diff --git a/panda/src/grutil/openCVTexture.cxx b/panda/src/grutil/openCVTexture.cxx
index 6c44b4ba61..1ac0f4e903 100644
--- a/panda/src/grutil/openCVTexture.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/grutil/openCVTexture.cxx
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ from_camera(int camera_index, int z) {
     return false;
   }
 
-  int width = cvGetCaptureProperty(page._color._capture, CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH);
-  int height = cvGetCaptureProperty(page._color._capture, CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT);
-
   if (!reconsider_video_properties(page._color, 3, z)) {
     page._color.clear();
     return false;
@@ -269,6 +266,11 @@ reconsider_video_properties(const OpenCVTexture::VideoStream &stream,
   if (stream.is_from_file()) {
     frame_rate = cvGetCaptureProperty(stream._capture, CV_CAP_PROP_FPS);
     num_frames = (int)cvGetCaptureProperty(stream._capture, CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_COUNT);
+    if (grutil_cat.is_debug()) {
+      grutil_cat.debug()
+        << "Loaded " << stream._filename << ", " << num_frames << " frames at "
+        << frame_rate << " fps\n";
+    }
   }
   int width = (int)cvGetCaptureProperty(stream._capture, CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH);
   int height = (int)cvGetCaptureProperty(stream._capture, CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT);
@@ -281,6 +283,13 @@ reconsider_video_properties(const OpenCVTexture::VideoStream &stream,
     y_size = up_to_power_2(height);
   }
 
+  if (grutil_cat.is_debug()) {
+    grutil_cat.debug()
+      << "Video stream is " << width << " by " << height 
+      << " pixels; fitting in texture " << x_size << " by "
+      << y_size << " texels.\n";
+  }
+
   if (!reconsider_image_properties(x_size, y_size, num_components,
 				   T_unsigned_byte, z)) {
     return false;
diff --git a/panda/src/putil/animInterface.I b/panda/src/putil/animInterface.I
index 5e455df3d2..83097dcc4f 100644
--- a/panda/src/putil/animInterface.I
+++ b/panda/src/putil/animInterface.I
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ get_num_frames() const {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 INLINE int AnimInterface::
 get_frame() const {
+  if (get_num_frames() <= 0) {
+    return 0;
+  }
   return cmod(get_full_frame(), get_num_frames());
 }
 
diff --git a/panda/src/putil/animInterface.cxx b/panda/src/putil/animInterface.cxx
index d711f6e0f3..766afdb87c 100644
--- a/panda/src/putil/animInterface.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/putil/animInterface.cxx
@@ -252,10 +252,12 @@ get_full_fframe() const {
     return min(max(get_f(), 0.0), _play_frames) + _start_frame;
 
   case PM_loop:
+    nassertr(_play_frames >= 0.0, 0.0);
     return cmod(get_f(), _play_frames) + _start_frame;
 
   case PM_pingpong:
     {
+      nassertr(_play_frames >= 0.0, 0.0);
       double f = cmod(get_f(), _play_frames * 2.0);
       if (f > _play_frames) {
 	return (_play_frames * 2.0 - f) + _start_frame;