diff --git a/JellyfinPlugin/Api/BlackBarService.cs b/JellyfinPlugin/Api/BlackBarService.cs
index cd47316..faf6521 100644
--- a/JellyfinPlugin/Api/BlackBarService.cs
+++ b/JellyfinPlugin/Api/BlackBarService.cs
@@ -70,8 +70,13 @@ namespace JellyfinPlugin.Api
     console.log('Black Bar Remover: Script loaded');
     let currentItemId = null;
     let interceptedItemId = null;
+    let currentCropData = null;
+    window._currentPlayMethod = null;
 
     function isTranscoding() {
+        if (window._currentPlayMethod === 'Transcode' || window._currentPlayMethod === 'DirectStream') {
+            return true;
+        }
         try {
             if (window.playbackManager) {
                 const currentPlayer = window.playbackManager.getCurrentPlayer();
@@ -99,7 +104,7 @@ namespace JellyfinPlugin.Api
         if (!video) return;
 
         if (isTranscoding()) {
-            console.log('Black Bar Remover: Video is transcoded by server, skipping CSS crop.');
+            console.log('Black Bar Remover: Video is transcoded by server (PlayMethod:', window._currentPlayMethod, '), skipping CSS crop.');
             video.style.clipPath = '';
             video.style.transform = '';
             return;
@@ -137,6 +142,7 @@ namespace JellyfinPlugin.Api
             .then(crop => {
                 console.log('Black Bar Remover: Received crop data:', crop);
                 if (crop) {
+                    currentCropData = crop;
                     setTimeout(() => applyCrop(crop), 500);
                     setTimeout(() => applyCrop(crop), 2000);
                 }
@@ -148,17 +154,37 @@ namespace JellyfinPlugin.Api
         window._originalFetch = window.fetch;
         window.fetch = async function(...args) {
             const url = typeof args[0] === 'string' ? args[0] : (args[0] && args[0].url);
-            if (url) {
+            if (url && typeof url === 'string') {
                 const match = url.match(/\/Items\/([a-f0-9]{32}|[a-f0-9\-]{36})/i);
                 if (match) {
                     const id = match[1];
                     if (id && id !== interceptedItemId) {
                         interceptedItemId = id;
+                        window._currentPlayMethod = null;
                         console.log('Black Bar Remover: Intercepted itemId from fetch:', id);
                     }
                 }
             }
-            return window._originalFetch.apply(this, args);
+
+            const res = await window._originalFetch.apply(this, args);
+
+            if (url && typeof url === 'string' && url.includes('/PlaybackInfo')) {
+                try {
+                    const clone = res.clone();
+                    clone.json().then(data => {
+                        if (data && data.MediaSources && data.MediaSources[0]) {
+                            const ms = data.MediaSources[0];
+                            window._currentPlayMethod = ms.PlayMethod || (ms.TranscodingUrl ? 'Transcode' : 'DirectPlay');
+                            console.log('Black Bar Remover: PlayMethod from fetch PlaybackInfo:', window._currentPlayMethod);
+                            if (currentCropData) {
+                                applyCrop(currentCropData);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }).catch(e => {});
+                } catch(e) {}
+            }
+
+            return res;
         };
     }
     
@@ -174,9 +200,25 @@ namespace JellyfinPlugin.Api
                         const id = match[1];
                         if (id && id !== interceptedItemId) {
                             interceptedItemId = id;
+                            window._currentPlayMethod = null;
                             console.log('Black Bar Remover: Intercepted itemId from XHR:', id);
                         }
                     }
+                    if (url.includes('/PlaybackInfo')) {
+                        xhr.addEventListener('load', function() {
+                            try {
+                                const data = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
+                                if (data && data.MediaSources && data.MediaSources[0]) {
+                                    const ms = data.MediaSources[0];
+                                    window._currentPlayMethod = ms.PlayMethod || (ms.TranscodingUrl ? 'Transcode' : 'DirectPlay');
+                                    console.log('Black Bar Remover: PlayMethod from XHR PlaybackInfo:', window._currentPlayMethod);
+                                    if (currentCropData) {
+                                        applyCrop(currentCropData);
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            } catch(e) {}
+                        });
+                    }
                 }
                 return originalOpen.apply(this, [method, url, ...rest]);
             };