diff --git a/video/lib/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/video/videoconverter/VideoTrackConverter.java b/video/lib/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/video/videoconverter/VideoTrackConverter.java
index a00bd8ae68..726ac9528c 100644
--- a/video/lib/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/video/videoconverter/VideoTrackConverter.java
+++ b/video/lib/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/video/videoconverter/VideoTrackConverter.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi;
 import org.signal.core.util.logging.Log;
 import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.video.interfaces.MediaInput;
 import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.video.interfaces.Muxer;
+import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.video.videoconverter.utils.Extensions;
 import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.video.videoconverter.utils.Preconditions;
 
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ final class VideoTrackConverter {
     private static final String MEDIA_FORMAT_KEY_DISPLAY_WIDTH  = "display-width";
     private static final String MEDIA_FORMAT_KEY_DISPLAY_HEIGHT = "display-height";
 
+    private static final float FRAME_RATE_TOLERANCE = 0.05f; // tolerance for transcoding VFR -> CFR
+
     private final long mTimeFrom;
     private final long mTimeTo;
 
@@ -420,7 +423,7 @@ final class VideoTrackConverter {
     }
 
     void verifyEndState() {
-        Preconditions.checkState("encoded (" + mVideoEncodedFrameCount + ") and decoded (" + mVideoDecodedFrameCount + ") video frame counts should match", mVideoDecodedFrameCount == mVideoEncodedFrameCount);
+        Preconditions.checkState("encoded (" + mVideoEncodedFrameCount + ") and decoded (" + mVideoDecodedFrameCount + ") video frame counts should match", Extensions.isWithin(mVideoDecodedFrameCount, mVideoEncodedFrameCount, FRAME_RATE_TOLERANCE));
         Preconditions.checkState("decoded frame count should be less than extracted frame count", mVideoDecodedFrameCount <= mVideoExtractedFrameCount);
     }
 
diff --git a/video/lib/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/video/videoconverter/utils/Extensions.kt b/video/lib/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/video/videoconverter/utils/Extensions.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ff085c63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/video/lib/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/video/videoconverter/utils/Extensions.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 Signal Messenger, LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+package org.thoughtcrime.securesms.video.videoconverter.utils
+
+import kotlin.math.ceil
+import kotlin.math.floor
+import kotlin.math.roundToLong
+
+object Extensions {
+  /**
+   * Determines if the [actual] value is close enough to the [expected] value within the [tolerance]
+   *
+   * @param tolerance a float value, where 0f defines an exact match, 0.1f defines a 10% tolerance, etc.
+   */
+  @JvmStatic
+  fun isWithin(expected: Long, actual: Long, tolerance: Float): Boolean {
+    val floor = floor(expected * (1 - tolerance)).roundToLong()
+    val ceiling = ceil(expected * (1 + tolerance)).roundToLong()
+    return actual in floor..ceiling
+  }
+}