diff --git a/ffmpeg/parse/parser.go b/ffmpeg/parse/parser.go
index c4d131b2..6f533875 100644
--- a/ffmpeg/parse/parser.go
+++ b/ffmpeg/parse/parser.go
@@ -660,6 +660,13 @@ func (p *parser) Progress() Progress {
 	return progress
 }
 
+func (p *parser) IsRunning() bool {
+	p.lock.progress.RLock()
+	defer p.lock.progress.RUnlock()
+
+	return p.stats.initialized
+}
+
 func (p *parser) Prelude() []string {
 	p.lock.prelude.RLock()
 	if p.prelude.data == nil {
diff --git a/ffmpeg/probe/prober.go b/ffmpeg/probe/prober.go
index 3ddb8ec2..01a799fb 100644
--- a/ffmpeg/probe/prober.go
+++ b/ffmpeg/probe/prober.go
@@ -141,3 +141,7 @@ func (p *prober) ResetLog() {
 	p.data = []process.Line{}
 	p.inputs = []probeIO{}
 }
+
+func (p *prober) IsRunning() bool {
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/process/parser.go b/process/parser.go
index 122b0e62..1eeeb1b6 100644
--- a/process/parser.go
+++ b/process/parser.go
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ type Parser interface {
 	// before the process starts.
 	ResetLog()
 
-	// Log returns a slice of collected log lines
+	// Log returns a slice of collected log lines.
 	Log() []Line
+
+	// IsRunning returns whether the process is producing output.
+	IsRunning() bool
 }
 
 // Line represents a line from the output with its timestamp. The
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ func (p *nullParser) Stop(string, Usage)  {}
 func (p *nullParser) ResetStats()         {}
 func (p *nullParser) ResetLog()           {}
 func (p *nullParser) Log() []Line         { return []Line{} }
+func (p *nullParser) IsRunning() bool     { return true }
 
 type bufferParser struct {
 	log []Line
@@ -77,4 +81,5 @@ func (p *bufferParser) ResetStats()        {}
 func (p *bufferParser) ResetLog() {
 	p.log = []Line{}
 }
-func (p *bufferParser) Log() []Line { return p.log }
+func (p *bufferParser) Log() []Line     { return p.log }
+func (p *bufferParser) IsRunning() bool { return true }
diff --git a/process/process.go b/process/process.go
index c6290d34..44e66516 100644
--- a/process/process.go
+++ b/process/process.go
@@ -454,6 +454,10 @@ func (p *process) Status() Status {
 	states := p.state.states
 	p.state.lock.Unlock()
 
+	if state == stateRunning && !p.parser.IsRunning() {
+		state = stateStarting
+	}
+
 	order := p.getOrder()
 
 	s := Status{