diff --git a/src/SharpEmu.Libs/AvPlayer/AvPlayerExports.cs b/src/SharpEmu.Libs/AvPlayer/AvPlayerExports.cs
index 4e201bd..2c2ccb2 100644
--- a/src/SharpEmu.Libs/AvPlayer/AvPlayerExports.cs
+++ b/src/SharpEmu.Libs/AvPlayer/AvPlayerExports.cs
@@ -541,7 +541,9 @@ public static class AvPlayerExports
             {
                 Handle = handle,
                 IsGen5 = IsGen5Target(ctx.TargetGeneration),
-                AutoStart = TryReadByte(ctx, initDataAddress + autoStartOffset, out var autoStart) && autoStart != 0,
+                AutoStart = StartsAutomatically(
+                    TryReadByte(ctx, initDataAddress + autoStartOffset, out var autoStart) && autoStart != 0,
+                    TryReadUInt64(ctx, initDataAddress + 88, out var eventCallbackForStart) ? eventCallbackForStart : 0),
                 GuestBuffers = new ulong[ReadOutputVideoFrameBufferCount(
                     ctx,
                     initDataAddress,
@@ -615,7 +617,9 @@ public static class AvPlayerExports
             {
                 Handle = handle,
                 IsGen5 = IsGen5Target(ctx.TargetGeneration),
-                AutoStart = TryReadByte(ctx, initDataAddress + autoStartOffset, out var autoStart) && autoStart != 0,
+                AutoStart = StartsAutomatically(
+                    TryReadByte(ctx, initDataAddress + autoStartOffset, out var autoStart) && autoStart != 0,
+                    TryReadUInt64(ctx, initDataAddress + 96, out var eventCallbackForStart) ? eventCallbackForStart : 0),
                 GuestBuffers = new ulong[ReadOutputVideoFrameBufferCount(
                     ctx,
                     initDataAddress,
@@ -2620,6 +2624,13 @@ public static class AvPlayerExports
     internal static bool IsGen5Target(Generation generation) =>
         (generation & Generation.Gen5) != 0;
 
+    // A player plays on its own once its source is ready when the title asks for autoStart or
+    // registers no event callback: without one nothing could observe the ready state and start
+    // it. Such a title never calls sceAvPlayerStart and waits for the player to go inactive at the
+    // end of the stream, so leaving it unstarted kept it active forever.
+    internal static bool StartsAutomatically(bool autoStartRequested, ulong eventCallback) =>
+        autoStartRequested || eventCallback == 0;
+
     internal static ulong GetAutoStartOffset(Generation generation, bool extended) =>
         IsGen5Target(generation)
             ? extended ? 116UL : 108UL
diff --git a/tests/SharpEmu.Libs.Tests/AvPlayer/AvPlayerAbiTests.cs b/tests/SharpEmu.Libs.Tests/AvPlayer/AvPlayerAbiTests.cs
index f6dc735..0643e54 100644
--- a/tests/SharpEmu.Libs.Tests/AvPlayer/AvPlayerAbiTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SharpEmu.Libs.Tests/AvPlayer/AvPlayerAbiTests.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Tests.AvPlayer;
 
 public sealed class AvPlayerAbiTests
 {
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(true, 0x1000UL, true)]
+    [InlineData(false, 0UL, true)]
+    [InlineData(true, 0UL, true)]
+    [InlineData(false, 0x1000UL, false)]
+    public void APlayerWithoutAnEventCallbackStartsOnItsOwn(bool autoStartRequested, ulong eventCallback, bool expected)
+    {
+        // Only a title that registers an event callback can see the ready state and call Start;
+        // without one the player plays by itself, ends, and reports inactive.
+        Assert.Equal(expected, AvPlayerExports.StartsAutomatically(autoStartRequested, eventCallback));
+    }
+
     [Theory]
     [InlineData(Generation.Gen4, false, 108UL)]
     [InlineData(Generation.Gen5, false, 108UL)]