diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dfa7a88..975dc21 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -397,9 +397,9 @@ checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
-version = "0.3.8"
+version = "0.3.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a258e46cdc063eb8519c00b9fc845fc47bcfca4130e2f08e88665ceda8474245"
+checksum = "39cab71617ae0d63f51a36d69f866391735b51691dbda63cf6f96d042b63efeb"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "state",
  "strip-ansi-escapes",
+ "tempfile",
  "textwrap",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
@@ -462,6 +463,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fastrand"
+version = "2.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37909eebbb50d72f9059c3b6d82c0463f2ff062c9e95845c43a6c9c0355411be"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fs-err"
 version = "2.11.0"
@@ -504,7 +511,19 @@ checksum = "190092ea657667030ac6a35e305e62fc4dd69fd98ac98631e5d3a2b1575a12b5"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "wasi",
+ "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "26145e563e54f2cadc477553f1ec5ee650b00862f0a58bcd12cbdc5f0ea2d2f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "r-efi",
+ "wasi 0.14.7+wasi-0.2.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -612,9 +631,9 @@ checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.153"
+version = "0.2.176"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9c198f91728a82281a64e1f4f9eeb25d82cb32a5de251c6bd1b5154d63a8e7bd"
+checksum = "58f929b4d672ea937a23a1ab494143d968337a5f47e56d0815df1e0890ddf174"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "linked-hash-map"
@@ -628,6 +647,12 @@ version = "0.4.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "01cda141df6706de531b6c46c3a33ecca755538219bd484262fa09410c13539c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df1d3c3b53da64cf5760482273a98e575c651a67eec7f77df96b5b642de8f039"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
 version = "0.4.11"
@@ -738,7 +763,7 @@ checksum = "a4a650543ca06a924e8b371db273b2756685faae30f8487da1b56505a8f78b0c"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
- "wasi",
+ "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
@@ -896,6 +921,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "r-efi"
+version = "5.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "69cdb34c158ceb288df11e18b4bd39de994f6657d83847bdffdbd7f346754b0f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -923,7 +954,7 @@ version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.12",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1014,7 +1045,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.2",
  "errno",
  "libc",
- "linux-raw-sys",
+ "linux-raw-sys 0.4.13",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "1.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cd15f8a2c5551a84d56efdc1cd049089e409ac19a3072d5037a17fd70719ff3e"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.2",
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys 0.11.0",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
@@ -1244,13 +1288,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tempfile"
+version = "3.23.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2d31c77bdf42a745371d260a26ca7163f1e0924b64afa0b688e61b5a9fa02f16"
+dependencies = [
+ "fastrand",
+ "getrandom 0.3.3",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rustix 1.1.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "terminal_size"
 version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "21bebf2b7c9e0a515f6e0f8c51dc0f8e4696391e6f1ff30379559f8365fb0df7"
 dependencies = [
- "rustix",
+ "rustix 0.38.31",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
@@ -1468,6 +1525,24 @@ version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.14.7+wasi-0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "883478de20367e224c0090af9cf5f9fa85bed63a95c1abf3afc5c083ebc06e8c"
+dependencies = [
+ "wasip2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasip2"
+version = "1.0.1+wasi-0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0562428422c63773dad2c345a1882263bbf4d65cf3f42e90921f787ef5ad58e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "wit-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
 version = "0.2.92"
@@ -1703,6 +1778,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wit-bindgen"
+version = "0.46.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f17a85883d4e6d00e8a97c586de764dabcc06133f7f1d55dce5cdc070ad7fe59"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy"
 version = "0.7.32"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5d22d1a..ea002d8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -83,3 +83,4 @@ linked-hash-map = { workspace = true }
 parking_lot = { workspace = true }
 textwrap = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true }
+tempfile = "3.23.0"
diff --git a/src/commands/transcode/jobs/transcode.rs b/src/commands/transcode/jobs/transcode.rs
index 374a9f6..e19f3e1 100644
--- a/src/commands/transcode/jobs/transcode.rs
+++ b/src/commands/transcode/jobs/transcode.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+use std::io::Seek;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+use std::process::Command;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::time::Duration;
 use std::{fs, thread};
+use tempfile::tempfile;
 
 use crossbeam::channel::Sender;
 use euphony_configuration::get_path_extension_or_empty;
@@ -167,10 +169,28 @@ impl FileJob for TranscodeAudioFileJob {
         /*
          * Step 2: run ffmpeg (transcodes audio)
          */
+        let mut stdout_file = tempfile()
+            .into_diagnostic()
+            .wrap_err_with(|| {
+                miette!("Could not create a temporary file for ffmpeg's stdout.")
+            })?;
+        let mut stderr_file = tempfile()
+            .into_diagnostic()
+            .wrap_err_with(|| {
+                miette!("Could not create a temporary file for ffmpeg's stderr.")
+            })?;
         let mut ffmpeg_child_process = Command::new(&self.ffmpeg_binary_path)
             .args(&self.ffmpeg_arguments)
-            .stdout(Stdio::piped())
-            .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+            .stdout(stdout_file.try_clone()
+                .into_diagnostic()
+                .wrap_err_with(|| {
+                    miette!("Could not duplicate the stdout temporary file descriptor.")
+                })?)
+            .stderr(stderr_file.try_clone()
+                .into_diagnostic()
+                .wrap_err_with(|| {
+                    miette!("Could not duplicate the stderr temporary file descriptor.")
+                })?)
             .spawn()
             .into_diagnostic()
             .wrap_err_with(|| {
@@ -247,15 +267,12 @@ impl FileJob for TranscodeAudioFileJob {
             Ok(())
         } else {
             // Everything was normal.
-            let ffmpeg_output = ffmpeg_child_process
-                .wait_with_output()
+            let ffmpeg_exit_code = ffmpeg_child_process
+                .wait()
                 .into_diagnostic()
-                .wrap_err_with(|| miette!("Could not get ffmpeg output."))?;
-
-            let ffmpeg_exit_code = ffmpeg_output
-                .status
+                .wrap_err_with(|| miette!("Could not wait for the ffmpeg subprocess."))?
                 .code()
-                .ok_or_else(|| miette!("No ffmpeg exit code?!"))?;
+                .ok_or_else(|| miette!("No ffmpeg exit code! Was it killed by a signal?"))?;
 
             // Extract ffmpeg stdout/stderr/exit code if necessary.
             let processing_result = if ffmpeg_exit_code == 0 {
@@ -269,16 +286,19 @@ impl FileJob for TranscodeAudioFileJob {
 
                 FileJobResult::Okay { verbose_info }
             } else {
-                let ffmpeg_stdout = String::from_utf8(ffmpeg_output.stdout)
+                // Duplicated file handles share seek position, so we need to rewind before reading.
+                stdout_file.seek(std::io::SeekFrom::Start(0)).unwrap();
+                let ffmpeg_stdout = std::io::read_to_string(stdout_file)
                     .into_diagnostic()
                     .wrap_err_with(|| {
-                        miette!("Could not parse ffmpeg stdout.")
+                        miette!("Could not read temporary file with ffmpeg stdout.")
                     })?;
 
-                let ffmpeg_stderr = String::from_utf8(ffmpeg_output.stderr)
+                stderr_file.seek(std::io::SeekFrom::Start(0)).unwrap();
+                let ffmpeg_stderr = std::io::read_to_string(stderr_file)
                     .into_diagnostic()
                     .wrap_err_with(|| {
-                        miette!("could not parse ffmpeg stderr.")
+                        miette!("Could not read temporary file with ffmpeg stderr.")
                     })?;
 
                 let error = format!(