diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b9fb218..7e02960 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2011-05-24  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* morituri/common/common.py:
+	  Add an EmptyError.
+	* morituri/common/checksum.py:
+	  Set it when we don't get any frames.
+	* morituri/rip/main.py:
+	  Catch it and stop ripping if this happens.
+
 2011-05-24  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* morituri/common/task.py:
diff --git a/morituri/common/checksum.py b/morituri/common/checksum.py
index 5e6e4b1..ac34030 100644
--- a/morituri/common/checksum.py
+++ b/morituri/common/checksum.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ from morituri.common import common, task, gstreamer
 
 # checksums are not CRC's. a CRC is a specific type of checksum.
 
-
 class ChecksumTask(gstreamer.GstPipelineTask):
     """
     I am a task that calculates a checksum of the decoded audio data.
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ class ChecksumTask(gstreamer.GstPipelineTask):
                 length, qformat = sink.query_duration(gst.FORMAT_DEFAULT)
             except gst.QueryError, e:
                 self.setException(e)
-                self.stop()
                 return
 
             # wavparse 0.10.14 returns in bytes
@@ -141,8 +139,7 @@ class ChecksumTask(gstreamer.GstPipelineTask):
     def stopped(self):
         if not self._last:
             # see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=578612
-            print 'ERROR: checksum: not a single buffer gotten'
-            # FIXME: instead of print, do something useful
+            self.setException(common.EmptyError('not a single buffer gotten'))
         else:
             self._checksum = self._checksum % 2 ** 32
             self.debug("last offset %r", self._last.offset)
diff --git a/morituri/common/common.py b/morituri/common/common.py
index 4f221d6..7833bf0 100644
--- a/morituri/common/common.py
+++ b/morituri/common/common.py
@@ -212,9 +212,14 @@ def tagListEquals(tl1, tl2):
 
     return d1 == d2
 
+
 class MissingDependencyException(Exception):
     dependency = None
 
     def __init__(self, *args):
         self.args = args
         self.dependency = args[0]
+
+
+class EmptyError(Exception):
+    pass
diff --git a/morituri/rip/main.py b/morituri/rip/main.py
index 69bae1e..0754821 100644
--- a/morituri/rip/main.py
+++ b/morituri/rip/main.py
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ cdrdao says:
 %s
 """ % e.exception.msg)
             return 255
+
+        if isinstance(e.exception, common.EmptyError):
+            sys.stderr.write(
+                'rip: error: Could not create encoded file.\n') 
+            return 255
+
         raise
 
     if ret is None: