diff --git a/src/lib/stores/player.ts b/src/lib/stores/player.ts
index 277da543..d1b49efd 100644
--- a/src/lib/stores/player.ts
+++ b/src/lib/stores/player.ts
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ export const mergedVolume = derived(
  */
 function isVideoItem(item: MediaItem | null): boolean {
   if (!item) return false;
-  const type = item.type;
-  if (type === "Movie" || type === "Episode" || type === "TvChannel") {
+  const kind = item.kind;
+  if (kind === "movie" || kind === "episode" || kind === "liveChannel") {
     return true;
   }
   // Backend PlayerMediaItem carries a lowercase mediaType discriminator that is