diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f41c98a8c..ffdeb47c1 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ Misc:
  - Qt: Remove audio thread
  - Qt: Remove audio buffer sizing in AudioProcessorQt
  - Qt: Re-enable QtMultimedia on Windows
+ - FFmpeg: Return false if a file fails to open
 
 0.5.2: (2016-12-31)
 Bugfixes:
diff --git a/src/feature/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-encoder.c b/src/feature/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-encoder.c
index 4f0afef53..41e5d0877 100644
--- a/src/feature/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-encoder.c
+++ b/src/feature/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-encoder.c
@@ -320,7 +320,9 @@ bool FFmpegEncoderOpen(struct FFmpegEncoder* encoder, const char* outfile) {
 	avcodec_parameters_from_context(encoder->videoStream->codecpar, encoder->video);
 #endif
 
-	avio_open(&encoder->context->pb, outfile, AVIO_FLAG_WRITE);
+	if (avio_open(&encoder->context->pb, outfile, AVIO_FLAG_WRITE) < 0) {
+		return false;
+	}
 	return avformat_write_header(encoder->context, 0) >= 0;
 }