diff --git a/surfsense_web/components/tool-ui/video-presentation/errors.ts b/surfsense_web/components/tool-ui/video-presentation/errors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75d769522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/surfsense_web/components/tool-ui/video-presentation/errors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+export function getVideoDownloadErrorToast(err: unknown): { title: string; description: string } {
+	const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message.toLowerCase() : "";
+
+	if (msg.includes("webcodecs") || msg.includes("canrendermediaonweb") || msg.includes("not support")) {
+		return {
+			title: "Browser Not Supported",
+			description: "Video rendering requires Chrome, Edge, or Firefox 130+.",
+		};
+	}
+
+	if (msg.includes("memory") || msg.includes("oom") || msg.includes("allocation")) {
+		return {
+			title: "Out of Memory",
+			description: "The presentation is too large to render. Try closing other tabs.",
+		};
+	}
+
+	return {
+		title: "Download Failed",
+		description: "Something went wrong while rendering. Please try again.",
+	};
+}
+
+export function getPptxExportErrorToast(err: unknown): { title: string; description: string } {
+	const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message.toLowerCase() : "";
+
+	if (msg.includes("dynamically imported") || msg.includes("failed to fetch") || msg.includes("network")) {
+		return {
+			title: "Export Unavailable",
+			description: "Could not load the export module. Check your network and try again.",
+		};
+	}
+
+	return {
+		title: "PPTX Export Failed",
+		description: "Something went wrong while exporting. Please try again.",
+	};
+}
diff --git a/surfsense_web/components/tool-ui/video-presentation/generate-video-presentation.tsx b/surfsense_web/components/tool-ui/video-presentation/generate-video-presentation.tsx
index 41ad489c0..061e0200a 100644
--- a/surfsense_web/components/tool-ui/video-presentation/generate-video-presentation.tsx
+++ b/surfsense_web/components/tool-ui/video-presentation/generate-video-presentation.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
 	buildSlideWithWatermark,
 	type CompiledSlide,
 } from "./combined-player";
+import { getVideoDownloadErrorToast, getPptxExportErrorToast } from "./errors";
 
 const GenerateVideoPresentationArgsSchema = z.object({
 	source_content: z.string(),
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ type GenerateVideoPresentationArgs = z.infer<typeof GenerateVideoPresentationArg
 type GenerateVideoPresentationResult = z.infer<typeof GenerateVideoPresentationResultSchema>;
 type VideoPresentationStatusResponse = z.infer<typeof VideoPresentationStatusResponseSchema>;
 
+
 function parseStatusResponse(data: unknown): VideoPresentationStatusResponse | null {
 	const result = VideoPresentationStatusResponseSchema.safeParse(data);
 	if (!result.success) {
@@ -321,9 +323,8 @@ function VideoPresentationPlayer({
 			URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
 		} catch (err) {
 			if ((err as Error).name !== "AbortError") {
-				toast.error("Download Failed", {
-					description: err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Failed to render video",
-				});
+				const { title, description } = getVideoDownloadErrorToast(err);
+				toast.error(title, { description });
 			}
 		} finally {
 			setIsRendering(false);
@@ -396,9 +397,8 @@ function VideoPresentationPlayer({
 			for (const r of roots) r.unmount();
 			document.body.removeChild(offscreen);
 		} catch (err) {
-			toast.error("PPTX Export Failed", {
-				description: err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Failed to export PPTX",
-			});
+			const { title, description } = getPptxExportErrorToast(err);
+			toast.error(title, { description });
 		} finally {
 			setIsPptxExporting(false);
 			setPptxProgress(null);