diff --git a/scripts/arc_convert.sh b/scripts/arc_convert.sh
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index 9741030..0000000
--- a/scripts/arc_convert.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# https://forum.level1techs.com/t/ffmpeg-av1-encoding-using-intel-arc-gpu-tips/205120/2
-ffmpeg \
-  -extra_hw_frames 40 \
-  -i "$1" \
-  -init_hw_device vaapi=va:/dev/dri/renderD128 \
-  -c:v av1_qsv \
-  -preset veryslow \
-  -extbrc 1 \
-  -look_ahead_depth 40 \
-  -b:v 1M \
-  -bufsize 2M \
-  -rc_init_occupancy 512K \
-  -low_power 0 \
-  -adaptive_i 1 \
-  -adaptive_b 1 \
-  -b_strategy 1 -bf 7 \
-  "$2"
diff --git a/scripts/av1_encode.sh b/scripts/av1_encode.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9be3f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/av1_encode.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#this script assumes its being run in the working directory
+
+#test to see if its already been encoded to av1 or else it converts it
+format=$(ffprobe -v error -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=codec_name -of default=nokey=1:noprint_wrappers=1 "$1")
+echo "Format is $format"
+
+if [ "$format" != "av1" ]
+then
+  docker run -it --device=/dev/dri:/dev/dri -v "$(pwd)":/config linuxserver/ffmpeg \
+    -i "/config/$1" \
+    -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 \
+    -c:v av1_qsv \
+    -crf 30 \
+    -preset 3 \
+    -g 150 \
+    -c:a aac \
+    "/config/${1}_converted.mkv"
+fi