diff --git a/packages/live-ui/index.ts b/packages/live-ui/index.ts
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+import { install } from "../../shared/install"
+import { type Player } from "@flowplayer/player"
+import {BEFORE_PLAY, CLICK, CONFIG, DBL_CLICK, SOURCE, TOUCH_END} from "@flowplayer/player/core/events"
+
+type SingletonTimer =
+    | NodeJS.Timeout
+    | false
+
+const LIVE_UI_STATE = "is-live-ui"
+
+export default class LiveUiMiddle extends HTMLElement{
+
+  constructor(player: Player) {
+    super()
+    player.root.classList.toggle(LIVE_UI_STATE, !player.opt("autoplay"))
+
+    this.classList.add("fp-middle")
+    this.append(...player.createComponents(
+        flowplayer.defaultElements.MIDDLE_LEFT_ZONE,
+        flowplayer.defaultElements.MIDDLE_ZONE,
+        flowplayer.defaultElements.MIDDLE_RIGHT_ZONE
+    ))
+
+    player.reaper && player.reaper.set("middle", this)
+
+    player.on(BEFORE_PLAY, ()=> {
+      player.root.classList.remove(LIVE_UI_STATE)
+    })
+
+    player.on(CONFIG, ()=> {
+      if (player.opt("autoplay")) player.root.classList.remove(LIVE_UI_STATE)
+    })
+
+    player.on(SOURCE, ()=> {
+      if (!player.currentSrc) return
+      if (!player.opts.autoplay) player.root.classList.add(LIVE_UI_STATE)
+    })
+
+    this.handleClick(player)
+    this.handleTouch(player)
+    this.liveUi(player)
+  }
+
+  handleClick(player: Player) {
+    [CLICK, DBL_CLICK].forEach(event => this.addEventListener(event, function (e) {
+      if (e.defaultPrevented
+          || player.root.classList.contains("is-endscreen")
+          || [LIVE_UI_STATE, "is-live"].every(className => player.root.classList.contains(className))) return
+
+      if (event === DBL_CLICK && player.root.classList.contains("no-fullscreen")) return
+      e.preventDefault()
+      player.emit(e.type)
+      return false
+    }))
+
+    player.on(CLICK, function (e) {
+      setTimeout(function () {
+        if (e.defaultPrevented) return // noop
+        player.togglePlay()
+      }, 0)
+    })
+
+    player.on(DBL_CLICK, function (e) {
+      setTimeout(function () {
+        if (e.defaultPrevented) return
+        player.toggleFullScreen()
+      }, 0)
+    })
+  }
+
+  handleTouch(player: Player) {
+    let timer: SingletonTimer = false
+
+    this.addEventListener(TOUCH_END, function (e) {
+      // touchend is not cancellable during scroll events
+      if (!e.cancelable || player.hasState("is-endscreen")) return
+      // do not propogate click events
+      // so we can do mobile specific behaviors
+      e.preventDefault()
+      player.emit(e.type, {source: e})
+    })
+    player.on(TOUCH_END, function (e) {
+      // https://github.com/flowplayer/flowplayer-native/issues/301
+      setTimeout(function () {
+        if (e.defaultPrevented) return
+        // one-touch replay
+        // https://github.com/flowplayer/flowplayer-native/issues/142
+        if (player.ended) return player.togglePlay(true)
+
+        const first_touch = player.hasState("is-starting")
+        // reset timer
+        if (timer) clearTimeout(timer)
+        // first touch should automatically
+        // start playing the video & if a previous
+        // touch is valid we should toggle the playing state
+        if (first_touch || player.hasState("is-touched")) {
+          if (player.hasState("is-touched")) {
+            player.setState("is-touched", false)
+            player.setState("is-touched", false)
+          }
+          player.togglePlay()
+          if (first_touch) return
+        }
+        // handle first touch on a video
+        // that has already started
+        player.setState("is-touched", true)
+        // touch menu should be shown on paused menu
+        if (player.paused) return
+        // make a 2 second window where another
+        // touch can toggle the state
+        timer = setTimeout(function () {
+          timer = false
+          player.setState("is-touched", false)
+          // https://github.com/flowplayer/flowplayer-native/issues/318
+          player.setState("is-touched", false)
+        }, 2000)
+      }, 0)
+    })
+  }
+
+  liveUi(player: Player) {
+    const live_ui = document.createElement("div")
+    live_ui.classList.add("fp-live-ui")
+    this.append(live_ui)
+
+    const start = document.createElement("button")
+    start.classList.add("fp-live-start")
+    start.textContent = player.i18n("core.watch_beginning", "Watch from beginning")
+    this.setAttribute("aria-label", player.i18n("core.watch_live_start", "Watch from beginning"))
+
+    const live = document.createElement("button")
+    live.classList.add("fp-live-edge")
+    live.textContent = player.i18n("core.watch_live", "Watch live")
+    this.setAttribute("aria-label", player.i18n("core.watch_live", "Watch live"))
+
+    ;[start, live].forEach((button)=> {
+      button.onclick = (e) => {
+        player.root.classList.remove(LIVE_UI_STATE)
+        e.preventDefault()
+        player.setOpts({start_time: button === start ? 0 : -1})
+
+        setTimeout(()=> player.togglePlay(true), 200)
+      }
+    })
+
+    live_ui.append(start, live)
+  }
+}
+
+install("flowplayer-middle", "live-ui-middle", LiveUiMiddle)
diff --git a/packages/live-ui/live.css b/packages/live-ui/live.css
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+.is-live.is-live-ui .fp-left-zone, .is-live.is-live-ui .fp-right-zone, .is-live.is-live-ui .fp-middle-zone {
+    display: none; }
+
+.is-live.is-live-ui .fp-live-ui {
+    display: flex; }
+
+.is-live.is-live-ui .fp-middle {
+    justify-content: center;
+    align-items: center; }
+
+.fp-live-ui {
+    display: none;
+    width: unset; }
+
+.fp-live-start {
+    padding: 0.7em;
+    margin-right: 0.7em;
+    border-style: solid;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4)); }
+
+.fp-live-edge {
+    padding: 0.7em;
+    background: #006680;
+    cursor: pointer; }
diff --git a/packages/live-ui/package.json b/packages/live-ui/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@flowplayer/components-live-ui",
+  "main": "./index.ts",
+  "description": "A screen rendered for live streams before playback starts, with two buttons: one for starting a stream from the beginning and another one  for going going live",
+  "flowplayer": {
+    "componentName": "live-ui",
+    "overridenComponent": "flowplayer-middle",
+    "className": "LiveUiMiddle"
+  }
+}