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diff --git a/src/lib/film.cc b/src/lib/film.cc
index 9f909633a..ede367ded 100644
--- a/src/lib/film.cc
+++ b/src/lib/film.cc
@@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ Film::make_dcp ()
throw runtime_error (_("You must add some content to the DCP before creating it"));
}
+ if (length() == DCPTime()) {
+ throw runtime_error (_("The DCP is empty, perhaps because all the content has zero length."));
+ }
+
if (dcp_content_type() == 0) {
throw MissingSettingError (_("content type"));
}