diff --git a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
index 3f22244c40..284a67af7d 100644
--- a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
+++ b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
@@ -2481,7 +2481,7 @@ class PlaybackManager {
                     // Only used for audio
                     playMethod = 'Transcode';
                     mediaUrl = mediaSource.StreamUrl;
-                } else if (mediaSource.SupportsDirectStream) {
+                } else if (mediaSource.SupportsDirectPlay || mediaSource.SupportsDirectStream) {
                     directOptions = {
                         Static: true,
                         mediaSourceId: mediaSource.Id,
@@ -2500,7 +2500,7 @@ class PlaybackManager {
                     const prefix = type === 'Video' ? 'Videos' : 'Audio';
                     mediaUrl = apiClient.getUrl(prefix + '/' + item.Id + '/stream.' + mediaSourceContainer, directOptions);
 
-                    playMethod = 'DirectStream';
+                    playMethod = mediaSource.SupportsDirectPlay ? 'DirectPlay' : 'DirectStream';
                 } else if (mediaSource.SupportsTranscoding) {
                     mediaUrl = apiClient.getUrl(mediaSource.TranscodingUrl);