diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/SessionRecordingPlayer.tsx b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/SessionRecordingPlayer.tsx
index 6b28feca120ae..d70a3267a2532 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/SessionRecordingPlayer.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/SessionRecordingPlayer.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { LemonButton } from '@posthog/lemon-ui'
 import clsx from 'clsx'
 import { BindLogic, useActions, useValues } from 'kea'
 import { BuilderHog2 } from 'lib/components/hedgehogs'
-import { dayjs } from 'lib/dayjs'
 import { FloatingContainerContext } from 'lib/hooks/useFloatingContainerContext'
 import { HotkeysInterface, useKeyboardHotkeys } from 'lib/hooks/useKeyboardHotkeys'
 import { usePageVisibility } from 'lib/hooks/usePageVisibility'
@@ -87,11 +86,9 @@ export function SessionRecordingPlayer(props: SessionRecordingPlayerProps): JSX.
         setSpeed,
         closeExplorer,
     } = useActions(sessionRecordingPlayerLogic(logicProps))
-    const { isNotFound, snapshotsInvalid, start } = useValues(sessionRecordingDataLogic(logicProps))
+    const { isNotFound, isRecentAndInvalid } = useValues(sessionRecordingDataLogic(logicProps))
     const { loadSnapshots } = useActions(sessionRecordingDataLogic(logicProps))
-    const { isFullScreen, explorerMode, isBuffering, messageTooLargeWarnings } = useValues(
-        sessionRecordingPlayerLogic(logicProps)
-    )
+    const { isFullScreen, explorerMode, isBuffering } = useValues(sessionRecordingPlayerLogic(logicProps))
     const { setPlayNextAnimationInterrupted } = useActions(sessionRecordingPlayerLogic(logicProps))
     const speedHotkeys = useMemo(() => createPlaybackSpeedKey(setSpeed), [setSpeed])
     const { isVerticallyStacked, sidebarOpen, playbackMode } = useValues(playerSettingsLogic)
@@ -158,9 +155,6 @@ export function SessionRecordingPlayer(props: SessionRecordingPlayerProps): JSX.
         }
     )
 
-    const lessThanFiveMinutesOld = dayjs().diff(start, 'minute') <= 5
-    const cannotPlayback = snapshotsInvalid && lessThanFiveMinutesOld && !messageTooLargeWarnings
-
     const { draggable, elementProps } = useNotebookDrag({ href: urls.replaySingle(sessionRecordingId) })
 
     if (isNotFound) {
@@ -198,7 +192,7 @@ export function SessionRecordingPlayer(props: SessionRecordingPlayerProps): JSX.
                                 className="SessionRecordingPlayer__main flex flex-col h-full w-full"
                                 ref={playerMainRef}
                             >
-                                {cannotPlayback ? (
+                                {isRecentAndInvalid ? (
                                     <div className="flex flex-1 flex-col items-center justify-center">
                                         <BuilderHog2 height={200} />
                                         <h1>We're still working on it</h1>
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.ts b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.ts
index 10118ce5defdc..ff63bd4b1f397 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.ts
@@ -1087,13 +1087,13 @@ export const sessionRecordingDataLogic = kea<sessionRecordingDataLogicType>([
                 if (everyWindowMissingFullSnapshot) {
                     // video is definitely unplayable
                     posthog.capture('recording_has_no_full_snapshot', {
-                        sessionId: sessionRecordingId,
+                        watchedSession: sessionRecordingId,
                         teamId: currentTeam?.id,
                         teamName: currentTeam?.name,
                     })
                 } else if (anyWindowMissingFullSnapshot) {
                     posthog.capture('recording_window_missing_full_snapshot', {
-                        sessionId: sessionRecordingId,
+                        watchedSession: sessionRecordingId,
                         teamID: currentTeam?.id,
                         teamName: currentTeam?.name,
                     })
@@ -1103,6 +1103,14 @@ export const sessionRecordingDataLogic = kea<sessionRecordingDataLogicType>([
             },
         ],
 
+        isRecentAndInvalid: [
+            (s) => [s.start, s.snapshotsInvalid],
+            (start, snapshotsInvalid) => {
+                const lessThanFiveMinutesOld = dayjs().diff(start, 'minute') <= 5
+                return snapshotsInvalid && lessThanFiveMinutesOld
+            },
+        ],
+
         bufferedToTime: [
             (s) => [s.segments],
             (segments): number | null => {
@@ -1160,6 +1168,13 @@ export const sessionRecordingDataLogic = kea<sessionRecordingDataLogicType>([
                 actions.loadFullEventData(value)
             }
         },
+        isRecentAndInvalid: (prev: boolean, next: boolean) => {
+            if (!prev && next) {
+                posthog.capture('recording cannot playback yet', {
+                    watchedSession: values.sessionPlayerData.sessionRecordingId,
+                })
+            }
+        },
     })),
     afterMount(({ cache }) => {
         resetTimingsCache(cache)