diff --git a/streamrip/media.py b/streamrip/media.py
index 530ce5a..3c5c6c1 100644
--- a/streamrip/media.py
+++ b/streamrip/media.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ from .metadata import TrackMetadata
 from .utils import (
     clean_filename,
     clean_format,
+    concat_audio_files,
     decrypt_mqa_file,
     downsize_image,
     ext,
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@ class Track(Media):
         :type dl_info: dict
         :rtype: str
         """
-        logger.debug("dl_info: %s", dl_info)
+        # logger.debug("dl_info: %s", dl_info)
         if dl_info["type"] == "mp3":
             import m3u8
             import requests
@@ -447,18 +448,8 @@ class Track(Media):
                     bar.update(1)
 
                 pool.download(callback=update_tqdm_bar)
-                subprocess.call(
-                    (
-                        "ffmpeg",
-                        "-i",
-                        f"concat:{'|'.join(pool.files)}",
-                        "-acodec",
-                        "copy",
-                        "-loglevel",
-                        "panic",
-                        self.path,
-                    )
-                )
+
+                concat_audio_files(pool.files, self.path, "mp3")
 
         elif dl_info["type"] == "original":
             _quick_download(dl_info["url"], self.path, desc=self._progress_desc)
diff --git a/streamrip/utils.py b/streamrip/utils.py
index 6f34539..c8cd2e7 100644
--- a/streamrip/utils.py
+++ b/streamrip/utils.py
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import base64
+import itertools
 import logging
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
 from string import Formatter
-from typing import Dict, Hashable, Iterator, Optional, Tuple, Union
+from typing import Dict, Hashable, Iterator, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import requests
 from click import secho, style
@@ -13,13 +18,63 @@ from pathvalidate import sanitize_filename
 from requests.packages import urllib3
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
-from .constants import COVER_SIZES, TIDAL_COVER_URL
-from .exceptions import InvalidQuality, InvalidSourceError
+from .constants import COVER_SIZES, MAX_FILES_OPEN, TIDAL_COVER_URL
+from .exceptions import FfmpegError, InvalidQuality, InvalidSourceError
 
 urllib3.disable_warnings()
 logger = logging.getLogger("streamrip")
 
 
+def concat_audio_files(paths: List[str], out: str, ext: str):
+    logger.debug("Concatenating %d files", len(paths))
+    if len(paths) == 1:
+        shutil.move(paths[0], out)
+        return
+
+    it = iter(paths)
+    num_batches = len(paths) // MAX_FILES_OPEN + (
+        1 if len(paths) % MAX_FILES_OPEN != 0 else 0
+    )
+    logger.debug(
+        "Using %d batches with max file limit of %d", num_batches, MAX_FILES_OPEN
+    )
+    tempdir = tempfile.gettempdir()
+    outpaths = [
+        os.path.join(
+            tempdir, f"__streamrip_ffmpeg_{hash(paths[i*MAX_FILES_OPEN])}.{ext}"
+        )
+        for i in range(num_batches)
+    ]
+
+    for p in outpaths:
+        try:
+            os.remove(p)  # in case of failure
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            pass
+
+    logger.debug("Batch outfiles: %s", outpaths)
+
+    for i in range(num_batches):
+        logger.debug("Batch %d", i)
+        proc = subprocess.run(
+            (
+                "ffmpeg",
+                "-i",
+                f"concat:{'|'.join(itertools.islice(it, MAX_FILES_OPEN))}",
+                "-acodec",
+                "copy",
+                "-loglevel",
+                "panic",
+                outpaths[i],
+            ),
+            # capture_output=True,
+        )
+        if proc.returncode != 0:
+            raise FfmpegError(proc.stderr)
+
+    concat_audio_files(outpaths, out, ext)
+
+
 def safe_get(d: dict, *keys: Hashable, default=None):
     """Traverse dict layers safely.