diff --git a/web/src/components/player/HlsVideoPlayer.tsx b/web/src/components/player/HlsVideoPlayer.tsx
index 7d762912c..7e01b0588 100644
--- a/web/src/components/player/HlsVideoPlayer.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/player/HlsVideoPlayer.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ import { ASPECT_VERTICAL_LAYOUT, RecordingPlayerError } from "@/types/record";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import ObjectTrackOverlay from "@/components/overlay/ObjectTrackOverlay";
 import { useIsAdmin } from "@/hooks/use-is-admin";
+import {
+  downloadSnapshot,
+  generateSnapshotFilename,
+  grabVideoSnapshot,
+} from "@/utils/snapshotUtil";
 
 // Android native hls does not seek correctly
 const USE_NATIVE_HLS = false;
@@ -85,7 +90,7 @@ export default function HlsVideoPlayer({
   currentTimeOverride,
   transformedOverlay,
 }: HlsVideoPlayerProps) {
-  const { t } = useTranslation("components/player");
+  const { t } = useTranslation(["components/player", "views/live"]);
   const { data: config } = useSWR<FrigateConfig>("config");
   const isAdmin = useIsAdmin();
 
@@ -226,6 +231,7 @@ export default function HlsVideoPlayer({
   const [mobileCtrlTimeout, setMobileCtrlTimeout] = useState<NodeJS.Timeout>();
   const [controls, setControls] = useState(isMobile);
   const [controlsOpen, setControlsOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [isSnapshotLoading, setIsSnapshotLoading] = useState(false);
   const [zoomScale, setZoomScale] = useState(1.0);
   const [videoDimensions, setVideoDimensions] = useState<{
     width: number;
@@ -271,6 +277,35 @@ export default function HlsVideoPlayer({
     return currentTime + inpointOffset;
   }, [videoRef, inpointOffset]);
 
+  const handleSnapshot = useCallback(async () => {
+    setIsSnapshotLoading(true);
+    try {
+      const frameTime = getVideoTime();
+      const result = await grabVideoSnapshot(videoRef.current);
+
+      if (result.success) {
+        downloadSnapshot(
+          result.data.dataUrl,
+          generateSnapshotFilename(
+            camera ?? "recording",
+            currentTime ?? frameTime,
+            config?.ui?.timezone,
+          ),
+        );
+        toast.success(t("snapshot.downloadStarted", { ns: "views/live" }), {
+          position: "top-center",
+        });
+      } else {
+        toast.error(t("snapshot.captureFailed", { ns: "views/live" }), {
+          position: "top-center",
+        });
+      }
+    } finally {
+      setIsSnapshotLoading(false);
+    }
+  }, [camera, config?.ui?.timezone, currentTime, getVideoTime, t, videoRef]);
+  const onSnapshot = camera ? handleSnapshot : undefined;
+
   return (
     <TransformWrapper
       minScale={1.0}
@@ -294,6 +329,7 @@ export default function HlsVideoPlayer({
             seek: true,
             playbackRate: true,
             plusUpload: isAdmin && config?.plus?.enabled == true,
+            snapshot: !!onSnapshot,
             fullscreen: supportsFullscreen,
           }}
           setControlsOpen={setControlsOpen}
@@ -334,6 +370,9 @@ export default function HlsVideoPlayer({
               }
             }
           }}
+          onSnapshot={onSnapshot}
+          snapshotLoading={isSnapshotLoading}
+          snapshotTitle={t("snapshot.takeSnapshot", { ns: "views/live" })}
           fullscreen={fullscreen}
           toggleFullscreen={toggleFullscreen}
           containerRef={containerRef}
diff --git a/web/src/components/player/VideoControls.tsx b/web/src/components/player/VideoControls.tsx
index 020c54d7b..875fc5076 100644
--- a/web/src/components/player/VideoControls.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/player/VideoControls.tsx
@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@ import {
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 import { FaCompress, FaExpand } from "react-icons/fa";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { TbCameraDown } from "react-icons/tb";
 
 type VideoControls = {
   volume?: boolean;
   seek?: boolean;
   playbackRate?: boolean;
   plusUpload?: boolean;
+  snapshot?: boolean;
   fullscreen?: boolean;
 };
 
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ const CONTROLS_DEFAULT: VideoControls = {
   seek: true,
   playbackRate: true,
   plusUpload: false,
+  snapshot: false,
   fullscreen: false,
 };
 const PLAYBACK_RATE_DEFAULT = isSafari ? [0.5, 1, 2] : [0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16];
@@ -71,6 +74,9 @@ type VideoControlsProps = {
   onSeek: (diff: number) => void;
   onSetPlaybackRate: (rate: number) => void;
   onUploadFrame?: () => void;
+  onSnapshot?: () => void;
+  snapshotLoading?: boolean;
+  snapshotTitle?: string;
   toggleFullscreen?: () => void;
   containerRef?: React.MutableRefObject<HTMLDivElement | null>;
 };
@@ -92,6 +98,9 @@ export default function VideoControls({
   onSeek,
   onSetPlaybackRate,
   onUploadFrame,
+  onSnapshot,
+  snapshotLoading = false,
+  snapshotTitle,
   toggleFullscreen,
   containerRef,
 }: VideoControlsProps) {
@@ -292,6 +301,26 @@ export default function VideoControls({
           fullscreen={fullscreen}
         />
       )}
+      {features.snapshot && onSnapshot && (
+        <TbCameraDown
+          aria-label={snapshotTitle}
+          aria-disabled={snapshotLoading}
+          className={cn(
+            "size-5",
+            snapshotLoading
+              ? "cursor-not-allowed opacity-50"
+              : "cursor-pointer",
+          )}
+          title={snapshotTitle}
+          onClick={(e: React.MouseEvent<SVGElement>) => {
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            if (snapshotLoading) {
+              return;
+            }
+            onSnapshot();
+          }}
+        />
+      )}
       {features.fullscreen && toggleFullscreen && (
         <div className="cursor-pointer" onClick={toggleFullscreen}>
           {fullscreen ? <FaCompress /> : <FaExpand />}
diff --git a/web/src/utils/snapshotUtil.ts b/web/src/utils/snapshotUtil.ts
index c88433d45..c35450349 100644
--- a/web/src/utils/snapshotUtil.ts
+++ b/web/src/utils/snapshotUtil.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { baseUrl } from "@/api/baseUrl";
+import { formatUnixTimestampToDateTime } from "@/utils/dateUtil";
 
 type SnapshotResponse = {
   dataUrl: string;
@@ -97,17 +98,29 @@ export function downloadSnapshot(dataUrl: string, filename: string): void {
   }
 }
 
-export function generateSnapshotFilename(cameraName: string): string {
-  const timestamp = new Date().toISOString().replace(/[:.]/g, "-").slice(0, -5);
+export function generateSnapshotFilename(
+  cameraName: string,
+  timestampSeconds?: number,
+  timezone?: string,
+): string {
+  const seconds =
+    typeof timestampSeconds === "number" && Number.isFinite(timestampSeconds)
+      ? timestampSeconds
+      : Date.now() / 1000;
+  const timestamp = formatUnixTimestampToDateTime(seconds, {
+    timezone,
+    date_format: "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH-mm-ss",
+  });
   return `${cameraName}_snapshot_${timestamp}.jpg`;
 }
 
-export async function grabVideoSnapshot(): Promise<SnapshotResult> {
+export async function grabVideoSnapshot(
+  targetVideo?: HTMLVideoElement | null,
+): Promise<SnapshotResult> {
   try {
-    // Find the video element in the player
-    const videoElement = document.querySelector(
-      "#player-container video",
-    ) as HTMLVideoElement;
+    const videoElement =
+      targetVideo ??
+      (document.querySelector("#player-container video") as HTMLVideoElement);
 
     if (!videoElement) {
       return {