diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a2faa02f8..06e753c5b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Other fixes:
  - Core: Fix race condition initializing thread proxy
  - Core: Fix integer overflow in ELF loading
  - FFmpeg: Fix crash when -strict -2 is needed for vcodec or container
+ - FFmpeg: Disallow recording video with no audio nor video
  - Qt: Only dynamically reset video scale if a game is running
  - Qt: Fix race condition with proxied video events
  - Qt: Fix color selection in asset view (fixes mgba.io/i/1648)
diff --git a/src/feature/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-encoder.c b/src/feature/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-encoder.c
index 04ab843b3..3a67ca883 100644
--- a/src/feature/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-encoder.c
+++ b/src/feature/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-encoder.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ bool FFmpegEncoderVerifyContainer(struct FFmpegEncoder* encoder) {
 	AVOutputFormat* oformat = av_guess_format(encoder->containerFormat, 0, 0);
 	AVCodec* acodec = avcodec_find_encoder_by_name(encoder->audioCodec);
 	AVCodec* vcodec = avcodec_find_encoder_by_name(encoder->videoCodec);
-	if ((encoder->audioCodec && !acodec) || (encoder->videoCodec && !vcodec) || !oformat) {
+	if ((encoder->audioCodec && !acodec) || (encoder->videoCodec && !vcodec) || !oformat || (!acodec && !vcodec)) {
 		return false;
 	}
 	if (encoder->audioCodec && !avformat_query_codec(oformat, acodec->id, FF_COMPLIANCE_EXPERIMENTAL)) {