diff --git a/native/media/ffmpeg.js b/native/media/ffmpeg.js
--- a/native/media/ffmpeg.js
+++ b/native/media/ffmpeg.js
@@ -81,19 +81,21 @@
   transcodeVideo(
     ffmpegCommand: string,
     inputVideoDuration: number,
-    onTranscodingProgress: (percent: number) => void,
+    onTranscodingProgress?: (percent: number) => void,
   ): Promise<{ rc: number, lastStats: ?FFmpegStatistics }> {
     const duration = inputVideoDuration > 0 ? inputVideoDuration : 0.001;
     const wrappedCommand = async () => {
       RNFFmpegConfig.resetStatistics();
       let lastStats;
-      RNFFmpegConfig.enableStatisticsCallback(
-        (statisticsData: FFmpegStatistics) => {
-          lastStats = statisticsData;
-          const { time } = statisticsData;
-          onTranscodingProgress(time / 1000 / duration);
-        },
-      );
+      if (onTranscodingProgress) {
+        RNFFmpegConfig.enableStatisticsCallback(
+          (statisticsData: FFmpegStatistics) => {
+            lastStats = statisticsData;
+            const { time } = statisticsData;
+            onTranscodingProgress(time / 1000 / duration);
+          },
+        );
+      }
       const ffmpegResult = await RNFFmpeg.execute(ffmpegCommand);
       return { ...ffmpegResult, lastStats };
     };
diff --git a/native/media/media-utils.js b/native/media/media-utils.js
--- a/native/media/media-utils.js
+++ b/native/media/media-utils.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   +hasWiFi: boolean,
   // Blocks return until we can confirm result has the correct MIME
   +finalFileHeaderCheck?: boolean,
-  +onTranscodingProgress: (percent: number) => void,
+  +onTranscodingProgress?: (percent: number) => void,
 };
 type SharedMediaResult = {
   +success: true,
diff --git a/native/media/video-utils.js b/native/media/video-utils.js
--- a/native/media/video-utils.js
+++ b/native/media/video-utils.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 };
 
 type VideoProcessConfig = {
-  +onTranscodingProgress: (percent: number) => void,
+  +onTranscodingProgress?: (percent: number) => void,
 };
 
 type ProcessVideoResponse = {
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
 async function transcodeVideo(
   plan: ProcessPlan,
   duration: number,
-  onProgressCallback: number => void,
+  onProgressCallback?: number => void,
 ): Promise<TranscodeVideoMediaMissionStep> {
   const transcodeStart = Date.now();
   let returnCode,