diff --git a/src/card.ts b/src/card.ts
index 3587535d..55d3881c 100644
--- a/src/card.ts
+++ b/src/card.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import { FrigateCardElements } from './components/elements.js';
 import { FRIGATE_BUTTON_MENU_ICON, FrigateCardMenu } from './components/menu.js';
 import { View } from './view.js';
 import {
+  contentsChanged,
   convertActionToFrigateCardCustomAction,
   createFrigateCardCustomAction,
   getActionConfigGivenAction,
@@ -231,11 +232,17 @@ export class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
       camera: this._view?.camera,
     };
 
-    this._overriddenConfig = getOverriddenConfig(
+    const overriddenConfig = getOverriddenConfig(
       this._baseConfig,
       this._baseConfig.overrides,
       this._conditionState,
     ) as FrigateCardConfig;
+
+    // Save on Lit re-rendering costs by only updating the configuration if it
+    // actually changes.
+    if (contentsChanged(overriddenConfig, this._overriddenConfig)) {
+      this._overriddenConfig = overriddenConfig;
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/common.ts b/src/common.ts
index ed09ecb4..46327533 100644
--- a/src/common.ts
+++ b/src/common.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { HassEntity, MessageBase } from 'home-assistant-js-websocket';
 import { HomeAssistant, stateIcon } from 'custom-card-helpers';
 import { StyleInfo } from 'lit/directives/style-map';
 import { ZodSchema, z } from 'zod';
+import { isEqual } from 'lodash-es';
 
 import { localize } from './localize/localize.js';
 import {
@@ -483,3 +484,15 @@ export function arrayMove(target: unknown[], from: number, to: number): void {
   target.splice(from, 1);
   target.splice(to, 0, element);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Determine if the contents of the n(ew) and o(ld) values have changed. For use
+ * in lit web components that may have a value that changes address but not
+ * contents -- and for which a re-render is expensive/jarring.
+ * @param n The new value.
+ * @param o The old value.
+ * @returns `true` is the contents have changed.
+ */
+export function contentsChanged(n: unknown, o: unknown): boolean {
+  return !isEqual(n, o);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/live.ts b/src/components/live.ts
index cfe29598..9689e499 100644
--- a/src/components/live.ts
+++ b/src/components/live.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// TODO use the schema default remover code to simplify config schema
 // TODO in fullscreen mode on live view with mixed cameras, center video
 // TODO verify README links worked correctly (e.g. basic cameras configuration)
 
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ import {
 import { EmblaOptionsType } from 'embla-carousel';
 import { HomeAssistant } from 'custom-card-helpers';
 import { customElement, property, state } from 'lit/decorators.js';
-import { isEqual } from 'lodash-es';
 import { ref } from 'lit/directives/ref';
 import { until } from 'lit/directives/until.js';
 
@@ -38,6 +36,7 @@ import { ThumbnailCarouselTap } from './thumbnail-carousel.js';
 import { View } from '../view.js';
 import { localize } from '../localize/localize.js';
 import {
+  contentsChanged,
   dispatchErrorMessageEvent,
   dispatchExistingMediaShowInfoAsEvent,
   dispatchMediaShowEvent,
@@ -518,7 +517,7 @@ export class FrigateCardLiveProvider extends LitElement {
 
   // Label that is used for ARIA support and as tooltip.
   @property({ attribute: false })
-  public label = "";
+  public label = '';
 
   protected _getResolvedProvider(): LiveProvider {
     if (this.cameraConfig?.live_provider === 'auto') {
@@ -531,7 +530,9 @@ export class FrigateCardLiveProvider extends LitElement {
       }
       return frigateCardConfigDefaults.cameras.live_provider;
     }
-    return this.cameraConfig?.live_provider || frigateCardConfigDefaults.cameras.live_provider;
+    return (
+      this.cameraConfig?.live_provider || frigateCardConfigDefaults.cameras.live_provider
+    );
   }
 
   /**
@@ -618,18 +619,7 @@ export class FrigateCardLiveFrigate extends LitElement {
 //  - https://github.com/AlexxIT/WebRTC
 @customElement('frigate-card-live-webrtc')
 export class FrigateCardLiveWebRTC extends LitElement {
-  @property({
-    attribute: false,
-
-    // Resetting the WebRTC/JSMPEG configuration is expensive as the connections
-    // need to be re-established. These configurations may be overridden which
-    // creates semantically equal configurations at different addresses --
-    // ensure LIT only considers the property as having changed if it's actually
-    // different.
-    hasChanged(n: WebRTCConfig, o: WebRTCConfig): boolean {
-      return !isEqual(n, o);
-    },
-  })
+  @property({ attribute: false, hasChanged: contentsChanged })
   protected webRTCConfig?: WebRTCConfig;
 
   @property({ attribute: false })
@@ -734,13 +724,7 @@ export class FrigateCardLiveJSMPEG extends LitElement {
   @property({ attribute: false })
   protected cameraConfig?: CameraConfig;
 
-  @property({
-    attribute: false,
-    // See note under FrigateCardLiveWebRTC.
-    hasChanged(n: JSMPEGConfig, o: JSMPEGConfig): boolean {
-      return !isEqual(n, o);
-    },
-  })
+  @property({ attribute: false, hasChanged: contentsChanged })
   protected jsmpegConfig?: JSMPEGConfig;
 
   protected hass?: HomeAssistant & ExtendedHomeAssistant;
diff --git a/src/components/viewer.ts b/src/components/viewer.ts
index b883824b..3c43bfca 100644
--- a/src/components/viewer.ts
+++ b/src/components/viewer.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import {
 } from './thumbnail-carousel.js';
 import { ResolvedMediaCache, ResolvedMediaUtil } from '../resolved-media.js';
 import { View } from '../view.js';
-import { createMediaShowInfo, dispatchErrorMessageEvent } from '../common.js';
+import { contentsChanged, createMediaShowInfo, dispatchErrorMessageEvent } from '../common.js';
 import { renderProgressIndicator } from '../components/message.js';
 
 import './next-prev-control.js';
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ export class FrigateCardViewerCore extends LitElement {
   @property({ attribute: false })
   protected view?: Readonly<View>;
 
-  @property({ attribute: false })
+  // See note on viewerConfig in <frigate-card-viewer-carousel>.
+  @property({ attribute: false, hasChanged: contentsChanged })
   protected viewerConfig?: ViewerConfig;
 
   @property({ attribute: false })
@@ -186,7 +187,12 @@ export class FrigateCardViewerCarousel extends FrigateCardMediaCarousel {
   @property({ attribute: false })
   protected view?: Readonly<View>;
 
-  @property({ attribute: false })
+  // Resetting the viewer configuration causes a full reset so ensure the config
+  // has actually changed with a full comparison (dynamic configuration
+  // overrides may causes changes elsewhere in the full card configuration that
+  // could lead to the address of the viewerConfig changing without it being
+  // semantically different).
+  @property({ attribute: false, hasChanged: contentsChanged })
   protected viewerConfig?: ViewerConfig;
 
   @property({ attribute: false })
diff --git a/src/scss/carousel.scss b/src/scss/carousel.scss
index 66ea1971..68a2132e 100644
--- a/src/scss/carousel.scss
+++ b/src/scss/carousel.scss
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ img,video {
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
   overflow: hidden;
+
+  // Center vertically in the viewport.
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  justify-content: center;
 }
 .embla__viewport.is-draggable {
   cursor: move;