diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ed85469..439d96e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 
+ * Ensure `FFmpegFrameGrabber.start()` skips over streams with no codecs ([issue #2299](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacv/issues/2299))
  * Add `FFmpegLogCallback.logRejectedOptions()` for debugging purposes ([pull #2301](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacv/pull/2301))
 
 ### November 16, 2024 version 1.5.11
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/FFmpegFrameGrabber.java b/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/FFmpegFrameGrabber.java
index a0e4954c..ee171be5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/FFmpegFrameGrabber.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/FFmpegFrameGrabber.java
@@ -1025,11 +1025,13 @@ public synchronized void startUnsafe(boolean findStreamInfo) throws Exception {
             // Get a pointer to the codec context for the video or audio stream
             AVCodecParameters par = st.codecpar();
             streams[i] = par.codec_type();
-            if (video_st == null && par.codec_type() == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO && (videoStream < 0 || videoStream == i)) {
+            if (video_st == null && par.codec_type() == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO
+                    && par.codec_id() != AV_CODEC_ID_NONE && (videoStream < 0 || videoStream == i)) {
                 video_st = st;
                 video_par = par;
                 videoStream = i;
-            } else if (audio_st == null && par.codec_type() == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO && (audioStream < 0 || audioStream == i)) {
+            } else if (audio_st == null && par.codec_type() == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO
+                    && par.codec_id() != AV_CODEC_ID_NONE && (audioStream < 0 || audioStream == i)) {
                 audio_st = st;
                 audio_par = par;
                 audioStream = i;