diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 3b54f32..0ef3176 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1008,13 +1008,11 @@ flash_button_clicked(GtkWidget *button, gpointer user_data)
 }
 
 void
-notify_movie_progress(void)
+notify_movie_record_ready(void)
 {
-        if (!movie_start) {
-                // Recording started
-                gtk_button_set_icon_name(GTK_BUTTON(movie),
-                                         "video-recording-symbolic");
-        }
+	movie_start = 0;
+	gtk_button_set_icon_name(GTK_BUTTON(movie),
+				"video-inactive-symbolic");
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index df6ef82..2af2584 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int remap(int value, int input_min, int input_max, int output_min, int output_ma
 
 bool check_window_active();
 
-void notify_movie_progress(void);
+void notify_movie_record_ready(void);
 
 void notify_movie_message(gchar *msg);
 void notify_auto_status(gchar *msg);
diff --git a/src/process_pipeline.c b/src/process_pipeline.c
index 70424de..e50d806 100644
--- a/src/process_pipeline.c
+++ b/src/process_pipeline.c
@@ -837,7 +837,6 @@ static void on_read_complete(GObject *source_object, GAsyncResult *res, gpointer
 		// End of file reached, close the stream
 		g_input_stream_close(stream, NULL, NULL);
 		g_object_unref(stream);
-		notify_movie_progress();
 		return;
 	}
 	if (bytes_read < 0) {
@@ -868,6 +867,27 @@ static void on_read_complete(GObject *source_object, GAsyncResult *res, gpointer
 				  on_read_complete, NULL);
 }
 
+static void
+spawn_movie_finished(GSubprocess *proc, GAsyncResult *res, gpointer data)
+{
+	int exit_status;
+
+	g_subprocess_wait_finish(proc, res, NULL);
+	if (g_subprocess_get_if_exited (proc)) {
+                exit_status = g_subprocess_get_exit_status (proc);
+		if (movie_recording) {
+			// stop recording, when recording failed to start
+			if (exit_status) {
+				movie_recording = 0;
+				notify_movie_record_ready();
+			}
+		} else {
+			// finished video processing
+			notify_movie_record_ready();
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 static void
 spawn_movie(char *cmd)
 {
@@ -910,6 +930,8 @@ spawn_movie(char *cmd)
 	// Read the output of the subprocess asynchronously
 	g_input_stream_read_async(stdout_stream, stdout_buf, sizeof(stdout_buf), G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, NULL,
 				  on_read_complete, NULL);
+
+	g_subprocess_wait_async(proc, NULL, (GAsyncReadyCallback)spawn_movie_finished, NULL);
 }