diff --git a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/deckers/thibault/aves/utils/MimeTypes.kt b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/deckers/thibault/aves/utils/MimeTypes.kt
index e024acd72..8cc0aa52a 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/deckers/thibault/aves/utils/MimeTypes.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/deckers/thibault/aves/utils/MimeTypes.kt
@@ -99,9 +99,12 @@ object MimeTypes {
         else -> true
     }
 
-    // as of `ExifInterface` v1.3.1, `isSupportedMimeType` reports
-    // no support for TIFF images, but it can actually open them (maybe other formats too)
-    fun canReadWithExifInterface(mimeType: String, strict: Boolean = true) = ExifInterface.isSupportedMimeType(mimeType) || !strict
+    // as of `ExifInterface` v1.4.0-alpha01, `isSupportedMimeType` reports
+    // no support for AVIF/TIFF images, but it can actually open them (maybe other formats too)
+    fun canReadWithExifInterface(mimeType: String, strict: Boolean = true): Boolean {
+        if (!strict) return true
+        return ExifInterface.isSupportedMimeType(mimeType) || mimeType == AVIF
+    }
 
     // as of latest PixyMeta
     fun canReadWithPixyMeta(mimeType: String) = when (mimeType) {
@@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ object MimeTypes {
         return if (pageId != null && MultiPageImage.isSupported(mimeType)) {
             true
         } else when (mimeType) {
-            DNG, DNG_ADOBE, HEIC, HEIF, PNG, WEBP -> true
+            AVIF, DNG, DNG_ADOBE, HEIC, HEIF, PNG, WEBP -> true
             else -> false
         }
     }
diff --git a/lib/model/entry/extensions/catalog.dart b/lib/model/entry/extensions/catalog.dart
index fc158c122..c6c7605ba 100644
--- a/lib/model/entry/extensions/catalog.dart
+++ b/lib/model/entry/extensions/catalog.dart
@@ -33,7 +33,13 @@ extension ExtraAvesEntryCatalog on AvesEntry {
       if ((isVideo && (!isSized || durationMillis == 0)) || mimeType == MimeTypes.avif) {
         // exotic video that is not sized during loading
         final fields = await VideoMetadataFormatter.getLoadingMetadata(this);
-        await applyNewFields(fields, persist: persist);
+        // check size as the video interpreter may fail on some AVIF stills
+        final width = fields['width'];
+        final height = fields['height'];
+        final isValid = (width == null || width > 0) && (height == null || height > 0);
+        if (isValid) {
+          await applyNewFields(fields, persist: persist);
+        }
       }
 
       // cataloguing on platform