diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cb7de1e7..f4dfdf7e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "react-native-fast-image": "8.6.3",
     "react-native-gesture-handler": "2.12.0",
     "react-native-marked": "5.0.4",
+    "react-native-media-console": "2.0.6",
     "react-native-mmkv": "2.10.0",
     "react-native-paper": "5.8.0",
     "react-native-reanimated": "3.3.0",
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@
     "react-native-svg": "13.9.0",
     "react-native-vector-icons": "9.2.0",
     "react-native-video": "6.0.0-alpha.6",
-    "react-native-video-controls": "2.8.1",
     "react-syntax-highlighter": "15.5.0",
     "turndown": "7.1.2",
     "zustand": "4.3.8"
diff --git a/src/screens/Video/index.tsx b/src/screens/Video/index.tsx
index 4746c29e..a081881d 100644
--- a/src/screens/Video/index.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Video/index.tsx
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { logError } from "../../utils/log";
 import { NativeStackScreenProps } from "@react-navigation/native-stack";
 import { FunctionComponent, useState } from "react";
 import { Dimensions, Linking, Share, StyleSheet, View } from "react-native";
+import VideoPlayer from "react-native-media-console";
 import { FAB, Text } from "react-native-paper";
-import VideoPlayer from "react-native-video-controls";
 
 type Props = NativeStackScreenProps<StackParamList, "Video">;
 
diff --git a/src/types/react-native-video-controls.d.ts b/src/types/react-native-video-controls.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5445266b..00000000
--- a/src/types/react-native-video-controls.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-// Ref: https://github.com/itsnubix/react-native-video-controls/blob/master/VideoPlayer.d.ts
-// Note: react-native-video-controls with types def isn't released
-
-declare module "react-native-video-controls" {
-	import { Component } from "react";
-	import { StyleProp, ViewStyle } from "react-native";
-	import Video, { LoadError, VideoProperties } from "react-native-video";
-
-	interface DuckNavigator {
-		pop: () => void;
-	}
-
-	interface VideoPlayerProperties extends VideoProperties {
-		/** If true, clicking the fullscreen button will toggle the <Video /> component between cover/contain, set to false if you want to customize fullscreen behaviour */
-		toggleResizeModeOnFullscreen?: boolean;
-		/** The amountof time (in milliseconds) to animate the controls in and out. */
-		controlAnimationTiming?: number;
-		/** Tapping twice within this amount of time in milliseconds is considered a double tap. Single taps will not be actioned until this time has expired. */
-		doubleTapTime?: number;
-		/** Hide controls after X amount of time in milliseconds */
-		controlTimeout?: number;
-		/** If > 0, enable live scrubbing when moving the seek bar. The provided value is the minimum time step of the scrubbing in milliseconds. */
-		scrubbing?: number;
-		/** Show or hide the controls on first render */
-		showOnStart?: boolean;
-		/** React Native StyleSheet object that is appended to the <Video> component */
-		videoStyle?: ViewStyle;
-		/** When using the default React Native navigator and do not override the onBack function, you'll need to pass the navigator to the VideoPlayer for it to function */
-		navigator?: DuckNavigator;
-		/** Fill/handle colour of the seekbar */
-		seekColor?: string;
-		/** React Native StyleSheet object that is appended to the video's parent */
-		style?: StyleProp<ViewStyle>;
-		/** If true, single tapping anywhere on the video (other than a control) toggles between playing and paused. */
-		tapAnywhereToPause?: boolean;
-		/** Fired when the video enters fullscreen after the fullscreen button is pressed */
-		onEnterFullscreen?: () => void;
-		/** Fired when the video exits fullscreen after the fullscreen button is pressed */
-		onExitFullscreen?: () => void;
-		/** Fired when the controls disappear */
-		onHideControls?: () => void;
-		/** Fired when the controls appear */
-		onShowControls?: () => void;
-		/** Fired when an error is encountered when loading the video */
-		onError?: (error: LoadError) => void;
-		/** Fired when the video is paused after the play/pause button is pressed */
-		onPause?: () => void;
-		/** Fired when the video begins playing after the play/pause button is pressed */
-		onPlay?: () => void;
-		/** Function fired when back button is pressed, override if using custom navigation */
-		onBack?: () => void;
-		/** Fired when the video is complete */
-		onEnd?: () => void;
-		/** Hide the fullscreen button */
-		disableFullscreen?: boolean;
-		/** Hide the play/pause toggle */
-		disablePlayPause?: boolean;
-		/** Hide the seekbar */
-		disableSeekbar?: boolean;
-		/** Hide the Volume control */
-		disableVolume?: boolean;
-		/** Hide the timer */
-		disableTimer?: boolean;
-		/** Hide the back button */
-		disableBack?: boolean;
-	}
-
-	export default class VideoPlayer extends Component<VideoPlayerProperties> {
-		/**
-		 * Seek to a time in the video.
-		 *
-		 * @param {number} time time to seek to in ms
-		 */
-		seekTo(time?: number): void;
-		/**
-		 * Exposing player object for the ref.
-		 */
-		player: {
-			/**
-			 * The ref of underlying Video coomponent from
-			 * 'react-native-video'.
-			 * Can be used for various imperative tasks.
-			 */
-			ref: Video;
-		};
-	}
-}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0aa89497..1e9413f7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5550,7 +5550,7 @@ lodash.upperfirst@^4.3.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.upperfirst/-/lodash.upperfirst-4.3.1.tgz#1365edf431480481ef0d1c68957a5ed99d49f7ce"
   integrity sha512-sReKOYJIJf74dhJONhU4e0/shzi1trVbSWDOhKYE5XV2O+H7Sb2Dihwuc7xWxVl+DgFPyTqIN3zMfT9cq5iWDg==
 
-lodash@^4.16.4, lodash@^4.17.15, lodash@^4.17.21:
+lodash@^4.17.15, lodash@^4.17.21:
   version "4.17.21"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.21.tgz#679591c564c3bffaae8454cf0b3df370c3d6911c"
   integrity sha512-v2kDEe57lecTulaDIuNTPy3Ry4gLGJ6Z1O3vE1krgXZNrsQ+LFTGHVxVjcXPs17LhbZVGedAJv8XZ1tvj5FvSg==
@@ -6712,6 +6712,11 @@ react-native-marked@5.0.4:
     react-native-table-component "1.2.2"
     svg-parser "2.0.4"
 
+react-native-media-console@2.0.6:
+  version "2.0.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-media-console/-/react-native-media-console-2.0.6.tgz#3498f28a0997450e354fe1adbf1f8c144895088c"
+  integrity sha512-ZBLWPhRfnnP7lpRXu6QZXa1hGjImHV7zOnhZZozFEOCK8FQCLVfXulTcokDYPoBpK5qT1uOYGW8v6BO5K5MMSA==
+
 react-native-mmkv@2.10.0:
   version "2.10.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-mmkv/-/react-native-mmkv-2.10.0.tgz#2d8872e3ef67a91648cc06d6c377ee2ce7a85816"
@@ -6770,13 +6775,6 @@ react-native-vector-icons@9.2.0:
     prop-types "^15.7.2"
     yargs "^16.1.1"
 
-react-native-video-controls@2.8.1:
-  version "2.8.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-video-controls/-/react-native-video-controls-2.8.1.tgz#30ae707d8d218fed34bba3fc027b3943c5f438d9"
-  integrity sha512-dBmrE3TAKaR1gYMfbukjAM6Xo8OMZyRrxPzZtnaUgWcvGo11PQwzaI/j8HPD5fLgO+rlweP2pDpEJyIBsJvJkw==
-  dependencies:
-    lodash "^4.16.4"
-
 react-native-video@6.0.0-alpha.6:
   version "6.0.0-alpha.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-video/-/react-native-video-6.0.0-alpha.6.tgz#8acdd70dbb4a213bc92dd9f25852488c46baa4d2"