diff --git a/client/src/app/+admin/overview/videos/video-list.component.ts b/client/src/app/+admin/overview/videos/video-list.component.ts
index 9f3032443..896f3e0e1 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+admin/overview/videos/video-list.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+admin/overview/videos/video-list.component.ts
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ export class VideoListComponent extends RestTable <Video> implements OnInit {
   }
 
   private runTranscoding (videos: Video[], type: 'hls' | 'web-video') {
-    this.videoService.runTranscoding({ videos, type, askForForceTranscodingIfNeeded: true })
+    this.videoService.runTranscoding({ videos, type })
       .subscribe({
         next: () => {
           this.notifier.success($localize`Transcoding jobs created.`)
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/video/video.service.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/video/video.service.ts
index c287b921b..1920bc46d 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/video/video.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/video/video.service.ts
@@ -334,10 +334,9 @@ export class VideoService {
   runTranscoding (options: {
     videos: Video[]
     type: 'hls' | 'web-video'
-    askForForceTranscodingIfNeeded: boolean
     forceTranscoding?: boolean
   }): Observable<any> {
-    const { videos, type, askForForceTranscodingIfNeeded, forceTranscoding } = options
+    const { videos, type, forceTranscoding } = options
 
     const body: VideoTranscodingCreate = { transcodingType: type, forceTranscoding }
 
@@ -347,7 +346,7 @@ export class VideoService {
           return this.authHttp.post(VideoService.BASE_VIDEO_URL + '/' + video.uuid + '/transcoding', body)
             .pipe(
               catchError(err => {
-                if (askForForceTranscodingIfNeeded && err.error?.code === ServerErrorCode.VIDEO_ALREADY_BEING_TRANSCODED) {
+                if (err.error?.code === ServerErrorCode.VIDEO_ALREADY_BEING_TRANSCODED && !forceTranscoding) {
                   const message = $localize`PeerTube considers video "${video.name}" is already being transcoded.` +
                     // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
                     $localize` If you think PeerTube is wrong (video in broken state after a crash etc.), you can force transcoding on this video.` +
@@ -361,7 +360,6 @@ export class VideoService {
                         return this.runTranscoding({
                           videos: [ video ],
                           type,
-                          askForForceTranscodingIfNeeded: false,
                           forceTranscoding: true
                         })
                       })
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-miniature/video-actions-dropdown.component.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-miniature/video-actions-dropdown.component.ts
index 342331be3..bed2538b6 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-miniature/video-actions-dropdown.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-miniature/video-actions-dropdown.component.ts
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ export class VideoActionsDropdownComponent implements OnChanges {
   }
 
   runTranscoding (video: Video, type: 'hls' | 'web-video') {
-    this.videoService.runTranscoding({ videos: [ video ], type, askForForceTranscodingIfNeeded: true })
+    this.videoService.runTranscoding({ videos: [ video ], type })
       .subscribe({
         next: () => {
           this.notifier.success($localize`Transcoding job created for "${video.name}".`)
@@ -356,8 +356,10 @@ export class VideoActionsDropdownComponent implements OnChanges {
   generateCaption (video: Video) {
     this.videoCaptionService.generateCaption([ video.id ])
       .subscribe({
-        next: () => {
-          this.notifier.success($localize`Transcription job created for "${video.name}".`)
+        next: result => {
+          if (result.success) this.notifier.success($localize`Transcription job created for "${video.name}".`)
+          else if (result.alreadyBeingTranscribed) this.notifier.info($localize`This video is already being transcribed.`)
+          else if (result.alreadyHasCaptions) this.notifier.info($localize`This video already has captions.`)
         },
 
         error: err => this.notifier.error(err.message)