diff --git a/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.go b/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.go
index 201f6aa161..3593661539 100755
--- a/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.go
+++ b/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.go
@@ -862,6 +862,19 @@ func hasVideoMetadata(fname string) bool {
 	return !fileInfo.IsDir()
 }
 
+func hasVideoMetadata(fname string) bool {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToLower(fname), "pipe:") {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(fname)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return !fileInfo.IsDir()
+}
+
 func (t *Transcoder) Transcode(input *TranscodeOptionsIn, ps []TranscodeOptions) (*TranscodeResults, error) {
 	t.mu.Lock()
 	defer t.mu.Unlock()