diff --git a/src/demo/filtered-events.hook.ts b/src/demo/filtered-events.hook.ts
index 15fddba..4b71d92 100644
--- a/src/demo/filtered-events.hook.ts
+++ b/src/demo/filtered-events.hook.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { FilteredMediaEvent, getMediaEventFilter } from "../media-event-filter";
 
-export const useFilteredEvents = ({ video }: { video: HTMLVideoElement }) => {
+export const useFilteredEvents = ({
+  video,
+  mp4Mode = false,
+}: {
+  video: HTMLVideoElement;
+  mp4Mode: boolean;
+}) => {
   const [playing, setPlaying] = useState(false);
   const [seeking, setSeeking] = useState(false);
   const [buffering, setBuffering] = useState(false);
@@ -25,6 +31,7 @@ export const useFilteredEvents = ({ video }: { video: HTMLVideoElement }) => {
     let seekOrBufferTimestamp = 0;
 
     const mef = getMediaEventFilter({
+      mp4Mode,
       mediaElement: video,
       callback: (evt) => {
         if (!video) return;
@@ -110,7 +117,7 @@ export const useFilteredEvents = ({ video }: { video: HTMLVideoElement }) => {
     return () => {
       mef.teardown();
     };
-  }, [video]);
+  }, [video, mp4Mode]);
 
   return {
     playing,
diff --git a/src/demo/native-events.hook.ts b/src/demo/native-events.hook.ts
index 976d5dd..bc9277c 100644
--- a/src/demo/native-events.hook.ts
+++ b/src/demo/native-events.hook.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const useNativeEvents = ({ video }: { video: HTMLVideoElement }) => {
               currentTime: video.currentTime,
               duration: video.duration,
               seeking: video.seeking,
+              playbackRate: video.playbackRate,
             };
 
             console[evt === MediaEvent.timeupdate ? "debug" : "log"](
diff --git a/src/demo/player.tsx b/src/demo/player.tsx
index 99e70d5..ca772b4 100644
--- a/src/demo/player.tsx
+++ b/src/demo/player.tsx
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export const Player = ({ videoUrl, engine }: PlayerOptions) => {
   useNativeEvents({ video });
 
   const { playing, seeking, buffering, events, blocked, loading } =
-    useFilteredEvents({ video });
+    useFilteredEvents({ video, mp4Mode: videoUrl?.includes(".mp4") ?? false });
 
   const renderEvents = useRenderEvents(events);
 
diff --git a/src/media-event-filter.ts b/src/media-event-filter.ts
index 1889141..10d3a94 100644
--- a/src/media-event-filter.ts
+++ b/src/media-event-filter.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ type TFilteredMediaEventCallback = (event: FilteredMediaEvent) => void;
 type TMediaEventFilterOptions = {
   mediaElement: HTMLMediaElement;
   callback: TFilteredMediaEventCallback;
+  // Should be set to `true` when playing MP4 files
+  // as the video element CAN stop buffering when readyState is 3 rather than 4.
+  mp4Mode: boolean;
 };
 
 type TCallback = () => void;
@@ -103,6 +106,7 @@ export type TMediaEventFilter = {
 export const getMediaEventFilter = ({
   mediaElement,
   callback,
+  mp4Mode = false,
 }: TMediaEventFilterOptions): TMediaEventFilter => {
   let ratechangeBufferTimeout: number | null = null;
 
@@ -133,8 +137,13 @@ export const getMediaEventFilter = ({
   };
 
   const onCanPlay = (): void => {
-    if (isNotReady()) return;
+    if (isNotReady()) {
+      if (mp4Mode) {
+        onCanPlayThrough();
+      }
 
+      return;
+    }
     // guard for when an engine sets playbackRate to 0 to continue buffering
     // recover in "ratechange" event
     if (mediaElement.playbackRate === 0) {
@@ -183,8 +192,9 @@ export const getMediaEventFilter = ({
 
   const onCanPlayThrough = (): void => {
     // guard for when an engine sets playbackRate to 0 to continue buffering
-    // recover in "ratechange" event
-    if (mediaElement.playbackRate === 0) {
+    // recover in "ratechange" event.
+    // Not used in mp4Mode as the engine doesn't update playbackRate with mp4s
+    if (!mp4Mode && mediaElement.playbackRate === 0) {
       state = {
         ...state,
         deferCanPlayThroughHandling: true,