diff --git a/front/public/translations/en.json b/front/public/translations/en.json
index 6fe0a950..e7992e29 100644
--- a/front/public/translations/en.json
+++ b/front/public/translations/en.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 		"part": "Part {{number}}",
 		"videos-map": "Edit video mappings",
 		"remap": "Remap",
-		"staff-as":"as {{character}}",
+		"staff-as": "as {{character}}",
 		"staff-kind": {
 			"actor": "Actor",
 			"director": "Director",
@@ -253,7 +253,9 @@
 		"transmux": "Original",
 		"auto": "Auto",
 		"notInPristine": "Unavailable in pristine",
-		"unsupportedError": "Video codec not supported, transcoding in progress..."
+		"unsupportedError": "Video codec not supported, transcoding in progress...",
+		"not-available": "{{entry}} is not available on kyoo yet, ask your server admins about it",
+		"fatal": "Fatal playback error"
 	},
 	"search": {
 		"empty": "No result found. Try a different query."
diff --git a/front/src/models/video.ts b/front/src/models/video.ts
index e5ae2ee9..e06b5334 100644
--- a/front/src/models/video.ts
+++ b/front/src/models/video.ts
@@ -49,8 +49,14 @@ export const FullVideo = Video.extend({
 		playedDate: zdate().nullable(),
 		videoId: z.string().nullable(),
 	}),
-	previous: z.object({ video: z.string(), entry: Entry }).nullable().optional(),
-	next: z.object({ video: z.string(), entry: Entry }).nullable().optional(),
+	previous: z
+		.object({ video: z.string().nullable(), entry: Entry })
+		.nullable()
+		.optional(),
+	next: z
+		.object({ video: z.string().nullable(), entry: Entry })
+		.nullable()
+		.optional(),
 	show: Show.optional().nullable(),
 });
 export type FullVideo = z.infer<typeof FullVideo>;
diff --git a/front/src/ui/player/controls/error-popup.tsx b/front/src/ui/player/controls/error-popup.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..651bfc9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/front/src/ui/player/controls/error-popup.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import Close from "@material-symbols/svg-400/rounded/close-fill.svg";
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { View } from "react-native";
+import { Heading, IconButton, P } from "~/primitives";
+import { cn } from "~/utils";
+
+export const ErrorPopup = ({
+	message,
+	dismiss,
+}: {
+	message: string;
+	dismiss: () => void;
+}) => {
+	const { t } = useTranslation();
+	return (
+		<View
+			className={cn(
+				"absolute inset-x-6 top-1/2 flex-1 -translate-y-1/2 flex-row justify-between",
+				"rounded-xl border border-slate-700 bg-background p-5",
+			)}
+		>
+			<View className="flex-1 flex-wrap">
+				<Heading className="my-2">{t("player.fatal")}</Heading>
+				<P className="mt-2 flex-1">{message}</P>
+			</View>
+			<IconButton icon={Close} onPress={dismiss} />
+		</View>
+	);
+};
diff --git a/front/src/ui/player/controls/index.tsx b/front/src/ui/player/controls/index.tsx
index 1a29b047..cc13e608 100644
--- a/front/src/ui/player/controls/index.tsx
+++ b/front/src/ui/player/controls/index.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export const Controls = ({
 	chapters,
 	playPrev,
 	playNext,
+	forceShow,
 }: {
 	player: VideoPlayer;
 	showHref?: string;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ export const Controls = ({
 	chapters: Chapter[];
 	playPrev: (() => boolean) | null;
 	playNext: (() => boolean) | null;
+	forceShow?: boolean;
 }) => {
 	const isTouch = useIsTouch();
 
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ export const Controls = ({
 		<View className="absolute inset-0">
 			<TouchControls
 				player={player}
-				forceShow={hover || menuOpened}
+				forceShow={hover || menuOpened || forceShow}
 				className="absolute inset-0"
 			>
 				<Back
diff --git a/front/src/ui/player/index.tsx b/front/src/ui/player/index.tsx
index df12223b..e2c8f0f1 100644
--- a/front/src/ui/player/index.tsx
+++ b/front/src/ui/player/index.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import "react-native-get-random-values";
 
 import { Stack, useRouter } from "expo-router";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { Platform, StyleSheet, View } from "react-native";
 import { useEvent, useVideoPlayer, VideoView } from "react-native-video";
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import { type QueryIdentifier, useFetch } from "~/query";
 import { Info } from "~/ui/info";
 import { useQueryState } from "~/utils";
 import { Controls, LoadingIndicator } from "./controls";
+import { ErrorPopup } from "./controls/error-popup";
 import { toggleFullscreen } from "./controls/misc";
 import { PlayModeContext } from "./controls/tracks-menu";
 import { useKeyboard } from "./keyboard";
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ export const Player = () => {
 	);
 	const playModeState = useState(defaultPlayMode);
 	const [playMode, setPlayMode] = playModeState;
+	const [playbackError, setPlaybackError] = useState<KyooError | undefined>();
 	const player = useVideoPlayer(
 		{
 			uri: `${apiUrl}/api/videos/${slug}/${playMode === "direct" ? "direct" : "master.m3u8"}?clientId=${clientId}`,
@@ -101,18 +104,39 @@ export const Player = () => {
 	}, [player, info?.fonts]);
 
 	const router = useRouter();
+	const { t } = useTranslation();
 	const playPrev = useCallback(() => {
 		if (!data?.previous) return false;
+		if (!data.previous.video) {
+			setPlaybackError({
+				status: "not-available",
+				message: t("player.not-available", {
+					entry: `${entryDisplayNumber(data.previous.entry)} ${data.previous.entry.name}`,
+				}),
+			});
+			return true;
+		}
+		setPlaybackError(undefined);
 		setStart("0");
 		setSlug(data.previous.video);
 		return true;
-	}, [data?.previous, setSlug, setStart]);
+	}, [data?.previous, setSlug, setStart, t]);
 	const playNext = useCallback(() => {
 		if (!data?.next) return false;
+		if (!data.next.video) {
+			setPlaybackError({
+				status: "not-available",
+				message: t("player.not-available", {
+					entry: `${entryDisplayNumber(data.next.entry)} ${data.next.entry.name}`,
+				}),
+			});
+			return true;
+		}
+		setPlaybackError(undefined);
 		setStart("0");
 		setSlug(data.next.video);
 		return true;
-	}, [data?.next, setSlug, setStart]);
+	}, [data?.next, setSlug, setStart, t]);
 
 	useProgressObserver(
 		player,
@@ -148,7 +172,6 @@ export const Player = () => {
 		};
 	}, []);
 
-	const [playbackError, setPlaybackError] = useState<KyooError | undefined>();
 	useEvent(player, "onError", (error) => {
 		if (
 			error.code === "source/unsupported-content-type" &&
@@ -157,9 +180,6 @@ export const Player = () => {
 			setPlayMode("hls");
 		else setPlaybackError({ status: error.code, message: error.message });
 	});
-	if (playbackError) {
-		throw playbackError;
-	}
 
 	return (
 		<View className="flex-1 bg-black">
@@ -201,10 +221,17 @@ export const Player = () => {
 							: data?.path
 					}
 					chapters={info?.chapters ?? []}
-					playPrev={data?.previous?.video ? playPrev : null}
-					playNext={data?.next?.video ? playNext : null}
+					playPrev={data?.previous ? playPrev : null}
+					playNext={data?.next ? playNext : null}
+					forceShow={!!playbackError}
 				/>
 			</PlayModeContext.Provider>
+			{playbackError && (
+				<ErrorPopup
+					message={playbackError.message}
+					dismiss={() => setPlaybackError(undefined)}
+				/>
+			)}
 		</View>
 	);
 };