diff --git a/media/no_duration.webm b/media/no_duration.webm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5f1e415d
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diff --git a/moviepy/video/io/errors.py b/moviepy/video/io/errors.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3c44cea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/moviepy/video/io/errors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class VideoCorruptedError(RuntimeError):
+    """Error raised when a video file is corrupted."""
+    pass
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diff --git a/moviepy/video/io/ffmpeg_reader.py b/moviepy/video/io/ffmpeg_reader.py
index c9d073b6c..8ea12db05 100644
--- a/moviepy/video/io/ffmpeg_reader.py
+++ b/moviepy/video/io/ffmpeg_reader.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     cross_platform_popen_params,
     ffmpeg_escape_filename,
 )
+from moviepy.video.io.errors import VideoCorruptedError
 
 
 class FFMPEG_VideoReader:
@@ -760,7 +761,11 @@ def parse_duration(self, line):
                 r"([0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9])",
                 time_raw_string,
             )
+            if match_duration is None:
+                raise VideoCorruptedError("Video is corrupted and missing duration")
             return convert_to_seconds(match_duration.group(1))
+        except VideoCorruptedError:
+            raise
         except Exception:
             raise IOError(
                 (
@@ -883,6 +888,8 @@ def ffmpeg_parse_infos(
             check_duration=check_duration,
             decode_file=decode_file,
         ).parse()
+    except VideoCorruptedError as exc:
+        raise exc
     except Exception as exc:
         if os.path.isdir(filename):
             raise IsADirectoryError(f"'{filename}' is a directory")
diff --git a/moviepy/video/re_encode.py b/moviepy/video/re_encode.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cff9241ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/moviepy/video/re_encode.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+def reencode_video(input_file:str|Path, output_file:str|Path):
+    """
+    Re-encode a video file using ffmpeg. (this may fix some issues with corrupted video file)
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    input_file : str or Path file that will be re-encoded
+    output_file: str or Path file where the re-encoded video will be saved
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+
+    """
+    # Convert input and output files to Path objects
+    input_path = Path(input_file).resolve()
+    output_path = Path(output_file).resolve()
+
+    # Check if the input file exists
+    if not input_path.exists():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Input file '{input_file}' not found.")
+
+    if output_path.exists():
+        raise FileExistsError(f"Output file '{output_file}' already exists.")
+
+    try:
+        # Construct the ffmpeg command
+        command = [
+            "ffmpeg",
+            "-i", str(input_path),
+            "-c", "copy",               # Copy audio without re-encoding
+            str(output_path)
+        ]
+
+        # Run the command
+        proc=subprocess.run(command, check=True)
+        proc.check_returncode()
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print(f"Error: ffmpeg command failed with error {e}")
diff --git a/tests/test_VideoFileClip.py b/tests/test_VideoFileClip.py
index 4ee33cffa..e115c378a 100644
--- a/tests/test_VideoFileClip.py
+++ b/tests/test_VideoFileClip.py
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
 
 import copy
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 
 import pytest
 
 from moviepy.video.compositing.CompositeVideoClip import clips_array
 from moviepy.video.io.VideoFileClip import VideoFileClip
 from moviepy.video.VideoClip import ColorClip
+from moviepy.video.io.errors import VideoCorruptedError
+from moviepy.video.re_encode import reencode_video
 
 
 def test_setup(util):
@@ -98,5 +102,17 @@ def test_ffmpeg_transparency_mask(util):
     video.close()
 
 
+def test_no_duration_raise_io_error():
+    with pytest.raises(VideoCorruptedError,match="Video is corrupted and missing duration"):
+        VideoFileClip("media/no_duration.webm")
+
+
+def test_no_duration_re_encode_can_be_opened():
+    with TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
+        target=Path(temp_dir).joinpath("re_encoded.webm")
+        reencode_video("media/no_duration.webm",target)
+        VideoFileClip(target)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     pytest.main()