diff --git a/synctv-core/src/provider/emby.rs b/synctv-core/src/provider/emby.rs
index dfe5abf7..63a29ec8 100644
--- a/synctv-core/src/provider/emby.rs
+++ b/synctv-core/src/provider/emby.rs
@@ -3030,9 +3030,16 @@ impl DynamicPlaylistProvider for EmbyProvider {
                 break;
             }
 
-            let item = self
+            let item = match self
                 .fetch_item(&resolved, &current_id, ctx.request_context())
-                .await?;
+                .await
+            {
+                Ok(item) => item,
+                Err(error) if emby_browse_path_can_end_at_missing_ancestor(&error, &segments) => {
+                    break;
+                }
+                Err(error) => return Err(error),
+            };
             segments.push(DynamicBrowsePathSegment {
                 name: item.name,
                 target: Self::encode_target(&current_id)?,
@@ -3049,6 +3056,13 @@ impl DynamicPlaylistProvider for EmbyProvider {
     }
 }
 
+fn emby_browse_path_can_end_at_missing_ancestor(
+    error: &ProviderError,
+    resolved_segments: &[DynamicBrowsePathSegment],
+) -> bool {
+    !resolved_segments.is_empty() && matches!(error, ProviderError::NotFound)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -3092,6 +3106,27 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(EmbyProvider::emby_list_item_from_item(item).is_folder);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn browse_path_stops_only_when_an_ancestor_is_missing() {
+        let resolved = vec![DynamicBrowsePathSegment {
+            name: "Visible folder".to_string(),
+            target: crate::models::ProviderTarget::emby("visible-folder".to_string()),
+        }];
+
+        assert!(emby_browse_path_can_end_at_missing_ancestor(
+            &ProviderError::NotFound,
+            &resolved,
+        ));
+        assert!(!emby_browse_path_can_end_at_missing_ancestor(
+            &ProviderError::NotFound,
+            &[],
+        ));
+        assert!(!emby_browse_path_can_end_at_missing_ancestor(
+            &ProviderError::Authentication("expired".to_string()),
+            &resolved,
+        ));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn playback_cache_key_is_room_scoped() {
         let room_a = RoomId::expect_positive(1);
diff --git a/synctv-core/src/provider/provider_client.rs b/synctv-core/src/provider/provider_client.rs
index e00224d8..667fcc36 100644
--- a/synctv-core/src/provider/provider_client.rs
+++ b/synctv-core/src/provider/provider_client.rs
@@ -148,12 +148,18 @@ impl From<synctv_media_providers::ProviderClientError> for ProviderError {
         use synctv_media_providers::ProviderClientError;
         match error {
             ProviderClientError::Network(msg) => Self::NetworkError(msg),
+            ProviderClientError::Api { code: 404, .. } => Self::NotFound,
             ProviderClientError::Api { message, .. } => Self::ApiError(message),
             ProviderClientError::Parse(msg) | ProviderClientError::InvalidHeader(msg) => {
                 Self::ParseError(msg)
             }
             ProviderClientError::Auth(msg) => Self::Authentication(msg),
             ProviderClientError::InvalidConfig(msg) => Self::InvalidConfig(msg),
+            ProviderClientError::Http { status, .. }
+                if status == reqwest::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND =>
+            {
+                Self::NotFound
+            }
             ProviderClientError::Http { status, url, .. } => Self::UpstreamHttp {
                 status: status.as_u16(),
                 url,
diff --git a/synctv-core/src/provider/provider_client_tests.rs b/synctv-core/src/provider/provider_client_tests.rs
index e8100286..fc44b8dd 100644
--- a/synctv-core/src/provider/provider_client_tests.rs
+++ b/synctv-core/src/provider/provider_client_tests.rs
@@ -46,3 +46,26 @@ fn test_custom_clients_injection() {
     assert_eq!(Arc::as_ptr(&bilibili), bilibili_ptr);
     assert_eq!(Arc::as_ptr(&emby), emby_ptr);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn provider_not_found_errors_map_to_not_found() {
+    let api_error = synctv_media_providers::ProviderClientError::Api {
+        code: 404,
+        message: "missing".to_string(),
+    };
+    assert!(matches!(
+        ProviderError::from(api_error),
+        ProviderError::NotFound
+    ));
+
+    let http_error = synctv_media_providers::ProviderClientError::Http {
+        status: reqwest::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
+        url: "https://provider.example/items/missing".to_string(),
+        retry_after_secs: None,
+        body: String::new(),
+    };
+    assert!(matches!(
+        ProviderError::from(http_error),
+        ProviderError::NotFound
+    ));
+}
diff --git a/synctv-media-providers/src/emby/client.rs b/synctv-media-providers/src/emby/client.rs
index 2a7ee81c..19534f8c 100644
--- a/synctv-media-providers/src/emby/client.rs
+++ b/synctv-media-providers/src/emby/client.rs
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ impl EmbyClient {
         let headers = self.build_headers()?;
         let response: ItemsResponse = self.send_get_json(&url, &headers).await?;
         response.items.into_iter().next().ok_or(EmbyError::Api {
-            code: 0,
+            code: 404,
             message: "Item not found".to_string(),
         })
     }
diff --git a/synctv-media-providers/src/emby/client_tests.rs b/synctv-media-providers/src/emby/client_tests.rs
index 06a8fcec..14eed2ea 100644
--- a/synctv-media-providers/src/emby/client_tests.rs
+++ b/synctv-media-providers/src/emby/client_tests.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,28 @@ fn authenticated_client(server: &MockServer) -> Result<EmbyClient, EmbyError> {
     )
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn get_item_maps_empty_result_to_not_found() -> TestResult {
+    let server = MockServer::start().await;
+    mount_api_prefix_probe(&server).await;
+    Mock::given(method("GET"))
+        .and(path("/Users/user-1/Items"))
+        .and(query_param("Ids", "missing-item"))
+        .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_json(serde_json::json!({
+            "Items": [],
+            "TotalRecordCount": 0
+        })))
+        .mount(&server)
+        .await;
+
+    let error = authenticated_client(&server)?
+        .get_item("missing-item")
+        .await
+        .expect_err("an empty item result must be reported as not found");
+    assert!(matches!(error, EmbyError::Api { code: 404, .. }));
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 fn items_response(item_type: &str) -> serde_json::Value {
     serde_json::json!({
         "Items": [{