diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/mobile/player/PlaybackMenus.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/mobile/player/PlaybackMenus.kt
index 4c1e8d429..7ea69ba95 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/mobile/player/PlaybackMenus.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/mobile/player/PlaybackMenus.kt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class PlaybackMenus(private val activity: PlayerActivity) : PopupMenu.OnDismissL
         buildMenuItems(subtitlesMenu.menu, SUBTITLES_MENU_GROUP, item.subtitleTracksGroup, true)
         buildMenuItems(audioStreamsMenu.menu, AUDIO_MENU_GROUP, item.audioTracksGroup)
 
+        val playMethod = activity.getString(R.string.playback_info_play_method, item.playMethod)
         val transcodingInfo = activity.getString(R.string.playback_info_transcoding, item.isTranscoding)
         val videoTracksInfo = item.videoTracksGroup.tracks.run {
             joinToString(
@@ -62,8 +63,12 @@ class PlaybackMenus(private val activity: PlayerActivity) : PopupMenu.OnDismissL
                 truncated = activity.getString(R.string.playback_info_and_x_more, size - 3)
             ) { "- ${it.title} (${it.language})" }
         }
-        val info = "$transcodingInfo\n\n$videoTracksInfo\n\n$audioTracksInfo"
-        playbackInfo.text = info
+        playbackInfo.text = listOf(
+            playMethod,
+            transcodingInfo,
+            videoTracksInfo,
+            audioTracksInfo,
+        ).joinToString("\n\n")
     }
 
     private fun createSubtitlesMenu() = PopupMenu(activity, subtitlesButton).apply {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/mobile/player/source/JellyfinMediaSource.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/mobile/player/source/JellyfinMediaSource.kt
index 574131de5..ab56ae705 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/mobile/player/source/JellyfinMediaSource.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/mobile/player/source/JellyfinMediaSource.kt
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 package org.jellyfin.mobile.player.source
 
+import android.net.Uri
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.MimeTypes
 import org.jellyfin.mobile.utils.Constants
 import org.json.JSONArray
 import org.json.JSONObject
 
 class JellyfinMediaSource(item: JSONObject) {
-    val title: String = item.getString("title")
-    val url: String = item.getString("url")
+    val id: String = item.optJSONObject("item")?.optString("Id") ?: ""
+    val title: String = item.optString("title")
+    val uri: Uri = Uri.parse(item.optString("url"))
+    val playMethod: String = item.optString("playMethod")
     val mediaDurationMs: Long
     val mediaStartMs: Long = item.optLong("playerStartPositionTicks") / Constants.TICKS_PER_MILLISECOND
     val videoTracksGroup: ExoPlayerTracksGroup<ExoPlayerTrack.Video>
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/mobile/player/source/MediaSourceManager.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/mobile/player/source/MediaSourceManager.kt
index 4d81fd86f..f3a54fbaa 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/mobile/player/source/MediaSourceManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/mobile/player/source/MediaSourceManager.kt
@@ -32,25 +32,23 @@ class MediaSourceManager(private val viewModel: PlayerViewModel) {
     val eventLogger = EventLogger(trackSelector)
 
     fun handleIntent(intent: Intent, replace: Boolean = false): Boolean {
-        return if (_jellyfinMediaSource.value == null || replace) {
-            val newSource = createFromIntent(intent)
-            if (newSource != null) {
-                val oldSource = _jellyfinMediaSource.value
-                _jellyfinMediaSource.value = newSource
+        val oldSource = _jellyfinMediaSource.value
+        if (oldSource == null || replace) {
+            val newSource = createFromIntent(intent) ?: return false
+            _jellyfinMediaSource.value = newSource
 
-                // Keep current selections in the new item
-                if (oldSource != null) {
-                    newSource.subtitleTracksGroup.selectedTrack = oldSource.subtitleTracksGroup.selectedTrack
-                    newSource.audioTracksGroup.selectedTrack = oldSource.audioTracksGroup.selectedTrack
-                }
-                val mediaSource = prepareStreams(newSource)
-                if (mediaSource != null) {
-                    viewModel.playMedia(mediaSource, startPosition = newSource.mediaStartMs)
-                    viewModel.updateMediaMetadata(newSource)
-                }
-                true
-            } else false
-        } else true
+            // Keep current selections in the new item
+            if (oldSource != null) {
+                newSource.subtitleTracksGroup.selectedTrack = oldSource.subtitleTracksGroup.selectedTrack
+                newSource.audioTracksGroup.selectedTrack = oldSource.audioTracksGroup.selectedTrack
+            }
+
+            // Create ExoPlayer MediaSource
+            val mediaSource = prepareStreams(newSource) ?: return false
+            viewModel.playMedia(mediaSource, startPosition = newSource.mediaStartMs)
+            viewModel.updateMediaMetadata(newSource)
+        }
+        return true
     }
 
     /**
@@ -78,11 +76,10 @@ class MediaSourceManager(private val viewModel: PlayerViewModel) {
 
         @CheckResult
         private fun createVideoMediaSource(item: JellyfinMediaSource, dataSourceFactory: DataSource.Factory): MediaSource {
-            val uri: Uri = Uri.parse(item.url)
             return if (item.isTranscoding) {
-                HlsMediaSource.Factory(dataSourceFactory).setAllowChunklessPreparation(true).createMediaSource(uri)
+                HlsMediaSource.Factory(dataSourceFactory).setAllowChunklessPreparation(true).createMediaSource(item.uri)
             } else {
-                ProgressiveMediaSource.Factory(dataSourceFactory).createMediaSource(uri)
+                ProgressiveMediaSource.Factory(dataSourceFactory).createMediaSource(item.uri)
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/mobile/utils/MediaExtensions.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/mobile/utils/MediaExtensions.kt
index d43b3435f..492bfd008 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/mobile/utils/MediaExtensions.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/mobile/utils/MediaExtensions.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ inline fun MediaSession.applyDefaultLocalAudioAttributes(contentType: Int) {
 }
 
 fun JellyfinMediaSource.toMediaMetadata(): MediaMetadata = MediaMetadata.Builder().apply {
-    putString(MediaMetadata.METADATA_KEY_MEDIA_ID, url)
+    putString(MediaMetadata.METADATA_KEY_MEDIA_ID, id)
     putString(MediaMetadata.METADATA_KEY_TITLE, title)
     putLong(MediaMetadata.METADATA_KEY_DURATION, mediaDurationMs)
 }.build()
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index ccc820ef9..25382a86d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     <string name="downloading">Downloading</string>
 
     <string name="menu_item_none">None</string>
+    <string name="playback_info_play_method">Play method: %s</string>
     <string name="playback_info_transcoding">Transcoding: %b</string>
     <string name="playback_info_video_streams">Video streams</string>
     <string name="playback_info_audio_streams">Audio streams</string>