diff --git a/packages/core/src/dom/tsconfig.json b/packages/core/src/dom/tsconfig.json
index 7525a101..44b4edee 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/dom/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/core/src/dom/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "composite": true,
     "lib": ["ES2020", "DOM", "DOM.Iterable"],
-    "declarationDir": "../../types/dom"
+    "declarationDir": "../../types/dom",
+    "useDefineForClassFields": false
   },
   "references": [{ "path": "../.." }],
   "include": ["./**/*.ts"]
diff --git a/packages/html/src/player/context.ts b/packages/html/src/player/context.ts
index 35d4548b..b662127b 100644
--- a/packages/html/src/player/context.ts
+++ b/packages/html/src/player/context.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 import { type Context, createContext } from '@lit/context';
-import type { AnyPlayerStore, Media, PlayerStore } from '@videojs/core/dom';
+import type { AnyPlayerStore, PlayerStore } from '@videojs/core/dom';
 
 export const PLAYER_CONTEXT_KEY = Symbol('@videojs/player');
 
-export interface PlayerContextValue<Store extends PlayerStore = AnyPlayerStore> {
-  store: Store;
-  media: Media | null;
-}
+export type PlayerContextValue<Store extends PlayerStore = AnyPlayerStore> = Store;
 
 export type PlayerContext<Store extends PlayerStore = AnyPlayerStore> = Context<
   typeof PLAYER_CONTEXT_KEY,
diff --git a/packages/html/src/player/create-player.ts b/packages/html/src/player/create-player.ts
index 0c058f59..b5dc8b27 100644
--- a/packages/html/src/player/create-player.ts
+++ b/packages/html/src/player/create-player.ts
@@ -83,14 +83,13 @@ export function createPlayer(config: CreatePlayerConfig<AnyPlayerFeature[]>): Cr
     return createStore<PlayerTarget>()(slice);
   }
 
-  const ctx = playerContext;
-  const PlayerMixin = createPlayerMixin<PlayerStore>(ctx, create);
+  const PlayerMixin = createPlayerMixin<PlayerStore>(playerContext, create);
   const PlayerElement = PlayerMixin(MediaElement);
-  const ProviderMixin = createProviderMixin<PlayerStore>(ctx, create);
-  const ContainerMixin = createContainerMixin<PlayerStore>(ctx);
+  const ProviderMixin = createProviderMixin<PlayerStore>(playerContext, create);
+  const ContainerMixin = createContainerMixin<PlayerStore>(playerContext);
 
   return {
-    context: ctx,
+    context: playerContext,
     create,
     PlayerController,
     PlayerElement,
diff --git a/packages/html/src/player/player-controller.ts b/packages/html/src/player/player-controller.ts
index 7d9c3116..03e404d5 100644
--- a/packages/html/src/player/player-controller.ts
+++ b/packages/html/src/player/player-controller.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { PlayerStore } from '@videojs/core/dom';
 import type { InferStoreState, Selector } from '@videojs/store';
 import { StoreController } from '@videojs/store/lit';
 
-import type { PlayerContext, PlayerContextValue } from './context';
+import type { PlayerContext } from './context';
 
 export type PlayerControllerHost = ReactiveControllerHost & HTMLElement;
 
@@ -62,31 +62,28 @@ export class PlayerController<Store extends PlayerStore, Result = Store> impleme
   }
 
   get value(): Result | undefined {
-    const ctx = this.#consumer.value;
-    if (!ctx) return undefined;
+    const store = this.#consumer.value;
+    if (!store) return undefined;
 
     // Without selector: return store directly
-    if (!this.#selector) return ctx.store as unknown as Result;
+    if (!this.#selector) return store as unknown as Result;
 
     // With selector: use StoreController
     return this.#store?.value;
   }
 
   hostConnected(): void {
-    const ctx = this.#consumer.value;
-    if (ctx) this.#connect(ctx);
+    const store = this.#consumer.value;
+    if (store) this.#connect(store);
   }
 
   hostDisconnected(): void {
     this.#store = null;
   }
 
-  #connect(ctx: PlayerContextValue<Store> | undefined): void {
-    if (!ctx) return;
-
-    // Create StoreController with the store directly
+  #connect(store: Store): void {
     if (!this.#store && this.#selector) {
-      this.#store = new StoreController(this.#host, ctx.store, this.#selector);
+      this.#store = new StoreController(this.#host, store, this.#selector);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/html/src/player/player-mixin.ts b/packages/html/src/player/player-mixin.ts
index dbd609b6..1b7025bf 100644
--- a/packages/html/src/player/player-mixin.ts
+++ b/packages/html/src/player/player-mixin.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ export function createPlayerMixin<Store extends PlayerStore>(
   const ContainerMixin = createContainerMixin<Store>(context);
 
   return <Class extends MediaElementConstructor>(BaseClass: Class) => {
-    return ContainerMixin(ProviderMixin(BaseClass)) as unknown as Result<Class, Store>;
+    return ProviderMixin(ContainerMixin(BaseClass)) as unknown as Result<Class, Store>;
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/html/src/store/container-mixin.ts b/packages/html/src/store/container-mixin.ts
index 8c4c2c35..4a1d4cbe 100644
--- a/packages/html/src/store/container-mixin.ts
+++ b/packages/html/src/store/container-mixin.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { ContextConsumer } from '@lit/context';
-import type { MediaContainer, PlayerStore, PlayerTarget } from '@videojs/core/dom';
-import { listen, querySlot } from '@videojs/utils/dom';
+import type { Media, MediaContainer, PlayerStore, PlayerTarget } from '@videojs/core/dom';
 import { noop } from '@videojs/utils/function';
 import type { MediaElementConstructor } from '@/ui/media-element';
 import type { PlayerContext } from '../player/context';
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ export function createContainerMixin<Store extends PlayerStore>(context: PlayerC
   return <Class extends MediaElementConstructor>(BaseClass: Class) => {
     class PlayerContainerElement extends BaseClass implements PlayerConsumer<Store>, MediaContainer {
       #detach = noop;
-      #disconnect: AbortController | null = null;
+      #observer: MutationObserver | null = null;
 
       #consumer = new ContextConsumer(this, {
         context,
@@ -23,44 +22,54 @@ export function createContainerMixin<Store extends PlayerStore>(context: PlayerC
       });
 
       get store(): Store | null {
-        return (this.#consumer.value?.store as Store) ?? null;
+        return this.#consumer.value ?? null;
+      }
+
+      protected createRenderRoot() {
+        return this;
       }
 
       override connectedCallback() {
         super.connectedCallback();
 
-        this.#disconnect?.abort();
-        this.#disconnect = new AbortController();
+        this.#observer = new MutationObserver((records) => {
+          if (records.some(hasMediaNode)) this.#attachMedia();
+        });
 
-        if (this.shadowRoot) {
-          const slot = querySlot(this.shadowRoot, '');
-          if (slot) listen(slot, 'slotchange', () => this.#attachMedia(), { signal: this.#disconnect.signal });
-        }
+        this.#observer.observe(this, { childList: true, subtree: true });
 
         this.#attachMedia();
       }
 
       override disconnectedCallback() {
         super.disconnectedCallback();
-        this.#disconnect?.abort();
-        this.#disconnect = null;
+        this.#observer?.disconnect();
+        this.#observer = null;
         this.#detach();
       }
 
       #attachMedia() {
-        const ctx = this.#consumer.value;
-        if (!ctx) return;
+        // Store will be overridden and set by provider mixin if consumer is empty.
+        const store = this.#consumer.value ?? this.store;
+        if (!store) return;
 
-        const { store, media } = ctx;
+        const media = this.querySelector<HTMLMediaElement>('video, audio');
 
-        if (!media) return;
+        if (!media) {
+          this.#detach();
+          this.#detach = noop;
+          return;
+        }
 
         const target: PlayerTarget = {
           media,
           container: this,
         };
 
-        if (store.target?.media !== target.media || store.target?.container !== target.container) {
+        const hasMediaChanged = store.target?.media !== target.media,
+          hasContainerChanged = store.target?.container !== target.container;
+
+        if (hasMediaChanged || hasContainerChanged) {
           this.#detach();
           this.#detach = store.attach(target);
         }
@@ -70,3 +79,19 @@ export function createContainerMixin<Store extends PlayerStore>(context: PlayerC
     return PlayerContainerElement;
   };
 }
+
+function isMediaNode(node: Node): boolean {
+  return node instanceof HTMLMediaElement;
+}
+
+function hasMediaNode(record: MutationRecord): boolean {
+  for (const node of record.addedNodes) {
+    if (isMediaNode(node)) return true;
+  }
+
+  for (const node of record.removedNodes) {
+    if (isMediaNode(node)) return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
diff --git a/packages/html/src/store/provider-mixin.ts b/packages/html/src/store/provider-mixin.ts
index b7d4347d..e156ea71 100644
--- a/packages/html/src/store/provider-mixin.ts
+++ b/packages/html/src/store/provider-mixin.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ContextProvider } from '@lit/context';
-import type { Media, PlayerStore } from '@videojs/core/dom';
+import type { PlayerStore } from '@videojs/core/dom';
 import { isNull } from '@videojs/utils/predicate';
 import type { MediaElementConstructor } from '@/ui/media-element';
 import type { PlayerContext } from '../player/context';
@@ -15,36 +15,34 @@ export function createProviderMixin<Store extends PlayerStore>(
 ): ProviderMixin<Store> {
   return <Class extends MediaElementConstructor>(BaseClass: Class) => {
     class PlayerProviderElement extends BaseClass implements PlayerProvider<Store> {
-      #store: Store | null = null;
-      #media: Media | null = null;
+      #store: Store | null = factory();
 
       #provider = new ContextProvider(this, {
         context,
-        initialValue: { store: this.store, media: null },
+        initialValue: this.store,
       });
 
       get store(): Store {
         if (isNull(this.#store)) {
           this.#store = factory();
         }
+
         return this.#store;
       }
 
-      get media(): Media | null {
-        return this.#media;
+      protected createRenderRoot() {
+        return this;
       }
 
-      set media(value: Media | null) {
-        this.#media = value;
-        this.#provider.setValue({ store: this.store, media: value });
+      override connectedCallback() {
+        super.connectedCallback();
+        this.#provider.setValue(this.store);
       }
 
       override disconnectedCallback() {
         super.disconnectedCallback();
-        if (this.#store) {
-          this.#store.destroy();
-          this.#store = null;
-        }
+        this.#store?.destroy();
+        this.#store = null;
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/html/src/store/types.ts b/packages/html/src/store/types.ts
index 59c59fb5..054f27f2 100644
--- a/packages/html/src/store/types.ts
+++ b/packages/html/src/store/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Media, PlayerStore } from '@videojs/core/dom';
+import type { PlayerStore } from '@videojs/core/dom';
 import type { Constructor } from '@videojs/utils/types';
 import type { MediaElement } from '@/ui/media-element';
 
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ export interface PlayerElementConstructor<Store extends PlayerStore> extends Con
 
 export interface PlayerProvider<Store extends PlayerStore> extends MediaElement {
   readonly store: Store;
-  media: Media | null;
 }
 
 export interface PlayerProviderConstructor<Store extends PlayerStore> extends Constructor<PlayerProvider<Store>> {}
diff --git a/packages/html/src/ui/media-element.ts b/packages/html/src/ui/media-element.ts
index 9f2763ed..1e441028 100644
--- a/packages/html/src/ui/media-element.ts
+++ b/packages/html/src/ui/media-element.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { ReactiveElement } from '@lit/reactive-element';
 import type { Constructor } from '@videojs/utils/types';
 
-export class MediaElement extends ReactiveElement {}
+export class MediaElement extends ReactiveElement {
+  protected createRenderRoot() {
+    return this;
+  }
+}
 
 export interface MediaElementConstructor extends Constructor<MediaElement> {}
diff --git a/packages/html/tsconfig.json b/packages/html/tsconfig.json
index 4bb47b9d..fba333aa 100644
--- a/packages/html/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/html/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     "paths": {
       "@/*": ["src/*"]
     },
-    "declarationDir": "types"
+    "declarationDir": "types",
+    "useDefineForClassFields": false
   },
   "include": ["src"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/react/src/ui/time/time-value.tsx b/packages/react/src/ui/time/time-value.tsx
index 2eb8bb98..461294f7 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/ui/time/time-value.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/ui/time/time-value.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export const Value = forwardRef(function Value(
       ref: [forwardedRef],
       props: [
         {
-          datetime: state.datetime,
+          dateTime: state.datetime,
           children: content,
           ...core.getAttrs(state),
         },