diff --git a/Shared/Coordinators/VideoPlayerCoordinator/tvOSLiveTVVideoPlayerCoordinator.swift b/Shared/Coordinators/VideoPlayerCoordinator/tvOSLiveTVVideoPlayerCoordinator.swift
index dbd8b53b..8adc56fd 100644
--- a/Shared/Coordinators/VideoPlayerCoordinator/tvOSLiveTVVideoPlayerCoordinator.swift
+++ b/Shared/Coordinators/VideoPlayerCoordinator/tvOSLiveTVVideoPlayerCoordinator.swift
@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@ final class LiveTVVideoPlayerCoordinator: NavigationCoordinatable {
 
 	@ViewBuilder
 	func makeStart() -> some View {
-		LiveTVVideoPlayerView(viewModel: viewModel)
-			.navigationBarHidden(true)
-			.ignoresSafeArea()
+        if Defaults[.Experimental.nativePlayer] {
+            LiveTVNativeVideoPlayerView(viewModel: viewModel)
+                .navigationBarHidden(true)
+                .ignoresSafeArea()
+        } else {
+            LiveTVVideoPlayerView(viewModel: viewModel)
+                .navigationBarHidden(true)
+                .ignoresSafeArea()
+        }
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Shared/Extensions/JellyfinAPIExtensions/BaseItemDto+VideoPlayerViewModel.swift b/Shared/Extensions/JellyfinAPIExtensions/BaseItemDto+VideoPlayerViewModel.swift
index 42f158ce..5069dddc 100644
--- a/Shared/Extensions/JellyfinAPIExtensions/BaseItemDto+VideoPlayerViewModel.swift
+++ b/Shared/Extensions/JellyfinAPIExtensions/BaseItemDto+VideoPlayerViewModel.swift
@@ -226,14 +226,14 @@ extension BaseItemDto {
 					                                                                     mediaSourceId: mediaSourceID)
 					directStreamURL = URL(string: directStreamBuilder.URLString)!
 
-					if let transcodeURL = currentMediaSource.transcodingUrl {
+                    if let transcodeURL = currentMediaSource.transcodingUrl, !Defaults[.Experimental.forceDirectPlay] {
 						streamType = .transcode
 						transcodedStreamURL = URLComponents(string: SessionManager.main.currentLogin.server.currentURI
 							.appending(transcodeURL))!
 					} else {
 						streamType = .direct
 						transcodedStreamURL = nil
-					}
+                    }
 
 					let hlsStreamBuilder = DynamicHlsAPI.getMasterHlsVideoPlaylistWithRequestBuilder(itemId: id ?? "",
 					                                                                                 mediaSourceId: id ?? "",
diff --git a/Shared/ViewModels/VideoPlayerViewModel/VideoPlayerViewModel.swift b/Shared/ViewModels/VideoPlayerViewModel/VideoPlayerViewModel.swift
index 738eeadc..715292c5 100644
--- a/Shared/ViewModels/VideoPlayerViewModel/VideoPlayerViewModel.swift
+++ b/Shared/ViewModels/VideoPlayerViewModel/VideoPlayerViewModel.swift
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ final class VideoPlayerViewModel: ViewModel {
 	}
 
 	func setSeconds(_ seconds: Int64) {
-		let videoDuration = item.runTimeTicks!
+        guard let runTimeTicks = item.runTimeTicks else { return }
+		let videoDuration = runTimeTicks
 		let percentage = Double(seconds * 10_000_000) / Double(videoDuration)
 
 		sliderPercentage = percentage
diff --git a/Swiftfin tvOS/Views/LiveTVChannelsView.swift b/Swiftfin tvOS/Views/LiveTVChannelsView.swift
index fd778587..d34fb881 100644
--- a/Swiftfin tvOS/Views/LiveTVChannelsView.swift	
+++ b/Swiftfin tvOS/Views/LiveTVChannelsView.swift	
@@ -55,15 +55,21 @@ struct LiveTVChannelsView: View {
 		let channel = item.channel
 		if channel.type != "Folder" {
 			Button {
+                self.viewModel.isLoading = true
 				self.viewModel.fetchVideoPlayerViewModel(item: channel) { playerViewModel in
 					self.router.route(to: \.videoPlayer, playerViewModel)
+                    DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 2) {
+                        self.viewModel.isLoading = false
+                    }
 				}
 			} label: {
-				LiveTVChannelItemElement(channel: channel,
+                let progressPercent = item.program?.getLiveProgressPercentage() ?? 0
+                LiveTVChannelItemElement(channel: channel,
 				                         program: item.program,
 				                         startString: item.program?.getLiveStartTimeString(formatter: viewModel.timeFormatter) ?? " ",
 				                         endString: item.program?.getLiveEndTimeString(formatter: viewModel.timeFormatter) ?? " ",
-				                         progressPercent: item.program?.getLiveProgressPercentage() ?? 0)
+                                         progressPercent: progressPercent > 1.0 ? 1.0 : progressPercent
+                )
 			}
 			.buttonStyle(PlainNavigationLinkButtonStyle())
 		}
diff --git a/Swiftfin tvOS/Views/VideoPlayer/LiveTVNativeVideoPlayerView.swift b/Swiftfin tvOS/Views/VideoPlayer/LiveTVNativeVideoPlayerView.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57fade2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Swiftfin tvOS/Views/VideoPlayer/LiveTVNativeVideoPlayerView.swift	
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+//
+// Swiftfin is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Jellyfin & Jellyfin Contributors
+//
+
+import SwiftUI
+import UIKit
+
+struct LiveTVNativeVideoPlayerView: UIViewControllerRepresentable {
+    
+    let viewModel: VideoPlayerViewModel
+    
+    typealias UIViewControllerType = NativePlayerViewController
+    
+    func makeUIViewController(context: Context) -> NativePlayerViewController {
+        NativePlayerViewController(viewModel: viewModel)
+    }
+    
+    func updateUIViewController(_ uiViewController: NativePlayerViewController, context: Context) {}
+}
diff --git a/Swiftfin.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Swiftfin.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 52af3a75..0c735fdc 100644
--- a/Swiftfin.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Swiftfin.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@
 		C4AE2C3027498D2300AE13CF /* LiveTVHomeView.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = C4AE2C2F27498D2300AE13CF /* LiveTVHomeView.swift */; };
 		C4AE2C3227498D6A00AE13CF /* LiveTVProgramsView.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = C4AE2C3127498D6A00AE13CF /* LiveTVProgramsView.swift */; };
 		C4AE2C3327498DBE00AE13CF /* LiveTVChannelItemElement.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = C4E52304272CE68800654268 /* LiveTVChannelItemElement.swift */; };
+		C4B9B91427E1921B0063535C /* LiveTVNativeVideoPlayerView.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = C4B9B91327E1921B0063535C /* LiveTVNativeVideoPlayerView.swift */; };
 		C4BE0764271FC0BB003F4AD1 /* TVLibrariesCoordinator.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = C4BE0762271FC0BB003F4AD1 /* TVLibrariesCoordinator.swift */; };
 		C4BE0767271FC109003F4AD1 /* TVLibrariesViewModel.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = C4BE0765271FC109003F4AD1 /* TVLibrariesViewModel.swift */; };
 		C4BE076A271FC164003F4AD1 /* TVLibrariesView.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = C4BE0768271FC164003F4AD1 /* TVLibrariesView.swift */; };
@@ -741,6 +742,7 @@
 		C4534984279A40C50045F1E2 /* LiveTVVideoPlayerView.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = LiveTVVideoPlayerView.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		C4AE2C2F27498D2300AE13CF /* LiveTVHomeView.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = LiveTVHomeView.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		C4AE2C3127498D6A00AE13CF /* LiveTVProgramsView.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = LiveTVProgramsView.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		C4B9B91327E1921B0063535C /* LiveTVNativeVideoPlayerView.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = LiveTVNativeVideoPlayerView.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		C4BE0762271FC0BB003F4AD1 /* TVLibrariesCoordinator.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = TVLibrariesCoordinator.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		C4BE0765271FC109003F4AD1 /* TVLibrariesViewModel.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = TVLibrariesViewModel.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		C4BE0768271FC164003F4AD1 /* TVLibrariesView.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = TVLibrariesView.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -999,6 +1001,7 @@
 				E17885A7278130690094FBCF /* Overlays */,
 				E1C812C8277AE40900918266 /* VideoPlayerView.swift */,
 				C4534984279A40C50045F1E2 /* LiveTVVideoPlayerView.swift */,
+				C4B9B91327E1921B0063535C /* LiveTVNativeVideoPlayerView.swift */,
 				C453497E279A2DA50045F1E2 /* LiveTVPlayerViewController.swift */,
 				E1384943278036C70024FB48 /* VLCPlayerViewController.swift */,
 				E13AD72F2798C60F00FDCEE8 /* NativePlayerViewController.swift */,
@@ -2171,6 +2174,7 @@
 				E193D53327193F7D00900D82 /* FilterCoordinator.swift in Sources */,
 				6267B3DC2671139500A7371D /* ImageExtensions.swift in Sources */,
 				E103A6A9278AB6FF00820EC7 /* CinematicNextUpCardView.swift in Sources */,
+				C4B9B91427E1921B0063535C /* LiveTVNativeVideoPlayerView.swift in Sources */,
 				E107BB9427880A8F00354E07 /* CollectionItemViewModel.swift in Sources */,
 				C4534985279A40C60045F1E2 /* LiveTVVideoPlayerView.swift in Sources */,
 				E1A2C15A279A7D76005EC829 /* BundleExtensions.swift in Sources */,