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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5243967
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@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b14083d
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diff --git a/src/render/ffmpeg.rs b/src/render/ffmpeg.rs
index 1c94319..70e5dba 100644
--- a/src/render/ffmpeg.rs
+++ b/src/render/ffmpeg.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ use super::cmd;
 use crate::time::{format_time, Time};
 use camino::{Utf8Path as Path, Utf8PathBuf as PathBuf};
 use rational::Rational;
-use std::process::Command;
+use std::{borrow::Cow, process::Command};
 
 pub(crate) struct FfmpegInput {
+	pub(crate) concat: bool,
 	pub(crate) loop_input: bool,
 	pub(crate) fps: Option<Rational>,
 	pub(crate) start: Option<Time>,
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ pub(crate) struct FfmpegInput {
 impl FfmpegInput {
 	pub(crate) fn new(path: PathBuf) -> Self {
 		Self {
+			concat: false,
 			loop_input: false,
 			fps: None,
 			start: None,
@@ -24,6 +26,9 @@ impl FfmpegInput {
 	}
 
 	fn append_to_cmd(self, cmd: &mut Command) {
+		if self.concat {
+			cmd.arg("-f").arg("concat").arg("-safe").arg("0");
+		}
 		if self.loop_input {
 			cmd.arg("-loop").arg("1");
 		}
@@ -40,8 +45,65 @@ impl FfmpegInput {
 	}
 }
 
+pub(crate) enum Filter {
+	Concat {
+		inputs: Vec<Cow<'static, str>>,
+		n: usize,
+		output: Cow<'static, str>
+	},
+
+	FadeIn {
+		input: Cow<'static, str>,
+		start: Time,
+		duration: Time,
+		output: Cow<'static, str>
+	},
+
+	FadeOut {
+		input: Cow<'static, str>,
+		start: Time,
+		duration: Time,
+		output: Cow<'static, str>
+	},
+
+	Overlay {
+		video_input: Cow<'static, str>,
+		overlay_input: Cow<'static, str>,
+		x: Cow<'static, str>,
+		y: Cow<'static, str>,
+		output: Cow<'static, str>
+	},
+
+	GenerateSilence {
+		output: Cow<'static, str>
+	}
+}
+
+impl Filter {
+	fn is_video_filter(&self) -> bool {
+		matches!(
+			self,
+			Self::Concat { .. }
+				| Self::FadeIn { .. }
+				| Self::FadeOut { .. }
+				| Self::Overlay { .. }
+		)
+	}
+
+	fn is_audio_filter(&self) -> bool {
+		matches!(
+			self,
+			Self::Concat { .. }
+				| Self::FadeIn { .. }
+				| Self::FadeOut { .. }
+				| Self::GenerateSilence { .. }
+		)
+	}
+}
+
 pub(crate) struct Ffmpeg {
 	inputs: Vec<FfmpegInput>,
+	filters: Vec<Filter>,
 	output: PathBuf
 }
 
@@ -49,6 +111,7 @@ impl Ffmpeg {
 	pub fn new(output: PathBuf) -> Self {
 		Self {
 			inputs: Vec::new(),
+			filters: Vec::new(),
 			output
 		}
 	}
@@ -57,9 +120,13 @@ impl Ffmpeg {
 		let mut cmd = cmd();
 		cmd.arg("ffmpeg").arg("-hide_banner");
 
+		// determine whether the video need to be re-encoded
+		let venc = self.filters.iter().any(|f| f.is_video_filter());
+		let aenc = self.filters.iter().any(|f| f.is_audio_filter());
+
 		// initialise a vaapi device if one exists
 		let vaapi_device: PathBuf = "/dev/dri/renderD128".into();
-		let vaapi = vaapi_device.exists();
+		let vaapi = venc && vaapi_device.exists();
 		if vaapi {
 			cmd.arg("-vaapi_device").arg(&vaapi_device);
 		}
@@ -72,6 +139,20 @@ impl Ffmpeg {
 		// always try to synchronise audio
 		cmd.arg("-async").arg("1");
 
+		// TODO apply filters
+
+		// append encoding options
+		if vaapi {
+			cmd.arg("-c:v").arg("h264_vaapi");
+			cmd.arg("-rc_mode").arg("CQP");
+			cmd.arg("-global_quality").arg("22");
+		} else if venc {
+			cmd.arg("-c:v").arg("libx264");
+			cmd.arg("-crf").arg("22");
+		} else {
+			cmd.arg("-c:v").arg("copy");
+		}
+
 		unimplemented!()
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/render/mod.rs b/src/render/mod.rs
index 28126a5..843d910 100644
--- a/src/render/mod.rs
+++ b/src/render/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pub mod ffmpeg;
 
 use crate::{
 	iotro::intro,
+	render::ffmpeg::Ffmpeg,
 	time::{format_date, Time},
 	Project, ProjectSourceMetadata, Resolution
 };
@@ -133,6 +134,20 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
 	pub(crate) fn preprocess(&self, project: &mut Project) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 		assert!(!project.progress.preprocessed);
 
+		let logo = self.target.join("logo.svg");
+		fs::write(
+			&logo,
+			include_bytes!(concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/assets/logo.svg"))
+		)?;
+		let fastforward = self.target.join("fastforward.svg");
+		fs::write(
+			&fastforward,
+			include_bytes!(concat!(
+				env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"),
+				"/assets/fastforward.svg"
+			))
+		)?;
+
 		let recording_txt = self.target.join("recording.txt");
 		let mut file = File::create(recording_txt)?;
 		for filename in &project.source.files {
@@ -141,7 +156,8 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
 		drop(file);
 
 		println!("\x1B[1m ==> Concatenating Video and Normalising Audio ...");
-		let mut ffmpeg = Ffmpeg::new();
+		let recording_mp4 = self.target.join("recording.mp4");
+		let mut ffmpeg = Ffmpeg::new(recording_mp4);
 
 		// project.source.metadata = Some(ProjectSourceMetadata {
 		// 	source_duration: ffprobe_video("format=duration", input)?.parse()?