diff --git a/src/features/posts/Post.css b/src/features/posts/Post.css
index 3395be0..ac7f8d5 100644
--- a/src/features/posts/Post.css
+++ b/src/features/posts/Post.css
@@ -64,6 +64,19 @@ img, video {
     color: rgb(97, 49, 95);
 }
 
+.gallery-statement {
+    color: rgb(228, 180, 226);
+}
+
+.gallery-statement a {
+    color: white;
+    text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.gallery-statement a:active {
+    color:rgb(97, 49, 95);
+}
+
 .num-comments {
     display: inline-flex;
     background-color: #7196be;
@@ -80,6 +93,20 @@ img, video {
     color:rgb(228, 180, 226);
 }
 
+/* Video player */
+
+.video-player {
+    display: inline-flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: center;
+}
+
+#post-audio {
+    position: relative;
+    height: 3.5rem;
+    width: 60%;
+}
+
 /* Handles comment styles on toggle */
 
 .comments-visible {
diff --git a/src/features/posts/Post.js b/src/features/posts/Post.js
index 3882398..f8cb10f 100644
--- a/src/features/posts/Post.js
+++ b/src/features/posts/Post.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
-// import { useDispatch } from "react-redux";
 import Discussion from "../discussion/Discussion";
+import VideoPlayer from "../video/VideoPlayer";
 import './Post.css';
 
 export default function Post({data, key}) {
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ export default function Post({data, key}) {
     let media = data.post_hint === 'image' && data.url;
     let permalink = data.permalink;
     let selftext = data.selftext;
-    let video = data.is_video ? `${data.url}/DASH_1080.mp4` : null;       // to do: handle media edge cases, especially video
-
-    // fallback_url: "https://v.redd.it/0rditq5l49g81/DASH_1080.mp4?source=fallback"
-    // url: "https://v.redd.it/0rditq5l49g81"
-    // id: "sm2wym"
 
     const limit = 300;
     const [body, setBody] = useState(selftext);
@@ -75,7 +70,7 @@ export default function Post({data, key}) {
         if (data.crosspost_parent_list[0].is_video) {
             return (
                 <>
-                <video controls src={data.crosspost_parent_list[0].media.reddit_video.fallback_url}>This video is not supported by your browser.</video>
+                <VideoPlayer data={data} src={data.crosspost_parent_list[0].url} />
                 <p className="crosspost-from">Crosspost from {data.crosspost_parent_list[0].subreddit_name_prefixed}</p>
                 </>
             );
@@ -90,6 +85,10 @@ export default function Post({data, key}) {
             return;
         }
     }
+
+    // Render function below:
+    // Each is preceded by a conditional so the program does not throw an error
+    // before the fetch requests' promises are fulfilled.
     
     return (
         <>
@@ -99,23 +98,17 @@ export default function Post({data, key}) {
                 <a className="title" href={`https://reddit.com${permalink}`}>{title}</a>
             : <p>[untitled]</p>}
 
-            {media ? <img alt={title} src={media} /> : ''}
-            {data.crosspost_parent_list ? handleCrosspost() : ''}
+            {media ? <img alt={title} src={media} /> : null}
+
+            {data.crosspost_parent_list ? handleCrosspost() : null}
 
             {data.gallery_data ?
-                <p>View the gallery of photos corresponding to this post <a href={data.url}>here</a>.</p>
+                <p className="gallery-statement">View the gallery of photos corresponding to this post <a href={data.url}>here</a>.</p>
             : null}
 
-            {video ?
-                <video
-                    controls
-                    poster={data.thumbnail}
-                    preload="auto"
-                    src={video}>
-                    
-                    Your video is not supported by the browser.
-                </video>
-            : ''}
+            {data.is_video ?
+                <VideoPlayer data={data} />
+            : null}
 
             {body ?
                 <p onMouseOver={handleHover} onMouseOut={handleMouseOut}>{body}</p>
diff --git a/src/features/video/VideoPlayer.js b/src/features/video/VideoPlayer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..634c7d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/video/VideoPlayer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+
+export default function VideoPlayer({data, src}) {
+    const vidControls = useRef();
+    const vid = useRef();
+    const aud = useRef();        // identifies location of video/audio in DOM
+    
+    const [playing, setPlaying] = useState(false);      // handles play/pause logic
+    const [audio, setAudio] = useState(null);
+    
+    const crossPostSrc = src;
+
+    let url;        // contains video source, routed accordingly by logic below
+
+    if (crossPostSrc) {
+        url = crossPostSrc;         // ... for crossposts
+    } else if (data.url) {
+        url = data.url;             // ... for local posts, where the url
+    } else {                        // can be accessed at data.url
+        url = null;                 // otherwise, is null
+    }
+
+    useEffect(() => {                                       // checks the endpoint where audio may be found
+        let checking = true;                                // if the fetch request throws an error, audio is set to null;
+        const checkForAudio = async() => {                  // otherwise, audio is set to the endpoint, which is evaluated
+            try {                                           // below as truthy, and rendered in the page
+                await fetch(`${url}/DASH_audio.mp4`)
+                .then((response) => {
+                    let status = response.status;
+                    if (status > 400) {
+                        setAudio(null);
+                    } else {
+                        setAudio(`${url}/DASH_audio.mp4`);
+                    }
+                });
+            } catch(e) {
+                console.log(e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (checking) {
+            checkForAudio();
+            checking = false;
+        }
+
+        return () => {
+            checking = false;
+        }
+    }, [url, audio]);
+
+    useEffect(() => {                    // this section handles simultaneous playback of audio and video
+        if (!audio) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (playing) {
+            vid.current.play();                                         // synchronizes play/pause between two components
+            vid.current.currentTime = aud.current.currentTime;          // according to section of state
+        } else if (!playing) {
+            vid.current.pause();
+        }
+    }, [playing, audio, aud, vid]);
+
+    return (
+        <div className="video-player">
+
+            {
+                !audio ? 
+
+                <>
+                <video id="post-video-no-audio" ref={vidControls} controls src={`${url}/DASH_1080.mp4` || `${url}/DASH_1080.mp4?source=fallback`}>
+                    This video is not supported by your browser.
+                </video>
+                </>
+
+                :
+
+                <>
+                <video id="post-video" ref={vid} autoPlay={playing ? true : false} src={`${url}/DASH_1080.mp4`}>
+                    This video is not supported by your browser.
+                </video>
+                <video id="post-audio" ref={aud} controls onPlay={() => setPlaying(true)} onPause={() => setPlaying(false)} src={audio}>
+                    This video is not supported by your browser.
+                </video>
+                </>
+
+            }
+        </div>
+    );
+}
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