diff --git a/bin/mtag/rclone-upload.py b/bin/mtag/rclone-upload.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b2c7cae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/mtag/rclone-upload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess as sp
+import sys
+import time
+
+try:
+    from copyparty.util import fsenc
+except:
+
+    def fsenc(p):
+        return p.encode("utf-8")
+
+
+_ = r"""
+first checks the tag "vidchk" which must be "ok" to continue,
+then uploads all files to some cloud storage (RCLONE_REMOTE)
+and DELETES THE ORIGINAL FILES if rclone returns 0 ("success")
+
+deps:
+  rclone
+
+usage:
+  -mtp x2=t43200,ay,p2,bin/mtag/rclone-upload.py
+
+explained:
+t43200: timeout 12h
+    ay: only process files which contain audio (including video with audio)
+    p2: set priority 2 (after vidchk's suggested priority of 1),
+          so the output of vidchk will be passed in here
+
+complete usage example as vflags along with vidchk:
+  -vsrv/vidchk:vidchk:r:rw,ed:c,e2dsa,e2ts,mtp=vidchk=t600,p,bin/mtag/vidchk.py:c,mtp=rupload=t43200,ay,p2,bin/mtag/rclone-upload.py:c,mte=+vidchk,rupload
+
+setup: see https://rclone.org/drive/
+
+if you wanna use this script standalone / separately from copyparty,
+either set CONDITIONAL_UPLOAD False or provide the following stdin:
+  {"vidchk":"ok"}
+"""
+
+
+RCLONE_REMOTE = "notmybox"
+CONDITIONAL_UPLOAD = True
+
+
+def main():
+    if CONDITIONAL_UPLOAD:
+        fp = sys.argv[1]
+        zb = sys.stdin.buffer.read()
+        zs = zb.decode("utf-8", "replace")
+        md = json.loads(zs)
+
+        chk = md.get("vidchk", None)
+        if chk != "ok":
+            print(f"vidchk={chk}", file=sys.stderr)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+    dst = f"{RCLONE_REMOTE}:".encode("utf-8")
+    cmd = [b"rclone", b"copy", b"--", fsenc(fp), dst]
+
+    t0 = time.time()
+    try:
+        sp.check_call(cmd)
+    except:
+        print("rclone failed", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    print(f"{time.time() - t0:.1f} sec")
+    os.unlink(fsenc(fp))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/bin/mtag/vidchk.py b/bin/mtag/vidchk.py
index 5a5390c8..24b57933 100755
--- a/bin/mtag/vidchk.py
+++ b/bin/mtag/vidchk.py
@@ -4,16 +4,28 @@ import json
 import sys
 import subprocess as sp
 
-from copyparty.util import fsenc
+try:
+    from copyparty.util import fsenc
+except:
+
+    def fsenc(p):
+        return p.encode("utf-8")
+
 
 _ = r"""
 inspects video files for errors and such
-usage: -mtp vidchk=t600,ay,p,bin/mtag/vidchk.py
 
+usage:
+  -mtp vidchk=t600,ay,p,bin/mtag/vidchk.py
+
+explained:
 t600: timeout 10min
   ay: only process files which contain audio (including video with audio)
    p: set priority 1 (lowest priority after initial ffprobe/mutagen for base tags),
        makes copyparty feed base tags into this script as json
+
+if you wanna use this script standalone / separately from copyparty,
+provide the video resolution on stdin as json:  {"res":"1920x1080"}
 """
 
 
diff --git a/copyparty/mtag.py b/copyparty/mtag.py
index 92477bab..0f09b1db 100644
--- a/copyparty/mtag.py
+++ b/copyparty/mtag.py
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ class MTag(object):
         env = os.environ.copy()
         env["PYTHONPATH"] = pypath
 
-        ret = {}
+        ret: dict[str, Any] = {}
         for tagname, parser in sorted(parsers.items(), key=lambda x: (x[1].pri, x[0])):
             try:
                 cmd = [parser.bin, abspath]
@@ -514,7 +514,9 @@ class MTag(object):
                 args = {"env": env, "timeout": parser.timeout, "kill": parser.kill}
 
                 if parser.pri:
-                    args["sin"] = json.dumps(oth_tags).encode("utf-8", "replace")
+                    zd = oth_tags.copy()
+                    zd.update(ret)
+                    args["sin"] = json.dumps(zd).encode("utf-8", "replace")
 
                 if WINDOWS:
                     args["creationflags"] = 0x4000