diff --git a/scripts/server_bin/recursive_av1.sh b/scripts/server_bin/recursive_av1.sh
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+++ b/scripts/server_bin/recursive_av1.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#this script assumes its being run in the working directory
+
+#test to see if its already been encoded to av1 or else it converts it
+format=$(ffprobe -v error -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=codec_name -of default=nokey=1:noprint_wrappers=1 $1)
+
+if [ "$format" != "av1" ]
+then
+  docker run -it --device=/dev/dri:/dev/dri -v "$(pwd)":/config linuxserver/ffmpeg \
+    -i "/config/$1" \
+    -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 \
+    -c:v av1_qsv \
+    -b:v 8M \
+    -c:a aac \
+    -movflags faststart \
+    "/config/${1}_converted.mp4"
+fi