diff --git a/web/src/components/player/HlsVideoPlayer.tsx b/web/src/components/player/HlsVideoPlayer.tsx
index 7d7bfdcd0..1a9b1d8b9 100644
--- a/web/src/components/player/HlsVideoPlayer.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/player/HlsVideoPlayer.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import Hls from "hls.js";
 import { isDesktop, isMobile } from "react-device-detect";
 import useKeyboardListener from "@/hooks/use-keyboard-listener";
 import { TransformComponent, TransformWrapper } from "react-zoom-pan-pinch";
-import VideoControls from "./PlayerControls";
+import VideoControls from "./VideoControls";
 
 const HLS_MIME_TYPE = "application/vnd.apple.mpegurl" as const;
 const unsupportedErrorCodes = [
@@ -210,6 +210,26 @@ export default function HlsVideoPlayer({
         show={controls}
         controlsOpen={controlsOpen}
         setControlsOpen={setControlsOpen}
+        onPlayPause={(play) => {
+          if (!videoRef.current) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          if (play) {
+            videoRef.current.play();
+          } else {
+            videoRef.current.pause();
+          }
+        }}
+        onSeek={(diff) => {
+          const currentTime = videoRef.current?.currentTime;
+
+          if (!videoRef.current || !currentTime) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          videoRef.current.currentTime = Math.max(0, currentTime + diff);
+        }}
       />
       {children}
     </div>
diff --git a/web/src/components/player/PlayerControls.tsx b/web/src/components/player/VideoControls.tsx
similarity index 82%
rename from web/src/components/player/PlayerControls.tsx
rename to web/src/components/player/VideoControls.tsx
index 7c929b83e..a37da2ca9 100644
--- a/web/src/components/player/PlayerControls.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/player/VideoControls.tsx
@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@ const CONTROLS_DEFAULT: VideoControls = {
 
 type VideoControlsProps = {
   className?: string;
-  video: HTMLVideoElement | null;
+  video?: HTMLVideoElement | null;
   features?: VideoControls;
   isPlaying: boolean;
   show: boolean;
-  controlsOpen: boolean;
-  setControlsOpen: (open: boolean) => void;
+  controlsOpen?: boolean;
+  setControlsOpen?: (open: boolean) => void;
+  onPlayPause: (play: boolean) => void;
+  onSeek: (diff: number) => void;
 };
 export default function VideoControls({
   className,
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ export default function VideoControls({
   show,
   controlsOpen,
   setControlsOpen,
+  onPlayPause,
+  onSeek,
 }: VideoControlsProps) {
   const playbackRates = useMemo(() => {
     if (isSafari) {
@@ -59,48 +63,25 @@ export default function VideoControls({
   const onReplay = useCallback(
     (e: React.MouseEvent<SVGElement>) => {
       e.stopPropagation();
-
-      const currentTime = video?.currentTime;
-
-      if (!video || !currentTime) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      video.currentTime = Math.max(0, currentTime - 10);
+      onSeek(-10);
     },
-    [video],
+    [onSeek],
   );
 
   const onSkip = useCallback(
     (e: React.MouseEvent<SVGElement>) => {
       e.stopPropagation();
-
-      const currentTime = video?.currentTime;
-
-      if (!video || !currentTime) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      video.currentTime = currentTime + 10;
+      onSeek(10);
     },
-    [video],
+    [onSeek],
   );
 
   const onTogglePlay = useCallback(
     (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
       e.stopPropagation();
-
-      if (!video) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      if (isPlaying) {
-        video.pause();
-      } else {
-        video.play();
-      }
+      onPlayPause(!isPlaying);
     },
-    [isPlaying, video],
+    [isPlaying, onPlayPause],
   );
 
   // volume control
@@ -119,7 +100,7 @@ export default function VideoControls({
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [video?.volume, video?.muted]);
 
-  if (!video || !show) {
+  if (!show) {
     return;
   }
 
@@ -127,7 +108,7 @@ export default function VideoControls({
     <div
       className={`px-4 py-2 flex justify-between items-center gap-8 text-white z-50 bg-black bg-opacity-60 rounded-lg ${className ?? ""}`}
     >
-      {features.volume && (
+      {video && features.volume && (
         <div className="flex justify-normal items-center gap-2">
           <VolumeIcon
             className="size-5"
@@ -161,17 +142,19 @@ export default function VideoControls({
       {features.seek && (
         <MdForward10 className="size-5 cursor-pointer" onClick={onSkip} />
       )}
-      {features.playbackRate && (
+      {video && features.playbackRate && (
         <DropdownMenu
-          open={controlsOpen}
+          open={controlsOpen == true}
           onOpenChange={(open) => {
-            setControlsOpen(open);
+            if (setControlsOpen) {
+              setControlsOpen(open);
+            }
           }}
         >
           <DropdownMenuTrigger>{`${video.playbackRate}x`}</DropdownMenuTrigger>
           <DropdownMenuContent>
             <DropdownMenuRadioGroup
-              onValueChange={(rate) => (video.playbackRate = parseInt(rate))}
+              onValueChange={(rate) => (video.playbackRate = parseFloat(rate))}
             >
               {playbackRates.map((rate) => (
                 <DropdownMenuRadioItem key={rate} value={rate.toString()}>
diff --git a/web/src/views/events/EventView.tsx b/web/src/views/events/EventView.tsx
index 5c555f402..4d0ef7907 100644
--- a/web/src/views/events/EventView.tsx
+++ b/web/src/views/events/EventView.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import PreviewPlayer, {
 } from "@/components/player/PreviewPlayer";
 import SummaryTimeline from "@/components/timeline/SummaryTimeline";
 import { RecordingStartingPoint } from "@/types/record";
+import VideoControls from "@/components/player/VideoControls";
 
 type EventViewProps = {
   reviews?: ReviewSegment[];
@@ -678,6 +679,7 @@ function MotionReview({
   );
 
   const [scrubbing, setScrubbing] = useState(false);
+  const [playing, setPlaying] = useState(false);
 
   // move to next clip
 
@@ -704,6 +706,33 @@ function MotionReview({
     });
   }, [currentTime, currentTimeRange, timeRangeSegments]);
 
+  // playback
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!playing) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const startTime = currentTime;
+    let counter = 0;
+    const intervalId = setInterval(() => {
+      counter += 0.5;
+
+      if (startTime + counter >= timeRange.before) {
+        setPlaying(false);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      setCurrentTime(startTime + counter);
+    }, 60);
+
+    return () => {
+      clearInterval(intervalId);
+    };
+    // do not render when current time changes
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [playing]);
+
   if (!relevantPreviews) {
     return <ActivityIndicator />;
   }
@@ -762,9 +791,30 @@ function MotionReview({
           motion_events={motionData ?? []}
           severityType="significant_motion"
           contentRef={contentRef}
-          onHandlebarDraggingChange={(scrubbing) => setScrubbing(scrubbing)}
+          onHandlebarDraggingChange={(scrubbing) => {
+            if (playing && scrubbing) {
+              setPlaying(false);
+            }
+
+            setScrubbing(scrubbing);
+          }}
         />
       </div>
+
+      <VideoControls
+        className="absolute bottom-16 left-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 bg-secondary"
+        features={{
+          volume: false,
+          seek: true,
+          playbackRate: false,
+        }}
+        isPlaying={playing}
+        onPlayPause={setPlaying}
+        onSeek={(diff) => {
+          setCurrentTime(currentTime + diff);
+        }}
+        show={currentTime < timeRange.before - 4}
+      />
     </>
   );
 }