diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/activity/VideoPlayActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/activity/VideoPlayActivity.java
index 4f85fca..cdfe2f0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/activity/VideoPlayActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/activity/VideoPlayActivity.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
 import androidx.appcompat.widget.PopupMenu;
 import android.util.Log;
+import android.util.TypedValue;
 import android.view.Surface;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ import com.github.se_bastiaan.torrentstream.TorrentStream;
 import com.github.se_bastiaan.torrentstream.listeners.TorrentListener;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Format;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.decoder.DecoderCounters;
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ui.AspectRatioFrameLayout;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ui.PlayerView;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.Util;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.VideoRendererEventListener;
@@ -134,6 +136,9 @@ public class VideoPlayActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements VideoRendere
         simpleExoPlayerView = new PlayerView(this);
         simpleExoPlayerView = findViewById(R.id.video_view);
 
+        simpleExoPlayerView.setControllerShowTimeoutMs(1000);
+        simpleExoPlayerView.setResizeMode(AspectRatioFrameLayout.RESIZE_MODE_FIT);
+
         // Full screen Icon
         fullscreenButton = findViewById(R.id.exo_fullscreen);
         fullscreenButton.setText(R.string.video_expand_icon);
@@ -243,7 +248,7 @@ public class VideoPlayActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements VideoRendere
         } else if (newConfig.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT){
             RelativeLayout.LayoutParams params = (RelativeLayout.LayoutParams) simpleExoPlayerView.getLayoutParams();
             params.width = ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT;
-            params.height = ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT;
+            params.height = (int) TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, 250, getResources().getDisplayMetrics());
             simpleExoPlayerView.setLayoutParams(params);
 
             nameView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
@@ -440,11 +445,11 @@ public class VideoPlayActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements VideoRendere
     @Override
     protected void onStart() {
         super.onStart();
-//
-//        if (!mBound) {
-//            videoPlayerIntent = new Intent(this, VideoPlayerService.class);
-//            bindService(videoPlayerIntent, mConnection, Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);
-//        }
+
+        if (!mBound) {
+            videoPlayerIntent = new Intent(this, VideoPlayerService.class);
+            bindService(videoPlayerIntent, mConnection, Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);
+        }
         Log.v(TAG, "onStart()...");
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_video_play.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_video_play.xml
index 6e38fce..84808ea 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_video_play.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_video_play.xml
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@
             android:layout_width="match_parent"
             android:layout_height="250dp"
             android:background="@color/videoBackgroundColor"
+            app:resize_mode="fixed_width"
+            app:controller_layout_id="@layout/video_playback_controls"
 
-            app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="H,3:1"
-            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
-            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
-            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
+            />
 
         <ProgressBar
             android:id="@+id/progress"
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/exo_playback_control_view.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/video_playback_controls.xml
similarity index 84%
rename from app/src/main/res/layout/exo_playback_control_view.xml
rename to app/src/main/res/layout/video_playback_controls.xml
index 8659b6f..98ff4be 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/exo_playback_control_view.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/video_playback_controls.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
             android:layout_width="wrap_content"
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"
             android:includeFontPadding="false"
-            android:gravity="center_vertical"
+            android:layout_gravity="center"
             android:paddingLeft="12dp"
             android:paddingRight="12dp"
             android:textColor="#FFBEBEBE"
@@ -102,23 +102,32 @@
             android:layout_width="wrap_content"
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"
             android:includeFontPadding="false"
-            android:gravity="center_vertical"
+            android:layout_gravity="center"
             android:paddingLeft="6dp"
             android:paddingRight="6dp"
             android:textColor="#FFBEBEBE"
             android:textSize="14sp" />
 
-        <TextView
-            android:id="@+id/exo_fullscreen"
-            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:includeFontPadding="true"
-            android:paddingStart="6dp"
-            android:paddingEnd="6dp"
-            android:textColor="#FFBEBEBE"
-            android:textSize="12sp" />
 
 
+        <FrameLayout
+            android:id="@+id/exo_fullscreen_button"
+            android:layout_width="32dp"
+            android:layout_height="32dp"
+            android:layout_gravity="end">
+
+            <TextView
+                android:id="@+id/exo_fullscreen"
+                android:layout_width="18dp"
+                android:layout_height="18dp"
+                android:layout_gravity="center"
+                android:adjustViewBounds="true"
+                android:scaleType="fitCenter"
+                android:textColor="#FFBEBEBE"
+                android:textSize="12sp" />
+
+        </FrameLayout>
+
     </LinearLayout>
 
     <LinearLayout