diff --git a/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoController.ts b/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoController.ts
index 7258ddebe..e8772c49e 100644
--- a/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoController.ts
+++ b/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoController.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Recording } from "@/types/record";
 import { DynamicPlayback } from "@/types/playback";
 import { PreviewController } from "../PreviewPlayer";
-import { Timeline } from "@/types/timeline";
+import { TimeRange, Timeline } from "@/types/timeline";
 
 type PlayerMode = "playback" | "scrubbing";
 
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ export class DynamicVideoController {
   public camera = "";
   private playerController: HTMLVideoElement;
   private previewController: PreviewController;
+  private setNoRecording: (noRecs: boolean) => void;
   private setFocusedItem: (timeline: Timeline) => void;
   private playerMode: PlayerMode = "playback";
 
   // playback
   private recordings: Recording[] = [];
+  private timeRange: TimeRange = { after: 0, before: 0 };
   private annotationOffset: number;
   private timeToStart: number | undefined = undefined;
 
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ export class DynamicVideoController {
     previewController: PreviewController,
     annotationOffset: number,
     defaultMode: PlayerMode,
+    setNoRecording: (noRecs: boolean) => void,
     setFocusedItem: (timeline: Timeline) => void,
   ) {
     this.camera = camera;
@@ -31,11 +34,13 @@ export class DynamicVideoController {
     this.previewController = previewController;
     this.annotationOffset = annotationOffset;
     this.playerMode = defaultMode;
+    this.setNoRecording = setNoRecording;
     this.setFocusedItem = setFocusedItem;
   }
 
   newPlayback(newPlayback: DynamicPlayback) {
     this.recordings = newPlayback.recordings;
+    this.timeRange = newPlayback.timeRange;
 
     if (this.timeToStart) {
       this.seekToTimestamp(this.timeToStart);
@@ -52,12 +57,17 @@ export class DynamicVideoController {
   }
 
   seekToTimestamp(time: number, play: boolean = false) {
+    if (time < this.timeRange.after || time > this.timeRange.before) {
+      this.timeToStart = time;
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (
       this.recordings.length == 0 ||
       time < this.recordings[0].start_time ||
       time > this.recordings[this.recordings.length - 1].end_time
     ) {
-      this.timeToStart = time;
+      this.setNoRecording(true);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -90,6 +100,8 @@ export class DynamicVideoController {
       } else {
         this.playerController.pause();
       }
+    } else {
+      console.log(`seek time is 0`);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoPlayer.tsx b/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoPlayer.tsx
index f923fbd43..70d387258 100644
--- a/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoPlayer.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoPlayer.tsx
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export default function DynamicVideoPlayer({
   const playerRef = useRef<HTMLVideoElement | null>(null);
   const [previewController, setPreviewController] =
     useState<PreviewController | null>(null);
+  const [noRecording, setNoRecording] = useState(false);
   const controller = useMemo(() => {
     if (!config || !playerRef.current || !previewController) {
       return undefined;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ export default function DynamicVideoPlayer({
       previewController,
       (config.cameras[camera]?.detect?.annotation_offset || 0) / 1000,
       isScrubbing ? "scrubbing" : "playback",
+      setNoRecording,
       () => {},
     );
     // we only want to fire once when players are ready
@@ -92,9 +94,11 @@ export default function DynamicVideoPlayer({
 
     return () => {
       if (loadingTimeout) {
-        clearTimeout(loadingTimeout)
+        clearTimeout(loadingTimeout);
       }
-    }
+    };
+    // we only want trigger when scrubbing state changes
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [camera, isScrubbing]);
 
   const onPlayerLoaded = useCallback(() => {
@@ -149,6 +153,7 @@ export default function DynamicVideoPlayer({
 
     controller.newPlayback({
       recordings: recordings ?? [],
+      timeRange,
     });
 
     // we only want this to change when recordings update
@@ -175,6 +180,7 @@ export default function DynamicVideoPlayer({
           }
 
           setIsLoading(false);
+          setNoRecording(false);
         }}
       />
       <PreviewPlayer
@@ -188,9 +194,14 @@ export default function DynamicVideoPlayer({
           setPreviewController(previewController);
         }}
       />
-      {isLoading && (
+      {isLoading && !noRecording && (
         <ActivityIndicator className="absolute left-1/2 top-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 -translate-y-1/2" />
       )}
+      {noRecording && (
+        <div className="absolute left-1/2 top-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 -translate-y-1/2">
+          No recordings found for this time
+        </div>
+      )}
     </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/web/src/types/playback.ts b/web/src/types/playback.ts
index 6c4202304..ae45d43d7 100644
--- a/web/src/types/playback.ts
+++ b/web/src/types/playback.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { TimeRange } from "./timeline";
 
 export type DynamicPlayback = {
   recordings: Recording[];
+  timeRange: TimeRange;
 };
 
 export type PreviewPlayback = {