diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/src/core/hooks/useEvent.ts b/packages/react-native-video/src/core/hooks/useEvent.ts
index b7185e93..eefab7d3 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/src/core/hooks/useEvent.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/src/core/hooks/useEvent.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import type { AllPlayerEvents } from '../types/Events';
-import type { VideoPlayer } from '../VideoPlayer';
+import type { VideoPlayerBase } from '../types/VideoPlayerBase';
 
 /**
  * Attaches an event listener to a `VideoPlayer` instance for a specified event.
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import type { VideoPlayer } from '../VideoPlayer';
  * @param callback - The callback for the event
  */
 export const useEvent = <T extends keyof AllPlayerEvents>(
-  player: VideoPlayer,
+  player: VideoPlayerBase,
   event: T,
   callback: AllPlayerEvents[T]
 ) => {
diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/src/core/types/VideoPlayerBase.ts b/packages/react-native-video/src/core/types/VideoPlayerBase.ts
index 8167877d..9827d5f8 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/src/core/types/VideoPlayerBase.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/src/core/types/VideoPlayerBase.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+import type { ListenerSubscription } from './EventEmitter';
+import type { AllPlayerEvents } from './Events';
 import type { IgnoreSilentSwitchMode } from './IgnoreSilentSwitchMode';
 import type { MixAudioMode } from './MixAudioMode';
 import type { TextTrack } from './TextTrack';
 import type { VideoPlayerSourceBase } from './VideoPlayerSourceBase';
 import type { VideoPlayerStatus } from './VideoPlayerStatus';
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-import type { VideoConfig } from './VideoConfig';
+import type { VideoConfig, VideoSource } from './VideoConfig';
 
 export interface VideoPlayerBase {
   /**
@@ -152,7 +153,9 @@ export interface VideoPlayerBase {
    * @note If you want to clear the source, you can pass null.
    * see {@link VideoPlayerSourceBase}
    */
-  replaceSourceAsync(source: VideoPlayerSourceBase | null): Promise<void>;
+  replaceSourceAsync(
+    source: VideoSource | VideoConfig | VideoPlayerSourceBase | null
+  ): Promise<void>;
 
   /**
    * Get all available text tracks for the current source.
@@ -171,4 +174,19 @@ export interface VideoPlayerBase {
    * @returns The currently selected text track, or undefined if none is selected
    */
   readonly selectedTrack?: TextTrack;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether to show notification controls (lock screen / control center).
+   */
+  showNotificationControls: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Releases the player's resources. After calling this, the player is no longer usable.
+   */
+  release(): void;
+
+  addEventListener<Event extends keyof AllPlayerEvents>(
+    event: Event,
+    callback: AllPlayerEvents[Event]
+  ): ListenerSubscription;
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/src/core/video-view/VideoView.tsx b/packages/react-native-video/src/core/video-view/VideoView.tsx
index f486c189..8f6acb6b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/src/core/video-view/VideoView.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/src/core/video-view/VideoView.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const wrapNativeViewManagerFunction = <T,>(
 };
 
 const updateProps = (manager: VideoViewViewManager, props: VideoViewProps) => {
-  manager.player = props.player.__getNativePlayer();
+  manager.player = (props.player as VideoPlayer).__getNativePlayer();
   manager.controls = props.controls ?? false;
   manager.pictureInPicture = props.pictureInPicture ?? false;
   manager.autoEnterPictureInPicture = props.autoEnterPictureInPicture ?? false;
diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/src/core/video-view/VideoViewProps.ts b/packages/react-native-video/src/core/video-view/VideoViewProps.ts
index c8393fe9..b1c93435 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/src/core/video-view/VideoViewProps.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/src/core/video-view/VideoViewProps.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ import type { SurfaceType } from '../../spec/nitro/VideoViewViewManager.nitro';
 import type { ListenerSubscription } from '../types/EventEmitter';
 import type { VideoViewEvents } from '../types/Events';
 import type { ResizeMode } from '../types/ResizeMode';
-import type { VideoPlayer } from '../VideoPlayer';
+import type { VideoPlayerBase } from '../types/VideoPlayerBase';
 
 export interface VideoViewProps extends Partial<VideoViewEvents>, ViewProps {
   /**
-   * The player to play the video - {@link VideoPlayer}
+   * The player to play the video
    */
-  player: VideoPlayer;
+  player: VideoPlayerBase;
   /**
    * The style of the video view - {@link ViewStyle}
    */