diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/SimpleVideo.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/SimpleVideo.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ef7d512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/SimpleVideo.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+'use client';
+
+import type {
+  CSSProperties,
+  DetailedHTMLProps,
+  PropsWithChildren,
+  VideoHTMLAttributes,
+} from 'react';
+
+import React, { forwardRef } from 'react';
+import { useMediaRef } from '@/store';
+
+export type SimpleVideoProps = PropsWithChildren<
+  DetailedHTMLProps<VideoHTMLAttributes<HTMLVideoElement>, HTMLVideoElement> & {
+    className?: string | undefined;
+    style?: CSSProperties | undefined;
+  }
+>;
+
+/**
+ * SimpleVideo - A basic video component that works with native HTML5 video formats (MP4, WebM, etc.)
+ * without using a playback engine. Use this for simple MP4 files. For HLS/DASH streaming, use the
+ * regular Video component instead.
+ *
+ * This component connects to MediaProvider for play/pause state but sets the src directly on the
+ * video element without going through HLS.js or other playback engines.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```tsx
+ * <MediaProvider>
+ *   <MediaSkin>
+ *     <SimpleVideo src="video.mp4" />
+ *   </MediaSkin>
+ * </MediaProvider>
+ * ```
+ */
+export const SimpleVideo: React.ForwardRefExoticComponent<
+  SimpleVideoProps & React.RefAttributes<HTMLVideoElement>
+> = forwardRef<HTMLVideoElement, SimpleVideoProps>(
+  ({ children, ...props }, _ref) => {
+    const mediaRefCallback = useMediaRef();
+
+    return (
+      // eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/media-has-caption
+      <video {...props} ref={mediaRefCallback}>
+        {children}
+      </video>
+    );
+  },
+);
+
+SimpleVideo.displayName = 'SimpleVideo';
+
+export default SimpleVideo;
diff --git a/packages/react/src/index.ts b/packages/react/src/index.ts
index da6680eb..f0664152 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export { MuteButton } from './components/MuteButton';
 export { PlayButton } from './components/PlayButton';
 export { Popover } from './components/Popover';
 export { PreviewTimeDisplay } from './components/PreviewTimeDisplay';
+export { SimpleVideo } from './components/SimpleVideo';
 export { TimeSlider } from './components/TimeSlider';
 export { Tooltip } from './components/Tooltip';
 export { MediaElementVideo, Video } from './components/Video';