diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/TranscodingJobHelper.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/TranscodingJobHelper.cs
index 488856c4e..07d0b5543 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/TranscodingJobHelper.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/TranscodingJobHelper.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Jellyfin.Api.Models.PlaybackDtos;
 using Jellyfin.Api.Models.StreamingDtos;
 using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
+using MediaBrowser.Common;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
@@ -607,6 +608,10 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Helpers
             {
                 StartThrottler(state, transcodingJob);
             }
+            else if (transcodingJob.ExitCode != 0)
+            {
+                throw new FfmpegException(string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "FFmpeg exited with code {0}", transcodingJob.ExitCode));
+            }
 
             _logger.LogDebug("StartFfMpeg() finished successfully");
 
@@ -743,6 +748,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Helpers
         private void OnFfMpegProcessExited(Process process, TranscodingJobDto job, StreamState state)
         {
             job.HasExited = true;
+            job.ExitCode = process.ExitCode;
 
             _logger.LogDebug("Disposing stream resources");
             state.Dispose();
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Models/PlaybackDtos/TranscodingJobDto.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Models/PlaybackDtos/TranscodingJobDto.cs
index 291e571dc..fed837b85 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Models/PlaybackDtos/TranscodingJobDto.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Models/PlaybackDtos/TranscodingJobDto.cs
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Models.PlaybackDtos
         /// </summary>
         public bool HasExited { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets exit code.
+        /// </summary>
+        public int ExitCode { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether is user paused.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/FfmpegException.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/FfmpegException.cs
similarity index 97%
rename from MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/FfmpegException.cs
rename to MediaBrowser.Common/FfmpegException.cs
index 1697fd33a..be420196d 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/FfmpegException.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common/FfmpegException.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 
-namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding
+namespace MediaBrowser.Common
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents errors that occur during interaction with FFmpeg.
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
index 06fe95ce8..3dbbeda8a 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Jellyfin.Extensions.Json;
+using MediaBrowser.Common;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Subtitles/SubtitleEncoder.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Subtitles/SubtitleEncoder.cs
index bfc17904c..2b2de2ff6 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Subtitles/SubtitleEncoder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Subtitles/SubtitleEncoder.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using MediaBrowser.Common;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;