diff --git a/ee/frontend/mobile-replay/__mocks__/encoded-snapshot-data.ts b/ee/frontend/mobile-replay/__mocks__/encoded-snapshot-data.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ceb176d49ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/frontend/mobile-replay/__mocks__/encoded-snapshot-data.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export const encodedWebSnapshotData: string[] = [
+    // first item could be a network event or something else
+    '{"windowId":"0191C63B-03FF-73B5-96BE-40BE2761621C","data":{"payload":{"requests":[{"duration":28,"entryType":"resource","initiatorType":"fetch","method":"GET","name":"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hkNkoCjc5UA/T4JTlCjhhfI/AAAAAAAAB98/XxQwZ-QPkI8/s1600/Free+Google+Wallpapers+3.jpg","responseStatus":200,"timestamp":1725369200216,"transferSize":82375}]},"plugin":"rrweb/network@1"},"timestamp":1725369200216,"type":6,"seen":8833798676917222}',
+    '{"windowId":"0191C63B-03FF-73B5-96BE-40BE2761621C","data":{"height":852,"width":393},"timestamp":1725607643113,"type":4,"seen":4930607506458337}',
+    '{"windowId":"0191C63B-03FF-73B5-96BE-40BE2761621C","data":{"initialOffset":{"left":0,"top":0},"wireframes":[{"base64":"data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJR","height":852,"id":4324378400,"type":"screenshot","width":393,"x":0,"y":0}]},"timestamp":1725607643113,"type":2,"seen":2118469619185818}',
+]
diff --git a/ee/frontend/mobile-replay/__snapshots__/parsing.test.ts.snap b/ee/frontend/mobile-replay/__snapshots__/parsing.test.ts.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c916dd21d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/frontend/mobile-replay/__snapshots__/parsing.test.ts.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,339 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`snapshot parsing handles mobile data with no meta event 1`] = `
+[
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "payload": {
+        "requests": [
+          {
+            "duration": 28,
+            "entryType": "resource",
+            "initiatorType": "fetch",
+            "method": "GET",
+            "name": "https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hkNkoCjc5UA/T4JTlCjhhfI/AAAAAAAAB98/XxQwZ-QPkI8/s1600/Free+Google+Wallpapers+3.jpg",
+            "responseStatus": 200,
+            "timestamp": 1725369200216,
+            "transferSize": 82375,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      "plugin": "rrweb/network@1",
+    },
+    "seen": 8833798676917222,
+    "timestamp": 1725369200216,
+    "type": 6,
+    "windowId": "0191C63B-03FF-73B5-96BE-40BE2761621C",
+  },
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "height": 852,
+      "href": "",
+      "width": 393,
+    },
+    "timestamp": 1725607643113,
+    "type": 4,
+    "windowId": "0191C63B-03FF-73B5-96BE-40BE2761621C",
+  },
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "initialOffset": {
+        "left": 0,
+        "top": 0,
+      },
+      "node": {
+        "childNodes": [
+          {
+            "id": 2,
+            "name": "html",
+            "publicId": "",
+            "systemId": "",
+            "type": 1,
+          },
+          {
+            "attributes": {
+              "data-rrweb-id": 3,
+              "style": "height: 100vh; width: 100vw;",
+            },
+            "childNodes": [
+              {
+                "attributes": {
+                  "data-rrweb-id": 4,
+                },
+                "childNodes": [
+                  {
+                    "attributes": {
+                      "type": "text/css",
+                    },
+                    "childNodes": [
+                      {
+                        "id": 101,
+                        "textContent": "
+                    body {
+                      margin: unset;
+                    }
+                    input, button, select, textarea {
+                        font: inherit;
+                        margin: 0;
+                        padding: 0;
+                        border: 0;
+                        outline: 0;
+                        background: transparent;
+                        padding-block: 0 !important;
+                    }
+                    .input:focus {
+                        outline: none;
+                    }
+                    img {
+                      border-style: none;
+                    }
+                ",
+                        "type": 3,
+                      },
+                    ],
+                    "id": 100,
+                    "tagName": "style",
+                    "type": 2,
+                  },
+                ],
+                "id": 4,
+                "tagName": "head",
+                "type": 2,
+              },
+              {
+                "attributes": {
+                  "data-rrweb-id": 5,
+                  "style": "height: 100vh; width: 100vw;",
+                },
+                "childNodes": [
+                  {
+                    "attributes": {
+                      "data-rrweb-id": 4324378400,
+                      "height": 852,
+                      "src": "data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJR",
+                      "style": "width: 393px;height: 852px;position: fixed;left: 0px;top: 0px;",
+                      "width": 393,
+                    },
+                    "childNodes": [],
+                    "id": 4324378400,
+                    "tagName": "img",
+                    "type": 2,
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "attributes": {
+                      "data-render-reason": "a fixed placeholder to contain the keyboard in the correct stacking position",
+                      "data-rrweb-id": 9,
+                    },
+                    "childNodes": [],
+                    "id": 9,
+                    "tagName": "div",
+                    "type": 2,
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "attributes": {
+                      "data-rrweb-id": 7,
+                    },
+                    "childNodes": [],
+                    "id": 7,
+                    "tagName": "div",
+                    "type": 2,
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "attributes": {
+                      "data-rrweb-id": 11,
+                    },
+                    "childNodes": [],
+                    "id": 11,
+                    "tagName": "div",
+                    "type": 2,
+                  },
+                ],
+                "id": 5,
+                "tagName": "body",
+                "type": 2,
+              },
+            ],
+            "id": 3,
+            "tagName": "html",
+            "type": 2,
+          },
+        ],
+        "id": 1,
+        "type": 0,
+      },
+    },
+    "timestamp": 1725607643113,
+    "type": 2,
+    "windowId": "0191C63B-03FF-73B5-96BE-40BE2761621C",
+  },
+]
+`;
+
+exports[`snapshot parsing handles normal mobile data 1`] = `
+[
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "payload": {
+        "requests": [
+          {
+            "duration": 28,
+            "entryType": "resource",
+            "initiatorType": "fetch",
+            "method": "GET",
+            "name": "https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hkNkoCjc5UA/T4JTlCjhhfI/AAAAAAAAB98/XxQwZ-QPkI8/s1600/Free+Google+Wallpapers+3.jpg",
+            "responseStatus": 200,
+            "timestamp": 1725369200216,
+            "transferSize": 82375,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      "plugin": "rrweb/network@1",
+    },
+    "seen": 8833798676917222,
+    "timestamp": 1725369200216,
+    "type": 6,
+    "windowId": "0191C63B-03FF-73B5-96BE-40BE2761621C",
+  },
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "height": 852,
+      "href": "",
+      "width": 393,
+    },
+    "timestamp": 1725607643113,
+    "type": 4,
+    "windowId": "0191C63B-03FF-73B5-96BE-40BE2761621C",
+  },
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "initialOffset": {
+        "left": 0,
+        "top": 0,
+      },
+      "node": {
+        "childNodes": [
+          {
+            "id": 2,
+            "name": "html",
+            "publicId": "",
+            "systemId": "",
+            "type": 1,
+          },
+          {
+            "attributes": {
+              "data-rrweb-id": 3,
+              "style": "height: 100vh; width: 100vw;",
+            },
+            "childNodes": [
+              {
+                "attributes": {
+                  "data-rrweb-id": 4,
+                },
+                "childNodes": [
+                  {
+                    "attributes": {
+                      "type": "text/css",
+                    },
+                    "childNodes": [
+                      {
+                        "id": 101,
+                        "textContent": "
+                    body {
+                      margin: unset;
+                    }
+                    input, button, select, textarea {
+                        font: inherit;
+                        margin: 0;
+                        padding: 0;
+                        border: 0;
+                        outline: 0;
+                        background: transparent;
+                        padding-block: 0 !important;
+                    }
+                    .input:focus {
+                        outline: none;
+                    }
+                    img {
+                      border-style: none;
+                    }
+                ",
+                        "type": 3,
+                      },
+                    ],
+                    "id": 100,
+                    "tagName": "style",
+                    "type": 2,
+                  },
+                ],
+                "id": 4,
+                "tagName": "head",
+                "type": 2,
+              },
+              {
+                "attributes": {
+                  "data-rrweb-id": 5,
+                  "style": "height: 100vh; width: 100vw;",
+                },
+                "childNodes": [
+                  {
+                    "attributes": {
+                      "data-rrweb-id": 4324378400,
+                      "height": 852,
+                      "src": "data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJR",
+                      "style": "width: 393px;height: 852px;position: fixed;left: 0px;top: 0px;",
+                      "width": 393,
+                    },
+                    "childNodes": [],
+                    "id": 4324378400,
+                    "tagName": "img",
+                    "type": 2,
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "attributes": {
+                      "data-render-reason": "a fixed placeholder to contain the keyboard in the correct stacking position",
+                      "data-rrweb-id": 9,
+                    },
+                    "childNodes": [],
+                    "id": 9,
+                    "tagName": "div",
+                    "type": 2,
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "attributes": {
+                      "data-rrweb-id": 7,
+                    },
+                    "childNodes": [],
+                    "id": 7,
+                    "tagName": "div",
+                    "type": 2,
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "attributes": {
+                      "data-rrweb-id": 11,
+                    },
+                    "childNodes": [],
+                    "id": 11,
+                    "tagName": "div",
+                    "type": 2,
+                  },
+                ],
+                "id": 5,
+                "tagName": "body",
+                "type": 2,
+              },
+            ],
+            "id": 3,
+            "tagName": "html",
+            "type": 2,
+          },
+        ],
+        "id": 1,
+        "type": 0,
+      },
+    },
+    "timestamp": 1725607643113,
+    "type": 2,
+    "windowId": "0191C63B-03FF-73B5-96BE-40BE2761621C",
+  },
+]
+`;
diff --git a/ee/frontend/mobile-replay/parsing.test.ts b/ee/frontend/mobile-replay/parsing.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d913b41178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/frontend/mobile-replay/parsing.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { parseEncodedSnapshots } from 'scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic'
+
+import { encodedWebSnapshotData } from './__mocks__/encoded-snapshot-data'
+
+describe('snapshot parsing', () => {
+    const sessionId = '12345'
+    const numberOfParsedLinesInData = 3
+
+    it('handles normal mobile data', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseEncodedSnapshots(encodedWebSnapshotData, sessionId, true)
+        expect(parsed.length).toEqual(numberOfParsedLinesInData)
+        expect(parsed).toMatchSnapshot()
+    })
+    it('handles mobile data with no meta event', async () => {
+        const withoutMeta = [encodedWebSnapshotData[0], encodedWebSnapshotData[2]]
+        const parsed = await parseEncodedSnapshots(withoutMeta, sessionId, true)
+        expect(parsed.length).toEqual(numberOfParsedLinesInData)
+        expect(parsed).toMatchSnapshot()
+    })
+})
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/__mocks__/encoded-snapshot-data.ts b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/__mocks__/encoded-snapshot-data.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f522be7364d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/__mocks__/encoded-snapshot-data.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export const encodedWebSnapshotData: string[] = [
+    '{"window_id":"0191c366-dd75-708c-bb41-c0d5bd2bb0dc","data":[{"type":4,"data":{"href":"http://localhost:8000/project/1","width":719,"height":914},"timestamp":1725560859629},{"type":3,"data":{"source":2,"type":0,"id":320,"x":21.41059112548828,"y":28.776042938232422},"timestamp":1725560861395},{"type":3,"data":{"source":2,"type":2,"id":320,"x":21,"y":28,"pointerType":0},"timestamp":1725560861398},{"type":3,"data":{"source":0,"texts":[],"attributes":[{"id":59,"attributes":{"class":"Navbar3000"}},{"id":313,"attributes":{"class":"Navbar3000__overlay"}}],"removes":[],"adds":[]},"timestamp":1725560861402}]}',
+    '{"window_id":"0191c366-dd75-708c-bb41-c0d5bd2bb0dc","data":[{"type":4,"data":{"href":"http://localhost:8000/project/1","width":719,"height":914},"timestamp":1725560859629},{"type":3,"data":{"source":2,"type":0,"id":320,"x":21.41059112548828,"y":28.776042938232422},"timestamp":1725560861395},{"type":3,"data":{"source":2,"type":2,"id":320,"x":21,"y":28,"pointerType":0},"timestamp":1725560861398},{"type":3,"data":{"source":0,"texts":[],"attributes":[{"id":59,"attributes":{"class":"Navbar3000"}},{"id":313,"attributes":{"class":"Navbar3000__overlay"}}],"removes":[],"adds":[]},"timestamp":1725560861402}]}',
+]
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/__snapshots__/sessionRecordingDataLogic.test.ts.snap b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/__snapshots__/sessionRecordingDataLogic.test.ts.snap
index 6fda01f3643..1dfae7ab19d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/__snapshots__/sessionRecordingDataLogic.test.ts.snap
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/__snapshots__/sessionRecordingDataLogic.test.ts.snap
@@ -2078,3 +2078,193 @@ exports[`sessionRecordingDataLogic deduplicateSnapshots should match snapshot 1`
   },
 ]
 `;
+
+exports[`sessionRecordingDataLogic snapshot parsing handles data with unparseable lines 1`] = `
+[
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "height": 914,
+      "href": "http://localhost:8000/project/1",
+      "width": 719,
+    },
+    "timestamp": 1725560859629,
+    "type": 4,
+    "windowId": "0191c366-dd75-708c-bb41-c0d5bd2bb0dc",
+  },
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "id": 320,
+      "source": 2,
+      "type": 0,
+      "x": 21.41059112548828,
+      "y": 28.776042938232422,
+    },
+    "timestamp": 1725560861395,
+    "type": 3,
+    "windowId": "0191c366-dd75-708c-bb41-c0d5bd2bb0dc",
+  },
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "id": 320,
+      "pointerType": 0,
+      "source": 2,
+      "type": 2,
+      "x": 21,
+      "y": 28,
+    },
+    "timestamp": 1725560861398,
+    "type": 3,
+    "windowId": "0191c366-dd75-708c-bb41-c0d5bd2bb0dc",
+  },
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "adds": [],
+      "attributes": [
+        {
+          "attributes": {
+            "class": "Navbar3000",
+          },
+          "id": 59,
+        },
+        {
+          "attributes": {
+            "class": "Navbar3000__overlay",
+          },
+          "id": 313,
+        },
+      ],
+      "removes": [],
+      "source": 0,
+      "texts": [],
+    },
+    "timestamp": 1725560861402,
+    "type": 3,
+    "windowId": "0191c366-dd75-708c-bb41-c0d5bd2bb0dc",
+  },
+]
+`;
+
+exports[`sessionRecordingDataLogic snapshot parsing handles normal web data 1`] = `
+[
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "height": 914,
+      "href": "http://localhost:8000/project/1",
+      "width": 719,
+    },
+    "timestamp": 1725560859629,
+    "type": 4,
+    "windowId": "0191c366-dd75-708c-bb41-c0d5bd2bb0dc",
+  },
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "id": 320,
+      "source": 2,
+      "type": 0,
+      "x": 21.41059112548828,
+      "y": 28.776042938232422,
+    },
+    "timestamp": 1725560861395,
+    "type": 3,
+    "windowId": "0191c366-dd75-708c-bb41-c0d5bd2bb0dc",
+  },
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "id": 320,
+      "pointerType": 0,
+      "source": 2,
+      "type": 2,
+      "x": 21,
+      "y": 28,
+    },
+    "timestamp": 1725560861398,
+    "type": 3,
+    "windowId": "0191c366-dd75-708c-bb41-c0d5bd2bb0dc",
+  },
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "adds": [],
+      "attributes": [
+        {
+          "attributes": {
+            "class": "Navbar3000",
+          },
+          "id": 59,
+        },
+        {
+          "attributes": {
+            "class": "Navbar3000__overlay",
+          },
+          "id": 313,
+        },
+      ],
+      "removes": [],
+      "source": 0,
+      "texts": [],
+    },
+    "timestamp": 1725560861402,
+    "type": 3,
+    "windowId": "0191c366-dd75-708c-bb41-c0d5bd2bb0dc",
+  },
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "height": 914,
+      "href": "http://localhost:8000/project/1",
+      "width": 719,
+    },
+    "timestamp": 1725560859629,
+    "type": 4,
+    "windowId": "0191c366-dd75-708c-bb41-c0d5bd2bb0dc",
+  },
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "id": 320,
+      "source": 2,
+      "type": 0,
+      "x": 21.41059112548828,
+      "y": 28.776042938232422,
+    },
+    "timestamp": 1725560861395,
+    "type": 3,
+    "windowId": "0191c366-dd75-708c-bb41-c0d5bd2bb0dc",
+  },
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "id": 320,
+      "pointerType": 0,
+      "source": 2,
+      "type": 2,
+      "x": 21,
+      "y": 28,
+    },
+    "timestamp": 1725560861398,
+    "type": 3,
+    "windowId": "0191c366-dd75-708c-bb41-c0d5bd2bb0dc",
+  },
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "adds": [],
+      "attributes": [
+        {
+          "attributes": {
+            "class": "Navbar3000",
+          },
+          "id": 59,
+        },
+        {
+          "attributes": {
+            "class": "Navbar3000__overlay",
+          },
+          "id": 313,
+        },
+      ],
+      "removes": [],
+      "source": 0,
+      "texts": [],
+    },
+    "timestamp": 1725560861402,
+    "type": 3,
+    "windowId": "0191c366-dd75-708c-bb41-c0d5bd2bb0dc",
+  },
+]
+`;
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.test.ts b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.test.ts
index 13279a313cf..7a00e7b49b3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.test.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ import { expectLogic } from 'kea-test-utils'
 import { api, MOCK_TEAM_ID } from 'lib/api.mock'
 import { eventUsageLogic } from 'lib/utils/eventUsageLogic'
 import { convertSnapshotsByWindowId } from 'scenes/session-recordings/__mocks__/recording_snapshots'
+import { encodedWebSnapshotData } from 'scenes/session-recordings/player/__mocks__/encoded-snapshot-data'
 import {
     deduplicateSnapshots,
+    parseEncodedSnapshots,
     sessionRecordingDataLogic,
 } from 'scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic'
 import { teamLogic } from 'scenes/teamLogic'
@@ -404,4 +406,30 @@ describe('sessionRecordingDataLogic', () => {
             ])
         })
     })
+
+    describe('snapshot parsing', () => {
+        const sessionId = '12345'
+        const numberOfParsedLinesInData = 8
+        it('handles normal web data', async () => {
+            const parsed = await parseEncodedSnapshots(encodedWebSnapshotData, sessionId, false)
+            expect(parsed.length).toEqual(numberOfParsedLinesInData)
+            expect(parsed).toMatchSnapshot()
+        })
+
+        it('handles data with unparseable lines', async () => {
+            const parsed = await parseEncodedSnapshots(
+                encodedWebSnapshotData.map((line, index) => {
+                    return index == 0 ? line.substring(0, line.length / 2) : line
+                }),
+                sessionId,
+                false
+            )
+
+            // unparseable lines are not returned
+            expect(encodedWebSnapshotData.length).toEqual(2)
+            expect(parsed.length).toEqual(numberOfParsedLinesInData / 2)
+
+            expect(parsed).toMatchSnapshot()
+        })
+    })
 })
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.ts b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.ts
index d5035a871c4..cd503f914a2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import posthogEE from '@posthog/ee/exports'
-import { customEvent, EventType, eventWithTime } from '@rrweb/types'
+import { customEvent, EventType, eventWithTime, fullSnapshotEvent } from '@rrweb/types'
 import { captureException, captureMessage } from '@sentry/react'
 import {
     actions,
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import api from 'lib/api'
 import { FEATURE_FLAGS } from 'lib/constants'
 import { Dayjs, dayjs } from 'lib/dayjs'
 import { featureFlagLogic, FeatureFlagsSet } from 'lib/logic/featureFlagLogic'
+import { isObject } from 'lib/utils'
 import { chainToElements } from 'lib/utils/elements-chain'
 import { eventUsageLogic } from 'lib/utils/eventUsageLogic'
 import posthog from 'posthog-js'
@@ -63,6 +64,54 @@ function isRecordingSnapshot(x: unknown): x is RecordingSnapshot {
     return typeof x === 'object' && x !== null && 'type' in x && 'timestamp' in x
 }
 
+/*
+ there was a bug in mobile SDK that didn't consistently send a meta event with a full snapshot.
+ rrweb player hides itself until it has seen the meta event 🤷
+ but we can patch a meta event into the recording data to make it work
+*/
+function patchMetaEventIntoMobileData(parsedLines: RecordingSnapshot[]): RecordingSnapshot[] {
+    let fullSnapshotIndex: number = -1
+    let metaIndex: number = -1
+    try {
+        fullSnapshotIndex = parsedLines.findIndex((l) => l.type === EventType.FullSnapshot)
+        metaIndex = parsedLines.findIndex((l) => l.type === EventType.Meta)
+
+        // then we need to patch the meta event into the snapshot data
+        if (fullSnapshotIndex > -1 && metaIndex === -1) {
+            const fullSnapshot = parsedLines[fullSnapshotIndex] as RecordingSnapshot & fullSnapshotEvent & eventWithTime
+            // a full snapshot (particularly from the mobile transformer) has a relatively fixed structure,
+            // but the types exposed by rrweb don't quite cover what we need , so...
+            const mainNode = fullSnapshot.data.node as any
+            const targetNode = mainNode.childNodes[1].childNodes[1].childNodes[0]
+            const { width, height } = targetNode.attributes
+            const metaEvent: RecordingSnapshot = {
+                windowId: fullSnapshot.windowId,
+                type: EventType.Meta,
+                timestamp: fullSnapshot.timestamp,
+                data: {
+                    href: getHrefFromSnapshot(fullSnapshot) || '',
+                    width,
+                    height,
+                },
+            }
+            parsedLines.splice(fullSnapshotIndex, 0, metaEvent)
+        }
+    } catch (e) {
+        captureException(e, {
+            tags: { feature: 'session-recording-missing-meta-patching' },
+            extra: { fullSnapshotIndex, metaIndex },
+        })
+    }
+
+    return parsedLines
+}
+
+function hasAnyWireframes(snapshotData: Record<string, any>[]): boolean {
+    return snapshotData.some((d) => {
+        return isObject(d.data) && 'wireframes' in d.data
+    })
+}
+
 export const parseEncodedSnapshots = async (
     items: (RecordingSnapshot | EncodedRecordingSnapshot | string)[],
     sessionId: string,
@@ -72,9 +121,12 @@ export const parseEncodedSnapshots = async (
     if (!postHogEEModule) {
         postHogEEModule = await posthogEE()
     }
+
     const lineCount = items.length
     const unparseableLines: string[] = []
-    const parsedLines = items.flatMap((l) => {
+    let isMobileSnapshots = false
+
+    const parsedLines: RecordingSnapshot[] = items.flatMap((l) => {
         if (!l) {
             // blob files have an empty line at the end
             return []
@@ -83,6 +135,10 @@ export const parseEncodedSnapshots = async (
             const snapshotLine = typeof l === 'string' ? (JSON.parse(l) as EncodedRecordingSnapshot) : l
             const snapshotData = isRecordingSnapshot(snapshotLine) ? [snapshotLine] : snapshotLine['data']
 
+            if (!isMobileSnapshots) {
+                isMobileSnapshots = hasAnyWireframes(snapshotData)
+            }
+
             return snapshotData.map((d: unknown) => {
                 const snap = withMobileTransformer
                     ? postHogEEModule?.mobileReplay?.transformEventToWeb(d) || (d as eventWithTime)
@@ -118,11 +174,13 @@ export const parseEncodedSnapshots = async (
         })
     }
 
-    return parsedLines
+    return isMobileSnapshots ? patchMetaEventIntoMobileData(parsedLines) : parsedLines
 }
 
-const getHrefFromSnapshot = (snapshot: RecordingSnapshot): string | undefined => {
-    return (snapshot.data as any)?.href || (snapshot.data as any)?.payload?.href
+const getHrefFromSnapshot = (snapshot: unknown): string | undefined => {
+    return isObject(snapshot) && 'data' in snapshot
+        ? (snapshot.data as any)?.href || (snapshot.data as any)?.payload?.href
+        : undefined
 }
 
 /*
@@ -500,12 +558,12 @@ export const sessionRecordingDataLogic = kea<sessionRecordingDataLogicType>([
                     try {
                         const query: HogQLQuery = {
                             kind: NodeKind.HogQLQuery,
-                            query: hogql`SELECT properties, uuid 
-                                FROM events
-                                WHERE timestamp > ${dayjs(event.timestamp).subtract(1000, 'ms')}
-                                AND timestamp < ${dayjs(event.timestamp).add(1000, 'ms')}
-                                AND event = ${event.event}
-                                AND uuid = ${event.id}`,
+                            query: hogql`SELECT properties, uuid
+                                         FROM events
+                                         WHERE timestamp > ${dayjs(event.timestamp).subtract(1000, 'ms')}
+                                           AND timestamp < ${dayjs(event.timestamp).add(1000, 'ms')}
+                                           AND event = ${event.event}
+                                           AND uuid = ${event.id}`,
                         }
                         const response = await api.query(query)
                         if (response.error) {