From 6d9a65a2aaa8e5c267b537cf289653f9c725ea5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vanilagy <1696106+Vanilagy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:25:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Address transcode forced by trimming in docs (closes #464)

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 docs/guide/converting-media-files.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/guide/converting-media-files.md b/docs/guide/converting-media-files.md
index ba0ac96..e17bbc2 100644
--- a/docs/guide/converting-media-files.md
+++ b/docs/guide/converting-media-files.md
@@ -440,6 +440,12 @@ const conversion = await Conversion.init({
 });
 ```
 
+::: warning
+Setting `start` to a value other than the default will currently force a *transcode* of both video and audio.
+
+In a future version of Mediabunny, the fast "packet copy path" that is currently reachable by leaving `start` unset, may be made available for any arbitrary trim range.
+:::
+
 ## Metadata tags
 
 By default, any [descriptive metadata tags](../api/MetadataTags.md) of the input will be copied to the output. If you want to further control the metadata tags written to the output, you can use the `tags` options: