diff --git a/client/src/app/+admin/system/jobs/jobs.component.html b/client/src/app/+admin/system/jobs/jobs.component.html
index b6457a005..6b3fd9393 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+admin/system/jobs/jobs.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/+admin/system/jobs/jobs.component.html
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
       <th style="width: 40px"></th>
       <th style="width: calc(100% - 390px)" class="job-id" i18n>ID</th>
       <th style="width: 200px" class="job-type" i18n>Type</th>
+      <th style="width: 200px" class="job-priority" i18n>Priority <small>(1 = highest priority)</small></th>
       <th style="width: 200px" class="job-state" i18n *ngIf="jobState === 'all'">State</th>
       <th style="width: 100px" class="job-progress" i18n *ngIf="hasProgress()">Progress</th>
       <th style="width: 150px" class="job-date" i18n pSortableColumn="createdAt">Created <p-sortIcon field="createdAt"></p-sortIcon></th>
@@ -56,12 +57,13 @@
 
       <td class="job-id c-hand" [pRowToggler]="job" [title]="job.id">{{ job.id }}</td>
       <td class="job-type c-hand" [pRowToggler]="job">{{ job.type }}</td>
+      <td class="job-priority c-hand" [pRowToggler]="job">{{ job.priority }}</td>
 
       <td class="job-state c-hand" [pRowToggler]="job" *ngIf="jobState === 'all'">
         <span class="badge" [ngClass]="getJobStateClass(job.state)">{{ job.state }}</span>
       </td>
 
-      <td class="job-state" [pRowToggler]="job" *ngIf="hasProgress()">
+      <td class="job-progress c-hand" [pRowToggler]="job" *ngIf="hasProgress()">
         {{ getProgress(job) }}
       </td>
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/+admin/system/jobs/jobs.component.scss b/client/src/app/+admin/system/jobs/jobs.component.scss
index 9c6ae73e1..2add506e8 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+admin/system/jobs/jobs.component.scss
+++ b/client/src/app/+admin/system/jobs/jobs.component.scss
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 }
 
 .job-type,
-.job-state {
+.job-state,
+.job-priority {
   width: 150px !important;
 }
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/+admin/system/jobs/jobs.component.ts b/client/src/app/+admin/system/jobs/jobs.component.ts
index 5355d2c20..d08079f7e 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+admin/system/jobs/jobs.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+admin/system/jobs/jobs.component.ts
@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@ export class JobsComponent extends RestTable implements OnInit {
 
   jobType: JobTypeClient = 'all'
   jobTypes: JobTypeClient[] = [
-    'all',
     'activitypub-follow',
     'activitypub-http-broadcast',
     'activitypub-http-fetcher',
     'activitypub-http-unicast',
+    'activitypub-refresher',
+    'all',
     'email',
-    'video-transcoding',
     'video-file-import',
     'video-import',
-    'videos-views',
-    'activitypub-refresher',
+    'video-live-ending',
     'video-redundancy',
-    'video-live-ending'
+    'video-transcoding',
+    'videos-views'
   ]
 
   jobs: Job[] = []
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class JobsComponent extends RestTable implements OnInit {
   getColspan () {
     if (this.jobState === 'all' && this.hasProgress()) return 6
 
-    if (this.jobState === 'all') return 5
+    if (this.jobState === 'all' || this.hasProgress()) return 5
 
     return 4
   }
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/jobs.ts b/server/controllers/api/jobs.ts
index 929140140..861cc22b9 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/jobs.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/jobs.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ async function formatJob (job: any, state?: JobState): Promise<Job> {
     type: job.queue.name as JobType,
     data: job.data,
     progress: await job.progress(),
+    priority: job.opts.priority,
     error,
     createdAt: new Date(job.timestamp),
     finishedOn: new Date(job.finishedOn),
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
index e1c775180..c2c5eb640 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@ import * as express from 'express'
 import { move } from 'fs-extra'
 import { extname } from 'path'
 import toInt from 'validator/lib/toInt'
-import { addOptimizeOrMergeAudioJob } from '@server/helpers/video'
 import { createTorrentAndSetInfoHash } from '@server/helpers/webtorrent'
 import { changeVideoChannelShare } from '@server/lib/activitypub/share'
 import { getLocalVideoActivityPubUrl } from '@server/lib/activitypub/url'
 import { LiveManager } from '@server/lib/live-manager'
-import { buildLocalVideoFromReq, buildVideoThumbnailsFromReq, setVideoTags } from '@server/lib/video'
+import { addOptimizeOrMergeAudioJob, buildLocalVideoFromReq, buildVideoThumbnailsFromReq, setVideoTags } from '@server/lib/video'
 import { getVideoFilePath } from '@server/lib/video-paths'
 import { getServerActor } from '@server/models/application/application'
 import { MVideoFullLight } from '@server/types/models'
 import { VideoCreate, VideoState, VideoUpdate } from '../../../../shared'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import { VideoFilter } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/video-query.type'
 import { auditLoggerFactory, getAuditIdFromRes, VideoAuditView } from '../../../helpers/audit-logger'
 import { resetSequelizeInstance } from '../../../helpers/database-utils'
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ import { liveRouter } from './live'
 import { ownershipVideoRouter } from './ownership'
 import { rateVideoRouter } from './rate'
 import { watchingRouter } from './watching'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 
 const auditLogger = auditLoggerFactory('videos')
 const videosRouter = express.Router()
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@ async function addVideo (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) {
   Notifier.Instance.notifyOnNewVideoIfNeeded(videoCreated)
 
   if (video.state === VideoState.TO_TRANSCODE) {
-    await addOptimizeOrMergeAudioJob(videoCreated, videoFile)
+    await addOptimizeOrMergeAudioJob(videoCreated, videoFile, res.locals.oauth.token.User)
   }
 
   Hooks.runAction('action:api.video.uploaded', { video: videoCreated })
diff --git a/server/helpers/database-utils.ts b/server/helpers/database-utils.ts
index 87f10f913..2b916efc2 100644
--- a/server/helpers/database-utils.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/database-utils.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ import { Model } from 'sequelize-typescript'
 import { logger } from './logger'
 import { Transaction } from 'sequelize'
 
+function retryTransactionWrapper <T, A, B, C, D> (
+  functionToRetry: (arg1: A, arg2: B, arg3: C, arg4: D) => Promise<T> | Bluebird<T>,
+  arg1: A,
+  arg2: B,
+  arg3: C,
+  arg4: D,
+): Promise<T>
+
 function retryTransactionWrapper <T, A, B, C> (
   functionToRetry: (arg1: A, arg2: B, arg3: C) => Promise<T> | Bluebird<T>,
   arg1: A,
diff --git a/server/helpers/video.ts b/server/helpers/video.ts
index bfd5a9627..7c510f474 100644
--- a/server/helpers/video.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/video.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 import { Response } from 'express'
 import { CONFIG } from '@server/initializers/config'
-import { DEFAULT_AUDIO_RESOLUTION } from '@server/initializers/constants'
-import { JobQueue } from '@server/lib/job-queue'
 import {
   isStreamingPlaylist,
   MStreamingPlaylistVideo,
   MVideo,
   MVideoAccountLightBlacklistAllFiles,
-  MVideoFile,
   MVideoFullLight,
   MVideoIdThumbnail,
   MVideoImmutable,
   MVideoThumbnail,
   MVideoWithRights
 } from '@server/types/models'
-import { VideoPrivacy, VideoState, VideoTranscodingPayload } from '@shared/models'
+import { VideoPrivacy, VideoState } from '@shared/models'
 import { VideoModel } from '../models/video/video'
 
 type VideoFetchType = 'all' | 'only-video' | 'only-video-with-rights' | 'id' | 'none' | 'only-immutable-attributes'
@@ -69,27 +66,6 @@ function getVideoWithAttributes (res: Response) {
   return res.locals.videoAll || res.locals.onlyVideo || res.locals.onlyVideoWithRights
 }
 
-function addOptimizeOrMergeAudioJob (video: MVideo, videoFile: MVideoFile) {
-  let dataInput: VideoTranscodingPayload
-
-  if (videoFile.isAudio()) {
-    dataInput = {
-      type: 'merge-audio-to-webtorrent',
-      resolution: DEFAULT_AUDIO_RESOLUTION,
-      videoUUID: video.uuid,
-      isNewVideo: true
-    }
-  } else {
-    dataInput = {
-      type: 'optimize-to-webtorrent',
-      videoUUID: video.uuid,
-      isNewVideo: true
-    }
-  }
-
-  return JobQueue.Instance.createJobWithPromise({ type: 'video-transcoding', payload: dataInput })
-}
-
 function extractVideo (videoOrPlaylist: MVideo | MStreamingPlaylistVideo) {
   return isStreamingPlaylist(videoOrPlaylist)
     ? videoOrPlaylist.Video
@@ -107,7 +83,6 @@ function isStateForFederation (state: VideoState) {
   const castedState = parseInt(state + '', 10)
 
   return castedState === VideoState.PUBLISHED || castedState === VideoState.WAITING_FOR_LIVE || castedState === VideoState.LIVE_ENDED
-
 }
 
 function getPrivaciesForFederation () {
@@ -130,7 +105,6 @@ export {
   fetchVideo,
   getVideoWithAttributes,
   fetchVideoByUrl,
-  addOptimizeOrMergeAudioJob,
   extractVideo,
   getExtFromMimetype,
   isStateForFederation,
diff --git a/server/initializers/constants.ts b/server/initializers/constants.ts
index 182bdf9cc..453ca02ed 100644
--- a/server/initializers/constants.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/constants.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ const REPEAT_JOBS: { [ id: string ]: EveryRepeatOptions | CronRepeatOptions } =
     cron: randomInt(1, 20) + ' * * * *' // Between 1-20 minutes past the hour
   }
 }
+const JOB_PRIORITY = {
+  TRANSCODING: {
+    OPTIMIZER: 10,
+    NEW_RESOLUTION: 100
+  }
+}
 
 const BROADCAST_CONCURRENCY = 10 // How many requests in parallel we do in activitypub-http-broadcast job
 const CRAWL_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = 1 // How many requests in parallel to fetch remote data (likes, shares...)
@@ -851,6 +857,7 @@ export {
   VIDEO_STATES,
   QUEUE_CONCURRENCY,
   VIDEO_RATE_TYPES,
+  JOB_PRIORITY,
   VIDEO_TRANSCODING_FPS,
   FFMPEG_NICE,
   ABUSE_STATES,
diff --git a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-file-import.ts b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-file-import.ts
index 22e4d0cf1..582efea3a 100644
--- a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-file-import.ts
+++ b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-file-import.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { copy, stat } from 'fs-extra'
 import { extname } from 'path'
 import { createTorrentAndSetInfoHash } from '@server/helpers/webtorrent'
 import { getVideoFilePath } from '@server/lib/video-paths'
+import { UserModel } from '@server/models/account/user'
 import { MVideoFile, MVideoWithFile } from '@server/types/models'
 import { VideoFileImportPayload } from '@shared/models'
 import { getVideoFileFPS, getVideoFileResolution } from '../../../helpers/ffprobe-utils'
@@ -24,7 +25,9 @@ async function processVideoFileImport (job: Bull.Job) {
 
   await updateVideoFile(video, payload.filePath)
 
-  await onNewWebTorrentFileResolution(video)
+  const user = await UserModel.loadByChannelActorId(video.VideoChannel.actorId)
+  await onNewWebTorrentFileResolution(video, user)
+
   return video
 }
 
diff --git a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-import.ts b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-import.ts
index c1d1866b0..f61fd773a 100644
--- a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-import.ts
+++ b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-import.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import * as Bull from 'bull'
 import { move, remove, stat } from 'fs-extra'
 import { extname } from 'path'
-import { addOptimizeOrMergeAudioJob } from '@server/helpers/video'
 import { isPostImportVideoAccepted } from '@server/lib/moderation'
 import { Hooks } from '@server/lib/plugins/hooks'
 import { isAbleToUploadVideo } from '@server/lib/user'
+import { addOptimizeOrMergeAudioJob } from '@server/lib/video'
 import { getVideoFilePath } from '@server/lib/video-paths'
 import { MVideoImportDefault, MVideoImportDefaultFiles, MVideoImportVideo } from '@server/types/models/video/video-import'
 import {
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ async function processFile (downloader: () => Promise<string>, videoImport: MVid
 
     // Create transcoding jobs?
     if (video.state === VideoState.TO_TRANSCODE) {
-      await addOptimizeOrMergeAudioJob(videoImportUpdated.Video, videoFile)
+      await addOptimizeOrMergeAudioJob(videoImportUpdated.Video, videoFile, videoImport.User)
     }
 
   } catch (err) {
diff --git a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-transcoding.ts b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-transcoding.ts
index 0f6b3f753..ee241ad03 100644
--- a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-transcoding.ts
+++ b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-transcoding.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import * as Bull from 'bull'
 import { TranscodeOptionsType } from '@server/helpers/ffmpeg-utils'
-import { publishAndFederateIfNeeded } from '@server/lib/video'
+import { JOB_PRIORITY } from '@server/initializers/constants'
+import { getJobTranscodingPriorityMalus, publishAndFederateIfNeeded } from '@server/lib/video'
 import { getVideoFilePath } from '@server/lib/video-paths'
-import { MVideoFullLight, MVideoUUID, MVideoWithFile } from '@server/types/models'
+import { MUser, MUserId, MVideoFullLight, MVideoUUID, MVideoWithFile } from '@server/types/models'
 import {
   HLSTranscodingPayload,
   MergeAudioTranscodingPayload,
@@ -25,8 +26,11 @@ import {
   transcodeNewWebTorrentResolution
 } from '../../video-transcoding'
 import { JobQueue } from '../job-queue'
+import { UserModel } from '@server/models/account/user'
 
-const handlers: { [ id: string ]: (job: Bull.Job, payload: VideoTranscodingPayload, video: MVideoFullLight) => Promise<any> } = {
+type HandlerFunction = (job: Bull.Job, payload: VideoTranscodingPayload, video: MVideoFullLight, user: MUser) => Promise<any>
+
+const handlers: { [ id: string ]: HandlerFunction } = {
   // Deprecated, introduced in 3.1
   'hls': handleHLSJob,
   'new-resolution-to-hls': handleHLSJob,
@@ -55,13 +59,15 @@ async function processVideoTranscoding (job: Bull.Job) {
     return undefined
   }
 
+  const user = await UserModel.loadByChannelActorId(video.VideoChannel.actorId)
+
   const handler = handlers[payload.type]
 
   if (!handler) {
     throw new Error('Cannot find transcoding handler for ' + payload.type)
   }
 
-  await handler(job, payload, video)
+  await handler(job, payload, video, user)
 
   return video
 }
@@ -90,22 +96,27 @@ async function handleHLSJob (job: Bull.Job, payload: HLSTranscodingPayload, vide
   await retryTransactionWrapper(onHlsPlaylistGeneration, video)
 }
 
-async function handleNewWebTorrentResolutionJob (job: Bull.Job, payload: NewResolutionTranscodingPayload, video: MVideoFullLight) {
+async function handleNewWebTorrentResolutionJob (
+  job: Bull.Job,
+  payload: NewResolutionTranscodingPayload,
+  video: MVideoFullLight,
+  user: MUserId
+) {
   await transcodeNewWebTorrentResolution(video, payload.resolution, payload.isPortraitMode || false, job)
 
-  await retryTransactionWrapper(onNewWebTorrentFileResolution, video, payload)
+  await retryTransactionWrapper(onNewWebTorrentFileResolution, video, user, payload)
 }
 
-async function handleWebTorrentMergeAudioJob (job: Bull.Job, payload: MergeAudioTranscodingPayload, video: MVideoFullLight) {
+async function handleWebTorrentMergeAudioJob (job: Bull.Job, payload: MergeAudioTranscodingPayload, video: MVideoFullLight, user: MUserId) {
   await mergeAudioVideofile(video, payload.resolution, job)
 
-  await retryTransactionWrapper(onNewWebTorrentFileResolution, video, payload)
+  await retryTransactionWrapper(onNewWebTorrentFileResolution, video, user, payload)
 }
 
-async function handleWebTorrentOptimizeJob (job: Bull.Job, payload: OptimizeTranscodingPayload, video: MVideoFullLight) {
+async function handleWebTorrentOptimizeJob (job: Bull.Job, payload: OptimizeTranscodingPayload, video: MVideoFullLight, user: MUserId) {
   const transcodeType = await optimizeOriginalVideofile(video, video.getMaxQualityFile(), job)
 
-  await retryTransactionWrapper(onVideoFileOptimizer, video, payload, transcodeType)
+  await retryTransactionWrapper(onVideoFileOptimizer, video, payload, transcodeType, user)
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -129,7 +140,8 @@ async function onHlsPlaylistGeneration (video: MVideoFullLight) {
 async function onVideoFileOptimizer (
   videoArg: MVideoWithFile,
   payload: OptimizeTranscodingPayload,
-  transcodeType: TranscodeOptionsType
+  transcodeType: TranscodeOptionsType,
+  user: MUserId
 ) {
   if (videoArg === undefined) return undefined
 
@@ -142,13 +154,6 @@ async function onVideoFileOptimizer (
     // Video does not exist anymore
     if (!videoDatabase) return undefined
 
-    // Create transcoding jobs if there are enabled resolutions
-    const resolutionsEnabled = computeResolutionsToTranscode(videoFileResolution, 'vod')
-    logger.info(
-      'Resolutions computed for video %s and origin file resolution of %d.', videoDatabase.uuid, videoFileResolution,
-      { resolutions: resolutionsEnabled }
-    )
-
     let videoPublished = false
 
     // Generate HLS version of the original file
@@ -158,9 +163,9 @@ async function onVideoFileOptimizer (
       // If we quick transcoded original file, force transcoding for HLS to avoid some weird playback issues
       copyCodecs: transcodeType !== 'quick-transcode'
     })
-    createHlsJobIfEnabled(originalFileHLSPayload)
+    await createHlsJobIfEnabled(user, originalFileHLSPayload)
 
-    const hasNewResolutions = createLowerResolutionsJobs(videoDatabase, videoFileResolution, isPortraitMode)
+    const hasNewResolutions = createLowerResolutionsJobs(videoDatabase, user, videoFileResolution, isPortraitMode)
 
     if (!hasNewResolutions) {
       // No transcoding to do, it's now published
@@ -178,11 +183,12 @@ async function onVideoFileOptimizer (
 
 async function onNewWebTorrentFileResolution (
   video: MVideoUUID,
+  user: MUserId,
   payload?: NewResolutionTranscodingPayload | MergeAudioTranscodingPayload
 ) {
   await publishAndFederateIfNeeded(video)
 
-  createHlsJobIfEnabled(Object.assign({}, payload, { copyCodecs: true }))
+  await createHlsJobIfEnabled(user, Object.assign({}, payload, { copyCodecs: true }))
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -194,22 +200,35 @@ export {
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-function createHlsJobIfEnabled (payload: { videoUUID: string, resolution: number, isPortraitMode?: boolean, copyCodecs: boolean }) {
-  // Generate HLS playlist?
-  if (payload && CONFIG.TRANSCODING.HLS.ENABLED) {
-    const hlsTranscodingPayload: HLSTranscodingPayload = {
-      type: 'new-resolution-to-hls',
-      videoUUID: payload.videoUUID,
-      resolution: payload.resolution,
-      isPortraitMode: payload.isPortraitMode,
-      copyCodecs: payload.copyCodecs
-    }
+async function createHlsJobIfEnabled (user: MUserId, payload: {
+  videoUUID: string
+  resolution: number
+  isPortraitMode?: boolean
+  copyCodecs: boolean
+}) {
+  if (!payload || CONFIG.TRANSCODING.HLS.ENABLED !== true) return
 
-    return JobQueue.Instance.createJob({ type: 'video-transcoding', payload: hlsTranscodingPayload })
+  const jobOptions = {
+    priority: JOB_PRIORITY.TRANSCODING.NEW_RESOLUTION + await getJobTranscodingPriorityMalus(user)
   }
+
+  const hlsTranscodingPayload: HLSTranscodingPayload = {
+    type: 'new-resolution-to-hls',
+    videoUUID: payload.videoUUID,
+    resolution: payload.resolution,
+    isPortraitMode: payload.isPortraitMode,
+    copyCodecs: payload.copyCodecs
+  }
+
+  return JobQueue.Instance.createJobWithPromise({ type: 'video-transcoding', payload: hlsTranscodingPayload }, jobOptions)
 }
 
-function createLowerResolutionsJobs (video: MVideoFullLight, videoFileResolution: number, isPortraitMode: boolean) {
+async function createLowerResolutionsJobs (
+  video: MVideoFullLight,
+  user: MUserId,
+  videoFileResolution: number,
+  isPortraitMode: boolean
+) {
   // Create transcoding jobs if there are enabled resolutions
   const resolutionsEnabled = computeResolutionsToTranscode(videoFileResolution, 'vod')
   logger.info(
@@ -244,7 +263,11 @@ function createLowerResolutionsJobs (video: MVideoFullLight, videoFileResolution
       }
     }
 
-    JobQueue.Instance.createJob({ type: 'video-transcoding', payload: dataInput })
+    const jobOptions = {
+      priority: JOB_PRIORITY.TRANSCODING.NEW_RESOLUTION + await getJobTranscodingPriorityMalus(user)
+    }
+
+    JobQueue.Instance.createJob({ type: 'video-transcoding', payload: dataInput }, jobOptions)
   }
 
   logger.info('Transcoding jobs created for uuid %s.', video.uuid, { resolutionsEnabled })
diff --git a/server/lib/job-queue/job-queue.ts b/server/lib/job-queue/job-queue.ts
index 5d0b797b0..38b1d6f1f 100644
--- a/server/lib/job-queue/job-queue.ts
+++ b/server/lib/job-queue/job-queue.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ type CreateJobArgument =
 
 type CreateJobOptions = {
   delay?: number
+  priority?: number
 }
 
 const handlers: { [id in JobType]: (job: Bull.Job) => Promise<any> } = {
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ class JobQueue {
       backoff: { delay: 60 * 1000, type: 'exponential' },
       attempts: JOB_ATTEMPTS[obj.type],
       timeout: JOB_TTL[obj.type],
+      priority: options.priority,
       delay: options.delay
     }
 
diff --git a/server/lib/video.ts b/server/lib/video.ts
index d03ab0452..6b75fadb0 100644
--- a/server/lib/video.ts
+++ b/server/lib/video.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { Transaction } from 'sequelize/types'
+import { DEFAULT_AUDIO_RESOLUTION, JOB_PRIORITY } from '@server/initializers/constants'
 import { sequelizeTypescript } from '@server/initializers/database'
 import { TagModel } from '@server/models/video/tag'
 import { VideoModel } from '@server/models/video/video'
 import { FilteredModelAttributes } from '@server/types'
-import { MTag, MThumbnail, MVideoTag, MVideoThumbnail, MVideoUUID } from '@server/types/models'
-import { ThumbnailType, VideoCreate, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
+import { MTag, MThumbnail, MUserId, MVideo, MVideoFile, MVideoTag, MVideoThumbnail, MVideoUUID } from '@server/types/models'
+import { ThumbnailType, VideoCreate, VideoPrivacy, VideoTranscodingPayload } from '@shared/models'
 import { federateVideoIfNeeded } from './activitypub/videos'
+import { JobQueue } from './job-queue/job-queue'
 import { Notifier } from './notifier'
 import { createVideoMiniatureFromExisting } from './thumbnail'
 
@@ -104,11 +106,47 @@ async function publishAndFederateIfNeeded (video: MVideoUUID, wasLive = false) {
   }
 }
 
+async function addOptimizeOrMergeAudioJob (video: MVideo, videoFile: MVideoFile, user: MUserId) {
+  let dataInput: VideoTranscodingPayload
+
+  if (videoFile.isAudio()) {
+    dataInput = {
+      type: 'merge-audio-to-webtorrent',
+      resolution: DEFAULT_AUDIO_RESOLUTION,
+      videoUUID: video.uuid,
+      isNewVideo: true
+    }
+  } else {
+    dataInput = {
+      type: 'optimize-to-webtorrent',
+      videoUUID: video.uuid,
+      isNewVideo: true
+    }
+  }
+
+  const jobOptions = {
+    priority: JOB_PRIORITY.TRANSCODING.OPTIMIZER + await getJobTranscodingPriorityMalus(user)
+  }
+
+  return JobQueue.Instance.createJobWithPromise({ type: 'video-transcoding', payload: dataInput }, jobOptions)
+}
+
+async function getJobTranscodingPriorityMalus (user: MUserId) {
+  const now = new Date()
+  const lastWeek = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), now.getDate() - 7)
+
+  const videoUploadedByUser = await VideoModel.countVideosUploadedByUserSince(user.id, lastWeek)
+
+  return videoUploadedByUser
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 export {
   buildLocalVideoFromReq,
   publishAndFederateIfNeeded,
   buildVideoThumbnailsFromReq,
-  setVideoTags
+  setVideoTags,
+  addOptimizeOrMergeAudioJob,
+  getJobTranscodingPriorityMalus
 }
diff --git a/server/models/video/video.ts b/server/models/video/video.ts
index 2bfa704ec..720bfd829 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ import { VideoShareModel } from './video-share'
 import { VideoStreamingPlaylistModel } from './video-streaming-playlist'
 import { VideoTagModel } from './video-tag'
 import { VideoViewModel } from './video-view'
+import { UserModel } from '../account/user'
 
 export enum ScopeNames {
   AVAILABLE_FOR_LIST_IDS = 'AVAILABLE_FOR_LIST_IDS',
@@ -1198,6 +1199,39 @@ export class VideoModel extends Model {
     return VideoModel.count(options)
   }
 
+  static countVideosUploadedByUserSince (userId: number, since: Date) {
+    const options = {
+      include: [
+        {
+          model: VideoChannelModel.unscoped(),
+          required: true,
+          include: [
+            {
+              model: AccountModel.unscoped(),
+              required: true,
+              include: [
+                {
+                  model: UserModel.unscoped(),
+                  required: true,
+                  where: {
+                    id: userId
+                  }
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      where: {
+        createdAt: {
+          [Op.gte]: since
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return VideoModel.unscoped().count(options)
+  }
+
   static countLivesOfAccount (accountId: number) {
     const options = {
       where: {
diff --git a/shared/models/server/job.model.ts b/shared/models/server/job.model.ts
index d16ac1032..ddd678b91 100644
--- a/shared/models/server/job.model.ts
+++ b/shared/models/server/job.model.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export interface Job {
   state: JobState
   type: JobType
   data: any
+  priority: number
   progress: number
   error: any
   createdAt: Date | string