diff --git a/src/card.ts b/src/card.ts
index d98920de..0777f25c 100644
--- a/src/card.ts
+++ b/src/card.ts
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ export class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
   @query('frigate-card-menu')
   _menu!: FrigateCardMenu;
 
-  // Whether or not there is an active clip being played.
-  protected _clipPlaying = false;
+  // Whether or not media is actively playing (live or clip).
+  protected _mediaPlaying = false;
 
   // A small cache to avoid needing to create a new list of entities every time
   // a hass update arrives.
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
       // are browsing the mini-gallery). Do not allow re-rendering from a Home
       // Assistant update if there's been recent interaction (e.g. clicks on the
       // card) or if there is a clip active playing.
-      if (this._interactionTimerID || this._clipPlaying) {
+      if (this._interactionTimerID || this._mediaPlaying) {
         return false;
       }
       return shouldUpdateBasedOnHass(this._hass, oldHass, this._entitiesToMonitor);
@@ -294,35 +294,6 @@ export class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
     return `${this.config.frigate_url}/events?camera=${this.config.frigate_camera_name}`;
   }
 
-  public updated(): void {
-    this.updateComplete.then(() => {
-      // DOM elements are not always present until after updateComplete promise
-      // is resolved. Note that children of children (i.e. the underlying video
-      // element) is not always present even when the promise returns, so
-      // capture the event at the upper shadow root instead.
-      const hls_player = this.renderRoot
-        ?.querySelector('ha-card')
-        ?.querySelector('ha-hls-player');
-
-      if (hls_player) {
-        hls_player.shadowRoot?.addEventListener(
-          'play',
-          () => {
-            this._clipPlaying = true;
-          },
-          true,
-        );
-        hls_player.shadowRoot?.addEventListener(
-          'pause',
-          () => {
-            this._clipPlaying = true;
-          },
-          true,
-        );
-      }
-    });
-  }
-
   // Record interactions with the card.
   protected _interactionHandler(): void {
     if (!this.config.view_timeout) {
@@ -363,6 +334,14 @@ export class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
       zone: this.config.zone,
     };
   }
+  
+  protected _playHandler(): void {
+    this._mediaPlaying = true;
+  }
+
+  protected _pauseHandler(): void {
+    this._mediaPlaying = false;
+  }
 
   protected _mediaLoadHandler(e: CustomEvent<MediaLoadInfo>): void {
     const mediaInfo = e.detail;
@@ -461,7 +440,9 @@ export class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
                 .autoplayClip=${this.config.autoplay_clip}
                 @frigate-card:change-view=${this._changeViewHandler}
                 @frigate-card:media-load=${this._mediaLoadHandler}
-              >
+                @frigate-card:pause=${this._pauseHandler}
+                @frigate-card:play=${this._playHandler}
+                >
               </frigate-card-viewer>`
             : ``}
           ${this._view.is('live')
@@ -469,6 +450,8 @@ export class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
                 .hass=${this._hass}
                 .config=${this.config}
                 @frigate-card:media-load=${this._mediaLoadHandler}
+                @frigate-card:pause=${this._pauseHandler}
+                @frigate-card:play=${this._playHandler}
               >
               </frigate-card-live>`
             : ``}
diff --git a/src/components/live.ts b/src/components/live.ts
index 3a815929..6cee32c6 100644
--- a/src/components/live.ts
+++ b/src/components/live.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ import { signedPathSchema } from '../types';
 import type { ExtendedHomeAssistant, FrigateCardConfig } from '../types';
 
 import { localize } from '../localize/localize';
-import { dispatchMediaLoadEvent, homeAssistantWSRequest } from '../common';
+import {
+  dispatchMediaLoadEvent,
+  dispatchPauseEvent,
+  dispatchPlayEvent,
+  homeAssistantWSRequest,
+} from '../common';
 import {
   renderMessage,
   renderErrorMessage,
@@ -95,7 +100,6 @@ export class FrigateCardViewerWebRTC extends LitElement {
   protected _webRTCElement: HTMLElement | null = null;
 
   protected _createWebRTC(): TemplateResult | void {
-
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     const webrtcElement = customElements.get('webrtc-camera') as any;
     if (webrtcElement) {
@@ -125,11 +129,30 @@ export class FrigateCardViewerWebRTC extends LitElement {
     this.updateComplete.then(() => {
       const video = this.renderRoot.querySelector('#video') as HTMLVideoElement;
       if (video) {
-        video.onloadedmetadata = () => { 
+        const onloadedmetadata = video.onloadedmetadata;
+        const onplay = video.onplay;
+        const onpause = video.onpause;
+
+        video.onloadedmetadata = (e) => {
+          if (onloadedmetadata) {
+            onloadedmetadata.call(video, e);
+          }
           dispatchMediaLoadEvent(this, video);
-        }
+        };
+        video.onplay = (e) => {
+          if (onplay) {
+            onplay.call(video, e);
+          }
+          dispatchPlayEvent(this);
+        };
+        video.onpause = (e) => {
+          if (onpause) {
+            onpause.call(video, e);
+          }
+          dispatchPauseEvent(this);
+        };
       }
-    })
+    });
   }
 
   static get styles(): CSSResultGroup {
@@ -212,11 +235,16 @@ export class FrigateCardViewerJSMPEG extends LitElement {
               // amount of time the canvas is empty (and show the spinner
               // instead).
               play: () => {
+                dispatchPlayEvent(this);
                 resolve(html`${this._jsmpegCanvasElement}`);
               },
+              pause: () => {
+                dispatchPauseEvent(this);
+              },
             },
           },
-          { protocols: [],
+          {
+            protocols: [],
             videoBufferSize: 1024 * 1024 * 4,
             onVideoDecode: () => {
               // This is the only callback that is called after the dimensions
@@ -226,8 +254,8 @@ export class FrigateCardViewerJSMPEG extends LitElement {
                 videoDecoded = true;
                 dispatchMediaLoadEvent(this, this._jsmpegCanvasElement);
               }
-            }
-           },
+            },
+          },
         );
       });
     }
diff --git a/src/patches/ha-hls-player.ts b/src/patches/ha-hls-player.ts
index 40e03d2c..e05422c1 100644
--- a/src/patches/ha-hls-player.ts
+++ b/src/patches/ha-hls-player.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   html,
 } from 'lit';
 import { customElement } from 'lit/decorators';
-import { dispatchMediaLoadEvent } from '../common';
+import { dispatchMediaLoadEvent, dispatchPauseEvent, dispatchPlayEvent } from '../common';
 
 customElements.whenDefined("ha-hls-player").then(() => {
   @customElement("frigate-card-ha-hls-player")
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ customElements.whenDefined("ha-hls-player").then(() => {
           ?controls=${this.controls}
           @loadedmetadata=${(e) => dispatchMediaLoadEvent(this, e)}
           @loadeddata=${this._elementResized}
+          @pause=${() => dispatchPauseEvent(this)}
+          @play=${() => dispatchPlayEvent(this)}
         ></video>
       `;
     }