diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
index 947e19a69aff569c03fa93ef8433ddc60ab076c0..d406365285ae5375ae404482829a74b13d5ec64f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
@@ -728,7 +728,11 @@ public class FileBackend {
 
 	private Dimensions getVideoDimensions(File file) throws NotAVideoFile {
 		MediaMetadataRetriever metadataRetriever = new MediaMetadataRetriever();
-		metadataRetriever.setDataSource(file.getAbsolutePath());
+		try {
+			metadataRetriever.setDataSource(file.getAbsolutePath());
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new NotAVideoFile();
+		}
 		String hasVideo = metadataRetriever.extractMetadata(MediaMetadataRetriever.METADATA_KEY_HAS_VIDEO);
 		if (hasVideo == null) {
 			throw new NotAVideoFile();