diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/ios/view/VideoComponentView.swift b/packages/react-native-video/ios/view/VideoComponentView.swift
index 1cf2423a..f5cb87d5 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/ios/view/VideoComponentView.swift
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/ios/view/VideoComponentView.swift
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 //  Created by Krzysztof Moch on 30/09/2024.
 //
 
-import Foundation
-import UIKit
 import AVFoundation
 import AVKit
+import Foundation
+import UIKit
 
 @objc public class VideoComponentView: UIView {
   public weak var player: HybridVideoPlayerSpec? = nil {
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@ import AVKit
       configureAVPlayerViewController(with: player.player)
     }
   }
-  
+
   var delegate: VideoViewDelegate?
   private var playerView: UIView? = nil
-  
+
   private var observer: VideoComponentViewObserver? {
     didSet {
       playerViewController?.delegate = observer
       observer?.updatePlayerViewControllerObservers()
     }
   }
-  
+
   private var _keepScreenAwake: Bool = false
   var keepScreenAwake: Bool {
     get {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import AVKit
       _keepScreenAwake = newValue
     }
   }
-  
+
   var playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController? {
     didSet {
       guard let observer, let playerViewController else { return }
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import AVKit
       observer.updatePlayerViewControllerObservers()
     }
   }
-  
+
   public var controls: Bool = false {
     didSet {
       DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
@@ -57,29 +57,30 @@ import AVKit
       }
     }
   }
-  
+
   public var allowsPictureInPicturePlayback: Bool = false {
     didSet {
       DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
         guard let self = self, let playerViewController = self.playerViewController else { return }
-        
+
         VideoManager.shared.requestAudioSessionUpdate()
         playerViewController.allowsPictureInPicturePlayback = self.allowsPictureInPicturePlayback
       }
     }
   }
-  
+
   public var autoEnterPictureInPicture: Bool = false {
     didSet {
       DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
         guard let self = self, let playerViewController = self.playerViewController else { return }
-        
+
         VideoManager.shared.requestAudioSessionUpdate()
-        playerViewController.canStartPictureInPictureAutomaticallyFromInline = self.allowsPictureInPicturePlayback
+        playerViewController.canStartPictureInPictureAutomaticallyFromInline =
+          self.autoEnterPictureInPicture
       }
     }
   }
-  
+
   public var resizeMode: ResizeMode = .none {
     didSet {
       DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
@@ -88,35 +89,36 @@ import AVKit
       }
     }
   }
-  
+
   @objc public var nitroId: NSNumber = -1 {
     didSet {
       VideoComponentView.globalViewsMap.setObject(self, forKey: nitroId)
     }
   }
-  
-  @objc public static var globalViewsMap: NSMapTable<NSNumber, VideoComponentView> = .strongToWeakObjects()
-  
+
+  @objc public static var globalViewsMap: NSMapTable<NSNumber, VideoComponentView> =
+    .strongToWeakObjects()
+
   @objc public override init(frame: CGRect) {
     super.init(frame: frame)
     VideoManager.shared.register(view: self)
     setupPlayerView()
     observer = VideoComponentViewObserver(view: self)
   }
-  
+
   deinit {
     VideoManager.shared.unregister(view: self)
   }
-  
+
   @objc public required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
     super.init(coder: coder)
     setupPlayerView()
   }
-  
-  func setNitroId(nitroId: NSNumber) -> Void {
+
+  func setNitroId(nitroId: NSNumber) {
     self.nitroId = nitroId
   }
-  
+
   private func setupPlayerView() {
     // Create a UIView to hold the video player layer
     playerView = UIView(frame: self.bounds)
@@ -127,19 +129,27 @@ import AVKit
         playerView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.leadingAnchor),
         playerView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.trailingAnchor),
         playerView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.topAnchor),
-        playerView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.bottomAnchor)
+        playerView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.bottomAnchor),
       ])
     }
   }
-  
+
   public func configureAVPlayerViewController(with player: AVPlayer) {
     DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
       guard let self = self, let playerView = self.playerView else { return }
+
+      // Skip reconfiguration if player hasn't changed and controller already exists
+      if let existingController = self.playerViewController,
+        existingController.player === player
+      {
+        return
+      }
+
       // Remove previous controller if any
       self.playerViewController?.willMove(toParent: nil)
       self.playerViewController?.view.removeFromSuperview()
       self.playerViewController?.removeFromParent()
-      
+
       let controller = AVPlayerViewController()
       controller.player = player
       controller.showsPlaybackControls = controls
@@ -147,16 +157,16 @@ import AVKit
       controller.view.frame = playerView.bounds
       controller.view.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleWidth, .flexibleHeight]
       controller.view.backgroundColor = .clear
-      
+
       // We manage this manually in NowPlayingInfoCenterManager
       controller.updatesNowPlayingInfoCenter = false
-      
+
       if #available(iOS 16.0, *) {
         if let initialSpeed = controller.speeds.first(where: { $0.rate == player.rate }) {
           controller.selectSpeed(initialSpeed)
         }
       }
-      
+
       // Find nearest UIViewController
       if let parentVC = self.findViewController() {
         parentVC.addChild(controller)
@@ -166,7 +176,7 @@ import AVKit
       }
     }
   }
-  
+
   // Helper to find nearest UIViewController
   private func findViewController() -> UIViewController? {
     var responder: UIResponder? = self
@@ -178,20 +188,20 @@ import AVKit
     }
     return nil
   }
-  
+
   public override func willMove(toSuperview newSuperview: UIView?) {
     super.willMove(toSuperview: newSuperview)
-    
+
     if newSuperview == nil {
       PluginsRegistry.shared.notifyVideoViewDestroyed(view: self)
-      
+
       // We want to disable this when view is about to unmount
       if keepScreenAwake {
         keepScreenAwake = false
       }
     } else {
       PluginsRegistry.shared.notifyVideoViewCreated(view: self)
-      
+
       // We want to restore keepScreenAwake after component remount
       if _keepScreenAwake {
         keepScreenAwake = true
@@ -199,7 +209,6 @@ import AVKit
     }
   }
 
-
   public override func layoutSubviews() {
     super.layoutSubviews()
 
@@ -210,48 +219,48 @@ import AVKit
       subview.frame = playerView?.bounds ?? .zero
     }
   }
-  
+
   public func enterFullscreen() throws {
     guard let playerViewController else {
       throw VideoViewError.viewIsDeallocated.error()
     }
-    
+
     DispatchQueue.main.async {
       playerViewController.enterFullscreen(animated: true)
     }
   }
-  
+
   public func exitFullscreen() throws {
     guard let playerViewController else {
       throw VideoViewError.viewIsDeallocated.error()
     }
-    
+
     DispatchQueue.main.async {
       playerViewController.exitFullscreen(animated: true)
     }
   }
-  
+
   public func startPictureInPicture() throws {
     guard let playerViewController else {
       throw VideoViewError.viewIsDeallocated.error()
     }
-    
+
     guard AVPictureInPictureController.isPictureInPictureSupported() else {
       throw VideoViewError.pictureInPictureNotSupported.error()
     }
-    
+
     DispatchQueue.main.async {
       // Here we skip error handling for simplicity
       // We do check for PiP support earlier in the code
       try? playerViewController.startPictureInPicture()
     }
   }
-  
+
   public func stopPictureInPicture() throws {
     guard let playerViewController else {
       throw VideoViewError.viewIsDeallocated.error()
     }
-    
+
     DispatchQueue.main.async {
       // Here we skip error handling for simplicity
       // We do check for PiP support earlier in the code