diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common/Extensions/ProcessExtensions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/Extensions/ProcessExtensions.cs
index c3a7cb394e..bb8ab130df 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common/Extensions/ProcessExtensions.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common/Extensions/ProcessExtensions.cs
@@ -15,65 +15,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="process">The process to wait for.</param>
         /// <param name="timeout">The duration to wait before cancelling waiting for the task.</param>
-        /// <returns>True if the task exited normally, false if the timeout elapsed before the process exited.</returns>
-        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">If <see cref="Process.EnableRaisingEvents"/> is not set to true for the process.</exception>
-        public static async Task<bool> WaitForExitAsync(this Process process, TimeSpan timeout)
+        /// <returns>A task that will complete when the process has exited, cancellation has been requested, or an error occurs.</returns>
+        /// <exception cref="OperationCanceledException">The timeout ended.</exception>
+        public static async Task WaitForExitAsync(this Process process, TimeSpan timeout)
         {
             using (var cancelTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource(timeout))
             {
-                return await WaitForExitAsync(process, cancelTokenSource.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Asynchronously wait for the process to exit.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="process">The process to wait for.</param>
-        /// <param name="cancelToken">A <see cref="CancellationToken"/> to observe while waiting for the process to exit.</param>
-        /// <returns>True if the task exited normally, false if cancelled before the process exited.</returns>
-        public static async Task<bool> WaitForExitAsync(this Process process, CancellationToken cancelToken)
-        {
-            if (!process.EnableRaisingEvents)
-            {
-                throw new InvalidOperationException("EnableRisingEvents must be enabled to async wait for a task to exit.");
-            }
-
-            // Add an event handler for the process exit event
-            var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
-            process.Exited += (_, _) => tcs.TrySetResult(true);
-
-            // Return immediately if the process has already exited
-            if (process.HasExitedSafe())
-            {
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            // Register with the cancellation token then await
-            using (var cancelRegistration = cancelToken.Register(() => tcs.TrySetResult(process.HasExitedSafe())))
-            {
-                return await tcs.Task.ConfigureAwait(false);
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets a value indicating whether the associated process has been terminated using
-        /// <see cref="Process.HasExited"/>. This is safe to call even if there is no operating system process
-        /// associated with the <see cref="Process"/>.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="process">The process to check the exit status for.</param>
-        /// <returns>
-        /// True if the operating system process referenced by the <see cref="Process"/> component has
-        /// terminated, or if there is no associated operating system process; otherwise, false.
-        /// </returns>
-        private static bool HasExitedSafe(this Process process)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                return process.HasExited;
-            }
-            catch (InvalidOperationException)
-            {
-                return true;
+                await process.WaitForExitAsync(cancelTokenSource.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Attachments/AttachmentExtractor.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Attachments/AttachmentExtractor.cs
index 0ec0c84d41..299f294b29 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Attachments/AttachmentExtractor.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Attachments/AttachmentExtractor.cs
@@ -174,22 +174,16 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Attachments
 
                 process.Start();
 
-                var ranToCompletion = await ProcessExtensions.WaitForExitAsync(process, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                if (!ranToCompletion)
+                try
                 {
-                    try
-                    {
-                        _logger.LogWarning("Killing ffmpeg attachment extraction process");
-                        process.Kill();
-                    }
-                    catch (Exception ex)
-                    {
-                        _logger.LogError(ex, "Error killing attachment extraction process");
-                    }
+                    await process.WaitForExitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    exitCode = process.ExitCode;
+                }
+                catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                {
+                    process.Kill(true);
+                    exitCode = -1;
                 }
-
-                exitCode = ranToCompletion ? process.ExitCode : -1;
             }
 
             var failed = false;
@@ -322,22 +316,16 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Attachments
 
                 process.Start();
 
-                var ranToCompletion = await ProcessExtensions.WaitForExitAsync(process, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                if (!ranToCompletion)
+                try
                 {
-                    try
-                    {
-                        _logger.LogWarning("Killing ffmpeg attachment extraction process");
-                        process.Kill();
-                    }
-                    catch (Exception ex)
-                    {
-                        _logger.LogError(ex, "Error killing attachment extraction process");
-                    }
+                    await process.WaitForExitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    exitCode = process.ExitCode;
+                }
+                catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                {
+                    process.Kill(true);
+                    exitCode = -1;
                 }
-
-                exitCode = ranToCompletion ? process.ExitCode : -1;
             }
 
             var failed = false;
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
index 4bff196658..0eaf9748f6 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
@@ -760,11 +760,15 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
                         timeoutMs = enableHdrExtraction ? DefaultHdrImageExtractionTimeout : DefaultSdrImageExtractionTimeout;
                     }
 
-                    ranToCompletion = await process.WaitForExitAsync(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(timeoutMs)).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                    if (!ranToCompletion)
+                    try
                     {
-                        StopProcess(processWrapper, 1000);
+                        await process.WaitForExitAsync(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(timeoutMs)).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        ranToCompletion = true;
+                    }
+                    catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                    {
+                        process.Kill(true);
+                        ranToCompletion = false;
                     }
                 }
                 finally
@@ -999,7 +1003,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
             return true;
         }
 
-        private class ProcessWrapper : IDisposable
+        private sealed class ProcessWrapper : IDisposable
         {
             private readonly MediaEncoder _mediaEncoder;
 
@@ -1042,13 +1046,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
                     _mediaEncoder._runningProcesses.Remove(this);
                 }
 
-                try
-                {
-                    process.Dispose();
-                }
-                catch
-                {
-                }
+                process.Dispose();
             }
 
             public void Dispose()
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Subtitles/SubtitleEncoder.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Subtitles/SubtitleEncoder.cs
index a41e0b7e98..21fa4468ed 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Subtitles/SubtitleEncoder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Subtitles/SubtitleEncoder.cs
@@ -420,23 +420,16 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Subtitles
                     throw;
                 }
 
-                var ranToCompletion = await process.WaitForExitAsync(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30)).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                if (!ranToCompletion)
+                try
                 {
-                    try
-                    {
-                        _logger.LogInformation("Killing ffmpeg subtitle conversion process");
-
-                        process.Kill();
-                    }
-                    catch (Exception ex)
-                    {
-                        _logger.LogError(ex, "Error killing subtitle conversion process");
-                    }
+                    await process.WaitForExitAsync(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30)).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    exitCode = process.ExitCode;
+                }
+                catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                {
+                    process.Kill(true);
+                    exitCode = -1;
                 }
-
-                exitCode = ranToCompletion ? process.ExitCode : -1;
             }
 
             var failed = false;
@@ -574,23 +567,16 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Subtitles
                     throw;
                 }
 
-                var ranToCompletion = await process.WaitForExitAsync(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30)).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                if (!ranToCompletion)
+                try
                 {
-                    try
-                    {
-                        _logger.LogWarning("Killing ffmpeg subtitle extraction process");
-
-                        process.Kill();
-                    }
-                    catch (Exception ex)
-                    {
-                        _logger.LogError(ex, "Error killing subtitle extraction process");
-                    }
+                    await process.WaitForExitAsync(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30)).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    exitCode = process.ExitCode;
+                }
+                catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                {
+                    process.Kill(true);
+                    exitCode = -1;
                 }
-
-                exitCode = ranToCompletion ? process.ExitCode : -1;
             }
 
             var failed = false;