diff --git a/av/container/core.py b/av/container/core.py
index a651c8055..e8aa51854 100755
--- a/av/container/core.py
+++ b/av/container/core.py
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ def __enter__(self):
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
         self.close()
 
+    def close(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return f"<av.{self.__class__.__name__} {self.file or self.name!r}>"
 
diff --git a/av/container/core.pyi b/av/container/core.pyi
index 2ca547028..cb891cbdc 100644
--- a/av/container/core.pyi
+++ b/av/container/core.pyi
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ class Container:
         exc_val: BaseException | None,
         exc_tb: TracebackType | None,
     ) -> None: ...
+    def close(self) -> None: ...
     def chapters(self) -> list[Chapter]: ...
     def set_chapters(self, chapters: list[Chapter]) -> None: ...
 
diff --git a/av/container/input.pyi b/av/container/input.pyi
index b9d93c6b4..a5f829fef 100644
--- a/av/container/input.pyi
+++ b/av/container/input.pyi
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class InputContainer(Container):
     size: int
 
     def __enter__(self) -> InputContainer: ...
-    def close(self) -> None: ...
     @overload
     def demux(self, video_stream: VideoStream) -> Iterator[Packet[VideoStream]]: ...
     @overload
diff --git a/av/container/output.pyi b/av/container/output.pyi
index de2e4950a..f7781be29 100644
--- a/av/container/output.pyi
+++ b/av/container/output.pyi
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ class OutputContainer(Container):
         self, codec_name: str | None = None, options: dict[str, str] | None = None
     ) -> DataStream: ...
     def start_encoding(self) -> None: ...
-    def close(self) -> None: ...
     def mux(self, packets: Packet | Sequence[Packet]) -> None: ...
     def mux_one(self, packet: Packet) -> None: ...
     @property