3 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/server/lib/video-import.ts b/server/lib/video-import.ts
index d9da09040..796079875 100644
--- a/server/lib/video-import.ts
+++ b/server/lib/video-import.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ async function buildVideoFromImport ({ channelId, importData, importDataOverride
     language: importDataOverride?.language || importData.language,
     commentsEnabled: importDataOverride?.commentsEnabled ?? CONFIG.DEFAULTS.PUBLISH.COMMENTS_ENABLED,
     downloadEnabled: importDataOverride?.downloadEnabled ?? CONFIG.DEFAULTS.PUBLISH.DOWNLOAD_ENABLED,
-    waitTranscoding: importDataOverride?.waitTranscoding || false,
+    waitTranscoding: importDataOverride?.waitTranscoding ?? true,
     state: VideoState.TO_IMPORT,
     nsfw: importDataOverride?.nsfw || importData.nsfw || false,
     description: importDataOverride?.description || importData.description,
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-channel-syncs.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-channel-syncs.ts
index 65b143a4f..5c0663311 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-channel-syncs.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-channel-syncs.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
+
 import { expect } from 'chai'
 import { FIXTURE_URLS } from '@server/tests/shared'
 import { areHttpImportTestsDisabled } from '@shared/core-utils'
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ describe('Test channel synchronizations', function () {
           })
 
           expect(video.name).to.equal('small video - youtube')
+          expect(video.waitTranscoding).to.be.true
 
           const { total } = await servers[0].videos.listByChannel({ handle: 'root_channel', include: VideoInclude.NOT_PUBLISHED_STATE })
           expect(total).to.equal(1)
@@ -109,6 +112,7 @@ describe('Test channel synchronizations', function () {
           })
           expect(total).to.equal(2)
           expect(data[0].name).to.equal('test')
+          expect(data[0].waitTranscoding).to.be.true
         }
       })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-description.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-description.ts
index a74b78a5f..a4b3ff6e7 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-description.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-description.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe('Test video description', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should upload video with long description', async function () {
-    this.timeout(10000)
+    this.timeout(30000)
 
     const attributes = {
       description: longDescription