diff --git a/packages/tests/src/api/transcoding/video-studio.ts b/packages/tests/src/api/transcoding/video-studio.ts
index 0a69e3ac1..48f514f9a 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/api/transcoding/video-studio.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/src/api/transcoding/video-studio.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai'
-import { getAllFiles } from '@peertube/peertube-core-utils'
+import { getAllFiles, getHLS } from '@peertube/peertube-core-utils'
 import { VideoStudioTask } from '@peertube/peertube-models'
 import { areMockObjectStorageTestsDisabled } from '@peertube/peertube-node-utils'
 import {
@@ -111,6 +111,41 @@ describe('Test video studio', function () {
         await checkVideoDuration(server, videoUUID, 4)
       }
     })
+
+    it('Should cut start/end of the audio', async function () {
+      this.timeout(120_000)
+
+      await servers[0].config.enableMinimumTranscoding({ splitAudioAndVideo: true })
+      await renewVideo('video_short1.webm')
+      await servers[0].config.enableMinimumTranscoding()
+
+      const video = await servers[0].videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
+      for (const file of video.files) {
+        if (file.resolution.id === 0) continue
+
+        await servers[0].videos.removeWebVideoFile({ fileId: file.id, videoId: videoUUID })
+      }
+
+      for (const file of getHLS(video).files) {
+        if (file.resolution.id === 0) continue
+
+        await servers[0].videos.removeHLSFile({ fileId: file.id, videoId: videoUUID })
+      }
+
+      await createTasks([
+        {
+          name: 'cut',
+          options: {
+            start: 2,
+            end: 6
+          }
+        }
+      ])
+
+      for (const server of servers) {
+        await checkVideoDuration(server, videoUUID, 4)
+      }
+    })
   })
 
   describe('Intro/Outro', function () {
@@ -261,6 +296,7 @@ describe('Test video studio', function () {
   })
 
   describe('Complex tasks', function () {
+
     it('Should run a complex task', async function () {
       this.timeout(240_000)
       await renewVideo()
diff --git a/server/core/middlewares/validators/videos/video-studio.ts b/server/core/middlewares/validators/videos/video-studio.ts
index 6f6f2dc54..7723b15ae 100644
--- a/server/core/middlewares/validators/videos/video-studio.ts
+++ b/server/core/middlewares/validators/videos/video-studio.ts
@@ -33,10 +33,14 @@ const videoStudioAddEditionValidator = [
     }
 
     if (areValidationErrors(req, res)) return cleanUpReqFiles(req)
+    if (!await doesVideoExist(req.params.videoId, res)) return cleanUpReqFiles(req)
 
     const body: VideoStudioCreateEdition = req.body
     const files = req.files as Express.Multer.File[]
 
+    const video = res.locals.videoAll
+    const videoIsAudio = video.hasAudio() && !video.hasVideo()
+
     for (let i = 0; i < body.tasks.length; i++) {
       const task = body.tasks[i]
 
@@ -49,6 +53,17 @@ const videoStudioAddEditionValidator = [
         return cleanUpReqFiles(req)
       }
 
+      if (videoIsAudio) {
+        if (task.name === 'add-intro' || task.name === 'add-outro' || task.name === 'add-watermark') {
+          res.fail({
+            status: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
+            message: `Task ${task.name} is invalid: video does not contain a video stream`
+          })
+
+          return cleanUpReqFiles(req)
+        }
+      }
+
       if (task.name === 'add-intro' || task.name === 'add-outro') {
         const filePath = getTaskFileFromReq(files, i).path
 
@@ -56,7 +71,7 @@ const videoStudioAddEditionValidator = [
         if (await isAudioFile(filePath)) {
           res.fail({
             status: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
-            message: `Task ${task.name} is invalid: file does not contain a video stream`
+            message: `Task ${task.name} is invalid: input file does not contain a video stream`
           })
 
           return cleanUpReqFiles(req)
@@ -64,9 +79,6 @@ const videoStudioAddEditionValidator = [
       }
     }
 
-    if (!await doesVideoExist(req.params.videoId, res)) return cleanUpReqFiles(req)
-
-    const video = res.locals.videoAll
     if (!checkVideoFileCanBeEdited(video, res)) return cleanUpReqFiles(req)
 
     const user = res.locals.oauth.token.User
diff --git a/server/core/models/video/video.ts b/server/core/models/video/video.ts
index 6de1f6627..2cfd1caac 100644
--- a/server/core/models/video/video.ts
+++ b/server/core/models/video/video.ts
@@ -1738,7 +1738,13 @@ export class VideoModel extends SequelizeModel<VideoModel> {
 
   getMaxQualityAudioAndVideoFiles <T extends MVideoWithFile> (this: T) {
     const videoFile = this.getMaxQualityFile(VideoFileStream.VIDEO)
-    if (!videoFile) return { videoFile: undefined }
+
+    if (!videoFile) {
+      const audioOnly = this.getMaxQualityFile(VideoFileStream.AUDIO)
+      if (audioOnly) return { videoFile: audioOnly }
+
+      return { videoFile: undefined }
+    }
 
     // File also has audio, we can return it
     if (videoFile.hasAudio()) return { videoFile }
@@ -1759,7 +1765,7 @@ export class VideoModel extends SequelizeModel<VideoModel> {
   getMaxQualityBytes <T extends MVideoWithFile> (this: T) {
     const { videoFile, separatedAudioFile } = this.getMaxQualityAudioAndVideoFiles()
 
-    let size = videoFile.size
+    let size = videoFile?.size || 0
     if (separatedAudioFile) size += separatedAudioFile.size
 
     return size
@@ -1801,6 +1807,10 @@ export class VideoModel extends SequelizeModel<VideoModel> {
     return !!this.getMaxQualityFile(VideoFileStream.AUDIO)
   }
 
+  hasVideo () {
+    return !!this.getMaxQualityFile(VideoFileStream.VIDEO)
+  }
+
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   getWebVideoFileMinResolution<T extends MVideoWithFile> (this: T, resolution: number): MVideoFileVideo {