diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 89641f0e..c5df5c44 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,6 +88,19 @@ The two Windows files differ only in that one installs and one does not — `-se
 
 Every syntax Markpad renders is in one document — [**download `markdown-syntax.md`**](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sftwrdotdev/Markpad/master/samples/markdown-syntax.md) and open it in Markpad: the preview shows each feature working, the editor beside it shows how each one is written ([read it on GitHub](samples/markdown-syntax.md) first if you like). Give the same file to an AI and it knows exactly what Markpad can render: ask it to reformat a document you already have, or to write a new one that uses the whole range — callouts, tables, footnotes, maths, diagrams — and open the result here.
 
+## Local video and audio
+
+Raw HTML players resolve local paths relative to the Markdown document, including `../` references and local `file:` URLs:
+
+```html
+<video controls playsinline src="clips/demo.mp4" style="max-width: 100%"></video>
+<video controls>
+  <source src="clips/demo.mp4" type="video/mp4">
+</video>
+```
+
+The same handling applies to `<audio>` and its `<source>` elements. Controls, dimensions and inline styles are preserved. Media on another UNC host is not loaded; iframe, embed and object elements remain disallowed.
+
 ## Installation from source
 
 - Clone the repository
diff --git a/scripts/preview.spec.ts b/scripts/preview.spec.ts
index 02729785..599cc566 100644
--- a/scripts/preview.spec.ts
+++ b/scripts/preview.spec.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,105 @@ import blocks from './fixtures/markdown-syntax.blocks.json';
 import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
 import { readSource } from './sourceTree.js';
 
+describe('local media paths in the preview', () => {
+	const PATH = 'C:\\notes\\profiles\\core\\person\\memoirs\\day.md';
+	const asset = (path: string) => `http://asset.localhost/${encodeURIComponent(path)}`;
+	let previous: PropertyDescriptor | undefined;
+
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		previous = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(window, '__TAURI_INTERNALS__');
+		Object.defineProperty(window, '__TAURI_INTERNALS__', {
+			configurable: true,
+			value: { convertFileSrc: asset },
+		});
+	});
+
+	afterEach(() => {
+		if (previous) Object.defineProperty(window, '__TAURI_INTERNALS__', previous);
+		else Reflect.deleteProperty(window, '__TAURI_INTERNALS__');
+	});
+
+	function render(markup: string, path = PATH): HTMLDivElement {
+		const host = document.createElement('div');
+		patchPreview(host, markup, path, new Set());
+		return host;
+	}
+
+	test('video and audio sources resolve against the document, not the webview', () => {
+		for (const markup of [
+			'<video controls src="clips/small.mp4"></video>',
+			'<video controls><source src="clips/small.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video>',
+			'<audio controls src="clips/small.mp4"></audio>',
+			'<audio controls><source src="clips/small.mp4" type="audio/mp4"></audio>',
+			'<p><img src="clips/small.mp4"></p>',
+		]) {
+			const host = render(markup);
+			expect(host.querySelector('[src]')?.getAttribute('src')).toBe(
+				asset('C:/notes/profiles/core/person/memoirs/clips/small.mp4'),
+			);
+			expect(host.querySelector('img')).toBeNull();
+		}
+	});
+
+	test('dot segments, encoded filenames and absolute file URLs name the right file', () => {
+		for (const [src, expected] of [
+			['./clips/small.mp4', 'C:/notes/profiles/core/person/memoirs/clips/small.mp4'],
+			['../../../../media/shorts/clips/small.mp4', 'C:/notes/media/shorts/clips/small.mp4'],
+			['clips/a%20b%23c.mp4', 'C:/notes/profiles/core/person/memoirs/clips/a b#c.mp4'],
+			['file:///C:/notes/clips/small.mp4', 'C:/notes/clips/small.mp4'],
+			['C:\\notes\\clips\\small.mp4', 'C:\\notes\\clips\\small.mp4'],
+		]) {
+			expect(render(`<video controls src="${src}"></video>`).querySelector('video')?.getAttribute('src'))
+				.toBe(asset(expected));
+		}
+	});
+
+	test('a rewritten player retains controls, inline playback, preload and author styling', () => {
+		const markup = '<video controls playsinline preload="metadata" width="320" style="opacity: 0.9" src="clips/small.mp4"></video>';
+		const host = render(markup);
+		const video = host.querySelector('video')!;
+		for (const name of ['controls', 'playsinline']) expect(video.hasAttribute(name)).toBe(true);
+		expect(video.getAttribute('preload')).toBe('metadata');
+		expect(video.getAttribute('width')).toBe('320');
+		expect(video.style.opacity).toBe('0.9');
+		expect(host.innerHTML).toBe(sanitizeMarkdownHtml(processMarkdownHtml(markup, PATH, new Set())));
+	});
+
+	test('asset URLs are not converted twice and network URLs are left to the existing policy', () => {
+		for (const src of [
+			asset('C:/notes/clips/small.mp4'),
+			'asset://localhost/clip.mp4',
+			'https://example.com/clip.mp4',
+		]) {
+			expect(render(`<video controls src="${src}"></video>`).querySelector('video')?.getAttribute('src')).toBe(src);
+		}
+	});
+
+	test('raw media cannot load a different UNC host, including through file URLs', () => {
+		for (const src of [
+			'//other.example/share/clip.mp4',
+			'%5C%5Cother.example%5Cshare%5Cclip.mp4',
+			'file://other.example/share/clip.mp4',
+		]) {
+			for (const markup of [
+				`<video controls src="${src}"></video>`,
+				`<video controls><source src="${src}" type="video/mp4"></video>`,
+			]) {
+				expect(render(markup).querySelector('[src]')).toBeNull();
+			}
+		}
+		expect(render('<video src="clips/small.mp4"></video>', '//server/share/doc.md')
+			.querySelector('video')?.getAttribute('src')).toBe(asset('//server/share/clips/small.mp4'));
+	});
+
+	test('media support does not admit script URLs, event handlers or plugin embeds', () => {
+		const host = render('<video src="javascript:alert(1)" onerror="alert(1)"></video><iframe src="clips/small.mp4"></iframe><embed src="clips/small.mp4"><object data="clips/small.mp4"></object>');
+		expect(host.querySelector('video')?.hasAttribute('src')).toBe(false);
+		expect(host.querySelector('video')?.hasAttribute('onerror')).toBe(false);
+		expect(host.querySelector('iframe, embed, object')).toBeNull();
+	});
+});
+
 /**
  * Clicking a code block's Copy label twice within 1.5 s left it reading
  * "Copied!" for good: the second click saved "Copied!" as the label to restore.
diff --git a/scripts/preview.test.ts b/scripts/preview.test.ts
index 03ead60b..b12493ea 100644
--- a/scripts/preview.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/preview.test.ts
@@ -948,6 +948,14 @@ describe('webview permissions the preview depends on', () => {
 	};
 	const csp = tauriConf.app.security.csp;
 
+	test('the CSP permits media from both platform spellings of the local asset protocol', () => {
+		const sources = (csp['media-src'] ?? csp['default-src']).split(/\s+/);
+		for (const source of ["'self'", 'asset:', 'http://asset.localhost']) {
+			assert.ok(sources.includes(source), `media policy does not permit ${source}`);
+		}
+		assert.ok(!sources.includes('*'));
+	});
+
 	test('the capability still grants the command this depends on', () => {
 		// `open_path` needs both the command grant and a path scope. Granting the
 		// command alone leaves the plugin resolving
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 6a492e69..47b66e89 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         "script-src": "'self' 'unsafe-inline'",
         "style-src": "'self' 'unsafe-inline'",
         "img-src": "'self' asset: https: http://asset.localhost blob: data:",
+        "media-src": "'self' asset: http://asset.localhost",
         "connect-src": "'self'",
         "font-src": "'self'"
       },
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/markdown.ts b/src/lib/utils/markdown.ts
index 6f78dbfc..b3335908 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/markdown.ts
@@ -698,6 +698,44 @@ export function processMarkdownHtml(
 /** `+` or `-`, on a foldable callout: what the document opens it as. */
 const CALLOUT_FOLD_ATTR = "data-callout-fold";
 
+function resolveElementSrc(element: Element, filePath: string): string | null {
+	const src = element.getAttribute("src");
+	if (!src) return src;
+	const isFileUrl = /^file:/i.test(src);
+	if (!isFileUrl && /^[a-z][a-z0-9+.-]*:/i.test(src) && !/^[a-z]:[\\/]/i.test(src))
+		return src;
+
+	try {
+		let decodedSrc = decodeURIComponent(src);
+		if (isFileUrl) {
+			const url = new URL(src);
+			decodedSrc = decodeURIComponent(url.pathname);
+			if (url.hostname && url.hostname !== "localhost")
+				decodedSrc = `//${url.hostname}${decodedSrc}`;
+			else if (/^\/[a-z]:\//i.test(decodedSrc))
+				decodedSrc = decodedSrc.slice(1);
+		}
+		// Resolving must not turn a UNC reference into an apparently local path.
+		if (isOffHostUncPath(decodedSrc, filePath)) {
+			element.removeAttribute("src");
+			return null;
+		}
+		if (decodedSrc.startsWith("\\\\")) decodedSrc = decodedSrc.replace(/\\/g, "/");
+		const resolved = resolveDocumentRelativePath(filePath, decodedSrc);
+		if (isOffHostUncPath(resolved, filePath)) {
+			element.removeAttribute("src");
+			return null;
+		}
+		const finalSrc = convertFileSrc(resolved);
+		element.setAttribute("src", finalSrc);
+		return finalSrc;
+	} catch (e) {
+		console.error("Failed to decode/resolve media src:", src, e);
+		element.removeAttribute("src");
+		return null;
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * Reload re-reads the document, not its images (#1066). An image edited on
  * disk keeps its URL, so the webview shows the copy it already decoded, and a
@@ -728,24 +766,10 @@ export function processBlockMarkup(root: Element, filePath: string): void {
 		const src = img.getAttribute("src");
 		const generation = img.getAttribute(GENERATION_ATTR);
 		img.removeAttribute(GENERATION_ATTR);
-		let finalSrc = src;
-		if (src && !src.startsWith("http") && !src.startsWith("data:")) {
-			try {
-				const decodedSrc = decodeURIComponent(src);
-				const resolved = resolveDocumentRelativePath(filePath, decodedSrc);
-				// Rendering alone fetches this, so a UNC path on another host
-				// would leak the user's NTLM hash without a click. Left as
-				// written, `//host/x` would instead load as a web address.
-				if (isOffHostUncPath(resolved, filePath)) {
-					finalSrc = null;
-					img.removeAttribute("src");
-				} else {
-					finalSrc = convertFileSrc(resolved) + (generation ? `?v=${generation}` : "");
-					img.setAttribute("src", finalSrc);
-				}
-			} catch (e) {
-				console.error("Failed to decode/resolve image src:", src, e);
-			}
+		let finalSrc = resolveElementSrc(img, filePath);
+		if (generation && finalSrc && finalSrc !== src) {
+			finalSrc += `?v=${generation}`;
+			img.setAttribute("src", finalSrc);
 		}
 
 		if (src) {
@@ -782,6 +806,9 @@ export function processBlockMarkup(root: Element, filePath: string): void {
 		}
 	}
 
+	for (const media of root.querySelectorAll("video[src], audio[src], video source[src], audio source[src]"))
+		resolveElementSrc(media, filePath);
+
 	for (const a of root.querySelectorAll("a")) {
 		const href = a.getAttribute("href");
 		if (href && isYoutubeLink(href)) {