diff --git a/cmd/helpers.go b/cmd/helpers.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08d7aff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helpers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package cmd
+
+import "time"
+
+func videoPercentageWatched(pos time.Duration, dur time.Duration) float64 {
+	var percentage float64
+	if dur.Milliseconds() > 0 {
+		percentage = (float64(pos.Milliseconds()) / float64(dur.Milliseconds())) * 100
+	}
+
+	return percentage
+}
diff --git a/cmd/player.go b/cmd/player.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b41fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/player.go
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+)
+
+const (
+	playerMaxTitleLength = 30
+)
+
+var (
+	regexpPosDur = regexp.MustCompile(`AV: (\d+):(\d+):(\d+) \/ (\d+):(\d+):(\d+)`)
+)
+
+type playerModel struct {
+	entry          *feedEntry
+	isPlayingVideo bool
+
+	// video information
+	videoDuration time.Duration
+	videoPosition time.Duration
+
+	// TODO: make this smarter
+	// finished entries to send messages about
+	finishedEntries []int64
+
+	sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+func (m *playerModel) Init() tea.Cmd {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m *playerModel) playEntry(f feedEntry) tea.Cmd {
+	if m.isPlayingVideo == true {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	m.entry = &f
+
+	if m.entry != nil && m.isPlayingVideo == false {
+		go m.playVideo(context.Background(), m.entry.Link)
+	} else {
+		// TODO: we are already playing something, we should not allow this
+		// return MsgTick(time.Now())
+
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m *playerModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
+	switch msg := msg.(type) {
+	case MsgPlayEntry:
+		f := feedEntry(msg)
+		return m, m.playEntry(f)
+	}
+
+	// send message because it is finished
+	m.Lock()
+	defer m.Unlock()
+	if len(m.finishedEntries) > 0 {
+		watchedEntryID := m.finishedEntries[0]
+		m.finishedEntries = m.finishedEntries[1:]
+		return m, func() tea.Msg { return MsgWatchedEntry(watchedEntryID) }
+	}
+
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+func (m *playerModel) View() string {
+	if m.isPlayingVideo && m.entry != nil {
+		timePos := time.Time{}.Add(m.videoPosition)
+		timeDur := time.Time{}.Add(m.videoDuration)
+
+		// truncate name if needed
+		name := m.entry.Name
+		if len(name) > playerMaxTitleLength {
+			name = name[0:playerMaxTitleLength] + "..."
+		}
+
+		return fmt.Sprintf("Playing: %s (%s/%s %.1f%%)",
+			name,
+			timePos.Format(time.TimeOnly),
+			timeDur.Format(time.TimeOnly),
+			videoPercentageWatched(m.videoPosition, m.videoDuration),
+		)
+
+	}
+
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (m *playerModel) finishedVideo() {
+	m.Lock()
+	defer m.Unlock()
+
+	m.isPlayingVideo = false
+
+	if videoPercentageWatched(m.videoPosition, m.videoDuration) > 90.0 {
+		m.finishedEntries = append(m.finishedEntries, m.entry.ID)
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *playerModel) playVideo(ctx context.Context, url string) (bool, error) {
+	m.Lock()
+	m.isPlayingVideo = true
+	m.Unlock()
+
+	defer m.finishedVideo()
+
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "mpv", url)
+	output, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	err = cmd.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	s := bufio.NewScanner(output)
+	go func(s *bufio.Scanner) {
+		var finishedVideo bool
+		for s.Scan() {
+			t := s.Text()
+			if strings.Contains(t, "End of file") {
+				finishedVideo = true
+			} else if strings.HasPrefix(t, "AV: ") {
+				matches := regexpPosDur.FindStringSubmatch(t)
+				posh, _ := strconv.Atoi(matches[1])
+				posm, _ := strconv.Atoi(matches[2])
+				poss, _ := strconv.Atoi(matches[3])
+				durh, _ := strconv.Atoi(matches[4])
+				durm, _ := strconv.Atoi(matches[5])
+				durs, _ := strconv.Atoi(matches[6])
+
+				m.videoPosition = time.Duration((posh*60*60 + posm*60 + poss) * int(time.Second))
+				m.videoDuration = time.Duration((durh*60*60 + durm*60 + durs) * int(time.Second))
+			}
+		}
+		_ = finishedVideo
+	}(s)
+
+	return false, cmd.Wait()
+}