diff --git a/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoController.ts b/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoController.ts
index e9da0064d..151ea4022 100644
--- a/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoController.ts
+++ b/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoController.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   calculateInpointOffset,
   calculateSeekPosition,
 } from "@/utils/videoUtil";
+import { playWithTemporaryMuteFallback } from "@/utils/videoUtil.ts";
 
 type PlayerMode = "playback" | "scrubbing";
 
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ export class DynamicVideoController {
     return new Promise((resolve) => {
       const onSeekedHandler = () => {
         this.playerController.removeEventListener("seeked", onSeekedHandler);
-        this.playerController.play();
+        playWithTemporaryMuteFallback(this.playerController);
         resolve(undefined);
       };
 
diff --git a/web/src/utils/videoUtil.ts b/web/src/utils/videoUtil.ts
index 0b09ac061..d6ab203e9 100644
--- a/web/src/utils/videoUtil.ts
+++ b/web/src/utils/videoUtil.ts
@@ -78,3 +78,20 @@ export function calculateSeekPosition(
 
   return seekSeconds >= 0 ? seekSeconds : undefined;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Attempts to play the video, and if it fails due to a NotAllowedError (often caused by browser autoplay restrictions),
+ * it temporarily mutes the video and tries to play again.
+ * @param video - The HTMLVideoElement to play
+ */
+export function playWithTemporaryMuteFallback(video: HTMLVideoElement) {
+  return video.play().catch((error: { name?: string }) => {
+    if (error.name === "NotAllowedError" && !video.muted) {
+      video.muted = true;
+
+      return video.play().catch(() => undefined);
+    }
+
+    throw error;
+  });
+}