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Real-time videoAugust 1, 2026
We turned SFU transcoding off — the transcode line went to zero and two things broke
The saving is real and it is one flag. What nobody writes down is the second job the transcoder was doing, and the third. Here is what breaks, how each failure presents, and the two-command audit that tells you in advance whether your sources survive the trade.
Real-time videoJuly 28, 2026
Video not publishing, audio fine — the bug that only appears at production framerate
One configuration value quietly means something different on every machine it runs on. Here is how it takes down a video track while leaving audio untouched, and why raising the framerate is what finally exposes it.

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