diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6b905d75..f0d00193 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -477,15 +477,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "async-executor"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4b0c4a4f319e45986f347ee47fef8bf5e81c9abc3f6f58dc2391439f30df65f0"
+checksum = "fc5ea910c42e5ab19012bab31f53cb4d63d54c3a27730f9a833a88efcf4bb52d"
 dependencies = [
- "async-lock 2.8.0",
+ "async-lock 3.1.1",
  "async-task",
  "concurrent-queue",
  "fastrand 2.0.1",
- "futures-lite 1.13.0",
+ "futures-lite 2.0.1",
  "slab",
 ]
 
@@ -535,9 +535,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "async-lock"
-version = "3.1.0"
+version = "3.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "deb2ab2aa8a746e221ab826c73f48bc6ba41be6763f0855cb249eb6d154cf1d7"
+checksum = "655b9c7fe787d3b25cc0f804a1a8401790f0c5bc395beb5a64dc77d8de079105"
 dependencies = [
  "event-listener 3.1.0",
  "event-listener-strategy",
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6a37913e8dc4ddcc604f0c6d3bf2887c995153af3611de9e23c352b44c1b9118"
 dependencies = [
  "async-channel 2.1.0",
- "async-lock 3.1.0",
+ "async-lock 3.1.1",
  "async-task",
  "fastrand 2.0.1",
  "futures-io",
@@ -1273,6 +1273,7 @@ version = "0.20.1"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "crossbeam-channel",
+ "derive_more",
  "ffprobe",
  "file-rotate",
  "lettre",
@@ -1464,7 +1465,11 @@ version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d3831c2651acb5177cbd83943f3d9c8912c5ad03c76afcc0e9511ba568ec5ebb"
 dependencies = [
+ "fastrand 2.0.1",
  "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "memchr",
+ "parking",
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
@@ -2711,9 +2716,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.38.24"
+version = "0.38.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9ad981d6c340a49cdc40a1028d9c6084ec7e9fa33fcb839cab656a267071e234"
+checksum = "dc99bc2d4f1fed22595588a013687477aedf3cdcfb26558c559edb67b4d9b22e"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "errno",
@@ -3346,7 +3351,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "fastrand 2.0.1",
  "redox_syscall 0.4.1",
- "rustix 0.38.24",
+ "rustix 0.38.25",
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
@@ -3650,9 +3655,9 @@ checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "88ad59a7560b41a70d191093a945f0b87bc1deeda46fb237479708a1d6b6cdfc"
+checksum = "5e395fcf16a7a3d8127ec99782007af141946b4795001f876d54fb0d55978560"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
diff --git a/assets/ffplayout.yml b/assets/ffplayout.yml
index 7e12c263..b6bcc087 100644
--- a/assets/ffplayout.yml
+++ b/assets/ffplayout.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ logging:
         false will set log timestamps to UTC. Path to /var/log/ only if you run this
         program as daemon. 'level' can be DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR.
         'ffmpeg_level' can be info, warning, error.
+        'detect_silence' logs an error message if the audio line is silent for 15
+        seconds during the validation process.
     log_to_file: true
     backup_count: 7
     local_time: true
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ logging:
     level: DEBUG
     ffmpeg_level: error
     ingest_level: warning
+    detect_silence: false
 
 processing:
     help_text: Default processing for all clips, to have them unique. Mode can be playlist
diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index 2b76ca5a..79f55660 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ edition.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["clock", "serde", "std"] }
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5"
+derive_more = "0.99"
 ffprobe = "0.3"
 file-rotate = "0.7"
 lettre = { version = "0.11", features = ["builder", "rustls-tls", "smtp-transport"], default-features = false }
diff --git a/lib/src/utils/config.rs b/lib/src/utils/config.rs
index 0b2bbbc5..2beb101c 100644
--- a/lib/src/utils/config.rs
+++ b/lib/src/utils/config.rs
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ pub struct Logging {
     pub level: LevelFilter,
     pub ffmpeg_level: String,
     pub ingest_level: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub detect_silence: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
diff --git a/lib/src/utils/errors.rs b/lib/src/utils/errors.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f797c51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/src/utils/errors.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use std::io;
+
+use derive_more::Display;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Display)]
+pub enum ProcError {
+    #[display(fmt = "Failed to spawn ffmpeg/ffprobe. {}", _0)]
+    CommandSpawn(io::Error),
+    #[display(fmt = "Failed to read data from ffmpeg/ffprobe. {}", _0)]
+    IO(io::Error),
+    #[display(fmt = "{}", _0)]
+    Custom(String),
+    #[display(fmt = "Regex compile error {}", _0)]
+    Regex(String),
+}
+
+impl From<std::io::Error> for ProcError {
+    fn from(err: std::io::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::CommandSpawn(err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<regex::Error> for ProcError {
+    fn from(err: regex::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::Regex(err.to_string())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/utils/json_validate.rs b/lib/src/utils/json_validate.rs
index 803a24bd..d48ae943 100644
--- a/lib/src/utils/json_validate.rs
+++ b/lib/src/utils/json_validate.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::{
-    io::{BufRead, BufReader, Error, ErrorKind},
+    io::{BufRead, BufReader},
     process::{Command, Stdio},
     sync::{
         atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ use std::{
     },
 };
 
+use regex::Regex;
 use simplelog::*;
 
+use crate::filter::FilterType::Audio;
 use crate::utils::{
-    loop_image, sec_to_time, seek_and_length, valid_source, vec_strings, JsonPlaylist, Media,
-    OutputMode::Null, PlayoutConfig, FFMPEG_IGNORE_ERRORS, IMAGE_FORMAT,
+    errors::ProcError, loop_image, sec_to_time, seek_and_length, valid_source, vec_strings,
+    JsonPlaylist, Media, OutputMode::Null, PlayoutConfig, FFMPEG_IGNORE_ERRORS, IMAGE_FORMAT,
 };
 
 /// check if ffmpeg can read the file and apply filter to it.
@@ -20,23 +22,26 @@ fn check_media(
     pos: usize,
     begin: f64,
     config: &PlayoutConfig,
-) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let mut enc_cmd = vec_strings!["-hide_banner", "-nostats", "-v", "level+error"];
+) -> Result<(), ProcError> {
+    let mut enc_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 config.logging.detect_silence {
+        process_length = 15.0;
+    }
+
     node.add_probe();
 
     if node.probe.clone().and_then(|p| p.format).is_none() {
-        return Err(Error::new(
-            ErrorKind::Other,
-            format!(
-                "No Metadata at position <yellow>{pos}</> {}, from file <b><magenta>\"{}\"</></b>",
-                sec_to_time(begin),
-                node.source
-            ),
-        ));
+        return Err(ProcError::Custom(format!(
+            "No Metadata at position <yellow>{pos}</> {}, from file <b><magenta>\"{}\"</></b>",
+            sec_to_time(begin),
+            node.source
+        )));
     }
 
     // take care, that no seek and length command is added.
@@ -60,24 +65,30 @@ fn check_media(
     let mut filter = node.filter.unwrap_or_default();
 
     if filter.cmd().len() > 1 {
-        filter.cmd()[1] = filter.cmd()[1].replace("realtime=speed=1", "null")
+        let re_clean = Regex::new(r"volume=[0-9.]+")?;
+
+        filter.audio_chain = re_clean
+            .replace_all(&filter.audio_chain, "anull")
+            .to_string();
     }
 
+    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", "0.1", "-f", "null", "-"]);
+    enc_cmd.append(&mut vec_strings!["-t", process_length, "-f", "null", "-"]);
 
-    let mut enc_proc = match Command::new("ffmpeg")
-        .args(enc_cmd.clone())
+    let mut enc_proc = Command::new("ffmpeg")
+        .args(enc_cmd)
         .stderr(Stdio::piped())
-        .spawn()
-    {
-        Err(e) => return Err(e),
-        Ok(proc) => proc,
-    };
+        .spawn()?;
 
     let enc_err = BufReader::new(enc_proc.stderr.take().unwrap());
+    let mut silence_start = 0.0;
+    let mut silence_end = 0.0;
+    let re_start = Regex::new(r"silence_start: ([0-9]+:)?([0-9.]+)")?;
+    let re_end = Regex::new(r"silence_end: ([0-9]+:)?([0-9.]+)")?;
 
     for line in enc_err.lines() {
         let line = line?;
@@ -91,11 +102,25 @@ fn check_media(
                 error_list.push(log_line);
             }
         }
+
+        if config.logging.detect_silence {
+            if let Some(start) = re_start.captures(&line).and_then(|c| c.get(2)) {
+                silence_start = start.as_str().parse::<f32>().unwrap_or_default();
+            }
+
+            if let Some(end) = re_end.captures(&line).and_then(|c| c.get(2)) {
+                silence_end = end.as_str().parse::<f32>().unwrap_or_default() + 0.5;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if silence_end - silence_start > process_length {
+        error_list.push("Audio is totally silent!".to_string());
     }
 
     if !error_list.is_empty() {
         error!(
-            "<bright black>[Validator]</> ffmpeg error on position <yellow>{pos}</> - {}: <b><magenta>{}</></b>:\n{}",
+            "<bright black>[Validator]</> ffmpeg error on position <yellow>{pos}</> - {}: <b><magenta>{}</></b>: {}",
             sec_to_time(begin),
             node.source,
             error_list.join("\n")
diff --git a/lib/src/utils/mod.rs b/lib/src/utils/mod.rs
index 17f7c8c0..9c933ad2 100644
--- a/lib/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ use simplelog::*;
 
 pub mod config;
 pub mod controller;
+pub mod errors;
 pub mod folder;
 pub mod generator;
 pub mod import;