diff --git a/web/src/components/player/DynamicVideoPlayer.tsx b/web/src/components/player/DynamicVideoPlayer.tsx
index 5a90fd65e..13911d8c3 100644
--- a/web/src/components/player/DynamicVideoPlayer.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/player/DynamicVideoPlayer.tsx
@@ -328,6 +328,10 @@ export class DynamicVideoController {
     }
   }
 
+  autoPlay(play: boolean) {
+    this.playerController.autoplay(play);
+  }
+
   seekToTimestamp(time: number, play: boolean = false) {
     if (this.playerMode != "playback") {
       this.playerMode = "playback";
diff --git a/web/src/views/events/RecordingView.tsx b/web/src/views/events/RecordingView.tsx
index 2af834cd6..89dff8b40 100644
--- a/web/src/views/events/RecordingView.tsx
+++ b/web/src/views/events/RecordingView.tsx
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ export function DesktopRecordingView({
       const newController = videoPlayersRef.current[newCam];
       lastController.onPlayerTimeUpdate(null);
       lastController.onClipChangedEvent(null);
+      lastController.autoPlay(false);
       lastController.scrubToTimestamp(currentTime);
+      newController.autoPlay(true);
       newController.onCanPlay(() => {
         newController.seekToTimestamp(currentTime, true);
         newController.onCanPlay(null);