diff --git a/4-seasons.sh b/4-seasons.sh
index 48a2582..d051a55 100755
--- a/4-seasons.sh
+++ b/4-seasons.sh
@@ -102,18 +102,11 @@ GREY_MIN="${SEASONS_GREY_STDDEV_MIN:-0}"
 GREY_DARK_FLOOR="${SEASONS_GREY_DARK_FLOOR:-30}"  # frames darker than this are never skipped
 images=(); bad=0; grey=0
 for img in "${all_images[@]}"; do
-    # Empty or unreadable
+    # Skip empty or unreadable files (0-byte writes from camera reconnects)
     if [ ! -r "$img" ] || [ ! -s "$img" ]; then
         echo "WARNING: skipping empty/missing frame: $(basename "$img")"
         ((bad++)) || true; continue
     fi
-    # Corrupt JPEG — ffprobe can't identify any video stream
-    if ! ffprobe -v quiet -select_streams v:0 \
-            -show_entries stream=codec_name -of csv=p=0 "$img" 2>/dev/null \
-            | grep -q .; then
-        echo "WARNING: skipping corrupt frame: $(basename "$img")"
-        ((bad++)) || true; continue
-    fi
     # Optional: skip uniform-grey bad-signal frames.
     # A frame is bad-signal if it is BOTH uniform (low stddev) AND not dark.
     # Night frames are dark so they pass even with low stddev.