Add Pre-transcoded Video Without a Second Encode

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I would like to know if it is possible to add videos that are already encoded in different qualities to avoid the second decoding quality degradation and performance waist. Let us say I have a folder with the same video in 4K, 1440p, 1080p, 720p. Can I add them in one request for one video to skip transcoding? If not, what is the best way to do it? Give PeerTube the best quality possible (in this case the 4K version) and let PeerTube transcode it down?

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You can try CLI tools guide | PeerTube documentation to add web video files.

But if you want the HLS version, you’ll have to run « HLS transcoding » anyway.

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To follow up on my question, will the video quality be affected if I submit my video to PeerTube to have it transcoded for HLS P2P? Or is transcoding the wrong word here because it is more of a restructuring of the file and not a second export?

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Quality may be altered on HLS transcoding. But please test and report bad quality output, we may try to improve ffmpeg transcoding options

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