A man charged over a video of another man swinging a baby around like a rag doll, says he'd be happy with a trial by jury.

Christopher Charles Illingworth, 60, of Maroochydore, briefly appeared in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Thursday charged with two counts of using a carriage service to transmit child abuse material.

His lawyer Chelsea Emery told the court the matter would be strenuously defended.