diff --git a/src/components/player/README.md b/src/components/player/README.md
index d85289fd..404e138a 100644
--- a/src/components/player/README.md
+++ b/src/components/player/README.md
@@ -9,8 +9,23 @@ These parts can be used to build any shape of a video player.
 
 # internal parts
 These parts are internally used, they aren't exported. Do not use them outside of player internals.
-- `/display` - display interface, abstraction on how to actually play the content (e.g Video element, HLS player, Standard video element, etc)
-- `/internals` - Internal components that are always rendered on every player.
-- `/utils` - miscellaneous logic
-- `/hooks` - hooks only used for video player
-- `~/src/stores/player` - state for the video player. Should only be used by internal parts
+
+### `/display`
+The display interface, abstraction on how to actually play the content (e.g Video element, chrome casting, etc)
+ - It must be completely seperate from any react code
+ - It must not interact with state, pass async data back with events
+
+### `/internals`
+Internal components that are always rendered on every player.
+ - Only components that are always present on the player instance, they must never unmount
+
+### `/utils`
+miscellaneous logic, put anything that is unique to the video player internals.
+
+### `/hooks`
+Hooks only used for video player.
+ - only exception is usePlayer, as its used outside of the player to control the player
+
+### `~/src/stores/player`
+State for the video player.
+ - Only parts related to the video player may utilize the state
diff --git a/src/components/player/atoms/pause.tsx b/src/components/player/atoms/pause.tsx
index f04e9232..752fdcc4 100644
--- a/src/components/player/atoms/pause.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/atoms/pause.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+import { usePlayerStore } from "@/stores/player/store";
+
 export function Pause() {
-  return <button type="button" />;
+  const display = usePlayerStore((s) => s.display);
+  const { isPaused } = usePlayerStore((s) => s.mediaPlaying);
+
+  const toggle = () => {
+    if (isPaused) display?.play();
+    else display?.pause();
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <button type="button" onClick={toggle}>
+      play/pause
+    </button>
+  );
 }
diff --git a/src/components/player/display/base.ts b/src/components/player/display/base.ts
index cb0ff5c3..63737b76 100644
--- a/src/components/player/display/base.ts
+++ b/src/components/player/display/base.ts
@@ -1 +1,45 @@
-export {};
+import {
+  DisplayInterface,
+  DisplayInterfaceEvents,
+} from "@/components/player/display/displayInterface";
+import { Source } from "@/components/player/hooks/usePlayer";
+import { makeEmitter } from "@/utils/events";
+
+export function makeVideoElementDisplayInterface(): DisplayInterface {
+  const { emit, on, off } = makeEmitter<DisplayInterfaceEvents>();
+  let source: Source | null = null;
+  let videoElement: HTMLVideoElement | null = null;
+
+  function setSource() {
+    if (!videoElement || !source) return;
+    videoElement.src = source.url;
+    videoElement.addEventListener("play", () => emit("play", undefined));
+    videoElement.addEventListener("pause", () => emit("pause", undefined));
+  }
+
+  return {
+    on,
+    off,
+
+    // no need to destroy anything
+    destroy: () => {},
+
+    load(newSource) {
+      source = newSource;
+      setSource();
+    },
+
+    processVideoElement(video) {
+      videoElement = video;
+      setSource();
+    },
+
+    pause() {
+      videoElement?.pause();
+    },
+
+    play() {
+      videoElement?.play();
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/components/player/display/displayInterface.ts b/src/components/player/display/displayInterface.ts
index 0ce4cfdf..4dff00d9 100644
--- a/src/components/player/display/displayInterface.ts
+++ b/src/components/player/display/displayInterface.ts
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ export interface DisplayInterface extends Listener<DisplayInterfaceEvents> {
   play(): void;
   pause(): void;
   load(source: Source): void;
+  processVideoElement(video: HTMLVideoElement): void;
+  destroy(): void;
 }
diff --git a/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayer.ts b/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayer.ts
index 0db61398..9b5301fa 100644
--- a/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayer.ts
+++ b/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayer.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ export interface Source {
 
 export function usePlayer() {
   const setStatus = usePlayerStore((s) => s.setStatus);
-  const setSource = usePlayerStore((s) => s.setSource);
+  const status = usePlayerStore((s) => s.status);
+  const display = usePlayerStore((s) => s.display);
 
   return {
+    status,
     playMedia(source: Source) {
-      setSource(source.url, source.type);
+      display?.load(source);
       setStatus(playerStatus.PLAYING);
     },
   };
diff --git a/src/components/player/internals/VideoContainer.tsx b/src/components/player/internals/VideoContainer.tsx
index 39076e67..59679181 100644
--- a/src/components/player/internals/VideoContainer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/internals/VideoContainer.tsx
@@ -1,36 +1,46 @@
-import { RefObject, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 
-import { MWStreamType } from "@/backend/helpers/streams";
-import { SourceSliceSource } from "@/stores/player/slices/source";
-import { AllSlices } from "@/stores/player/slices/types";
+import { makeVideoElementDisplayInterface } from "@/components/player/display/base";
+import { playerStatus } from "@/stores/player/slices/source";
 import { usePlayerStore } from "@/stores/player/store";
 
-// should this video container show right now?
-function useShouldShow(source: SourceSliceSource | null): boolean {
-  if (!source) return false;
-  if (source.type !== MWStreamType.MP4) return false;
+// initialize display interface
+function useDisplayInterface() {
+  const display = usePlayerStore((s) => s.display);
+  const setDisplay = usePlayerStore((s) => s.setDisplay);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!display) {
+      setDisplay(makeVideoElementDisplayInterface());
+    }
+  }, [display, setDisplay]);
+}
+
+function useShouldShowVideoElement() {
+  const status = usePlayerStore((s) => s.status);
+
+  if (status !== playerStatus.PLAYING) return false;
   return true;
 }
 
-// make video element up to par with the state
-function useRestoreVideo(
-  videoRef: RefObject<HTMLVideoElement>,
-  player: AllSlices
-) {
+function VideoElement() {
+  const videoEl = useRef<HTMLVideoElement>(null);
+  const display = usePlayerStore((s) => s.display);
+
+  // report video element to display interface
   useEffect(() => {
-    const el = videoRef.current;
-    const src = player.source?.url ?? "";
-    if (!el) return;
-    if (el.src !== src) el.src = src;
-  }, [player.source?.url, videoRef]);
+    if (display && videoEl.current) {
+      display.processVideoElement(videoEl.current);
+    }
+  }, [display, videoEl]);
+
+  return <video autoPlay ref={videoEl} />;
 }
 
 export function VideoContainer() {
-  const videoEl = useRef<HTMLVideoElement>(null);
-  const player = usePlayerStore();
-  useRestoreVideo(videoEl, player);
-  const show = useShouldShow(player.source);
+  const show = useShouldShowVideoElement();
+  useDisplayInterface();
 
   if (!show) return null;
-  return <video autoPlay ref={videoEl} />;
+  return <VideoElement />;
 }
diff --git a/src/pages/PlayerView.tsx b/src/pages/PlayerView.tsx
index d81b7f0a..b31efc1d 100644
--- a/src/pages/PlayerView.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/PlayerView.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,30 @@
+import { MWStreamType } from "@/backend/helpers/streams";
 import { Player } from "@/components/player";
+import { usePlayer } from "@/components/player/hooks/usePlayer";
+import { playerStatus } from "@/stores/player/slices/source";
 
 export function PlayerView() {
+  const { status, playMedia } = usePlayer();
+
+  function scrape() {
+    playMedia({
+      type: MWStreamType.MP4,
+      url: "http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4",
+    });
+  }
+
   return (
     <Player.Container>
       <Player.Pause />
+
+      {status === playerStatus.IDLE ? (
+        <div>
+          <p>Its now scraping</p>
+          <button type="button" onClick={scrape}>
+            Finish scraping
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      ) : null}
     </Player.Container>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/pages/developer/VideoTesterView.tsx b/src/pages/developer/VideoTesterView.tsx
index 0141a955..93ea5104 100644
--- a/src/pages/developer/VideoTesterView.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/developer/VideoTesterView.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,5 @@
-import { useEffect } from "react";
-
-import { MWStreamType } from "@/backend/helpers/streams";
-import { usePlayer } from "@/components/player/hooks/usePlayer";
 import { PlayerView } from "@/pages/PlayerView";
 
 export default function VideoTesterView() {
-  const player = usePlayer();
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    player.playMedia({
-      type: MWStreamType.MP4,
-      url: "http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4",
-    });
-  });
-
   return <PlayerView />;
 }
diff --git a/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts b/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts
index d62466ed..e511b001 100644
--- a/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts
+++ b/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { MWStreamType } from "@/backend/helpers/streams";
+import { DisplayInterface } from "@/components/player/display/displayInterface";
 import { MakeSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/types";
 import { ValuesOf } from "@/utils/typeguard";
 
@@ -18,13 +19,16 @@ export interface SourceSliceSource {
 export interface SourceSlice {
   status: PlayerStatus;
   source: SourceSliceSource | null;
+  display: DisplayInterface | null;
   setStatus(status: PlayerStatus): void;
   setSource(url: string, type: MWStreamType): void;
+  setDisplay(display: DisplayInterface): void;
 }
 
-export const createSourceSlice: MakeSlice<SourceSlice> = (set) => ({
+export const createSourceSlice: MakeSlice<SourceSlice> = (set, get) => ({
   source: null,
   status: playerStatus.IDLE,
+  display: null,
   setStatus(status: PlayerStatus) {
     set((s) => {
       s.status = status;
@@ -38,4 +42,26 @@ export const createSourceSlice: MakeSlice<SourceSlice> = (set) => ({
       };
     });
   },
+  setDisplay(newDisplay: DisplayInterface) {
+    const display = get().display;
+    if (display) display.destroy();
+
+    // make display events update the state
+    newDisplay.on("pause", () =>
+      set((s) => {
+        s.mediaPlaying.isPaused = true;
+        s.mediaPlaying.isPlaying = false;
+      })
+    );
+    newDisplay.on("play", () =>
+      set((s) => {
+        s.mediaPlaying.isPaused = false;
+        s.mediaPlaying.isPlaying = true;
+      })
+    );
+
+    set((s) => {
+      s.display = newDisplay;
+    });
+  },
 });
diff --git a/src/utils/events.ts b/src/utils/events.ts
index 820fea87..d824ad3f 100644
--- a/src/utils/events.ts
+++ b/src/utils/events.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export interface Emitter<T extends EventMap> {
 
 export interface Listener<T extends EventMap> {
   on<K extends EventKey<T>>(eventName: K, fn: EventReceiver<T[K]>): void;
+  off<K extends EventKey<T>>(eventName: K, fn: EventReceiver<T[K]>): void;
 }
 
 export function makeEmitter<T extends EventMap>(): Emitter<T> {