseline',
-                    '-level', '3.0',
+                    # does not work with avconv in Ubuntu 14.04 yet
+                    #'-level', '3.0',
                 ]
             else:
                 video_settings += [