diff --git a/web/src/components/player/DynamicVideoPlayer.tsx b/web/src/components/player/DynamicVideoPlayer.tsx
index 0a71ca28d..ff6c49667 100644
--- a/web/src/components/player/DynamicVideoPlayer.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/player/DynamicVideoPlayer.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-import { MutableRefObject, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import {
+  MutableRefObject,
+  useCallback,
+  useEffect,
+  useMemo,
+  useRef,
+  useState,
+} from "react";
 import VideoPlayer from "./VideoPlayer";
 import Player from "video.js/dist/types/player";
 import TimelineEventOverlay from "../overlay/TimelineDataOverlay";
@@ -6,6 +13,7 @@ import { useApiHost } from "@/api";
 import useSWR from "swr";
 import { FrigateConfig } from "@/types/frigateConfig";
 import ActivityIndicator from "../ui/activity-indicator";
+import useKeyboardListener from "@/hooks/use-keyboard-listener";
 
 /**
  * Dynamically switches between video playback and scrubbing preview player.
@@ -55,6 +63,51 @@ export default function DynamicVideoPlayer({
     );
   }, [config]);
 
+  // keyboard control
+  const onKeyboardShortcut = useCallback(
+    (key: string, down: boolean, repeat: boolean) => {
+      switch (key) {
+        case "ArrowLeft":
+          if (down) {
+            const currentTime = playerRef.current?.currentTime();
+
+            if (currentTime) {
+              playerRef.current?.currentTime(Math.max(0, currentTime - 5));
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+        case "ArrowRight":
+          if (down) {
+            const currentTime = playerRef.current?.currentTime();
+
+            if (currentTime) {
+              playerRef.current?.currentTime(currentTime + 5);
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+        case "m":
+          if (down && !repeat && playerRef.current) {
+            playerRef.current.muted(!playerRef.current.muted());
+          }
+          break;
+        case " ":                   
+          if (down && playerRef.current) {
+            if (playerRef.current.paused()) {
+              playerRef.current.play();
+            } else {
+              playerRef.current.pause();
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+      }
+    },
+    [playerRef]
+  );
+  useKeyboardListener(
+    ["ArrowLeft", "ArrowRight", "m", " "],
+    onKeyboardShortcut
+  );
+
   // initial state
 
   const initialPlaybackSource = useMemo(() => {
diff --git a/web/src/hooks/use-keyboard-listener.tsx b/web/src/hooks/use-keyboard-listener.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a68cb3a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/hooks/use-keyboard-listener.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect } from "react";
+
+export default function useKeyboardListener(
+  keys: string[],
+  listener: (key: string, down: boolean, repeat: boolean) => void
+) {
+  const keyDownListener = useCallback(
+    (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      if (!e) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (keys.includes(e.key)) {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        listener(e.key, true, e.repeat);
+      }
+    },
+    [listener]
+  );
+
+  const keyUpListener = useCallback(
+    (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      if (!e) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (keys.includes(e.key)) {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        listener(e.key, false, false);
+      }
+    },
+    [listener]
+  );
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    document.addEventListener("keydown", keyDownListener);
+    document.addEventListener("keyup", keyUpListener);
+    return () => {
+      document.removeEventListener("keydown", keyDownListener);
+      document.removeEventListener("keyup", keyUpListener);
+    };
+  }, [listener]);
+}