diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.ts b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.ts
index 5607d4865a443..09432f65621b9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
     SessionRecordingUsageType,
 } from '~/types'
 import { eventUsageLogic } from 'lib/utils/eventUsageLogic'
-import { eventWithTime } from '@rrweb/types'
+import { EventType, eventWithTime } from '@rrweb/types'
 import { Dayjs, dayjs } from 'lib/dayjs'
 import type { sessionRecordingDataLogicType } from './sessionRecordingDataLogicType'
 import { chainToElements } from 'lib/utils/elements-chain'
@@ -600,6 +600,42 @@ export const sessionRecordingDataLogic = kea<sessionRecordingDataLogicType>([
             },
         ],
 
+        snapshotsInvalid: [
+            (s, p) => [s.snapshotsByWindowId, s.fullyLoaded, p.sessionRecordingId],
+            (snapshotsByWindowId, fullyLoaded, sessionRecordingId): boolean => {
+                if (!fullyLoaded) {
+                    return false
+                }
+
+                const windowsHaveFullSnapshot = Object.entries(snapshotsByWindowId).reduce(
+                    (acc, [windowId, events]) => {
+                        acc[`window-id-${windowId}-has-full-snapshot`] = events.some(
+                            (event) => event.type === EventType.FullSnapshot
+                        )
+                        return acc
+                    },
+                    {}
+                )
+                const anyWindowMissingFullSnapshot = !Object.values(windowsHaveFullSnapshot).some((x) => x)
+                const everyWindowMissingFullSnapshot = !Object.values(windowsHaveFullSnapshot).every((x) => x)
+
+                if (everyWindowMissingFullSnapshot) {
+                    // video is definitely unplayable
+                    posthog.capture('recording_has_no_full_snapshot', {
+                        ...windowsHaveFullSnapshot,
+                        sessionId: sessionRecordingId,
+                    })
+                } else if (anyWindowMissingFullSnapshot) {
+                    posthog.capture('recording_window_missing_full_snapshot', {
+                        ...windowsHaveFullSnapshot,
+                        sessionId: sessionRecordingId,
+                    })
+                }
+
+                return everyWindowMissingFullSnapshot || anyWindowMissingFullSnapshot
+            },
+        ],
+
         bufferedToTime: [
             (s) => [s.segments],
             (segments): number | null => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingPlayerLogic.ts b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingPlayerLogic.ts
index 301f1d48e8dfe..c9f2d39d0af6d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingPlayerLogic.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingPlayerLogic.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ export const sessionRecordingPlayerLogic = kea<sessionRecordingPlayerLogicType>(
                 'sessionPlayerData',
                 'sessionPlayerSnapshotDataLoading',
                 'sessionPlayerMetaDataLoading',
+                'snapshotsInvalid',
             ],
             playerSettingsLogic,
             ['speed', 'skipInactivitySetting'],
@@ -345,6 +346,7 @@ export const sessionRecordingPlayerLogic = kea<sessionRecordingPlayerLogicType>(
                 s.isSkippingInactivity,
                 s.snapshotsLoaded,
                 s.sessionPlayerSnapshotDataLoading,
+                s.snapshotsInvalid,
             ],
             (
                 playingState,
@@ -353,8 +355,13 @@ export const sessionRecordingPlayerLogic = kea<sessionRecordingPlayerLogicType>(
                 isScrubbing,
                 isSkippingInactivity,
                 snapshotsLoaded,
-                snapshotsLoading
+                snapshotsLoading,
+                snapshotsInvalid
             ) => {
+                if (snapshotsInvalid) {
+                    return SessionPlayerState.ERROR
+                }
+
                 if (isScrubbing) {
                     // If scrubbing, playingState takes precedence
                     return playingState