diff --git a/packages/player/src/controls.test.ts b/packages/player/src/controls.test.ts
index ffc86f83a5..d41e29565c 100644
--- a/packages/player/src/controls.test.ts
+++ b/packages/player/src/controls.test.ts
@@ -103,3 +103,65 @@ describe("createControls playback speed name", () => {
     api.destroy();
   });
 });
+
+describe("createControls idle hide", () => {
+  function setup() {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    const host = document.createElement("div");
+    document.body.appendChild(host);
+    const api = createControls(host, noopCallbacks());
+    const controls = host.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".hfp-controls")!;
+    return { host, api, controls };
+  }
+
+  it("hides after 3 s of no input while playing, and returns on movement", () => {
+    const { host, api, controls } = setup();
+    api.updatePlaying(true);
+    host.dispatchEvent(new Event("mousemove"));
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(3000);
+    expect(controls.classList.contains("hfp-hidden")).toBe(true);
+    host.dispatchEvent(new Event("mousemove"));
+    expect(controls.classList.contains("hfp-hidden")).toBe(false);
+    api.destroy();
+    host.remove();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  it("stays visible while paused or while a control has focus", () => {
+    const { host, api, controls } = setup();
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(5000);
+    expect(controls.classList.contains("hfp-hidden")).toBe(false);
+    api.updatePlaying(true);
+    controls.querySelector<HTMLElement>("button")!.focus();
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(5000);
+    expect(controls.classList.contains("hfp-hidden")).toBe(false);
+    api.destroy();
+    host.remove();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  it("comes back on a key press and stays visible until idle again", () => {
+    const { host, api, controls } = setup();
+    api.updatePlaying(true);
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(3000);
+    host.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "ArrowRight" }));
+    expect(controls.classList.contains("hfp-hidden")).toBe(false);
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(2999);
+    expect(controls.classList.contains("hfp-hidden")).toBe(false);
+    api.destroy();
+    host.remove();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  it("restarting playback state does not push the hide back", () => {
+    const { host, api, controls } = setup();
+    api.updatePlaying(true);
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(2000);
+    api.updatePlaying(true);
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(1000);
+    expect(controls.classList.contains("hfp-hidden")).toBe(true);
+    api.destroy();
+    host.remove();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/player/src/controls.ts b/packages/player/src/controls.ts
index 2cef825a68..b6485b63b9 100644
--- a/packages/player/src/controls.ts
+++ b/packages/player/src/controls.ts
@@ -338,22 +338,25 @@ export function createControls(
   document.addEventListener("touchmove", onTouchMove, { passive: true });
   document.addEventListener("touchend", onTouchEnd);
 
-  const startHideTimer = () => {
+  const canHide = () =>
+    isPlaying && !scrubbing && !volumeScrubbing && !controls.querySelector(":focus-visible");
+
+  const reveal = () => {
+    controls.classList.remove("hfp-hidden");
     if (hideTimeout) clearTimeout(hideTimeout);
     hideTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
-      if (isPlaying) controls.classList.add("hfp-hidden");
+      if (canHide()) controls.classList.add("hfp-hidden");
     }, 3000);
   };
 
   const host = parent instanceof ShadowRoot ? (parent.host as HTMLElement) : parent;
-  const onHostMouseMove = () => {
-    controls.classList.remove("hfp-hidden");
-    startHideTimer();
-  };
+  const onHostActivity = () => reveal();
   const onHostMouseLeave = () => {
-    if (isPlaying) controls.classList.add("hfp-hidden");
+    if (canHide()) controls.classList.add("hfp-hidden");
   };
-  host.addEventListener("mousemove", onHostMouseMove);
+  host.addEventListener("mousemove", onHostActivity);
+  host.addEventListener("keydown", onHostActivity);
+  host.addEventListener("focusin", onHostActivity);
   host.addEventListener("mouseleave", onHostMouseLeave);
 
   return {
@@ -365,11 +368,14 @@ export function createControls(
       time.textContent = `${formatTime(clampedCurrent)} / ${formatTime(duration)}`;
     },
     updatePlaying(playing: boolean) {
+      const changed = playing !== isPlaying;
       isPlaying = playing;
       playBtn.classList.toggle("hfp-playing", playing);
       playBtn.setAttribute("aria-label", playing ? "Pause" : "Play");
-      if (playing) startHideTimer();
-      else controls.classList.remove("hfp-hidden");
+      if (!playing) {
+        if (hideTimeout) clearTimeout(hideTimeout);
+        controls.classList.remove("hfp-hidden");
+      } else if (changed) reveal();
     },
     updateSpeed(speed: number) {
       const idx = presets.indexOf(speed);
@@ -408,7 +414,9 @@ export function createControls(
       document.removeEventListener("touchmove", onVolumeTouchMove);
       document.removeEventListener("touchend", onVolumeTouchEnd);
       document.removeEventListener("click", onDocClick);
-      host.removeEventListener("mousemove", onHostMouseMove);
+      host.removeEventListener("mousemove", onHostActivity);
+      host.removeEventListener("keydown", onHostActivity);
+      host.removeEventListener("focusin", onHostActivity);
       host.removeEventListener("mouseleave", onHostMouseLeave);
       if (hideTimeout) clearTimeout(hideTimeout);
       controls.remove();
diff --git a/packages/player/src/parent-media.test.ts b/packages/player/src/parent-media.test.ts
index 2182813c3f..3a34d5329b 100644
--- a/packages/player/src/parent-media.test.ts
+++ b/packages/player/src/parent-media.test.ts
@@ -597,3 +597,36 @@ describe("ParentMediaManager drift policy", () => {
     expect(writes[1]).toBeCloseTo(mediaElementTime(5.43 + 0.23), 9);
   });
 });
+
+describe("proxy crossorigin", () => {
+  it.each(["audio", "video"] as const)("a %s proxy carries its source's crossorigin", (tag) => {
+    const created: HTMLMediaElement[] = [];
+    const real = document.createElement.bind(document);
+    vi.spyOn(document, "createElement").mockImplementation((t: string) => {
+      const el = real(t);
+      if (t === "video") created.push(el as HTMLMediaElement);
+      return el;
+    });
+    const OrigAudio = globalThis.Audio;
+    globalThis.Audio = function () {
+      const el = real("audio");
+      created.push(el);
+      return el;
+    } as unknown as typeof Audio;
+    const source = real(tag);
+    source.setAttribute("crossorigin", "anonymous");
+    const parent = Object.create(ParentMediaManager.prototype) as ParentMediaManager;
+    Object.assign(parent, {
+      _entries: [],
+      _urlTaken: () => false,
+      _getMuted: () => false,
+      _getVolume: () => 1,
+      _getPlaybackRate: () => 1,
+    });
+    (parent as any)._createEntry("https://x/a.mp3", tag, 0, 5, source);
+    const proxy = created.find((e) => e.tagName.toLowerCase() === tag)!;
+    globalThis.Audio = OrigAudio;
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+    expect(proxy.getAttribute("crossorigin")).toBe("anonymous");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/player/src/parent-media.ts b/packages/player/src/parent-media.ts
index 3781b341a9..3c73bcb478 100644
--- a/packages/player/src/parent-media.ts
+++ b/packages/player/src/parent-media.ts
@@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ export class ParentMediaManager {
 
     const el = tag === "video" ? document.createElement("video") : new Audio();
     el.preload = "auto";
+    const crossOrigin = source?.getAttribute("crossorigin");
+    if (crossOrigin != null) el.setAttribute("crossorigin", crossOrigin);
     el.src = src;
     el.load();
     el.muted = this._getMuted();