diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/ffmpeg_decoder.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/ffmpeg_decoder.cpp
index 2eddc98d3..bc467acff 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwsound/ffmpeg_decoder.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/ffmpeg_decoder.cpp
@@ -25,14 +25,28 @@ void FFmpeg_Decoder::fail(const std::string &msg)
 
 int FFmpeg_Decoder::readPacket(void *user_data, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size)
 {
-    Ogre::DataStreamPtr stream = static_cast<FFmpeg_Decoder*>(user_data)->mDataStream;
-    return stream->read(buf, buf_size);
+    try
+    {
+        Ogre::DataStreamPtr stream = static_cast<FFmpeg_Decoder*>(user_data)->mDataStream;
+        return stream->read(buf, buf_size);
+    }
+    catch (std::exception& e)
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
 }
 
 int FFmpeg_Decoder::writePacket(void *user_data, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size)
 {
-    Ogre::DataStreamPtr stream = static_cast<FFmpeg_Decoder*>(user_data)->mDataStream;
-    return stream->write(buf, buf_size);
+    try
+    {
+        Ogre::DataStreamPtr stream = static_cast<FFmpeg_Decoder*>(user_data)->mDataStream;
+        return stream->write(buf, buf_size);
+    }
+    catch (std::exception& e)
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
 }
 
 int64_t FFmpeg_Decoder::seek(void *user_data, int64_t offset, int whence)
diff --git a/components/esm/esmreader.cpp b/components/esm/esmreader.cpp
index 3c43d067f..bbe475ff7 100644
--- a/components/esm/esmreader.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/esmreader.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ std::string ESMReader::getHString()
         // Skip the following zero byte
         mCtx.leftRec--;
         char c;
-        mEsm->read(&c, 1);
+        getExact(&c, 1);
         return "";
     }
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ void ESMReader::getSubName()
     }
 
     // reading the subrecord data anyway.
-    mEsm->read(mCtx.subName.name, 4);
+    getExact(mCtx.subName.name, 4);
     mCtx.leftRec -= 4;
 }
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ bool ESMReader::isEmptyOrGetName()
 {
     if (mCtx.leftRec)
     {
-        mEsm->read(mCtx.subName.name, 4);
+        getExact(mCtx.subName.name, 4);
         mCtx.leftRec -= 4;
         return false;
     }
@@ -294,9 +294,16 @@ void ESMReader::getRecHeader(uint32_t &flags)
 
 void ESMReader::getExact(void*x, int size)
 {
-    int t = mEsm->read(x, size);
-    if (t != size)
-        fail("Read error");
+    try
+    {
+        int t = mEsm->read(x, size);
+        if (t != size)
+            fail("Read error");
+    }
+    catch (std::exception& e)
+    {
+        fail(std::string("Read error: ") + e.what());
+    }
 }
 
 std::string ESMReader::getString(int size)
diff --git a/extern/ogre-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videostate.cpp b/extern/ogre-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videostate.cpp
index 9dac0bacd..0894499b2 100644
--- a/extern/ogre-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videostate.cpp
+++ b/extern/ogre-ffmpeg-videoplayer/videostate.cpp
@@ -175,13 +175,27 @@ void PacketQueue::clear()
 int VideoState::OgreResource_Read(void *user_data, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size)
 {
     Ogre::DataStreamPtr stream = static_cast<VideoState*>(user_data)->stream;
-    return stream->read(buf, buf_size);
+    try
+    {
+        return stream->read(buf, buf_size);
+    }
+    catch (std::exception& e)
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
 }
 
 int VideoState::OgreResource_Write(void *user_data, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size)
 {
     Ogre::DataStreamPtr stream = static_cast<VideoState*>(user_data)->stream;
-    return stream->write(buf, buf_size);
+    try
+    {
+        return stream->write(buf, buf_size);
+    }
+    catch (std::exception& e)
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
 }
 
 int64_t VideoState::OgreResource_Seek(void *user_data, int64_t offset, int whence)