diff --git a/crates/api_clients/beeble_client/src/error/beeble_specific_api_error.rs b/crates/api_clients/beeble_client/src/error/beeble_specific_api_error.rs
index b94c513b5a..3c527ac13c 100644
--- a/crates/api_clients/beeble_client/src/error/beeble_specific_api_error.rs
+++ b/crates/api_clients/beeble_client/src/error/beeble_specific_api_error.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ pub enum BeebleSpecificApiError {
     message: String,
     webhook_url: String,
   },
+
+  /// 400 Bad Request — the video has too many frames.
+  VideoHasTooManyFrames {
+    max_frames: u64,
+    detected_frames: u64,
+    message: String,
+  },
 }
 
 impl Error for BeebleSpecificApiError {}
@@ -39,6 +46,9 @@ impl Display for BeebleSpecificApiError {
       Self::BadWebhookUrl { message, webhook_url } => {
         write!(f, "Beeble API: Bad webhook URL '{}': {}", webhook_url, message)
       }
+      Self::VideoHasTooManyFrames { max_frames, detected_frames, message } => {
+        write!(f, "Beeble API: Video has too many frames ({} detected, max {}): {}", detected_frames, max_frames, message)
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/crates/api_clients/beeble_client/src/requests/start_generation/handle_error_response.rs b/crates/api_clients/beeble_client/src/requests/start_generation/handle_error_response.rs
index 737bd0f634..efaffaacc6 100644
--- a/crates/api_clients/beeble_client/src/requests/start_generation/handle_error_response.rs
+++ b/crates/api_clients/beeble_client/src/requests/start_generation/handle_error_response.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ pub fn handle_error_response<T>(
         webhook_url: context.maybe_callback_url.unwrap_or_default().to_string(),
       }.into())
     }
+    400 if response_body.contains("VIDEO_TOO_MANY_FRAMES") => {
+      let message = extract_error_message(response_body)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| "Video has too many frames".to_string());
+      let (detected, max) = extract_frame_counts(&message);
+      Err(BeebleSpecificApiError::VideoHasTooManyFrames {
+        max_frames: max,
+        detected_frames: detected,
+        message,
+      }.into())
+    }
     409 => Err(BeebleSpecificApiError::IdempotencyConflict.into()),
     429 => Err(BeebleSpecificApiError::RateLimited.into()),
     _ => {
@@ -45,3 +55,18 @@ fn extract_error_message(body: &str) -> Option<String> {
   let parsed: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(body).ok()?;
   parsed.get("error")?.get("message")?.as_str().map(|s| s.to_string())
 }
+
+/// Parse frame counts from a message like "Video has 419 frames, which exceeds the maximum of 240."
+fn extract_frame_counts(message: &str) -> (u64, u64) {
+  let numbers: Vec<u64> = message
+    .split(|c: char| !c.is_ascii_digit())
+    .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+    .filter_map(|s| s.parse().ok())
+    .collect();
+
+  match numbers.as_slice() {
+    [detected, max, ..] => (*detected, *max),
+    [detected] => (*detected, 0),
+    _ => (0, 0),
+  }
+}