diff --git a/demo.py b/demo.py
index c944e9c..488e97b 100644
--- a/demo.py
+++ b/demo.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class DemoController:
                 # Standing in for a Zidoo plugged into this input, so the
                 # AVR card's now-playing block has something to show here too.
                 "now_playing": {"song": "Big Buck Bunny", "artist": "2008", "image": None,
-                                "position_ms": 241000, "duration_ms": 596000}
+                                "play_state": "play", "position_ms": 241000, "duration_ms": 596000}
                 if self.avr.current_input()["code"] == self.cfg.ZIDOO_INPUT_CODE else None,
             },
             "heos_ok": True,
diff --git a/static/app.js b/static/app.js
index 1a75dab..d9bc879 100644
--- a/static/app.js
+++ b/static/app.js
@@ -263,11 +263,11 @@ function paintGrouping() {
   ui.joined.hidden = inside.length === 0;
   // Grouped rooms share the host's transport, so one of them playing means
   // the whole group is -- and the tint goes on the group's card.
-  const groupPlaying = inside.some((node) => node.classList.contains('playing'));
-  ui.source.classList.toggle('playing', groupPlaying);
-  // A film on the Zidoo also moves the AVR up. The Zidoo does not say whether
-  // it is paused, so a loaded film counts, and it gets no tint.
-  ui.source.classList.toggle('on-top', groupPlaying || Boolean(avrNowPlaying));
+  // A film running on the Zidoo counts as the AVR playing too, grouped rooms or not.
+  const playing = inside.some((node) => node.classList.contains('playing'))
+    || avrNowPlaying?.play_state === 'play';
+  ui.source.classList.toggle('playing', playing);
+  ui.source.classList.toggle('on-top', playing);
 }
 
 /* Press and hold to keep moving, accelerating as you hold. */
diff --git a/tests/test_zidoo.py b/tests/test_zidoo.py
index fc18e74..119004a 100644
--- a/tests/test_zidoo.py
+++ b/tests/test_zidoo.py
@@ -73,9 +73,13 @@ class ZidooTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_a_film_carries_its_year_progress_and_poster(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.zidoo.now_playing(), {
             "song": "A Private War", "artist": "2018", "image": None, "poster_id": 108,
-            "position_ms": 1589745, "duration_ms": 6635092,
+            "play_state": "play", "position_ms": 1589745, "duration_ms": 6635092,
         })
 
+    def test_a_paused_film_is_still_there_but_paused(self):
+        FakeZidoo.video["status"] = 0
+        self.assertEqual(self.zidoo.now_playing()["play_state"], "pause")
+
     def test_the_poster_is_looked_up_once_per_file(self):
         self.zidoo.now_playing()
         self.zidoo.now_playing()
diff --git a/zidoo.py b/zidoo.py
index 2214321..e132881 100644
--- a/zidoo.py
+++ b/zidoo.py
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ class ZidooClient:
         instead. "image" is always None: the poster lives on the Zidoo, which
         the phone cannot load over plain http, so "poster_id" names it
         instead for app.py to serve. "position_ms" and "duration_ms" come
-        along whenever the length is known, as a room's do."""
+        along whenever the length is known, as a room's do. "play_state" is
+        "play" while the film runs (the video's "status" is 1), "pause"
+        otherwise."""
         payload = self._get_json("ZidooVideoPlay/getPlayStatus")
         if not payload or payload.get("status") != 200:
             return None
@@ -56,7 +58,8 @@ class ZidooClient:
         film = self._film(video.get("path"))
         year = film.get("year")
         track = {"song": title, "artist": str(year) if year else None, "image": None,
-                 "poster_id": film.get("id")}
+                 "poster_id": film.get("id"),
+                 "play_state": "play" if video.get("status") == 1 else "pause"}
         if video.get("duration"):
             track["position_ms"] = video.get("currentPosition") or 0
             track["duration_ms"] = video["duration"]