# Video passthrough
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MediaConvert supports video passthrough for **AVC (H.264)**, **HEVC (H.265)**, and **I-frame only** inputs. For AVC and HEVC inputs, you can create an output with any supported container type. For I-frame only inputs, you can create MXF or QuickTime outputs. Use video passthrough to repackage one or more inputs without any video encoding.

When you use video passthrough, you can repackage your input video but you cannot re-encode or otherwise modify the video essence.

## Using video passthrough
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The following sections describe how to configure your job settings with Video passthrough. 

### MediaConvert console
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To specify Video passthrough using the MediaConvert console:

1. Open the [Create job](https://console.amazonaws.cn/mediaconvert/home#/jobs/create) page in the MediaConvert console.

1. On the **Create job** page, provide transcode instructions and job settings. For more information, see [Tutorial: Configuring job settings](setting-up-a-job.md). 

1. Specify one or more supported inputs. If you specify multiple inputs, each of your input's encoding attributes must exactly match, including video codec, frame size, profile, frame rate, and color space.

1. Next to **Output groups**, select **Add** .

1. Keep **File group** selected and choose **Select**. 

1. In the **Output settings**, choose a **Container**. Note: If your input has an I-frame only video codec, you must choose **QuickTime** or **MXF**.

1. In **Encoding** settings, under **Video codec**, choose **Passthrough**.

### API, SDK, or Amazon Command Line Interface (Amazon CLI)
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The following is an excerpt of a job settings JSON that specifies Video passthrough for an Apple ProRes workflow with two inputs:

```
{
  "Settings": {
    "Inputs": [
      {
        "FileInput": "s3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket/prores.mov"
      },
      {
        "FileInput": "s3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket/prores-2.mov"
      }      
    ],
    "OutputGroups": [
      {
        "Name": "File Group",
        "OutputGroupSettings": {
          "Type": "FILE_GROUP_SETTINGS",
          "FileGroupSettings": {
            "Destination": "s3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket/passthrough-output.mov"
          }
        },
        "Outputs": [
          {
            "VideoDescription": {
              "CodecSettings": {
                "Codec": "PASSTHROUGH"
              }
            },
            "ContainerSettings": {
              "Container": "MOV",
              "MovSettings": {}
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}
```