diff --git a/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.WebAssembly/HtmlMediaPlayer.cs b/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.WebAssembly/HtmlMediaPlayer.cs
index 6c2285a77101297ee4d785181bf559c49cd3647b..fc81e15b77c5f902077a6f0db90531969a90ff55 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.WebAssembly/HtmlMediaPlayer.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.WebAssembly/HtmlMediaPlayer.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ internal partial class HtmlMediaPlayer : Border
 {
 	private HtmlVideo _htmlVideo = new HtmlVideo();
 	private HtmlAudio _htmlAudio = new HtmlAudio();
-	private bool _isPlaying;
 
 	private readonly ImmutableArray<string> audioTagAllowedFormats =
 		ImmutableArray.Create(new string[] { ".MP3", ".WAV" });
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ internal partial class HtmlMediaPlayer : Border
 		ImmutableArray.Create(new string[] { ".MP4", ".WEBM", ".OGG" });
 	private UIElement _activeElement;
 	private string _activeElementName;
-	public bool IsPause;
+	public HtmlMediaPlayerState PlayerState;
 
 	public event EventHandler<object> OnSourceLoaded;
 	public event EventHandler<object> OnStatusChanged;
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ internal partial class HtmlMediaPlayer : Border
 		}
 		_htmlVideo.SetCssStyle("visibility", "hidden");
 		_htmlAudio.SetCssStyle("visibility", "hidden");
+		PlayerState = HtmlMediaPlayerState.None;
 
 		AddChild(_htmlVideo);
 		AddChild(_htmlAudio);
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ internal partial class HtmlMediaPlayer : Border
 		{
 			this.Log().Debug($"Media ended [{Source}]");
 		}
-		_isPlaying = false;
+		PlayerState = HtmlMediaPlayerState.None;
 		OnSourceEnded?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
 	}
 
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ internal partial class HtmlMediaPlayer : Border
 		{
 			Duration = NativeMethods.GetDuration(_activeElement.HtmlId);
 		}
+		PlayerState = HtmlMediaPlayerState.Opening;
 		OnMetadataLoaded?.Invoke(this, Duration);
 	}
 
@@ -350,10 +351,10 @@ internal partial class HtmlMediaPlayer : Border
 		_activeElementName = IsVideo ? "Video" : IsAudio ? "Audio" : "";
 		if (_activeElement != null)
 		{
+			PlayerState = NativeMethods.GetPaused(_activeElement.HtmlId) ? HtmlMediaPlayerState.Paused : HtmlMediaPlayerState.Playing;
 			_activeElement.SetCssStyle("visibility", "visible");
-			IsPause = NativeMethods.GetPaused(_activeElement.HtmlId);
 		}
-		_isPlaying = !IsPause;
+
 		OnStatusChanged?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
 	}
 
@@ -384,9 +385,8 @@ internal partial class HtmlMediaPlayer : Border
 
 		if (_activeElement != null)
 		{
-			IsPause = NativeMethods.GetPaused(_activeElement.HtmlId);
+			PlayerState = NativeMethods.GetPaused(_activeElement.HtmlId) ? HtmlMediaPlayerState.Paused : HtmlMediaPlayerState.Playing;
 		}
-		_isPlaying = !IsPause;
 		OnStatusChanged?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
 	}
 
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ internal partial class HtmlMediaPlayer : Border
 		{
 			this.Log().Debug($"Media Changed Status Play [{Source}]");
 		}
-		IsPause = false;
+		PlayerState = HtmlMediaPlayerState.Playing;
 		OnStatusChanged?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
 	}
 
@@ -406,8 +406,7 @@ internal partial class HtmlMediaPlayer : Border
 		{
 			this.Log().Debug($"Media Changed Status Pause [{Source}]");
 		}
-
-		IsPause = true;
+		PlayerState = HtmlMediaPlayerState.Paused;
 		OnStatusChanged?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
 	}
 
@@ -422,7 +421,7 @@ internal partial class HtmlMediaPlayer : Border
 		{
 			this.Log().Error($"{_activeElementName} source failed: [{Source}]");
 		}
-		IsPause = true;
+		PlayerState = HtmlMediaPlayerState.None;
 		OnSourceFailed?.Invoke(this, e.Detail);
 	}
 
@@ -457,6 +456,7 @@ internal partial class HtmlMediaPlayer : Border
 				player._activeElement.SetHtmlAttribute("src", encodedSource);
 				player._activeElement.SetCssStyle("visibility", "visible");
 
+				player.PlayerState = HtmlMediaPlayerState.Opening;
 				if (player.Log().IsEnabled(LogLevel.Debug))
 				{
 					player.Log().Debug($"{player._activeElementName} source changed: [{player.Source}]");
@@ -616,10 +616,9 @@ internal partial class HtmlMediaPlayer : Border
 		{
 			this.Log().Debug($"Play()");
 		}
-		if (_activeElement != null && !_isPlaying)
+		if (_activeElement != null && PlayerState != HtmlMediaPlayerState.Playing)
 		{
-			IsPause = false;
-			_isPlaying = true;
+			PlayerState = HtmlMediaPlayerState.Playing;
 			NativeMethods.Play(_activeElement.HtmlId);
 		}
 	}
@@ -631,10 +630,9 @@ internal partial class HtmlMediaPlayer : Border
 		{
 			this.Log().Debug($"Pause()");
 		}
-		if (_activeElement != null && _isPlaying)
+		if (_activeElement != null && PlayerState == HtmlMediaPlayerState.Playing)
 		{
-			_isPlaying = false;
-			IsPause = true;
+			PlayerState = HtmlMediaPlayerState.Paused;
 			NativeMethods.Pause(_activeElement.HtmlId);
 		}
 	}
@@ -649,8 +647,7 @@ internal partial class HtmlMediaPlayer : Border
 		if (_activeElement != null)
 		{
 			NativeMethods.Stop(_activeElement.HtmlId);
-			_isPlaying = false;
-			IsPause = true;
+			PlayerState = HtmlMediaPlayerState.None;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.WebAssembly/HtmlMediaPlayerState.cs b/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.WebAssembly/HtmlMediaPlayerState.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b308a3953d8d958bae39945c89f3eee769bc2a27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.WebAssembly/HtmlMediaPlayerState.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Uno.UI.Media;
+
+public enum HtmlMediaPlayerState
+{
+	None = 0,
+	Opening = 1,
+	Playing = 3,
+	Paused = 4,
+}
diff --git a/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.WebAssembly/MediaPlayerExtension.cs b/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.WebAssembly/MediaPlayerExtension.cs
index a885d6e12557dcb71a830ddfed7f4cd6ea227dfe..c022baa1658d277e2f996248b05ed4aa76fd6289 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.WebAssembly/MediaPlayerExtension.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.WebAssembly/MediaPlayerExtension.cs
@@ -235,14 +235,14 @@ public partial class MediaPlayerExtension : IMediaPlayerExtension
 	{
 		if (this.Log().IsEnabled(LogLevel.Debug))
 		{
-			this.Log().Debug($"MediaPlayerExtension.OnStatusMediaChanged Paused ({_player?.IsPause.ToString()})");
+			this.Log().Debug($"MediaPlayerExtension.OnStatusMediaChanged to state {_player?.PlayerState.ToString()}");
 		}
 
-		if (_player?.IsPause == true && _owner.PlaybackSession.PlaybackState == MediaPlaybackState.Playing)
+		if (_player?.PlayerState == HtmlMediaPlayerState.Paused && _owner.PlaybackSession.PlaybackState == MediaPlaybackState.Playing)
 		{
 			_owner.PlaybackSession.PlaybackState = MediaPlaybackState.Paused;
 		}
-		else if (_player?.IsPause == false && _owner.PlaybackSession.PlaybackState == MediaPlaybackState.Paused)
+		else if (_player?.PlayerState == HtmlMediaPlayerState.Playing && _owner.PlaybackSession.PlaybackState == MediaPlaybackState.Paused)
 		{
 			_owner.PlaybackSession.PlaybackState = MediaPlaybackState.Playing;
 		}