diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 2ffe7ae60..41addf6a6 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ allprojects {
                 includeGroup("com.facebook.fbjni")
                 includeGroup("com.henninghall.android")
                 includeGroup("org.matomo.sdk")
+                includeModule("com.yqritc", "android-scalablevideoview")
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/ios/Podfile.lock b/ios/Podfile.lock
index c67e30b0e..6451ba9a7 100644
--- a/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -335,6 +335,11 @@ PODS:
     - React
   - react-native-version-number (0.3.6):
     - React
+  - react-native-video (5.2.0):
+    - React-Core
+    - react-native-video/Video (= 5.2.0)
+  - react-native-video/Video (5.2.0):
+    - React-Core
   - react-native-webview (11.17.1):
     - React-Core
   - React-RCTActionSheet (0.63.4):
@@ -496,6 +501,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES:
   - react-native-splash-screen (from `../node_modules/react-native-splash-screen`)
   - react-native-udp (from `../node_modules/react-native-udp`)
   - react-native-version-number (from `../node_modules/react-native-version-number`)
+  - react-native-video (from `../node_modules/react-native-video`)
   - react-native-webview (from `../node_modules/react-native-webview`)
   - React-RCTActionSheet (from `../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/ActionSheetIOS`)
   - React-RCTAnimation (from `../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/NativeAnimation`)
@@ -621,6 +627,8 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native-udp"
   react-native-version-number:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native-version-number"
+  react-native-video:
+    :path: "../node_modules/react-native-video"
   react-native-webview:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native-webview"
   React-RCTActionSheet:
@@ -736,6 +744,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   react-native-splash-screen: 200d11d188e2e78cea3ad319964f6142b6384865
   react-native-udp: ff9d13e523f2b58e6bc5d4d32321ac60671b5dc9
   react-native-version-number: b415bbec6a13f2df62bf978e85bc0d699462f37f
+  react-native-video: a4c2635d0802f983594b7057e1bce8f442f0ad28
   react-native-webview: 162b6453d074e0b1c7025242bb7a939b6f72b9e7
   React-RCTActionSheet: 89a0ca9f4a06c1f93c26067af074ccdce0f40336
   React-RCTAnimation: 1bde3ecc0c104c55df246eda516e0deb03c4e49b
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c369b3509..a4ccdef19 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -100,9 +100,10 @@
     "react-native-level-fs": "^3.0.0",
     "react-native-linear-gradient": "^2.4.2",
     "react-native-matomo-sdk": "feruzm/react-native-matomo-sdk",
+    "react-native-media-controls": "^2.3.0",
     "react-native-modal": "^11.5.6",
-    "react-native-modal-popover": "^2.1.0",
     "react-native-modal-dropdown": "^1.0.2",
+    "react-native-modal-popover": "^2.1.0",
     "react-native-modal-translucent": "^5.0.0",
     "react-native-navigation-bar-color": "^1.0.0",
     "react-native-os": "^1.0.1",
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@
     "react-native-safe-area-context": "^3.1.9",
     "react-native-screens": "^2.9.0",
     "react-native-scrollable-tab-view": "ecency/react-native-scrollable-tab-view",
+    "react-native-slider": "^0.11.0",
     "react-native-snap-carousel": "^3.8.0",
     "react-native-splash-screen": "^3.2.0",
     "react-native-svg": "^12.1.1",
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@
     "react-native-vector-icons": "^6.6.0",
     "react-native-version": "^4.0.0",
     "react-native-version-number": "^0.3.5",
+    "react-native-video": "^5.2.0",
     "react-native-webview": "^11.17.1",
     "react-native-youtube-iframe": "^2.1.1",
     "react-navigation": "^4.0.10",
diff --git a/src/components/postElements/body/view/commentBodyView.tsx b/src/components/postElements/body/view/commentBodyView.tsx
index 730816e4d..5e0bdd7b5 100644
--- a/src/components/postElements/body/view/commentBodyView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/postElements/body/view/commentBodyView.tsx
@@ -368,9 +368,9 @@ const CommentBody = ({
         }}
       >
         <VideoPlayer 
-          mode={youtubeVideoId ? 'youtube' : 'url'}
+          mode={youtubeVideoId ? 'youtube' : 'uri'}
           youtubeVideoId={youtubeVideoId} 
-          videoUrl={videoUrl} 
+          uri={videoUrl} 
           startTime={videoStartTime} 
         />
       </ActionsSheetView>
diff --git a/src/components/postElements/body/view/postBodyView.js b/src/components/postElements/body/view/postBodyView.js
index 8979014ad..d760ce633 100644
--- a/src/components/postElements/body/view/postBodyView.js
+++ b/src/components/postElements/body/view/postBodyView.js
@@ -294,9 +294,9 @@ const PostBody = ({ navigation, body, dispatch, onLoadEnd }) => {
         }}
       >
         <VideoPlayer
-          mode={youtubeVideoId ? 'youtube' : 'url'}
+          mode={youtubeVideoId ? 'youtube' : 'uri'}
           youtubeVideoId={youtubeVideoId}
-          videoUrl={videoUrl}
+          uri={videoUrl}
           startTime={videoStartTime}
         />
       </ActionSheetView>
diff --git a/src/components/postHtmlRenderer/postHtmlRenderer.tsx b/src/components/postHtmlRenderer/postHtmlRenderer.tsx
index ce677a56d..6ecda43fb 100644
--- a/src/components/postHtmlRenderer/postHtmlRenderer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/postHtmlRenderer/postHtmlRenderer.tsx
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ export const PostHtmlRenderer = memo(
         } else {
           return (
             <VideoPlayer
-              mode={parsedTnode.youtubeId ? 'youtube' : 'url'}
+              mode={parsedTnode.youtubeId ? 'youtube' : 'uri'}
               contentWidth={contentWidth}
-              videoUrl={parsedTnode.videoHref}
+              uri={parsedTnode.videoHref}
               youtubeVideoId={parsedTnode.youtubeId}
               startTime={parsedTnode.startTime}
               disableAutoplay={true}
@@ -226,19 +226,6 @@ export const PostHtmlRenderer = memo(
     // iframe renderer for rendering iframes in body
     const _iframeRenderer = function IframeRenderer(props) {
       const iframeProps = useHtmlIframeProps(props);
-      const checkSrcRegex = /(.*?)\.(mp4|webm|ogg)$/gi;
-      const isVideoFormat = iframeProps.source.uri.match(checkSrcRegex);
-
-       //this hack help avoid autoplaying fullscreened iframe videos;
-       const src = isVideoFormat ? 
-       {
-         html: `
-           <video width="100%" height="auto"  controls>
-             <source src="${iframeProps.source.uri}" type="video/mp4">
-           </video>`,
-       }:{
-         uri: iframeProps.source.uri,
-       };
 
        //TODO: remove android check logic when fix for react-native-webiew scrollview crash is available
        //ref: https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview/issues/2364
@@ -254,9 +241,10 @@ export const PostHtmlRenderer = memo(
         )
       }else{
         return (
+
           <VideoPlayer 
-            mode='source'
-            source={src}
+            mode='uri'
+            uri={iframeProps.source.uri}
             contentWidth={contentWidth}
           />
         );
diff --git a/src/components/videoPlayer/videoPlayerView.tsx b/src/components/videoPlayer/videoPlayerView.tsx
index 60bd9fb67..844752d5c 100644
--- a/src/components/videoPlayer/videoPlayerView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/videoPlayer/videoPlayerView.tsx
@@ -1,39 +1,47 @@
-import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useState, useRef } from 'react';
 import { Dimensions } from 'react-native';
 import { View, StyleSheet, ActivityIndicator } from 'react-native';
 import WebView from 'react-native-webview';
 import YoutubeIframe, { InitialPlayerParams } from 'react-native-youtube-iframe';
-import { WebViewSource } from 'react-native-webview/lib/WebViewTypes';
+import Video from 'react-native-video';
+import MediaControls, { PLAYER_STATES } from 'react-native-media-controls';
+import EStyleSheet from 'react-native-extended-stylesheet';
 
 interface VideoPlayerProps {
-  mode: 'source'|'youtube'|'url';
+  mode: 'uri' | 'youtube';
   contentWidth?: number;
   youtubeVideoId?: string;
-  videoUrl?: string;
   startTime?: number;
-  source?: WebViewSource;
-
+  uri?: string;
   //prop for youtube player
-  disableAutoplay?:boolean;
+  disableAutoplay?: boolean;
 }
 
-const VideoPlayer = ({ 
-    youtubeVideoId, 
-    videoUrl, 
-    startTime, 
-    source, 
-    contentWidth = Dimensions.get('screen').width, 
-    mode,
-    disableAutoplay
-  }: VideoPlayerProps) => {
-  
+const VideoPlayer = ({
+  youtubeVideoId,
+  startTime,
+  uri,
+  contentWidth = Dimensions.get('screen').width,
+  mode,
+  disableAutoplay,
+}: VideoPlayerProps) => {
   const PLAYER_HEIGHT = contentWidth * (9 / 16);
+  const checkSrcRegex = /(.*?)\.(mp4|webm|ogg)$/gi;
+  const isExtensionType = mode === 'uri' ? uri.match(checkSrcRegex) : false;
 
+  const videoPlayer = useRef(null);
+  const [currentTime, setCurrentTime] = useState(0);
+  const [duration, setDuration] = useState(0);
+  const [isFullScreen, setIsFullScreen] = useState(false);
+  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true);
+  const [paused, setPaused] = useState(true);
+  const [playerState, setPlayerState] = useState(PLAYER_STATES.PAUSED);
+  const [screenType, setScreenType] = useState('contain');
+
+  // react-native-youtube-iframe handlers
   const [shouldPlay, setShouldPlay] = useState(false);
-  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
-
   const _onReady = () => {
-    setLoading(false);
+    setIsLoading(false);
     setShouldPlay(disableAutoplay ? false : true);
     console.log('ready');
   };
@@ -45,13 +53,101 @@ const VideoPlayer = ({
 
   const _onError = () => {
     console.log('error!');
-    setLoading(false);
+    setIsLoading(false);
   };
 
   const initialParams: InitialPlayerParams = {
     start: startTime,
   };
 
+  // react-native-video player handlers
+  const onSeek = (seek) => {
+    videoPlayer.current.seek(seek);
+  };
+
+  const onPaused = (playerState) => {
+    setPaused(!paused);
+    setPlayerState(playerState);
+  };
+
+  const onReplay = () => {
+    setPlayerState(PLAYER_STATES.PLAYING);
+    videoPlayer.current.seek(0);
+  };
+
+  const onProgress = (data) => {
+    if (!isLoading && playerState !== PLAYER_STATES.ENDED) {
+      setCurrentTime(data.currentTime);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const onLoad = (data) => {
+    setDuration(data.duration);
+    videoPlayer.current.seek(0);
+    setIsLoading(false);
+  };
+
+  const onLoadStart = () => setIsLoading(true);
+
+  const onEnd = () => setPlayerState(PLAYER_STATES.ENDED);
+
+  const onError = () => alert('Error while playing');
+
+  const exitFullScreen = () => {
+    setIsFullScreen(false);
+  };
+
+  const enterFullScreen = () => {
+    setIsFullScreen(true);
+  };
+
+  const onFullScreen = () => {
+    setIsFullScreen(true);
+    if (screenType == 'contain') setScreenType('cover');
+    else setScreenType('contain');
+  };
+
+  const onSeeking = (currentTime) => setCurrentTime(currentTime);
+
+  const _renderVideoplayerWithControls = () => {
+    return (
+      <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
+        <Video
+          source={{
+            uri: uri,
+          }}
+          onEnd={onEnd}
+          onLoad={onLoad}
+          onLoadStart={onLoadStart}
+          onProgress={onProgress}
+          onError={onError}
+          paused={paused}
+          ref={videoPlayer}
+          resizeMode={'cover'}
+          fullscreen={isFullScreen}
+          style={styles.mediaPlayer}
+          volume={10}
+          onFullscreenPlayerDidPresent={enterFullScreen}
+          onFullscreenPlayerDidDismiss={exitFullScreen}
+        />
+        <MediaControls
+          duration={duration}
+          isLoading={isLoading}
+          mainColor={'#3c4449'}
+          onFullScreen={onFullScreen}
+          onPaused={onPaused}
+          onReplay={onReplay}
+          onSeek={onSeek}
+          onSeeking={onSeeking}
+          playerState={playerState}
+          progress={currentTime}
+          isFullScreen={isFullScreen}
+          fadeOutDelay={paused ? Number.MAX_VALUE : 3000}
+          containerStyle={{}}
+        />
+      </View>
+    );
+  };
   return (
     <View style={styles.container}>
       {mode === 'youtube' && youtubeVideoId && (
@@ -67,29 +163,35 @@ const VideoPlayer = ({
           />
         </View>
       )}
-      {((mode === 'source' && source) || (mode === 'url' && videoUrl)) && (
-        <View style={{ height: PLAYER_HEIGHT }}>
-          <WebView
-            scalesPageToFit={true}
-            bounces={false}
-            javaScriptEnabled={true}
-            automaticallyAdjustContentInsets={false}
-            onLoadEnd={() => {
-              setLoading(false);
-            }}
-            onLoadStart={() => {
-              setLoading(true);
-            }}
-            source={source || { uri: videoUrl }}
-            style={{ width: contentWidth, height: PLAYER_HEIGHT}}
-            startInLoadingState={true}
-            onShouldStartLoadWithRequest={() => true}
-            mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction={true}
-            allowsInlineMediaPlayback={true}
-          />
+      {mode === 'uri' && uri && (
+        <View style={[styles.playerWrapper, { height: PLAYER_HEIGHT }]}>
+          {isExtensionType ? (
+            _renderVideoplayerWithControls()
+          ) : (
+            <WebView
+              scalesPageToFit={true}
+              bounces={false}
+              javaScriptEnabled={true}
+              automaticallyAdjustContentInsets={false}
+              onLoadEnd={() => {
+                setIsLoading(false);
+              }}
+              onLoadStart={() => {
+                setIsLoading(true);
+              }}
+              source={{ uri: uri }}
+              style={[styles.barkBackground, { width: contentWidth, height: PLAYER_HEIGHT }]}
+              startInLoadingState={true}
+              onShouldStartLoadWithRequest={() => true}
+              mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction={true}
+              allowsInlineMediaPlayback={true}
+            />
+          )}
         </View>
       )}
-      {loading && <ActivityIndicator style={styles.activityIndicator} />}
+      {isLoading && (
+        <ActivityIndicator size={'large'} color="white" style={styles.activityIndicator} />
+      )}
     </View>
   );
 };
@@ -104,9 +206,30 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     position: 'absolute',
     alignItems: 'center',
     justifyContent: 'center',
-    top: 0,
+    top: 25,
     bottom: 0,
     left: 0,
     right: 0,
   },
+  toolbar: {
+    marginTop: 30,
+    backgroundColor: 'white',
+    padding: 10,
+    borderRadius: 5,
+  },
+  playerWrapper: {
+    backgroundColor: 'black',
+  },
+  mediaPlayer: {
+    position: 'absolute',
+    top: 0,
+    left: 0,
+    bottom: 0,
+    right: 0,
+    backgroundColor: 'black',
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+  },
+  barkBackground: {
+    backgroundColor: 'black',
+  },
 });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 571048a46..5c8853eb6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3927,6 +3927,11 @@ elliptic@^6.5.2, elliptic@^6.5.3:
     minimalistic-assert "^1.0.1"
     minimalistic-crypto-utils "^1.0.1"
 
+eme-encryption-scheme-polyfill@^2.0.1:
+  version "2.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eme-encryption-scheme-polyfill/-/eme-encryption-scheme-polyfill-2.0.3.tgz#2ca6e06480e06cceb5e50efd27943ac46c959878"
+  integrity sha512-44CNFMsqzHdKHrzWxlS7xZ8KUHn5XutBqpmCuWzNIynmAyFInHrrD3ozv/RvK9ZhgV6QY6Easx8EWAmxteNodg==
+
 emoji-regex@^7.0.1:
   version "7.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/emoji-regex/-/emoji-regex-7.0.3.tgz#933a04052860c85e83c122479c4748a8e4c72156"
@@ -6543,6 +6548,11 @@ jsx-ast-utils@^2.2.3:
     array-includes "^3.1.2"
     object.assign "^4.1.2"
 
+keymirror@^0.1.1:
+  version "0.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/keymirror/-/keymirror-0.1.1.tgz#918889ea13f8d0a42e7c557250eee713adc95c35"
+  integrity sha1-kYiJ6hP40KQufFVyUO7nE63JXDU=
+
 kind-of@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/kind-of/-/kind-of-1.1.0.tgz#140a3d2d41a36d2efcfa9377b62c24f8495a5c44"
@@ -8624,6 +8634,11 @@ react-native-matomo-sdk@feruzm/react-native-matomo-sdk:
   version "0.4.1"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/feruzm/react-native-matomo-sdk/tar.gz/392b1cfca771b28005821ef909ffb9a2082156d9"
 
+react-native-media-controls@^2.3.0:
+  version "2.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-media-controls/-/react-native-media-controls-2.3.0.tgz#c36e876a14d12982b7c6fb759201ff439117cbd0"
+  integrity sha512-N10i12ZO+GIXjmdA9hQk/HuBm5u9xWPIOydG/2SvLEZcnY3xg3D8d2IJXRolzSm2jBRgEGSO4rMgRBU6MpdNMg==
+
 react-native-modal-dropdown@^1.0.2:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-modal-dropdown/-/react-native-modal-dropdown-1.0.2.tgz#3e1efae5a5eacc42f44ac96468ea2f1b5bb0d759"
@@ -8759,6 +8774,13 @@ react-native-scrollable-tab-view@ecency/react-native-scrollable-tab-view:
     prop-types "^15.6.0"
     react-timer-mixin "^0.13.3"
 
+react-native-slider@^0.11.0:
+  version "0.11.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-slider/-/react-native-slider-0.11.0.tgz#b68a0bc43c8422b24cd57947cc5ac2bcdb58fadc"
+  integrity sha512-jV9K87eu9uWr0uJIyrSpBLnCKvVlOySC2wynq9TFCdV9oGgjt7Niq8Q1A8R8v+5GHsuBw/s8vEj1AAkkUi+u+w==
+  dependencies:
+    prop-types "^15.5.6"
+
 react-native-snap-carousel@^3.8.0:
   version "3.9.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-snap-carousel/-/react-native-snap-carousel-3.9.1.tgz#6fd9bd8839546c2c6043a41d2035afbc6fe0443e"
@@ -8856,6 +8878,15 @@ react-native-version@^4.0.0:
     resolve-from "^5.0.0"
     semver "^7.0.0"
 
+react-native-video@^5.2.0:
+  version "5.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-video/-/react-native-video-5.2.0.tgz#c3f2c541775f4fda7e0d26d75a6fb59819b13d5e"
+  integrity sha512-5SK1lxyzrCkZF+WuxUxLR1Pt65E0rsWB1w1GrGxSLdC9zWYBumcmuHl+wPJ7UQvznjaH2Ze7uU1R3arejI7+WQ==
+  dependencies:
+    keymirror "^0.1.1"
+    prop-types "^15.7.2"
+    shaka-player "^2.5.9"
+
 react-native-webview@^11.17.1:
   version "11.17.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-webview/-/react-native-webview-11.17.1.tgz#a7c9d995d749539995a4fdad8aa6456bac77fc8f"
@@ -9643,6 +9674,13 @@ sha.js@^2.4.0, sha.js@^2.4.8:
     inherits "^2.0.1"
     safe-buffer "^5.0.1"
 
+shaka-player@^2.5.9:
+  version "2.5.23"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shaka-player/-/shaka-player-2.5.23.tgz#db92d1c6cf2314f0180a2cec11b0e2f2560336f5"
+  integrity sha512-3MC9k0OXJGw8AZ4n/ZNCZS2yDxx+3as5KgH6Tx4Q5TRboTBBCu6dYPI5vp1DxKeyU12MBN1Zcbs7AKzXv2EnCg==
+  dependencies:
+    eme-encryption-scheme-polyfill "^2.0.1"
+
 shallow-clone@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shallow-clone/-/shallow-clone-1.0.0.tgz#4480cd06e882ef68b2ad88a3ea54832e2c48b571"