diff --git a/.project b/.project
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9de1fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>node-ffmpeg</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.nodeclipse.ui.NodeNature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/lib/ffmpeg.js b/lib/ffmpeg.js
index e5e99e9..c5e1bfb 100644
--- a/lib/ffmpeg.js
+++ b/lib/ffmpeg.js
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ var ffmpeg = function (/* inputFilepath, settings, callback */) {
 			throw errors.renderError('input_filepath_must_be_string');
 		// Get the input filepath
 		var inputFilepath = args[0];
-		// Check if file exist
-		if (!fs.existsSync(inputFilepath))
-			throw errors.renderError('fileinput_not_exist');
-		
+		//Check if the input is an external URI
+		//or is an existing file
+		if (!/["]?[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.\-:_]+:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\.\/\-:_]+(\s[a-zA-Z0-9\-_]+=[a-zA-Z0-9\-_]+)?["]?$/.test(inputFilepath) && !fs.existsSync(inputFilepath))
+				throw errors.renderError('fileinput_not_exist');
 		// New instance of the base configuration
 		var settings = new configs();
 		// Callback to call