diff --git a/pkg/ffmpeg/codec_hardware.go b/pkg/ffmpeg/codec_hardware.go
index ec71627d39e..4c39cb3b91a 100644
--- a/pkg/ffmpeg/codec_hardware.go
+++ b/pkg/ffmpeg/codec_hardware.go
@@ -82,7 +82,11 @@ func (f *FFMpeg) InitHWSupport(ctx context.Context) {
 	f.hwCodecSupport = hwCodecSupport
 }
 
-func (f *FFMpeg) hwCanFullHWTranscode(ctx context.Context, vf *models.VideoFile, codec VideoCodec) bool {
+func (f *FFMpeg) hwCanFullHWTranscode(ctx context.Context, codec VideoCodec, vf *models.VideoFile, reqHeight int) bool {
+	if codec == VideoCodecCopy {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	var args Args
 	args = append(args, "-hide_banner")
 	args = args.LogLevel(LogLevelWarning)
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ func (f *FFMpeg) hwCanFullHWTranscode(ctx context.Context, vf *models.VideoFile,
 	args = args.Input(vf.Path)
 	args = args.Duration(0.1)
 
-	videoFilter := f.hwMaxResFilter(codec, vf.Width, vf.Height, minHeight, true)
+	videoFilter := f.hwMaxResFilter(codec, vf.Width, vf.Height, reqHeight, true)
 	args = append(args, CodecInit(codec)...)
 	args = args.VideoFilter(videoFilter)
 
diff --git a/pkg/ffmpeg/stream_segmented.go b/pkg/ffmpeg/stream_segmented.go
index 42f534e7806..1058fb8eb27 100644
--- a/pkg/ffmpeg/stream_segmented.go
+++ b/pkg/ffmpeg/stream_segmented.go
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ func (s *runningStream) makeStreamArgs(sm *StreamManager, segment int) Args {
 
 	codec := HLSGetCodec(sm, s.streamType.Name)
 
-	fullhw := sm.config.GetTranscodeHardwareAcceleration() && sm.encoder.hwCanFullHWTranscode(sm.context, s.vf, codec)
+	fullhw := sm.config.GetTranscodeHardwareAcceleration() && sm.encoder.hwCanFullHWTranscode(sm.context, codec, s.vf, s.maxTranscodeSize)
 	args = sm.encoder.hwDeviceInit(args, codec, fullhw)
 	args = append(args, extraInputArgs...)
 
diff --git a/pkg/ffmpeg/stream_transcode.go b/pkg/ffmpeg/stream_transcode.go
index 27475a5f21f..ce56e07956c 100644
--- a/pkg/ffmpeg/stream_transcode.go
+++ b/pkg/ffmpeg/stream_transcode.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func (o TranscodeOptions) makeStreamArgs(sm *StreamManager) Args {
 
 	codec := o.FileGetCodec(sm, maxTranscodeSize)
 
-	fullhw := sm.config.GetTranscodeHardwareAcceleration() && sm.encoder.hwCanFullHWTranscode(sm.context, o.VideoFile, codec)
+	fullhw := sm.config.GetTranscodeHardwareAcceleration() && sm.encoder.hwCanFullHWTranscode(sm.context, codec, o.VideoFile, maxTranscodeSize)
 	args = sm.encoder.hwDeviceInit(args, codec, fullhw)
 	args = append(args, extraInputArgs...)