diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/home-recommendations-section.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/home-recommendations-section.tsx
index 40a5697..36a9874 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/home-recommendations-section.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/home-recommendations-section.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useBlockedFilter } from "../hooks/use-blocked-filter";
 import { useHomeRecommendations } from "../hooks/use-home-recommendations";
 import { trackRecommendationEvent } from "../lib/recommendation-tracker";
+import { HomeFallbackSection } from "./home-fallback-section";
 import { ScrollSentinel } from "./scroll-sentinel";
 import { VideoCardSkeleton } from "./video-card-skeleton";
 import { VideoGrid } from "./video-grid";
@@ -18,12 +19,21 @@ function SkeletonGrid() {
 }
 
 export function HomeRecommendationsSection() {
-  const { streams, serviceId, intent, isLoading, hasNextPage, isFetchingNextPage, fetchNextPage } =
-    useHomeRecommendations();
+  const {
+    streams,
+    serviceId,
+    intent,
+    isLoading,
+    isError,
+    hasNextPage,
+    isFetchingNextPage,
+    fetchNextPage,
+  } = useHomeRecommendations();
   const { filter } = useBlockedFilter();
   const filtered = filter(streams);
 
   if (isLoading) return <SkeletonGrid />;
+  if (isError || filtered.length === 0) return <HomeFallbackSection />;
   return (
     <>
       <VideoGrid
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/video-preview.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/video-preview.tsx
index 9101169..2f14edb 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/video-preview.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/video-preview.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
-import { buildDashManifest } from "../lib/dash-manifest";
 import { API_BASE } from "../lib/env";
 import { proxyDashManifest } from "../lib/proxy";
 import type { VideoStream } from "../types/stream";
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ export function VideoPreview({ stream, show }: Props) {
     if (!src) return;
     let disposed = false;
     let hls: Hls | null = null;
-    let dash: DashJs | null = null;
 
     if (src.type === "application/x-mpegurl") {
       void loadHls(video, src.url).then((nextHls) => {
@@ -30,20 +28,16 @@ export function VideoPreview({ stream, show }: Props) {
         }
         hls = nextHls;
       });
-    } else if (src.type === "application/dash+xml") {
-      void loadDash(video, src.url).then((player) => {
-        if (disposed) {
-          player?.destroy();
-          return;
-        }
-        dash = player;
-      });
+    } else {
+      video.src = src.url;
     }
 
     return () => {
       disposed = true;
       hls?.destroy();
-      dash?.destroy();
+      video.pause();
+      video.removeAttribute("src");
+      video.load();
     };
   }, [show, stream]);
 
@@ -70,12 +64,7 @@ export function VideoPreview({ stream, show }: Props) {
   );
 }
 
-type PreviewSrc = { url: string; type: "application/x-mpegurl" | "application/dash+xml" } | null;
-
-function isFirefoxBrowser(): boolean {
-  if (typeof navigator === "undefined") return false;
-  return navigator.userAgent.includes("Firefox/");
-}
+type PreviewSrc = { url: string; type: "application/x-mpegurl" | "video/mp4" } | null;
 
 function resolvePreviewSrc(stream: VideoStream): PreviewSrc {
   if (typeof window !== "undefined" && window.matchMedia("(hover: none)").matches) {
@@ -90,33 +79,14 @@ function resolvePreviewSrc(stream: VideoStream): PreviewSrc {
     };
   }
 
-  if (stream.videoOnlyStreams?.length && stream.audioStreams?.length) {
-    const manifest = buildDashManifest(
-      stream.videoOnlyStreams,
-      stream.audioStreams,
-      stream.duration,
-      480,
-    );
-    if (manifest) return { url: manifest, type: "application/dash+xml" };
-  }
-
-  if (isFirefoxBrowser()) {
-    return {
-      url: proxyDashManifest(`${API_BASE}/streams/manifest?url=${encodeURIComponent(stream.id)}`),
-      type: "application/dash+xml",
-    };
-  }
-
-  return {
-    url: proxyDashManifest(
-      `${API_BASE}/streams/native-manifest?url=${encodeURIComponent(stream.id)}`,
-    ),
-    type: "application/dash+xml",
-  };
+  const progressive = [...(stream.videoStreams ?? [])]
+    .filter((candidate) => candidate.mimeType.includes("video/mp4"))
+    .sort((left, right) => (right.bitrate ?? 0) - (left.bitrate ?? 0))[0];
+  if (!progressive) return null;
+  return { url: proxyDashManifest(progressive.url), type: "video/mp4" };
 }
 
 type Hls = { destroy: () => void };
-type DashJs = { destroy: () => void };
 
 async function loadHls(video: HTMLVideoElement, url: string): Promise<Hls | null> {
   if (!supportsNativeHls(video)) return null;
@@ -135,16 +105,3 @@ function supportsNativeHls(video: HTMLVideoElement): boolean {
   const legacyType = video.canPlayType("application/x-mpegURL");
   return appleType !== "" || legacyType !== "";
 }
-
-async function loadDash(video: HTMLVideoElement, url: string): Promise<DashJs | null> {
-  const dashjs = await import("dashjs");
-  const player = dashjs.MediaPlayer().create();
-  player.updateSettings({
-    streaming: {
-      buffer: { fastSwitchEnabled: true, bufferTimeAtTopQuality: 10 },
-      abr: { initialBitrate: { video: 1000 }, maxBitrate: { video: 2000 } },
-    },
-  });
-  player.initialize(video, url, false);
-  return player;
-}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/hooks/use-home-recommendations.ts b/apps/web/src/hooks/use-home-recommendations.ts
index 67005ad..8601c48 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/hooks/use-home-recommendations.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/hooks/use-home-recommendations.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type Result = {
   serviceId: number;
   intent: RecommendationIntent;
   isLoading: boolean;
+  isError: boolean;
   isFetchingNextPage: boolean;
   hasNextPage: boolean;
   fetchNextPage: () => void;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export function useHomeRecommendations(): Result {
     serviceId: settings.defaultService,
     intent,
     isLoading: query.isLoading,
+    isError: query.isError,
     isFetchingNextPage: query.isFetchingNextPage,
     hasNextPage: query.hasNextPage,
     fetchNextPage: query.fetchNextPage,