diff --git a/src/runners/individualRunner.ts b/src/runners/individualRunner.ts
index ad3004b..6c7e452 100644
--- a/src/runners/individualRunner.ts
+++ b/src/runners/individualRunner.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { EmbedOutput, SourcererOutput } from '@/providers/base';
 import { ProviderList } from '@/providers/get';
 import { ScrapeContext } from '@/utils/context';
 import { NotFoundError } from '@/utils/errors';
-import { isValidStream } from '@/utils/valid';
+import { isValidStream, validatePlayableStreams } from '@/utils/valid';
 
 export type IndividualSourceRunnerOptions = {
   features: FeatureMap;
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ export async function scrapeInvidualSource(
 
   if ((!output.stream || output.stream.length === 0) && output.embeds.length === 0)
     throw new NotFoundError('No streams found');
+
+  // only check for playable streams if there are streams, and if there are no embeds
+  if (output.stream && output.stream.length > 0 && output.embeds.length === 0) {
+    const playableStreams = await validatePlayableStreams(output.stream, ops);
+    if (playableStreams.length === 0) throw new NotFoundError('No playable streams found');
+    output.stream = playableStreams;
+  }
   return output;
 }
 
@@ -105,5 +112,9 @@ export async function scrapeIndividualEmbed(
     .filter((stream) => flagsAllowedInFeatures(ops.features, stream.flags));
   if (output.stream.length === 0) throw new NotFoundError('No streams found');
 
+  const playableStreams = await validatePlayableStreams(output.stream, ops);
+  if (playableStreams.length === 0) throw new NotFoundError('No playable streams found');
+  output.stream = playableStreams;
+
   return output;
 }
diff --git a/src/runners/runner.ts b/src/runners/runner.ts
index c351174..c3bc9eb 100644
--- a/src/runners/runner.ts
+++ b/src/runners/runner.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Stream } from '@/providers/streams';
 import { ScrapeContext } from '@/utils/context';
 import { NotFoundError } from '@/utils/errors';
 import { reorderOnIdList } from '@/utils/list';
-import { isValidStream } from '@/utils/valid';
+import { isValidStream, validatePlayableStream } from '@/utils/valid';
 
 export type RunOutput = {
   sourceId: string;
@@ -104,9 +104,11 @@ export async function runAllProviders(list: ProviderList, ops: ProviderRunnerOpt
 
     // return stream is there are any
     if (output.stream?.[0]) {
+      const playableStream = await validatePlayableStream(output.stream[0], ops);
+      if (!playableStream) throw new NotFoundError('No streams found');
       return {
         sourceId: source.id,
-        stream: output.stream[0],
+        stream: playableStream,
       };
     }
 
@@ -149,6 +151,9 @@ export async function runAllProviders(list: ProviderList, ops: ProviderRunnerOpt
         if (embedOutput.stream.length === 0) {
           throw new NotFoundError('No streams found');
         }
+        const playableStream = await validatePlayableStream(embedOutput.stream[0], ops);
+        if (!playableStream) throw new NotFoundError('No streams found');
+        embedOutput.stream = [playableStream];
       } catch (error) {
         const updateParams: UpdateEvent = {
           id: source.id,
diff --git a/src/utils/valid.ts b/src/utils/valid.ts
index 62347c3..65db1ea 100644
--- a/src/utils/valid.ts
+++ b/src/utils/valid.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { Stream } from '@/providers/streams';
+import { IndividualEmbedRunnerOptions } from '@/runners/individualRunner';
+import { ProviderRunnerOptions } from '@/runners/runner';
 
 export function isValidStream(stream: Stream | undefined): boolean {
   if (!stream) return false;
@@ -15,3 +17,54 @@ export function isValidStream(stream: Stream | undefined): boolean {
   // unknown file type
   return false;
 }
+
+export async function validatePlayableStream(
+  stream: Stream,
+  ops: ProviderRunnerOptions | IndividualEmbedRunnerOptions,
+): Promise<Stream | null> {
+  const fetcher = stream.flags.length === 1 && stream.flags.includes('cors-allowed') ? ops.fetcher : ops.proxiedFetcher;
+  if (stream.type === 'hls') {
+    const headResult = await fetcher.full(stream.playlist, {
+      method: 'HEAD',
+      headers: {
+        ...stream.preferredHeaders,
+        ...stream.headers,
+      },
+    });
+    if (headResult.statusCode !== 200) return null;
+    return stream;
+  }
+  if (stream.type === 'file') {
+    const validQualitiesResults = await Promise.all(
+      Object.values(stream.qualities).map((quality) =>
+        fetcher.full(quality.url, {
+          method: 'HEAD',
+          headers: {
+            ...stream.preferredHeaders,
+            ...stream.headers,
+          },
+        }),
+      ),
+    );
+    // remove invalid qualities from the stream
+    const validQualities = stream.qualities;
+    Object.keys(stream.qualities).forEach((quality, index) => {
+      if (validQualitiesResults[index].statusCode !== 200) {
+        delete validQualities[quality as keyof typeof stream.qualities];
+      }
+    });
+
+    if (Object.keys(validQualities).length === 0) return null;
+    return { ...stream, qualities: validQualities };
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+export async function validatePlayableStreams(
+  streams: Stream[],
+  ops: ProviderRunnerOptions | IndividualEmbedRunnerOptions,
+): Promise<Stream[]> {
+  return (await Promise.all(streams.map((stream) => validatePlayableStream(stream, ops)))).filter(
+    (v) => v !== null,
+  ) as Stream[];
+}