diff --git a/src/components/index.js b/src/components/index.js
index 459ff3f4c..55747394c 100644
--- a/src/components/index.js
+++ b/src/components/index.js
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ import { ForegroundNotification } from './foregroundNotification';
 import { PostHtmlRenderer } from './postHtmlRenderer';
 import { QuickProfileModal } from './organisms';
 import QuickReplyModal from './quickReplyModal/quickReplyModalView';
+import VideoPlayer from './videoPlayer/videoPlayerView';
 
 // Basic UI Elements
 import {
@@ -234,4 +235,5 @@ export {
   PostHtmlRenderer,
   QuickProfileModal,
   QuickReplyModal,
+  VideoPlayer,
 };
diff --git a/src/components/postHtmlRenderer/postHtmlRenderer.tsx b/src/components/postHtmlRenderer/postHtmlRenderer.tsx
index 88437cb71..3853c94b7 100644
--- a/src/components/postHtmlRenderer/postHtmlRenderer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/postHtmlRenderer/postHtmlRenderer.tsx
@@ -1,27 +1,31 @@
-import React, { memo, } from "react";
-import RenderHTML, { CustomRendererProps, Element, TNode } from "react-native-render-html";
-import styles from "./postHtmlRendererStyles";
-import { LinkData, parseLinkData } from "./linkDataParser";
-import VideoThumb from "./videoThumb";
-import { AutoHeightImage } from "../autoHeightImage/autoHeightImage";
-import { useHtmlIframeProps,iframeModel } from '@native-html/iframe-plugin';
-import WebView from "react-native-webview";
+import React, { memo } from 'react';
+import RenderHTML, { CustomRendererProps, Element, TNode } from 'react-native-render-html';
+import styles from './postHtmlRendererStyles';
+import { LinkData, parseLinkData } from './linkDataParser';
+import VideoThumb from './videoThumb';
+import { AutoHeightImage } from '../autoHeightImage/autoHeightImage';
+import { useHtmlIframeProps, iframeModel } from '@native-html/iframe-plugin';
+import WebView from 'react-native-webview';
+import { View } from 'react-native';
+import YoutubeIframe from 'react-native-youtube-iframe';
+import { VideoPlayer } from '..';
 
 interface PostHtmlRendererProps {
-  contentWidth:number;
-  body:string;
-  onLoaded?:()=>void;
-  setSelectedImage:(imgUrl:string)=>void;
-  setSelectedLink:(url:string)=>void;
-  onElementIsImage:(imgUrl:string)=>void;
-  handleOnPostPress:(permlink:string, authro:string)=>void;
-  handleOnUserPress:(username:string)=>void;
-  handleTagPress:(tag:string, filter?:string)=>void;
-  handleVideoPress:(videoUrl:string)=>void;
-  handleYoutubePress:(videoId:string, startTime:number)=>void;
+  contentWidth: number;
+  body: string;
+  onLoaded?: () => void;
+  setSelectedImage: (imgUrl: string) => void;
+  setSelectedLink: (url: string) => void;
+  onElementIsImage: (imgUrl: string) => void;
+  handleOnPostPress: (permlink: string, authro: string) => void;
+  handleOnUserPress: (username: string) => void;
+  handleTagPress: (tag: string, filter?: string) => void;
+  handleVideoPress: (videoUrl: string) => void;
+  handleYoutubePress: (videoId: string, startTime: number) => void;
 }
 
-export const PostHtmlRenderer = memo(({
+export const PostHtmlRenderer = memo(
+  ({
     contentWidth,
     body,
     onLoaded,
@@ -33,209 +37,174 @@ export const PostHtmlRenderer = memo(({
     handleTagPress,
     handleVideoPress,
     handleYoutubePress,
-  }:PostHtmlRendererProps) => {
+  }: PostHtmlRendererProps) => {
+    //new renderer functions
+    body = body.replace(/<center>/g, '<div class="text-center">').replace(/<\/center>/g, '</div>');
 
-     //new renderer functions
-  body = body.replace(/<center>/g, '<div class="text-center">').replace(/<\/center>/g,'</div>');
+    console.log('Comment body:', body);
 
-  console.log("Comment body:", body);
-
-  const _handleOnLinkPress = (data:LinkData) => {
-
-    if(!data){
-      return;
-    }
-
-    const {
-      type,
-      href,
-      author,
-      permlink,
-      tag,
-      youtubeId,
-      startTime,
-      filter,
-      videoHref,
-      community
-    } = data;
-
-    try {
-
-      switch (type) {
-        case '_external':
-        case 'markdown-external-link':
-          setSelectedLink(href);
-          break;
-        case 'markdown-author-link':
-          if (handleOnUserPress) {
-            handleOnUserPress(author);
-          }
-          break;
-        case 'markdown-post-link':
-          if (handleOnPostPress) {
-            handleOnPostPress(permlink, author);
-          }
-          break;
-        case 'markdown-tag-link':
-          if(handleTagPress){
-            handleTagPress(tag, filter);
-          }
-          break;
-  
-        case 'markdown-video-link':
-          if(handleVideoPress){
-            handleVideoPress(videoHref)
-          }
-          break;
-        case 'markdown-video-link-youtube':
-          if(handleYoutubePress){
-            handleYoutubePress(youtubeId, startTime)
-          }
-      
-          break;
-
-        //unused cases
-        case 'markdown-witnesses-link':
-          setSelectedLink(href);
-          break;
-        
-        case 'markdown-proposal-link':
-          setSelectedLink(href);
-          break;
-
-        case 'markdown-community-link':
-          //tag press also handles community by default
-          if(handleTagPress){
-            handleTagPress(community, filter)
-          }
-          break;
-          
-        default:
-          break;
+    const _handleOnLinkPress = (data: LinkData) => {
+      if (!data) {
+        return;
       }
-    } catch (error) {}
-  };
-  
-  
-    const _onElement = (element:Element) => {
-      if(element.tagName === 'img' && element.attribs.src){
+
+      const {
+        type,
+        href,
+        author,
+        permlink,
+        tag,
+        youtubeId,
+        startTime,
+        filter,
+        videoHref,
+        community,
+      } = data;
+
+      try {
+        switch (type) {
+          case '_external':
+          case 'markdown-external-link':
+            setSelectedLink(href);
+            break;
+          case 'markdown-author-link':
+            if (handleOnUserPress) {
+              handleOnUserPress(author);
+            }
+            break;
+          case 'markdown-post-link':
+            if (handleOnPostPress) {
+              handleOnPostPress(permlink, author);
+            }
+            break;
+          case 'markdown-tag-link':
+            if (handleTagPress) {
+              handleTagPress(tag, filter);
+            }
+            break;
+
+          case 'markdown-video-link':
+            if (handleVideoPress) {
+              handleVideoPress(videoHref);
+            }
+            break;
+          case 'markdown-video-link-youtube':
+            if (handleYoutubePress) {
+              handleYoutubePress(youtubeId, startTime);
+            }
+
+            break;
+
+          //unused cases
+          case 'markdown-witnesses-link':
+            setSelectedLink(href);
+            break;
+
+          case 'markdown-proposal-link':
+            setSelectedLink(href);
+            break;
+
+          case 'markdown-community-link':
+            //tag press also handles community by default
+            if (handleTagPress) {
+              handleTagPress(community, filter);
+            }
+            break;
+
+          default:
+            break;
+        }
+      } catch (error) {}
+    };
+
+    const _onElement = (element: Element) => {
+      if (element.tagName === 'img' && element.attribs.src) {
         const imgUrl = element.attribs.src;
-        console.log("img element detected",  imgUrl);
-        onElementIsImage(imgUrl)
+        console.log('img element detected', imgUrl);
+        onElementIsImage(imgUrl);
       }
     };
 
-  
-    const _anchorRenderer = ({
-      InternalRenderer,
-      tnode,
-      ...props
-    }:CustomRendererProps<TNode>) => {
-  
+    const _anchorRenderer = ({ InternalRenderer, tnode, ...props }: CustomRendererProps<TNode>) => {
+      const parsedTnode = parseLinkData(tnode);
       const _onPress = () => {
-        console.log("Link Pressed:", tnode)
+        console.log('Link Pressed:', tnode);
         const data = parseLinkData(tnode);
         _handleOnLinkPress(data);
       };
       
-      if (tnode.classes?.indexOf('markdown-video-link') >= 0) {
-        // get video src 
-        let videoHref = tnode.attributes['data-embed-src'] || tnode.attributes['data-video-href'] || tnode.children[0].attributes['src'];
-        
+      if (tnode.classes?.indexOf('markdown-video-link-youtube') >= 0) {
         return (
-          <WebView
-            scalesPageToFit={true}
-            bounces={false}
-            javaScriptEnabled={true}
-            automaticallyAdjustContentInsets={false}
-            onLoadEnd={() => {
-              console.log('load end');
-            }}
-            onLoadStart={() => {
-              console.log('load start');
-            }}
-            source={{ uri: videoHref }}
-            style={{ width: contentWidth, height: (contentWidth * 9) / 16 }}
-            startInLoadingState={true}
-            onShouldStartLoadWithRequest={() => true}
-            mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction={true}
-            allowsInlineMediaPlayback={true}
+          <VideoPlayer
+            contentWidth={contentWidth}
+            youtubeVideoId={parsedTnode.youtubeId}
+            startTime={parsedTnode.startTime}
           />
         );
       }
-      if(tnode.classes?.indexOf('markdown-video-link') >= 0){
-        const imgElement = tnode.children.find((child)=>{
-          return child.classes.indexOf('video-thumbnail') > 0 ? true:false
-        })
-        if(!imgElement){
-          return (
-            <VideoThumb contentWidth={contentWidth} onPress={_onPress}  />
-          )
+      if (tnode.classes?.indexOf('markdown-video-link') >= 0) {
+        return (
+          <VideoPlayer
+            contentWidth={contentWidth}
+            videoUrl={parsedTnode.videoHref}
+          />
+        );
+      }
+      if (tnode.classes?.indexOf('markdown-video-link') >= 0) {
+        const imgElement = tnode.children.find((child) => {
+          return child.classes.indexOf('video-thumbnail') > 0 ? true : false;
+        });
+        if (!imgElement) {
+          return <VideoThumb contentWidth={contentWidth} onPress={_onPress} />;
         }
       }
-      
-  
-      return (
-        <InternalRenderer
-          tnode={tnode}
-          onPress={_onPress}
-          {...props}
-        />
-      )
-    }
+
+      return <InternalRenderer tnode={tnode} onPress={_onPress} {...props} />;
+    };
 
     //this method checks if image is a child of table column
     //and calculates img width accordingly,
     //returns full width if img is not part of table
-    const getMaxImageWidth = (tnode:TNode)=>{
-      
+    const getMaxImageWidth = (tnode: TNode) => {
       //return full width if not parent exist
-      if(!tnode.parent || tnode.parent.tagName === 'body'){
+      if (!tnode.parent || tnode.parent.tagName === 'body') {
         return contentWidth;
       }
 
       //return divided width based on number td tags
-      if(tnode.parent.tagName === 'td'){
-        const cols = tnode.parent.parent.children.length
-        return contentWidth/cols;
+      if (tnode.parent.tagName === 'td') {
+        const cols = tnode.parent.parent.children.length;
+        return contentWidth / cols;
       }
 
       //check next parent
       return getMaxImageWidth(tnode.parent);
-    }
-  
-  
-    const _imageRenderer = ({
-      tnode,
-    }:CustomRendererProps<TNode>) => {
-  
+    };
+
+    const _imageRenderer = ({ tnode }: CustomRendererProps<TNode>) => {
       const imgUrl = tnode.attributes.src;
       const _onPress = () => {
-        console.log("Image Pressed:", imgUrl)
+        console.log('Image Pressed:', imgUrl);
         setSelectedImage(imgUrl);
       };
-  
+
       const isVideoThumb = tnode.classes?.indexOf('video-thumbnail') >= 0;
       const isAnchored = tnode.parent?.tagName === 'a';
-  
 
-      if(isVideoThumb){
-        return <VideoThumb contentWidth={contentWidth} uri={imgUrl}/>;
-      }
-      else {
+      if (isVideoThumb) {
+        return <VideoThumb contentWidth={contentWidth} uri={imgUrl} />;
+      } else {
         const maxImgWidth = getMaxImageWidth(tnode);
         return (
-          <AutoHeightImage 
-            contentWidth={maxImgWidth} 
+          <AutoHeightImage
+            contentWidth={maxImgWidth}
             imgUrl={imgUrl}
             isAnchored={isAnchored}
             onPress={_onPress}
           />
-        )
+        );
       }
-    
-    }
-
+    };
 
     /**
      * the para renderer is designd to remove margins from para
@@ -243,31 +212,18 @@ export const PostHtmlRenderer = memo(({
      * a weired misalignment of bullet and content
      * @returns Default Renderer
      */
-    const _paraRenderer = ({
-      TDefaultRenderer,
-      ...props
-    }:CustomRendererProps<TNode>) => {
+    const _paraRenderer = ({ TDefaultRenderer, ...props }: CustomRendererProps<TNode>) => {
+      props.style = props.tnode.parent.tagName === 'li' ? styles.pLi : styles.p;
 
-      props.style = props.tnode.parent.tagName === 'li'
-        ? styles.pLi
-        : styles.p
+      return <TDefaultRenderer {...props} />;
+    };
 
-      return (        
-        <TDefaultRenderer
-          {...props}
-        />
-      )
-    }
-    
     // iframe renderer for rendering iframes in body
     const _iframeRenderer = function IframeRenderer(props) {
       const iframeProps = useHtmlIframeProps(props);
-      // console.log('iframeProps : ', iframeProps);
       const checkSrcRegex = /(.*?)\.(mp4|webm|ogg)$/gi;
       const isVideoType = iframeProps.source.uri.match(checkSrcRegex);
 
-      // check if source contain video source then wrap it with video tag
-      // else pass the source directly to webview
       const src = isVideoType
         ? {
             html: `
@@ -300,55 +256,57 @@ export const PostHtmlRenderer = memo(({
         />
       );
     };
-  
-   return (
-    <RenderHTML 
-      source={{ html:body }}
-      contentWidth={contentWidth}
-      baseStyle={{...styles.baseStyle, width:contentWidth}}
-      classesStyles={{
-        phishy:styles.phishy,
-        'text-justify':styles.textJustify,
-        'text-center':styles.textCenter
-      }}
-      tagsStyles={{
-        body:styles.body,
-        a:styles.a,
-        img:styles.img,
-        th:styles.th,
-        tr:{...styles.tr, width:contentWidth}, //center tag causes tr to have 0 width if not exclusivly set, contentWidth help avoid that
-        td:styles.td,
-        blockquote:styles.blockquote,
-        code:styles.code,
-        li:styles.li,
-        p:styles.p,
-        table:styles.table,
-      }}
-      domVisitors={{
-        onElement:_onElement
-      }}
-      renderers={{
-        img:_imageRenderer,
-        a:_anchorRenderer,
-        p:_paraRenderer,
-        iframe: _iframeRenderer,
-      }}
-      onHTMLLoaded={onLoaded && onLoaded}
-      defaultTextProps={{
-        selectable:true
-      }}
-      customHTMLElementModels={{
-        iframe: iframeModel
-      }}
-      renderersProps={{
-        iframe: {
-          scalesPageToFit: true,
-          webViewProps: {
-            /* Any prop you want to pass to iframe WebViews */
-          }
-        }
-      }}
-      WebView={WebView}
-    />
-   )
-  }, (next, prev)=>next.body === prev.body)
+
+    return (
+      <RenderHTML
+        source={{ html: body }}
+        contentWidth={contentWidth}
+        baseStyle={{ ...styles.baseStyle, width: contentWidth }}
+        classesStyles={{
+          phishy: styles.phishy,
+          'text-justify': styles.textJustify,
+          'text-center': styles.textCenter,
+        }}
+        tagsStyles={{
+          body: styles.body,
+          a: styles.a,
+          img: styles.img,
+          th: styles.th,
+          tr: { ...styles.tr, width: contentWidth }, //center tag causes tr to have 0 width if not exclusivly set, contentWidth help avoid that
+          td: styles.td,
+          blockquote: styles.blockquote,
+          code: styles.code,
+          li: styles.li,
+          p: styles.p,
+          table: styles.table,
+        }}
+        domVisitors={{
+          onElement: _onElement,
+        }}
+        renderers={{
+          img: _imageRenderer,
+          a: _anchorRenderer,
+          p: _paraRenderer,
+          iframe: _iframeRenderer,
+        }}
+        onHTMLLoaded={onLoaded && onLoaded}
+        defaultTextProps={{
+          selectable: true,
+        }}
+        customHTMLElementModels={{
+          iframe: iframeModel,
+        }}
+        renderersProps={{
+          iframe: {
+            scalesPageToFit: true,
+            webViewProps: {
+              /* Any prop you want to pass to iframe WebViews */
+            },
+          },
+        }}
+        WebView={WebView}
+      />
+    );
+  },
+  (next, prev) => next.body === prev.body,
+);
diff --git a/src/components/videoPlayer/videoPlayerStyles.ts b/src/components/videoPlayer/videoPlayerStyles.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b64e4c5cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/videoPlayer/videoPlayerStyles.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import EStyleSheet from 'react-native-extended-stylesheet';
+
+export default EStyleSheet.create({
+  
+});
diff --git a/src/components/videoPlayer/videoPlayerView.tsx b/src/components/videoPlayer/videoPlayerView.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..500aa5fbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/videoPlayer/videoPlayerView.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import style from './videoPlayerStyles';
+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';
+
+interface VideoPlayerProps {
+  youtubeVideoId?: string;
+  videoUrl?: string;
+  startTime?: number;
+  contentWidth?: number;
+}
+
+const VideoPlayer = ({ youtubeVideoId, videoUrl, startTime, contentWidth }: VideoPlayerProps) => {
+  const PLAYER_HEIGHT = Dimensions.get('screen').width * (9 / 16);
+
+  const [shouldPlay, setShouldPlay] = useState(false);
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
+
+  const _onReady = () => {
+    setLoading(false);
+    setShouldPlay(true);
+    console.log('ready');
+  };
+
+  const _onChangeState = (event: string) => {
+    console.log(event);
+    setShouldPlay(!(event == 'paused' || event == 'ended'));
+  };
+
+  const _onError = () => {
+    console.log('error!');
+    setLoading(false);
+  };
+
+  const initialParams: InitialPlayerParams = {
+    start: startTime,
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <View style={styles.container}>
+      {youtubeVideoId && (
+        <View style={{ width: contentWidth, height: PLAYER_HEIGHT }}>
+          <YoutubeIframe
+            height={PLAYER_HEIGHT}
+            videoId={youtubeVideoId}
+            initialPlayerParams={initialParams}
+            onReady={_onReady}
+            play={shouldPlay}
+            onChangeState={_onChangeState}
+            onError={_onError}
+          />
+        </View>
+      )}
+      {videoUrl && (
+        <View style={{ height: PLAYER_HEIGHT }}>
+          <WebView
+            scalesPageToFit={true}
+            bounces={false}
+            javaScriptEnabled={true}
+            automaticallyAdjustContentInsets={false}
+            onLoadEnd={() => {
+              setLoading(false);
+            }}
+            onLoadStart={() => {
+              setLoading(true);
+            }}
+            source={{ uri: videoUrl }}
+            style={{ width: contentWidth, height: (contentWidth * 9) / 16 }}
+            startInLoadingState={true}
+            onShouldStartLoadWithRequest={() => true}
+            mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction={true}
+            allowsInlineMediaPlayback={true}
+          />
+        </View>
+      )}
+      {loading && <ActivityIndicator style={styles.activityIndicator} />}
+    </View>
+  );
+};
+
+export default VideoPlayer;
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  container: {
+    paddingVertical: 16,
+  },
+  activityIndicator: {
+    position: 'absolute',
+    alignItems: 'center',
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+    top: 0,
+    bottom: 0,
+    left: 0,
+    right: 0,
+  },
+});