diff --git a/src/App.jsx b/src/App.jsx
index 5c1c5d3a..6c554bce 100644
--- a/src/App.jsx
+++ b/src/App.jsx
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ import {
   getOutPath, toast, errorToast, handleError, setFileNameTitle, getOutDir, withBlur,
   checkDirWriteAccess, dirExists, openDirToast, isMasBuild, isStoreBuild, dragPreventer, doesPlayerSupportFile,
   isDurationValid, filenamify, getOutFileExtension, generateSegFileName, defaultOutSegTemplate,
-  havePermissionToReadFile, resolvePathIfNeeded, pathExists, html5ifiedPrefix, html5dummySuffix, findExistingHtml5FriendlyFile,
+  havePermissionToReadFile, resolvePathIfNeeded, getPathReadAccessError, html5ifiedPrefix, html5dummySuffix, findExistingHtml5FriendlyFile,
   deleteFiles, isStreamThumbnail, getAudioStreams, getVideoStreams, isOutOfSpaceError, shuffleArray,
 } from './util';
 import { formatDuration } from './util/duration';
@@ -1502,11 +1502,17 @@ const App = memo(() => {
       return;
     }
 
-    if (!(await pathExists(path))) {
-      errorToast(i18n.t('The media you tried to open does not exist'));
+    const pathReadAccessErrorCode = await getPathReadAccessError(path);
+    if (pathReadAccessErrorCode != null) {
+      let errorMessage;
+      if (pathReadAccessErrorCode === 'ENOENT') errorMessage = i18n.t('The media you tried to open does not exist');
+      else if (['EACCES', 'EPERM'].includes(pathReadAccessErrorCode)) errorMessage = i18n.t('You do not have permission to access this file');
+      else errorMessage = i18n.t('Could not open media due to error {{errorCode}}', { errorCode: pathReadAccessErrorCode });
+      errorToast(errorMessage);
       return;
     }
 
+    // Not sure why this one is needed, but I think sometimes fs.access doesn't fail but it fails when actually trying to read
     if (!(await havePermissionToReadFile(path))) {
       errorToast(i18n.t('You do not have permission to access this file'));
       return;
diff --git a/src/util.js b/src/util.js
index 9b948676..37eefed8 100644
--- a/src/util.js
+++ b/src/util.js
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ export async function pathExists(pathIn) {
   return fs.pathExists(pathIn);
 }
 
+export async function getPathReadAccessError(pathIn) {
+  try {
+    await fs.access(pathIn, fs.constants.R_OK);
+    return undefined;
+  } catch (err) {
+    return err.code;
+  }
+}
+
 export async function dirExists(dirPath) {
   return (await pathExists(dirPath)) && (await fs.lstat(dirPath)).isDirectory();
 }