diff --git a/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js b/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
index d3c9e6b7f8c..de9a51202a6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
+++ b/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import { setBackdropTransparency, TRANSPARENCY_LEVEL } from '../../components/ba
 import { PluginType } from '../../types/plugin.ts';
 import Events from '../../utils/events.ts';
 import { includesAny } from '../../utils/container.ts';
+import { isHls } from '../../utils/mediaSource.ts';
 import debounce from 'lodash-es/debounce';
 
 /**
@@ -69,12 +70,12 @@ function tryRemoveElement(elem) {
     }
 }
 
-function enableNativeTrackSupport(currentSrc, track) {
+function enableNativeTrackSupport(mediaSource, track) {
     if (track?.DeliveryMethod === 'Embed') {
         return true;
     }
 
-    if (browser.firefox && (currentSrc || '').toLowerCase().includes('.m3u8')) {
+    if (browser.firefox && isHls(mediaSource)) {
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -341,15 +342,13 @@ export class HtmlVideoPlayer {
          * @private
          */
     updateVideoUrl(streamInfo) {
-        const isHls = streamInfo.url.toLowerCase().includes('.m3u8');
-
         const mediaSource = streamInfo.mediaSource;
         const item = streamInfo.item;
 
         // Huge hack alert. Safari doesn't seem to like if the segments aren't available right away when playback starts
         // This will start the transcoding process before actually feeding the video url into the player
         // Edit: Also seeing stalls from hls.js
-        if (mediaSource && item && !mediaSource.RunTimeTicks && isHls && streamInfo.playMethod === 'Transcode' && (browser.iOS || browser.osx)) {
+        if (mediaSource && item && !mediaSource.RunTimeTicks && isHls(mediaSource) && streamInfo.playMethod === 'Transcode' && (browser.iOS || browser.osx)) {
             const hlsPlaylistUrl = streamInfo.url.replace('master.m3u8', 'live.m3u8');
 
             loading.show();
@@ -513,7 +512,7 @@ export class HtmlVideoPlayer {
             elem.crossOrigin = crossOrigin;
         }
 
-        if (enableHlsJsPlayer(options.mediaSource.RunTimeTicks, 'Video') && val.includes('.m3u8')) {
+        if (enableHlsJsPlayer(options.mediaSource.RunTimeTicks, 'Video') && isHls(options.mediaSource)) {
             return this.setSrcWithHlsJs(elem, options, val);
         } else if (options.playMethod !== 'Transcode' && options.mediaSource.Container === 'flv') {
             return this.setSrcWithFlvJs(elem, options, val);
@@ -1558,7 +1557,7 @@ export class HtmlVideoPlayer {
         })[0];
 
         this.setTrackForDisplay(this.#mediaElement, track, targetTextTrackIndex);
-        if (enableNativeTrackSupport(this.#currentSrc, track)) {
+        if (enableNativeTrackSupport(this._currentPlayOptions?.mediaSource, track)) {
             if (streamIndex !== -1) {
                 this.setCueAppearance();
             }
diff --git a/src/scripts/browserDeviceProfile.js b/src/scripts/browserDeviceProfile.js
index ff8bcfcca2b..c00e188d4bc 100644
--- a/src/scripts/browserDeviceProfile.js
+++ b/src/scripts/browserDeviceProfile.js
@@ -718,6 +718,15 @@ export default function (options) {
             enableFmp4Hls = false;
         }
         if (hlsInFmp4VideoCodecs.length && hlsInFmp4VideoAudioCodecs.length && enableFmp4Hls) {
+            // HACK: Since there is no filter for TS/MP4 in the API, specify HLS support in general and rely on retry after DirectPlay error
+            // FIXME: Need support for {Container: 'mp4', Protocol: 'hls'} or {Container: 'hls', SubContainer: 'mp4'}
+            profile.DirectPlayProfiles.push({
+                Container: 'hls',
+                Type: 'Video',
+                VideoCodec: hlsInFmp4VideoCodecs.join(','),
+                AudioCodec: hlsInFmp4VideoAudioCodecs.join(',')
+            });
+
             profile.TranscodingProfiles.push({
                 Container: 'mp4',
                 Type: 'Video',
@@ -732,6 +741,15 @@ export default function (options) {
         }
 
         if (hlsInTsVideoCodecs.length && hlsInTsVideoAudioCodecs.length) {
+            // HACK: Since there is no filter for TS/MP4 in the API, specify HLS support in general and rely on retry after DirectPlay error
+            // FIXME: Need support for {Container: 'ts', Protocol: 'hls'} or {Container: 'hls', SubContainer: 'ts'}
+            profile.DirectPlayProfiles.push({
+                Container: 'hls',
+                Type: 'Video',
+                VideoCodec: hlsInTsVideoCodecs.join(','),
+                AudioCodec: hlsInTsVideoAudioCodecs.join(',')
+            });
+
             profile.TranscodingProfiles.push({
                 Container: 'ts',
                 Type: 'Video',
diff --git a/src/utils/mediaSource.ts b/src/utils/mediaSource.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8238ef1d4db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/mediaSource.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import type { MediaSourceInfo } from '@jellyfin/sdk/lib/generated-client';
+
+/**
+ * Checks if the media source is an HLS stream.
+ * @param mediaSource The media source.
+ * @returns _true_ if the media source is an HLS stream, _false_ otherwise.
+ */
+export function isHls(mediaSource: MediaSourceInfo|null|undefined): boolean {
+    return (mediaSource?.TranscodingSubProtocol || mediaSource?.Container) === 'hls';
+}