diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediaplayer.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediaplayer.js
index 0376ad4ffb..72d3c1f92f 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediaplayer.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediaplayer.js
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@
                                 callback();
                             }
                         } else {
-                            showNoCompatibleStreamError();
+                            showPlaybackInfoErrorMessage('NoCompatibleStream');
                         }
                     }
                 });
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@
                         callback();
                     }
                 } else {
-                    showNoCompatibleStreamError();
+                    showPlaybackInfoErrorMessage('NoCompatibleStream');
                 }
 
             } else {
@@ -622,10 +622,26 @@
 
         function validatePlaybackInfoResult(result) {
 
+            if (result.ErrorCode) {
+
+                showPlaybackInfoErrorMessage(result.ErrorCode);
+                return false;
+            }
+
             return true;
         }
 
-        function showNoCompatibleStreamError() {
+        function showPlaybackInfoErrorMessage(errorCode) {
+
+            // This timeout is messy, but if jqm is in the act of hiding a popup, it will not show a new one
+            // If we're coming from the popup play menu, this will be a problem
+
+            setTimeout(function () {
+                Dashboard.alert({
+                    message: Globalize.translate('MessagePlaybackError' + errorCode),
+                    title: Globalize.translate('HeaderPlaybackError')
+                });
+            }, 300);
 
         }
 
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/nowplayingpage.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/nowplayingpage.js
index 38a28f4810..4b80c2e934 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/nowplayingpage.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/nowplayingpage.js
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@
             }
 
             var dataSrc = ' data-src="' + imgUrl + '"';
-
+            // TODO: This markup needs to be converted to the newer card layout pattern
             html += '<div class="posterItemImage lazy"' + dataSrc + '>';
 
-            html += '<div class="posterItemTextOverlay">';
+            html += '<div class="posterItemTextOverlay" style="position:absolute;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;">';
 
             if (chapter.Name) {
                 html += "<div class='posterItemText'>";
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
             html += "<div class='posterItemProgress posterItemText'>";
             var pct = 100 * (chapter.StartPositionTicks / runtimeTicks);
-            html += '<progress class="itemProgressBar" min="0" max="100" value="' + pct + '" style="opacity:.8;"></progress>';
+            html += '<progress class="itemProgressBar" min="0" max="100" value="' + pct + '" style="opacity:.8;width:100%;"></progress>';
             html += "</div>";
 
             html += "</div>";
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
             html += "</div>";
         }
 
-        elem.html(html).trigger('create');
+        elem.html(html).trigger('create').lazyChildren();
     }
 
     function selectCurrentChapter(elem, positionTicks) {