diff --git a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
index a8f009ed72..54541337a1 100644
--- a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
+++ b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
@@ -3309,7 +3309,7 @@ class PlaybackManager {
 
                     changeStream(player, startTime, {
                         EnableDirectPlay: false,
-                        EnableDirectStream: false,
+                        EnableDirectStream: tryVideoStreamCopy,
                         AllowVideoStreamCopy: tryVideoStreamCopy,
                         AllowAudioStreamCopy: currentlyPreventsAudioStreamCopy || currentlyPreventsVideoStreamCopy ? false : null
                     });