diff --git a/lib/screens/video_player_screen.dart b/lib/screens/video_player_screen.dart
index b82f63b8..cfebe074 100644
--- a/lib/screens/video_player_screen.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/video_player_screen.dart
@@ -2376,18 +2376,11 @@ class VideoPlayerScreenState extends State<VideoPlayerScreen> with WidgetsBindin
     p.seek(pos);
   }
 
-  /// Configure MPV/FFmpeg options for live streaming resilience.
-  /// Enables automatic reconnection on EOF and network errors.
+  /// Configure MPV options for live streaming.
+  /// The official Plex Media Player does not set client-side reconnect options —
+  /// reconnection is handled by the server's transcoder on the input side.
   Future<void> _setLiveStreamOptions() async {
-    final p = player!;
-    // FFmpeg HTTP protocol reconnection
-    await p.setProperty(
-      'stream-lavf-o',
-      'reconnect=1,reconnect_streamed=1,reconnect_on_network_error=1,reconnect_delay_max=30',
-    );
-    // Demuxer: retry up to 1000 times on stream reload failures
-    await p.setProperty('demuxer-lavf-o', 'max_reload=1000');
-    await p.setProperty('force-seekable', 'no');
+    await player!.setProperty('force-seekable', 'no');
   }
 
   /// The current playback position as an absolute epoch second (for live TV time-shift).