diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b3df8f81..60c69ff6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -755,12 +755,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.0.94"
+version = "1.0.95"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "17f6e324229dc011159fcc089755d1e2e216a90d43a7dea6853ca740b84f35e7"
+checksum = "d32a725bc159af97c3e629873bb9f88fb8cf8a4867175f76dc987815ea07c83b"
 dependencies = [
  "jobserver",
  "libc",
+ "once_cell",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1754,7 +1755,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http 1.1.0",
  "hyper",
  "hyper-util",
- "rustls 0.22.3",
+ "rustls 0.22.4",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
@@ -1985,7 +1986,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nom",
  "percent-encoding",
  "quoted_printable",
- "rustls 0.23.4",
+ "rustls 0.23.5",
  "rustls-pemfile",
  "socket2 0.5.6",
  "tokio",
@@ -2676,9 +2677,9 @@ checksum = "e898588f33fdd5b9420719948f9f2a32c922a246964576f71ba7f24f80610fbc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
-version = "0.12.3"
+version = "0.12.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3e6cc1e89e689536eb5aeede61520e874df5a4707df811cd5da4aa5fbb2aae19"
+checksum = "566cafdd92868e0939d3fb961bd0dc25fcfaaed179291093b3d43e6b3150ea10"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.0",
  "bytes",
@@ -2698,7 +2699,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "rustls 0.22.3",
+ "rustls 0.22.4",
  "rustls-pemfile",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "serde",
@@ -2816,9 +2817,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
-version = "0.22.3"
+version = "0.22.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "99008d7ad0bbbea527ec27bddbc0e432c5b87d8175178cee68d2eec9c4a1813c"
+checksum = "bf4ef73721ac7bcd79b2b315da7779d8fc09718c6b3d2d1b2d94850eb8c18432"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "ring",
@@ -2830,9 +2831,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
-version = "0.23.4"
+version = "0.23.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8c4d6d8ad9f2492485e13453acbb291dd08f64441b6609c491f1c2cd2c6b4fe1"
+checksum = "afabcee0551bd1aa3e18e5adbf2c0544722014b899adb31bd186ec638d3da97e"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "once_cell",
@@ -3482,18 +3483,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.58"
+version = "1.0.59"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "03468839009160513471e86a034bb2c5c0e4baae3b43f79ffc55c4a5427b3297"
+checksum = "f0126ad08bff79f29fc3ae6a55cc72352056dfff61e3ff8bb7129476d44b23aa"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.58"
+version = "1.0.59"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c61f3ba182994efc43764a46c018c347bc492c79f024e705f46567b418f6d4f7"
+checksum = "d1cd413b5d558b4c5bf3680e324a6fa5014e7b7c067a51e69dbdf47eb7148b66"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -3596,7 +3597,7 @@ version = "0.25.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "775e0c0f0adb3a2f22a00c4745d728b479985fc15ee7ca6a2608388c5569860f"
 dependencies = [
- "rustls 0.22.3",
+ "rustls 0.22.4",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
 ]
diff --git a/ffplayout-frontend b/ffplayout-frontend
index 36bb29aa..56db578d 160000
--- a/ffplayout-frontend
+++ b/ffplayout-frontend
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 36bb29aa5fe3b5c82eca67251f57919a75275b47
+Subproject commit 56db578d8cf69aee7fc573828016fa728315bf79
diff --git a/lib/src/utils/config.rs b/lib/src/utils/config.rs
index 770af394..52fa0f10 100644
--- a/lib/src/utils/config.rs
+++ b/lib/src/utils/config.rs
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ impl PlayoutConfig {
             Ok(file) => file,
             Err(_) => {
                 eprintln!(
-                    "{config_path:?} doesn't exists!\nPut \"ffplayout.yml\" in \"/etc/playout/\" or beside the executable!"
+                    "ffplayout.yml not found!\nPut \"ffplayout.yml\" in \"/etc/playout/\" or beside the executable!"
                 );
                 process::exit(1);
             }
diff --git a/lib/src/utils/json_validate.rs b/lib/src/utils/json_validate.rs
index 55b6abfa..d66d27e3 100644
--- a/lib/src/utils/json_validate.rs
+++ b/lib/src/utils/json_validate.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use crate::utils::{
     JsonPlaylist, Media, OutputMode::Null, PlayerControl, PlayoutConfig, FFMPEG_IGNORE_ERRORS,
     IMAGE_FORMAT,
 };
+use crate::ADVANCED_CONFIG;
 
 /// Validate a single media file.
 ///
@@ -30,19 +31,23 @@ fn check_media(
     begin: f64,
     config: &PlayoutConfig,
 ) -> Result<(), ProcError> {
-    let mut enc_cmd = vec_strings!["-hide_banner", "-nostats", "-v", "level+info"];
+    let mut dec_cmd = vec_strings!["-hide_banner", "-nostats", "-v", "level+info"];
     let mut error_list = vec![];
     let mut config = config.clone();
     config.out.mode = Null;
 
     let mut process_length = 0.1;
 
+    if let Some(decoder_input_cmd) = &ADVANCED_CONFIG.decoder.input_cmd {
+        dec_cmd.append(&mut decoder_input_cmd.clone());
+    }
+
     if config.logging.detect_silence {
         process_length = 15.0;
         let seek = node.duration / 4.0;
 
         // Seek in file, to prevent false silence detection on intros without sound.
-        enc_cmd.append(&mut vec_strings!["-ss", seek]);
+        dec_cmd.append(&mut vec_strings!["-ss", seek]);
     }
 
     // Take care, that no seek and length command is added.
@@ -75,13 +80,13 @@ fn check_media(
 
     filter.add_filter("silencedetect=n=-30dB", 0, Audio);
 
-    enc_cmd.append(&mut node.cmd.unwrap_or_default());
-    enc_cmd.append(&mut filter.cmd());
-    enc_cmd.append(&mut filter.map());
-    enc_cmd.append(&mut vec_strings!["-t", process_length, "-f", "null", "-"]);
+    dec_cmd.append(&mut node.cmd.unwrap_or_default());
+    dec_cmd.append(&mut filter.cmd());
+    dec_cmd.append(&mut filter.map());
+    dec_cmd.append(&mut vec_strings!["-t", process_length, "-f", "null", "-"]);
 
     let mut enc_proc = Command::new("ffmpeg")
-        .args(enc_cmd)
+        .args(dec_cmd)
         .stderr(Stdio::piped())
         .spawn()?;