diff --git a/src/transcoder/transcoder.rs b/src/transcoder/transcoder.rs
index 30414ab..cd5a54c 100644
--- a/src/transcoder/transcoder.rs
+++ b/src/transcoder/transcoder.rs
@@ -57,13 +57,20 @@ impl Transcoder {
 
   fn transcode(&self, file: &str) {
     let ingest_file = Path::new(&self.repository.ingest_dir).join(file);
-    let output_file = Path::new(&self.repository.output_dir).join(file);
+    let video_format = &self.config.get_string("transcoder.video_format").unwrap();
+    let output_stem = Path::new(file).file_stem().unwrap();
+    let output_bits = vec![output_stem.to_str().unwrap(), &video_format];
+    let output_name = output_bits.join(".");
+    let output_file = Path::new(&self.repository.output_dir).join(output_name);
+
+    let video_codec = &self.config.get_string("transcoder.video_codec").unwrap();
+    info!("Transcoding {} to {} with the {} encoder.", ingest_file.display(), output_file.display(), video_codec);
 
     let cmd_output = process::Command::new("/usr/bin/ffmpeg")
       .arg("-i")        .arg(&*ingest_file.to_string_lossy())
       .arg("-y")
-      .arg("-f")        .arg(&self.config.get_string("transcoder.video_format").unwrap())
-      .arg("-c:v")      .arg(&self.config.get_string("transcoder.video_codec").unwrap())
+      .arg("-f")        .arg(&video_format)
+      .arg("-c:v")      .arg(&video_codec)
       .arg("-s")        .arg(&self.config.get_string("transcoder.video_resolution").unwrap())
       .arg("-r")        .arg(format!("{}", self.config.get_string("transcoder.video_framerate").unwrap()))
       .arg("-vf")       .arg(format!("format={}", &self.config.get_string("transcoder.video_color").unwrap()))