diff --git a/internal/api/routes_scene.go b/internal/api/routes_scene.go
index 9688a7974..da76e3526 100644
--- a/internal/api/routes_scene.go
+++ b/internal/api/routes_scene.go
@@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ func (rs sceneRoutes) streamTranscode(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, st
 	lm := manager.GetInstance().ReadLockManager
 	streamRequestCtx := manager.NewStreamRequestContext(w, r)
 	lockCtx := lm.ReadLock(streamRequestCtx, f.Path)
-	defer lockCtx.Cancel()
+
+	// hijacking and closing the connection here causes video playback to hang in Chrome
+	// due to ERR_INCOMPLETE_CHUNKED_ENCODING
+	// We trust that the request context will be closed, so we don't need to call Cancel on the returned context here.
 
 	stream, err := encoder.GetTranscodeStream(lockCtx, options)
 
@@ -222,6 +225,7 @@ func (rs sceneRoutes) streamTranscode(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, st
 	lockCtx.AttachCommand(stream.Cmd)
 
 	stream.Serve(w, r)
+	w.(http.Flusher).Flush()
 }
 
 func (rs sceneRoutes) Screenshot(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
diff --git a/internal/manager/running_streams.go b/internal/manager/running_streams.go
index 5d010ef50..5e329e6fb 100644
--- a/internal/manager/running_streams.go
+++ b/internal/manager/running_streams.go
@@ -34,8 +34,21 @@ func (c *StreamRequestContext) Cancel() {
 	}
 
 	// hijack and close the connection
-	conn, _, _ := hj.Hijack()
+	conn, bw, _ := hj.Hijack()
 	if conn != nil {
+		if bw != nil {
+			// notify end of stream
+			_, err := bw.WriteString("0\r\n")
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.Warnf("unable to write end of stream: %v", err)
+			}
+			_, err = bw.WriteString("\r\n")
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.Warnf("unable to write end of stream: %v", err)
+			}
+			_ = bw.Flush()
+		}
+
 		conn.Close()
 	}
 }