diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CS3IPlayer.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CS3IPlayer.kt
index 49904f6a..6b80b2a1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CS3IPlayer.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CS3IPlayer.kt
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
     private var currentLink: ExtractorLink? = null
     private var currentDownloadedFile: ExtractorUri? = null
     private var hasUsedFirstRender = false
+    private var shouldPauseUnfocused = true
 
     private var currentWindow: Int = 0
     private var playbackPosition: Long = 0
@@ -512,7 +513,9 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
     override fun onPause() {
         Log.i(TAG, "onPause")
         saveData()
-        handleEvent(CSPlayerEvent.Pause, PlayerEventSource.Player)
+        if (shouldPauseUnfocused) {
+            handleEvent(CSPlayerEvent.Pause, PlayerEventSource.Player)
+        }
         //releasePlayer()
     }
 
@@ -1012,6 +1015,11 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
                         event(EmbeddedSubtitlesFetchedEvent(tracks = exoPlayerReportedTracks))
                         event(TracksChangedEvent())
                         event(SubtitlesUpdatedEvent())
+
+                        // if there are no video tracks, but there are audio tracks, don't pause playback while in background
+                        val videoTrackCount = tracks.groups.filter { it.type == TRACK_TYPE_VIDEO }.size
+                        val audioTrackCount = tracks.groups.filter { it.type == TRACK_TYPE_AUDIO }.size
+                        shouldPauseUnfocused = videoTrackCount > 0 || audioTrackCount == 0
                     }
                 }