diff --git a/controllers/index.go b/controllers/index.go
index ca2325a68..d19449566 100644
--- a/controllers/index.go
+++ b/controllers/index.go
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ func IndexHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if utils.IsUserAgentAPlayer(r.UserAgent()) && isIndexRequest {
+		http.Redirect(w, r, "/hls/stream.m3u8", http.StatusTemporaryRedirect)
+		return
+	}
+
 	// If the ETags match then return a StatusNotModified
 	if responseCode := middleware.ProcessEtags(w, r); responseCode != 0 {
 		w.WriteHeader(responseCode)
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 73f79999b..0c09cf177 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -86,6 +86,27 @@ func IsUserAgentABot(userAgent string) bool {
 	return ua.Bot()
 }
 
+// IsUserAgentAPlayer returns if a web client user-agent is seen as a media player.
+func IsUserAgentAPlayer(userAgent string) bool {
+	if userAgent == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	playerStrings := []string{
+		"mpv",
+		"player",
+		"vlc",
+	}
+
+	for _, playerString := range playerStrings {
+		if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(userAgent), playerString) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
 func RenderSimpleMarkdown(raw string) string {
 	markdown := goldmark.New(
 		goldmark.WithRendererOptions(