diff --git a/EyeRecToo/src/post-processing/PostProcessingWidget.cpp b/EyeRecToo/src/post-processing/PostProcessingWidget.cpp
index 8b21e26ac31c358d4fe1ee142de02edba645792e..11d04334a25a8e14dab99370866e6eff0a5277b8 100644
--- a/EyeRecToo/src/post-processing/PostProcessingWidget.cpp
+++ b/EyeRecToo/src/post-processing/PostProcessingWidget.cpp
@@ -557,10 +557,21 @@ void PostProcessingWidget::startPlayback(QFileInfo& info)
     ui->playbackSlider->setMaximum(videoSource->getFrameCount());
     ui->playbackSlider->setValue(0);
 
-    leftEyeVideoSource = new VideoSource();
-    leftEyeVideoSource->init(leftEyeInfo.absoluteFilePath(), findAssociatedDataFile(dir, leftEyeInfo));
-    rightEyeVideoSource = new VideoSource();
-    rightEyeVideoSource->init(rightEyeInfo.absoluteFilePath(), findAssociatedDataFile(dir, rightEyeInfo));
+    auto openVideo = [&](const QFileInfo &info) {
+        VideoSource *vs = nullptr;
+        if (info.exists() && info.isFile()) {
+            vs = new VideoSource();
+            vs->init(info.absoluteFilePath(), findAssociatedDataFile(dir, info));
+            if (!vs->isReady()) {
+                vs->deleteLater();
+                vs = nullptr;
+            }
+        }
+        return vs;
+    };
+
+    leftEyeVideoSource = openVideo(leftEyeInfo);
+    rightEyeVideoSource = openVideo(rightEyeInfo);
 
     QMetaObject::invokeMethod(videoSource, "play");
     ui->statusbar->showMessage("Playing...");
@@ -600,9 +611,6 @@ void PostProcessingWidget::present(const VideoFrame& videoFrame)
     tuple.field.input = videoFrame.frame;
 
     if (ui->showEyesCheckBox->isChecked()) {
-        tuple.lEye.input = leftEyeVideoSource->getFrameAt(tuple.lEye.timestamp);
-        tuple.rEye.input = rightEyeVideoSource->getFrameAt(tuple.rEye.timestamp);
-
         // TODO:
         // temporary solution to get the eye projection, fix later
         auto projectEye = [](EyeData& ed, float radius = 12) {
@@ -613,11 +621,17 @@ void PostProcessingWidget::present(const VideoFrame& videoFrame)
             projection.center.y = 0.5 * ed.input.rows + focal_length * center(1) / center(2);
             projection.size.width = projection.size.height = 2 * focal_length * radius / center(2);
         };
-        projectEye(tuple.lEye);
-        projectEye(tuple.rEye);
 
-        emit leftEyePresent(tuple.lEye);
-        emit rightEyePresent(tuple.rEye);
+        if (leftEyeVideoSource && leftEyeVideoSource->isReady()) {
+            tuple.lEye.input = leftEyeVideoSource->getFrameAt(tuple.lEye.timestamp);
+            projectEye(tuple.lEye);
+            emit leftEyePresent(tuple.lEye);
+        }
+        if (rightEyeVideoSource && rightEyeVideoSource->isReady()) {
+            tuple.rEye.input = rightEyeVideoSource->getFrameAt(tuple.rEye.timestamp);
+            projectEye(tuple.rEye);
+            emit rightEyePresent(tuple.rEye);
+        }
     }
 
     emit present(tuple);