diff --git a/gaupol/player.py b/gaupol/player.py
index ee1e96dc..2617c04d 100644
--- a/gaupol/player.py
+++ b/gaupol/player.py
@@ -358,6 +358,10 @@ def set_uri(self, uri):
             from gi.repository import GstPbutils
             discoverer = GstPbutils.Discoverer()
             self._info = discoverer.discover_uri(uri)
+            streams = self._info.get_stream_list()
+            stream_types = [x.get_stream_type_nick() for x in streams]
+            if "video" not in stream_types:
+                raise Exception(_("No video streams found"))
             stream = self._info.get_video_streams()[0]
             num = float(stream.get_framerate_num())
             denom = float(stream.get_framerate_denom())