diff --git a/src/demo/xray.c b/src/demo/xray.c
index cdd64ee7a..f09460fdb 100644
--- a/src/demo/xray.c
+++ b/src/demo/xray.c
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ int xray_demo(struct notcurses* nc){
   char* path = find_data("notcursesI.avi");
   nc_err_e err;
   struct ncvisual* ncv = ncplane_visual_open(n, path, &err);
-fprintf(stderr, "NCV: %p %s\n", ncv, path);
   free(path);
   if(ncv == NULL){
     return -1;
diff --git a/src/lib/libav.c b/src/lib/libav.c
index 294b9dee7..337f9fc23 100644
--- a/src/lib/libav.c
+++ b/src/lib/libav.c
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ int ncvisual_stream(notcurses* nc, ncvisual* ncv, nc_err_e* ncerr,
   // each frame has a pkt_duration in milliseconds. keep the aggregate, in case
   // we don't have PTS available.
   uint64_t sum_duration = 0;
-  while(ncvisual_decode(ncv) == NCERR_SUCCESS){
+  while((*ncerr = ncvisual_decode(ncv)) == NCERR_SUCCESS){
     // codecctx seems to be off by a factor of 2 regularly. instead, go with
     // the time_base from the avformatctx.
     double tbase = av_q2d(ncv->fmtctx->streams[ncv->stream_index]->time_base);