diff --git a/src/main/resources/web/assets/app.js b/src/main/resources/web/assets/app.js
index c26b6ed..8d1af0c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/web/assets/app.js
+++ b/src/main/resources/web/assets/app.js
@@ -257,7 +257,15 @@
 
     function bindPlayerEvents() {
         el.player.addEventListener("error", () => {
-            setSettingsMessage("Playback failed in embedded player. Try Open stream directly.", "err");
+            const systemPlayerUrl = state.currentStreamInfo ? buildSystemPlayerHref(state.currentStreamInfo?.title, state.currentStreamInfo?.url, state.currentStreamInfo) : "";
+            if (systemPlayerUrl) {
+                setSettingsMessageHtml(
+                    `Playback failed in embedded player. <a href="${systemPlayerUrl}" target="_blank" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Open stream directly</a>`,
+                    "err"
+                );
+            } else {
+                setSettingsMessage("Playback failed in embedded player. Try Open stream directly.", "err");
+            }
         });
         el.player.addEventListener("loadedmetadata", updateStreamRuntimeInfo);
         el.player.addEventListener("loadedmetadata", refreshEmbeddedSubtitleTracks);
@@ -2488,7 +2496,11 @@
                     return;
                 }
                 disposeHls();
-                setSettingsMessage("HLS playback failed in embedded player. Try Open stream directly.", "err");
+                const systemPlayerUrl = buildSystemPlayerHref(state.currentStreamInfo?.title, state.currentStreamInfo?.url, state.currentStreamInfo);
+                setSettingsMessageHtml(
+                    `HLS playback failed in embedded player. <a href="${systemPlayerUrl}" target="_blank" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Open stream directly</a>`,
+                    "err"
+                );
                 if (state.currentStreamInfo) {
                     state.currentStreamInfo.playbackEngine = "native (HLS fallback failed)";
                     renderStreamInfo();
@@ -2504,8 +2516,9 @@
                 if (error?.name === "NotAllowedError") {
                     return;
                 }
-                setSettingsMessage(
-                    `Playback could not start in embedded player: ${error?.message || "unknown error"}`,
+                const systemPlayerUrl = buildSystemPlayerHref(state.currentStreamInfo?.title, state.currentStreamInfo?.url, state.currentStreamInfo);
+                setSettingsMessageHtml(
+                    `Playback failed in embedded player. <a href="${systemPlayerUrl}" target="_blank" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Open in system player</a>`,
                     "err"
                 );
             });
@@ -3158,6 +3171,11 @@
         el.settingsMessage.className = `message ${type}`.trim();
     }
 
+    function setSettingsMessageHtml(html, type = "") {
+        el.settingsMessage.innerHTML = html || "";
+        el.settingsMessage.className = `message ${type}`.trim();
+    }
+
     function showError(error) {
         setSettingsMessage(error.message || String(error), "err");
     }