diff --git a/src-lib/src/video.rs b/src-lib/src/video.rs
index efb171b..01a1fb8 100644
--- a/src-lib/src/video.rs
+++ b/src-lib/src/video.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,25 @@ pub fn clip(output: &String, input: &String, content_span: ContentSpan) -> Resul
    }
 }
 
+pub async fn clip_async(output: &String, input: &String, content_span: ContentSpan) -> Result<(), String> {
+   fs::create_dir_all(Path::new(output).parent().unwrap()).unwrap();
+   match async_process::Command::new("ffmpeg")
+      .args([
+         "-y",
+         "-ss", &content_span.start.to_string(),
+         "-i", input,
+         "-t", &(content_span.stop - content_span.start).to_string(),
+         output,
+      ])
+      .output().await {
+      Ok(output) => match output.status.success() {
+         true => Ok(()),
+         false => Err(format!("failed to ffmpeg clip {}: {}", input, String::from_utf8(output.stderr).unwrap())),
+      },
+      Err(msg) => Err(format!("failed to ffmpeg clip {}: {}", input, msg)),
+   }
+}
+
 pub fn screenshot(output: &String, input: &String, ts: f32) -> Result<(), String> {
    match screenshot_png(input, ts) {
       Ok(png) => {
diff --git a/src/src/main.rs b/src/src/main.rs
index 1689d31..f75cb0f 100644
--- a/src/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/src/main.rs
@@ -207,18 +207,16 @@ async fn analyze(file: String) -> Analysis {
 
 async fn clipify(file: String, content_spans: Vec<lib::video::ContentSpan>) -> String {
    let d = format!("{}.d", &file);
-   match content_spans.iter()
-      .map(|content_span| {
-         lib::video::clip(
-            &format!("{}/{}.mp4", &d, content_span.start),
-            &file,
-            *content_span,
-         )
-      })
-      .filter(|x| x.is_err())
-      .map(|x| x.err().unwrap())
-      .nth(0) {
-      Some(err_msg) => err_msg,
+   let mut last_err = None;
+   for content_span in content_spans.iter() {
+      let output = format!("{}/{}.mp4", &d, content_span.start);
+      let cur = lib::video::clip_async(&output, &file, *content_span).await;
+      if cur.is_err() {
+         last_err = Some(format!("failed to clipify {} at {}..{}: {}", &file, &content_span.start, &content_span.stop, cur.err().unwrap()));
+      }
+   }
+   match last_err {
+      Some(msg) => msg,
       None => {
          match opener::open(d.clone()) {
             Ok(_) => d,