diff --git a/.devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bed109a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal:2",
+  "postCreateCommand": "sudo chown $(whoami) /opt/android/",
+  "features": {
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/java:latest": {
+      "version": "17"
+    },
+    "ghcr.io/akhildevelops/devcontainer-features/android-cli:0": {}
+  },
+  "customizations": {
+    "vscode": {
+      "extensions": [
+        "fwcd.kotlin"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
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 2067eb04..e46bd885 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
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ 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
@@ -509,7 +510,8 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
     override fun onPause() {
         Log.i(TAG, "onPause")
         saveData()
-        exoPlayer?.pause()
+        if (shouldPauseUnfocused)
+            exoPlayer?.pause()
         //releasePlayer()
     }
 
@@ -964,6 +966,11 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
                         embeddedSubtitlesFetched?.invoke(exoPlayerReportedTracks)
                         onTracksInfoChanged?.invoke()
                         subtitlesUpdates?.invoke()
+
+                        // 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
                     }
                 }