# Publishing pre-encoded video

**URL:** <https://community.livekit.io/t/publishing-pre-encoded-video/2073>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [September 16, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.livekit.io/t/publishing-pre-encoded-video/2073 "2026-09-16T17:53:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![CWilson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.livekit.io/cwilson/32/135_2.png) [@CWilson](https://community.livekit.io/u/CWilson)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.livekit.io/t/publishing-pre-encoded-video/2073/1 "2026-09-16T17:53:58Z")

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LiveKit is excited to release support for forwarding pre-encoded video over Video Tracks in the C++, Rust, and GO SDKs. This lets applications avoid an extra transcoding step and send already-encoded video frames directly to a LiveKit room.

Use this path for a hardware encoder, an existing media pipeline, or a camera that produces encoded video. Use a regular video source when your application produces raw pixel buffers.

### Resources

- [Technical documentation](https://docs.livekit.io/transport/media/pre-encoded/?utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_source=discourse)