diff --git a/src/formats/video.rs b/src/formats/video.rs
index 82c00ad..4fe0731 100644
--- a/src/formats/video.rs
+++ b/src/formats/video.rs
@@ -235,6 +235,13 @@ impl VideoFormat {
 }
 
 impl OutputVideoFormat {
+    pub(crate) const fn is_vp9(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            Self::Webm { video_codec, .. } => video_codec.is_vp9(),
+            Self::Mp4 { .. } => false,
+        }
+    }
+
     pub(crate) const fn from_parts(
         video_codec: VideoCodec,
         audio_codec: Option<AudioCodec>,
@@ -374,6 +381,10 @@ impl Mp4Codec {
 }
 
 impl WebmAlphaCodec {
+    const fn is_vp9(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, Self::Vp9)
+    }
+
     const fn ffmpeg_codec(self) -> &'static str {
         match self {
             Self::Vp8 => "vp8",
@@ -383,6 +394,13 @@ impl WebmAlphaCodec {
 }
 
 impl WebmCodec {
+    const fn is_vp9(self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            Self::Av1 => false,
+            Self::Alpha(AlphaCodec { codec, .. }) => codec.is_vp9(),
+        }
+    }
+
     const fn ffmpeg_codec(self) -> &'static str {
         match self {
             Self::Av1 => "av1",
diff --git a/src/validate/ffmpeg.rs b/src/validate/ffmpeg.rs
index 8ec390f..41cbc8d 100644
--- a/src/validate/ffmpeg.rs
+++ b/src/validate/ffmpeg.rs
@@ -60,66 +60,43 @@ async fn transcode_files(
     output_format: OutputVideoFormat,
     crf: u8,
 ) -> Result<(), FfMpegError> {
+    let mut args = vec![
+        "-hide_banner",
+        "-v",
+        "warning",
+        "-f",
+        input_format.ffmpeg_format(),
+        "-i",
+        input_path,
+        "-pix_fmt",
+        output_format.pix_fmt(),
+        "-vf",
+        "scale=trunc(iw/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2",
+    ];
+
     if let Some(audio_codec) = output_format.ffmpeg_audio_codec() {
-        Process::run(
-            "ffmpeg",
-            &[
-                "-hide_banner",
-                "-v",
-                "warning",
-                "-f",
-                input_format.ffmpeg_format(),
-                "-i",
-                input_path,
-                "-pix_fmt",
-                output_format.pix_fmt(),
-                "-vf",
-                "scale=trunc(iw/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2",
-                "-c:a",
-                audio_codec,
-                "-c:v",
-                output_format.ffmpeg_video_codec(),
-                "-b:v",
-                "0",
-                "-crf",
-                &crf.to_string(),
-                "-f",
-                output_format.ffmpeg_format(),
-                output_path,
-            ],
-        )?
-        .wait()
-        .await?;
+        args.extend(["-c:a", audio_codec]);
     } else {
-        Process::run(
-            "ffmpeg",
-            &[
-                "-hide_banner",
-                "-v",
-                "warning",
-                "-f",
-                input_format.ffmpeg_format(),
-                "-i",
-                input_path,
-                "-pix_fmt",
-                output_format.pix_fmt(),
-                "-vf",
-                "scale=trunc(iw/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2",
-                "-an",
-                "-c:v",
-                output_format.ffmpeg_video_codec(),
-                "-b:v",
-                "0",
-                "-crf",
-                &crf.to_string(),
-                "-f",
-                output_format.ffmpeg_format(),
-                output_path,
-            ],
-        )?
-        .wait()
-        .await?;
+        args.push("-an")
     }
 
+    args.extend(["-c:v", output_format.ffmpeg_video_codec()]);
+
+    if output_format.is_vp9() {
+        args.extend(["-b:v", "0"]);
+    }
+
+    let crf = crf.to_string();
+
+    args.extend([
+        "-crf",
+        &crf,
+        "-f",
+        output_format.ffmpeg_format(),
+        output_path,
+    ]);
+
+    Process::run("ffmpeg", &args)?.wait().await?;
+
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/validate/magick.rs b/src/validate/magick.rs
index 5b36bbc..83e4015 100644
--- a/src/validate/magick.rs
+++ b/src/validate/magick.rs
@@ -79,56 +79,21 @@ async fn convert(
 
     let input_arg = format!("{input}:{input_file_str}");
     let output_arg = format!("{output}:-");
+    let quality = quality.map(|q| q.to_string());
 
-    let process = if coalesce {
-        if let Some(quality) = quality {
-            Process::run(
-                "magick",
-                &[
-                    "convert",
-                    "-strip",
-                    "-auto-orient",
-                    &input_arg,
-                    "-quality",
-                    &quality.to_string(),
-                    "-coalesce",
-                    &output_arg,
-                ],
-            )?
-        } else {
-            Process::run(
-                "magick",
-                &[
-                    "convert",
-                    "-strip",
-                    "-auto-orient",
-                    &input_arg,
-                    "-coalesce",
-                    &output_arg,
-                ],
-            )?
-        }
-    } else if let Some(quality) = quality {
-        Process::run(
-            "magick",
-            &[
-                "convert",
-                "-strip",
-                "-auto-orient",
-                &input_arg,
-                "-quality",
-                &quality.to_string(),
-                &output_arg,
-            ],
-        )?
-    } else {
-        Process::run(
-            "magick",
-            &["convert", "-strip", "-auto-orient", &input_arg, &output_arg],
-        )?
-    };
+    let mut args = vec!["convert", "-strip", "-auto-orient", &input_arg];
 
-    let reader = process.read();
+    if let Some(quality) = &quality {
+        args.extend(["-quality", quality]);
+    }
+
+    if coalesce {
+        args.push("-coalesce");
+    }
+
+    args.push(&output_arg);
+
+    let reader = Process::run("magick", &args)?.read();
 
     let clean_reader = crate::tmp_file::cleanup_tmpfile(reader, input_file);