During a conference, a first video stream is obtained from a first participant device connected to a local area network and a second video stream is obtained from a second participant device connected to the local area network. A first frame rate is determined for the first participant device to use based on information particular to the first video stream and based on a network constraint associated with the local area network. A second frame rate is determined for the second participant device to use based on information particular to the second video stream and based on the network constraint associated with the local area network. The first participant device and the second participant device are then instructed, during the conference, to respectively capture the first video stream at the first frame rate and the second video stream at the second frame rate.