diff --git a/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/processing/ClipProcessor.java b/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/processing/ClipProcessor.java
index 4ae7b96..3e4fb63 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/processing/ClipProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/processing/ClipProcessor.java
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 package org.example.videoclips.processing;
 
+import org.example.videoclips.config.VideoClippingProperties;
 import org.example.videoclips.application.VideoClippingRepository;
 import org.example.videoclips.domain.Clip;
 import org.example.videoclips.domain.ClipJob;
 import org.example.videoclips.domain.ClipJobStatus;
 import org.example.videoclips.domain.VideoAsset;
 import org.example.videoclips.domain.JobEvent;
+import org.example.videoclips.storage.ObjectStoragePort;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Async;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -17,10 +20,19 @@ public class ClipProcessor {
 
     private final VideoClippingRepository repository;
     private final VideoClipperPort videoClipperPort;
+    private final ObjectStoragePort objectStoragePort;
+    private final VideoClippingProperties properties;
 
-    public ClipProcessor(VideoClippingRepository repository, VideoClipperPort videoClipperPort) {
+    public ClipProcessor(
+            VideoClippingRepository repository,
+            VideoClipperPort videoClipperPort,
+            ObjectStoragePort objectStoragePort,
+            VideoClippingProperties properties
+    ) {
         this.repository = repository;
         this.videoClipperPort = videoClipperPort;
+        this.objectStoragePort = objectStoragePort;
+        this.properties = properties;
     }
 
     @Async
@@ -43,6 +55,9 @@ public class ClipProcessor {
                 recordEvent(jobId, "CANCELLED", "Job was cancelled before clip generation");
                 return;
             }
+            Path localInputPath = Path.of(properties.getFfmpeg().getInputDirectory()).resolve(asset.sourceObjectKey());
+            objectStoragePort.materializeSourceObject(asset.sourceObjectKey(), localInputPath);
+            recordEvent(jobId, "SOURCE_MATERIALIZED", "Source object staged to " + localInputPath);
             List<Clip> clips = videoClipperPort.generateClips(
                     jobId,
                     asset.id(),
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/storage/InMemoryObjectStorageAdapter.java b/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/storage/InMemoryObjectStorageAdapter.java
index 08195ba..666b2fd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/storage/InMemoryObjectStorageAdapter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/storage/InMemoryObjectStorageAdapter.java
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package org.example.videoclips.storage;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -26,6 +29,18 @@ public class InMemoryObjectStorageAdapter implements ObjectStoragePort {
         // No-op for the in-memory adapter.
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void materializeSourceObject(String sourceObjectKey, Path targetPath) {
+        try {
+            Files.createDirectories(targetPath.getParent());
+            if (!Files.exists(targetPath)) {
+                Files.writeString(targetPath, "stub-video-content");
+            }
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to materialize in-memory source object", ex);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String createClipDownloadUrl(String clipId, Instant expiresAt) {
         return "https://storage.example/clips/" + clipId + "?expiresAt=" + expiresAt.toString() + "&signature=demo";
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/storage/ObjectStoragePort.java b/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/storage/ObjectStoragePort.java
index d91cb91..6a69a21 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/storage/ObjectStoragePort.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/storage/ObjectStoragePort.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.example.videoclips.storage;
 
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ public interface ObjectStoragePort {
 
     void completeMultipartUpload(String providerUploadId, String uploadId, List<CompletedUploadPart> parts);
 
+    void materializeSourceObject(String sourceObjectKey, Path targetPath);
+
     String createClipDownloadUrl(String clipId, Instant expiresAt);
 
     record UploadPartDescriptor(int partNumber, String url) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/storage/S3ObjectStorageAdapter.java b/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/storage/S3ObjectStorageAdapter.java
index 400efcd..2a7d6af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/storage/S3ObjectStorageAdapter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/storage/S3ObjectStorageAdapter.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import org.example.videoclips.config.VideoClippingProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.DefaultCredentialsProvider;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.core.sync.ResponseTransformer;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3Configuration;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.CompleteMultipartUploadRequest;
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.presigner.model.PresignedUploadPartReq
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.presigner.model.UploadPartPresignRequest;
 
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -87,6 +90,20 @@ public class S3ObjectStorageAdapter implements ObjectStoragePort {
                 .build());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void materializeSourceObject(String sourceObjectKey, Path targetPath) {
+        try {
+            Files.createDirectories(targetPath.getParent());
+        } catch (java.io.IOException ex) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to create local source-object directory", ex);
+        }
+        s3Client.getObject(GetObjectRequest.builder()
+                        .bucket(properties.getS3().getBucket())
+                        .key(sourceObjectKey)
+                        .build(),
+                ResponseTransformer.toFile(targetPath));
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String createClipDownloadUrl(String clipId, Instant expiresAt) {
         String objectKey = "clips/" + clipId + ".mp4";
diff --git a/tmp/ffmpeg-input/uploads/upl_367df9ed2414/source b/tmp/ffmpeg-input/uploads/upl_367df9ed2414/source
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb3d12a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmp/ffmpeg-input/uploads/upl_367df9ed2414/source
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+stub-video-content
\ No newline at end of file