diff --git a/web/src/components/image/AnimatedEventThumbnail.tsx b/web/src/components/image/AnimatedEventThumbnail.tsx
index 7fa01a978..347138b0b 100644
--- a/web/src/components/image/AnimatedEventThumbnail.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/image/AnimatedEventThumbnail.tsx
@@ -22,30 +22,23 @@ export function AnimatedEventThumbnail({ event }: AnimatedEventThumbnailProps) {
     return `${baseUrl}api/events/${event.id}/preview.gif`;
   }, [event]);
 
-  const aspect = useMemo(() => {
+  const aspectRatio = useMemo(() => {
     if (!config) {
-      return "";
+      return 1;
     }
 
     const detect = config.cameras[event.camera].detect;
-    const aspect = detect.width / detect.height;
-
-    if (aspect > 2) {
-      return "aspect-wide";
-    } else if (aspect < 1) {
-      return "aspect-tall";
-    } else {
-      return "aspect-video";
-    }
-  }, [config, event]);
+    return detect.width / detect.height;
+  }, [config]);
 
   return (
     <Tooltip>
       <TooltipTrigger asChild>
         <div
-          className={`relative rounded bg-cover h-24 bg-no-repeat bg-center mr-4 ${aspect}`}
+          className="h-24 relative rounded bg-cover bg-no-repeat bg-center mr-4"
           style={{
             backgroundImage: `url(${imageUrl})`,
+            aspectRatio: aspectRatio,
           }}
         >
           <div className="absolute bottom-0 w-full h-6 bg-gradient-to-t from-slate-900/50 to-transparent rounded">
diff --git a/web/src/components/player/LivePlayer.tsx b/web/src/components/player/LivePlayer.tsx
index 7713f3b5b..093410de0 100644
--- a/web/src/components/player/LivePlayer.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/player/LivePlayer.tsx
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ export default function LivePlayer({
       <WebRtcPlayer
         className={`rounded-2xl h-full ${liveReady ? "" : "hidden"}`}
         camera={cameraConfig.live.stream_name}
+        playbackEnabled={cameraActive}
         onPlaying={() => setLiveReady(true)}
       />
     );
diff --git a/web/src/components/player/PreviewThumbnailPlayer.tsx b/web/src/components/player/PreviewThumbnailPlayer.tsx
index f35ab0dcc..068354ce8 100644
--- a/web/src/components/player/PreviewThumbnailPlayer.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/player/PreviewThumbnailPlayer.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import VideoPlayer from "./VideoPlayer";
 import React, {
   useCallback,
   useEffect,
-  useMemo,
   useRef,
   useState,
 } from "react";
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ import Player from "video.js/dist/types/player";
 import { AspectRatio } from "../ui/aspect-ratio";
 import { LuPlayCircle } from "react-icons/lu";
 import { isCurrentHour } from "@/utils/dateUtil";
+import { isSafari } from "@/utils/browserUtil";
 
 type PreviewPlayerProps = {
   camera: string;
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ export default function PreviewThumbnailPlayer({
   onClick,
 }: PreviewPlayerProps) {
   const playerRef = useRef<Player | null>(null);
-  const isSafari = useMemo(() => {
-    return /^((?!chrome|android).)*safari/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
-  }, []);
 
   const [visible, setVisible] = useState(false);
   const [isInitiallyVisible, setIsInitiallyVisible] = useState(false);
@@ -135,7 +132,6 @@ export default function PreviewThumbnailPlayer({
         camera={camera}
         eventId={eventId}
         isMobile={isMobile}
-        isSafari={isSafari}
         onClick={onClick}
       />
     </AspectRatio>
@@ -151,7 +147,6 @@ type PreviewContentProps = {
   isInitiallyVisible: boolean;
   startTs: number;
   isMobile: boolean;
-  isSafari: boolean;
   onClick?: () => void;
 };
 function PreviewContent({
@@ -163,10 +158,10 @@ function PreviewContent({
   isInitiallyVisible,
   startTs,
   isMobile,
-  isSafari,
   onClick,
 }: PreviewContentProps) {
   const apiHost = useApiHost();
+  const slowPlayack = isSafari();
 
   // handle touchstart -> touchend as click
   const [touchStart, setTouchStart] = useState(0);
@@ -237,7 +232,7 @@ function PreviewContent({
                 player.pause(); // autoplay + pause is required for iOS
               }
 
-              player.playbackRate(isSafari ? 2 : 8);
+              player.playbackRate(slowPlayack ? 2 : 8);
               player.currentTime(startTs - relevantPreview.start);
               if (isMobile && onClick) {
                 player.on("touchstart", handleTouchStart);
diff --git a/web/src/components/player/WebRTCPlayer.tsx b/web/src/components/player/WebRTCPlayer.tsx
index e869738d7..1e86dab70 100644
--- a/web/src/components/player/WebRTCPlayer.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/player/WebRTCPlayer.tsx
@@ -4,16 +4,21 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 type WebRtcPlayerProps = {
   className?: string;
   camera: string;
+  playbackEnabled?: boolean;
   onPlaying?: () => void;
 };
 
 export default function WebRtcPlayer({
   className,
   camera,
+  playbackEnabled = true,
   onPlaying,
 }: WebRtcPlayerProps) {
+  // camera states
+
   const pcRef = useRef<RTCPeerConnection | undefined>();
   const videoRef = useRef<HTMLVideoElement | null>(null);
+
   const PeerConnection = useCallback(
     async (media: string) => {
       if (!videoRef.current) {
@@ -129,6 +134,10 @@ export default function WebRtcPlayer({
       return;
     }
 
+    if (!playbackEnabled) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     const url = `${baseUrl.replace(
       /^http/,
       "ws"
@@ -143,18 +152,16 @@ export default function WebRtcPlayer({
         pcRef.current = undefined;
       }
     };
-  }, [camera, connect, PeerConnection, pcRef, videoRef]);
+  }, [camera, connect, PeerConnection, pcRef, videoRef, playbackEnabled]);
 
   return (
-    <div>
-      <video
-        ref={videoRef}
-        className={className}
-        autoPlay
-        playsInline
-        muted
-        onLoadedData={onPlaying}
-      />
-    </div>
+    <video
+      ref={videoRef}
+      className={className}
+      autoPlay
+      playsInline
+      muted
+      onLoadedData={onPlaying}
+    />
   );
 }
diff --git a/web/src/pages/Live.tsx b/web/src/pages/Live.tsx
index 0812e7a4e..7042d48fd 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/Live.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/Live.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { ScrollArea, ScrollBar } from "@/components/ui/scroll-area";
 import { TooltipProvider } from "@/components/ui/tooltip";
 import { Event as FrigateEvent } from "@/types/event";
 import { FrigateConfig } from "@/types/frigateConfig";
+import { isSafari } from "@/utils/browserUtil";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import useSWR from "swr";
 
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ function Live() {
       .sort((aConf, bConf) => aConf.ui.order - bConf.ui.order);
   }, [config]);
 
+  const safari = isSafari();
   const [windowVisible, setWindowVisible] = useState(true);
   const visibilityListener = useCallback(() => {
     setWindowVisible(document.visibilityState == "visible");
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ function Live() {
               className={`mb-2 md:mb-0 rounded-2xl bg-black ${grow}`}
               windowVisible={windowVisible}
               cameraConfig={camera}
-              preferredLiveMode="mse"
+              preferredLiveMode={safari ? "webrtc" : "mse"}
             />
           );
         })}
diff --git a/web/src/utils/browserUtil.ts b/web/src/utils/browserUtil.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca788309d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/utils/browserUtil.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { useMemo } from "react";
+
+export function isSafari() {
+  return useMemo(() => {
+    return /^((?!chrome|android).)*safari/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
+  }, []);
+}