diff --git a/include/libvideo2x/libvideo2x.h b/include/libvideo2x/libvideo2x.h
index 24af4f3..03c1736 100644
--- a/include/libvideo2x/libvideo2x.h
+++ b/include/libvideo2x/libvideo2x.h
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ extern "C" {
 #define LIBVIDEO2X_API
 #endif
 
+enum class VideoProcessorState {
+    Idle,
+    Running,
+    Paused,
+    Failed,
+    Aborted,
+    Completed
+};
+
 class LIBVIDEO2X_API VideoProcessor {
    public:
     VideoProcessor(
@@ -41,17 +50,14 @@ class LIBVIDEO2X_API VideoProcessor {
     [[nodiscard]] int
     process(const std::filesystem::path in_fname, const std::filesystem::path out_fname);
 
-    void pause() { paused_.store(true); }
-    void resume() { paused_.store(false); }
-    void abort() { aborted_.store(true); }
+    void pause() { state_.store(VideoProcessorState::Paused); }
+    void resume() { state_.store(VideoProcessorState::Running); }
+    void abort() { state_.store(VideoProcessorState::Aborted); }
 
+    VideoProcessorState get_state() const { return state_.load(); }
     int64_t get_processed_frames() const { return frame_index_.load(); }
     int64_t get_total_frames() const { return total_frames_.load(); }
 
-    bool is_paused() const { return paused_.load(); }
-    bool is_aborted() const { return aborted_.load(); }
-    bool is_completed() const { return completed_.load(); }
-
    private:
     [[nodiscard]] int
     process_frames(Decoder &decoder, Encoder &encoder, std::unique_ptr<Processor> &processor);
@@ -86,9 +92,7 @@ class LIBVIDEO2X_API VideoProcessor {
     AVHWDeviceType hw_device_type_ = AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_NONE;
     bool benchmark_ = false;
 
+    std::atomic<VideoProcessorState> state_ = VideoProcessorState::Idle;
     std::atomic<int64_t> frame_index_ = 0;
     std::atomic<int64_t> total_frames_ = 0;
-    std::atomic<bool> paused_ = false;
-    std::atomic<bool> aborted_ = false;
-    std::atomic<bool> completed_ = false;
 };
diff --git a/src/libvideo2x.cpp b/src/libvideo2x.cpp
index 6754098..67dbec0 100644
--- a/src/libvideo2x.cpp
+++ b/src/libvideo2x.cpp
@@ -33,9 +33,23 @@ int VideoProcessor::process(
     const std::filesystem::path in_fname,
     const std::filesystem::path out_fname
 ) {
-    char errbuf[AV_ERROR_MAX_STRING_SIZE];
     int ret = 0;
 
+    // Helper lambda to handle errors:
+    auto handle_error = [&](int error_code, const std::string &msg) {
+        // Format and log the error message
+        char errbuf[AV_ERROR_MAX_STRING_SIZE];
+        av_strerror(error_code, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
+        spdlog::critical("{}: {}", msg, errbuf);
+
+        // Set the video processor state to failed and return the error code
+        state_.store(VideoProcessorState::Failed);
+        return error_code;
+    };
+
+    // Set the video processor state to running
+    state_.store(VideoProcessorState::Running);
+
     // Create a smart pointer to manage the hardware device context
     std::unique_ptr<AVBufferRef, decltype(&av_bufferref_deleter)> hw_ctx(
         nullptr, &av_bufferref_deleter
@@ -46,9 +60,7 @@ int VideoProcessor::process(
         AVBufferRef *tmp_hw_ctx = nullptr;
         ret = av_hwdevice_ctx_create(&tmp_hw_ctx, hw_device_type_, NULL, NULL, 0);
         if (ret < 0) {
-            av_strerror(ret, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
-            spdlog::critical("Error initializing hardware device context: {}", errbuf);
-            return ret;
+            return handle_error(ret, "Error initializing hardware device context");
         }
         hw_ctx.reset(tmp_hw_ctx);
     }
@@ -57,9 +69,7 @@ int VideoProcessor::process(
     Decoder decoder;
     ret = decoder.init(hw_device_type_, hw_ctx.get(), in_fname);
     if (ret < 0) {
-        av_strerror(ret, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
-        spdlog::critical("Failed to initialize decoder: {}", errbuf);
-        return ret;
+        return handle_error(ret, "Failed to initialize decoder");
     }
 
     AVFormatContext *ifmt_ctx = decoder.get_format_context();
@@ -71,8 +81,7 @@ int VideoProcessor::process(
         ProcessorFactory::instance().create_processor(proc_cfg_, vk_device_index_)
     );
     if (processor == nullptr) {
-        spdlog::critical("Failed to create filter instance");
-        return -1;
+        return handle_error(-1, "Failed to create filter instance");
     }
 
     // Initialize output dimensions based on filter configuration
@@ -81,8 +90,7 @@ int VideoProcessor::process(
         proc_cfg_, dec_ctx->width, dec_ctx->height, output_width, output_height
     );
     if (output_width <= 0 || output_height <= 0) {
-        spdlog::critical("Failed to determine the output dimensions");
-        return -1;
+        return handle_error(-1, "Failed to determine the output dimensions");
     }
 
     // Update encoder frame rate multiplier
@@ -101,34 +109,34 @@ int VideoProcessor::process(
         in_vstream_idx
     );
     if (ret < 0) {
-        av_strerror(ret, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
-        spdlog::critical("Failed to initialize encoder: {}", errbuf);
-        return ret;
+        return handle_error(ret, "Failed to initialize encoder");
     }
 
     // Initialize the filter
     ret = processor->init(dec_ctx, encoder.get_encoder_context(), hw_ctx.get());
     if (ret < 0) {
-        spdlog::critical("Failed to initialize filter");
-        return ret;
+        return handle_error(ret, "Failed to initialize filter");
     }
 
     // Process frames using the encoder and decoder
     ret = process_frames(decoder, encoder, processor);
     if (ret < 0) {
-        av_strerror(ret, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
-        spdlog::critical("Error processing frames: {}", errbuf);
-        return ret;
+        return handle_error(ret, "Error processing frames");
     }
 
     // Write the output file trailer
-    av_write_trailer(encoder.get_format_context());
-
-    if (ret < 0 && ret != AVERROR_EOF) {
-        av_strerror(ret, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
-        spdlog::critical("Error occurred: {}", errbuf);
-        return ret;
+    ret = av_write_trailer(encoder.get_format_context());
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return handle_error(ret, "Error writing output file trailer");
     }
+
+    // Check if an error occurred during processing
+    if (ret < 0 && ret != AVERROR_EOF) {
+        return handle_error(ret, "Error occurred");
+    }
+
+    // Processing has completed successfully
+    state_.store(VideoProcessorState::Completed);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -187,7 +195,7 @@ int VideoProcessor::process_frames(
     }
 
     // Read frames from the input file
-    while (!aborted_.load()) {
+    while (state_.load() != VideoProcessorState::Aborted) {
         ret = av_read_frame(ifmt_ctx, packet.get());
         if (ret < 0) {
             if (ret == AVERROR_EOF) {
@@ -209,9 +217,9 @@ int VideoProcessor::process_frames(
             }
 
             // Process frames decoded from the packet
-            while (!aborted_.load()) {
+            while (state_.load() != VideoProcessorState::Aborted) {
                 // Sleep for 100 ms if processing is paused
-                if (paused_.load()) {
+                if (state_.load() == VideoProcessorState::Paused) {
                     std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
                     continue;
                 }
diff --git a/tools/video2x/src/video2x.cpp b/tools/video2x/src/video2x.cpp
index 9ebf26c..5b8c135 100644
--- a/tools/video2x/src/video2x.cpp
+++ b/tools/video2x/src/video2x.cpp
@@ -121,14 +121,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 #endif
 
         if (ch == ' ' || ch == '\n') {
-            // Toggle pause state
             {
-                if (video_processor.is_paused()) {
+                // Toggle pause state
+                if (video_processor.get_state() == VideoProcessorState::Paused) {
                     video_processor.resume();
                 } else {
                     video_processor.pause();
                 }
-                if (video_processor.is_paused()) {
+
+                // Print message based on current state and pause/resume the timer
+                if (video_processor.get_state() == VideoProcessorState::Paused) {
                     std::cout
                         << "\r\033[KProcessing paused; press [space] to resume, [q] to abort.";
                     std::cout.flush();
@@ -146,23 +148,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 putchar('\n');
             }
             spdlog::warn("Aborting gracefully; press Ctrl+C to terminate forcefully.");
-            {
-                video_processor.abort();
-                newline_required.store(false);
-            }
+            newline_required.store(false);
+            video_processor.abort();
             break;
         }
 
         // Display progress
         if (!arguments.no_progress) {
-            int64_t processed_frames, total_frames;
-            bool paused;
-            {
-                processed_frames = video_processor.get_processed_frames();
-                total_frames = video_processor.get_total_frames();
-                paused = video_processor.is_paused();
-            }
-            if (!paused && (total_frames > 0 || processed_frames > 0)) {
+            int64_t processed_frames = video_processor.get_processed_frames();
+            int64_t total_frames = video_processor.get_total_frames();
+
+            // Print the progress bar if processing is not paused
+            if (video_processor.get_state() != VideoProcessorState::Paused &&
+                (total_frames > 0 || processed_frames > 0)) {
                 double percentage = total_frames > 0 ? static_cast<double>(processed_frames) *
                                                            100.0 / static_cast<double>(total_frames)
                                                      : 0.0;
@@ -216,10 +214,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     }
 
     // Print final message based on processing result
-    if (video_processor.is_aborted()) {
+    if (video_processor.get_state() == VideoProcessorState::Aborted) {
         spdlog::warn("Video processing aborted");
         return 2;
-    } else if (proc_ret != 0) {
+    } else if (proc_ret != 0 || video_processor.get_state() == VideoProcessorState::Failed) {
         spdlog::critical("Video processing failed with error code {}", proc_ret);
         return 1;
     } else {