diff --git a/vspreview/plugins/builtins/slowpics_comp/workers.py b/vspreview/plugins/builtins/slowpics_comp/workers.py
index dfb3d11b..08ad8705 100644
--- a/vspreview/plugins/builtins/slowpics_comp/workers.py
+++ b/vspreview/plugins/builtins/slowpics_comp/workers.py
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ def _select_samples_ptypes(self, conf: FindFramesWorkerConfiguration) -> list[Fr
                 _rnum_checked.add(rnum)
 
                 if all(
-                    cast(bytes, f.props['_PictType']) in picture_types_b
+                    get_prop(f.props, '_PictType', str, None, '').encode() in picture_types_b
                     for f in vs.core.std.Splice(
                         [out.prepared.clip[rnum] for out in conf.outputs], True
                     ).frames(close=True)