diff --git a/apps/render-farm/src/transcode.integration.test.ts b/apps/render-farm/src/transcode.integration.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4fb8da23c78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/render-farm/src/transcode.integration.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { transcodeArgs } from "./transcode";
+
+test.skipIf(!Bun.which("ffmpeg") || !Bun.which("ffprobe")).each([
+	[641, 360],
+	[640, 361],
+	[641, 361],
+])("CPU transcodes accept %i × %i recordings", (width, height) => {
+	const directory = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "cap-transcode-"));
+	const input = join(directory, "input.webm");
+	const output = join(directory, "output.mp4");
+	try {
+		const generated = Bun.spawnSync([
+			"ffmpeg",
+			"-v",
+			"error",
+			"-f",
+			"lavfi",
+			"-i",
+			`testsrc=size=${width}x${height}:rate=10`,
+			"-t",
+			"1",
+			"-pix_fmt",
+			"yuv420p",
+			"-c:v",
+			"libvpx",
+			"-deadline",
+			"realtime",
+			input,
+		]);
+		expect(generated.exitCode, generated.stderr.toString()).toBe(0);
+		const encoded = Bun.spawnSync([
+			"ffmpeg",
+			...transcodeArgs(input, output, 1, "libx264"),
+		]);
+		expect(encoded.exitCode, encoded.stderr.toString()).toBe(0);
+		const decoded = Bun.spawnSync([
+			"ffprobe",
+			"-v",
+			"error",
+			"-count_frames",
+			"-show_entries",
+			"stream=width,height,nb_read_frames,duration",
+			"-of",
+			"json",
+			output,
+		]);
+		expect(decoded.exitCode, decoded.stderr.toString()).toBe(0);
+		expect(decoded.stderr.toString()).toBe("");
+		expect(JSON.parse(decoded.stdout.toString())).toMatchObject({
+			streams: [
+				{
+					width: Math.ceil(width / 2) * 2,
+					height: Math.ceil(height / 2) * 2,
+					nb_read_frames: "10",
+					duration: "1.000000",
+				},
+			],
+		});
+	} finally {
+		rmSync(directory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+	}
+});
diff --git a/apps/render-farm/src/transcode.ts b/apps/render-farm/src/transcode.ts
index 0e7571ab244..5c93a35245f 100644
--- a/apps/render-farm/src/transcode.ts
+++ b/apps/render-farm/src/transcode.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export function transcodeArgs(
 		"-an",
 		"-fps_mode",
 		"passthrough",
+		...(nvenc ? [] : ["-vf", "pad=ceil(iw/2)*2:ceil(ih/2)*2"]),
 		"-pix_fmt",
 		"yuv420p",
 		"-c:v",