diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/BackgroundPlayerActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/BackgroundPlayerActivity.java
index 761b50d85..59f6e1e6d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/BackgroundPlayerActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/BackgroundPlayerActivity.java
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ public final class BackgroundPlayerActivity extends ServicePlayerActivity {
 
             this.player.setRecovery();
             getApplicationContext().sendBroadcast(getPlayerShutdownIntent());
-            getApplicationContext().startService(getSwitchIntent(PopupVideoPlayer.class));
+            getApplicationContext().startService(
+                getSwitchIntent(PopupVideoPlayer.class)
+                    .putExtra(BasePlayer.START_PAUSED, !this.player.isPlaying())
+            );
             return true;
         }
         return false;
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/BasePlayer.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/BasePlayer.java
index 6452a9850..cd1ec07f9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/BasePlayer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/BasePlayer.java
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ public abstract class BasePlayer implements
     @NonNull
     public static final String RESUME_PLAYBACK = "resume_playback";
     @NonNull
+    public static final String START_PAUSED = "start_paused";
+    @NonNull
     public static final String SELECT_ON_APPEND = "select_on_append";
 
     /*//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -304,7 +306,7 @@ public abstract class BasePlayer implements
         }
         // Good to go...
         initPlayback(queue, repeatMode, playbackSpeed, playbackPitch, playbackSkipSilence,
-                /*playOnInit=*/true);
+                /*playOnInit=*/!intent.getBooleanExtra(START_PAUSED, false));
     }
 
     protected void initPlayback(@NonNull final PlayQueue queue,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/MainVideoPlayer.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/MainVideoPlayer.java
index 7a3e60c66..9ccf5b9d3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/MainVideoPlayer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/MainVideoPlayer.java
@@ -614,7 +614,8 @@ public final class MainVideoPlayer extends AppCompatActivity
                     this.getPlaybackPitch(),
                     this.getPlaybackSkipSilence(),
                     this.getPlaybackQuality(),
-                    false
+                    false,
+                    !isPlaying()
             );
             context.startService(intent);
 
@@ -637,7 +638,8 @@ public final class MainVideoPlayer extends AppCompatActivity
                     this.getPlaybackPitch(),
                     this.getPlaybackSkipSilence(),
                     this.getPlaybackQuality(),
-                    false
+                    false,
+                    !isPlaying()
             );
             context.startService(intent);
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/PopupVideoPlayer.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/PopupVideoPlayer.java
index 969c47990..70fb77060 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/PopupVideoPlayer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/PopupVideoPlayer.java
@@ -567,7 +567,8 @@ public final class PopupVideoPlayer extends Service {
                     this.getPlaybackPitch(),
                     this.getPlaybackSkipSilence(),
                     this.getPlaybackQuality(),
-                    false
+                    false,
+                    !isPlaying()
             );
             intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
             context.startActivity(intent);
@@ -1123,4 +1124,4 @@ public final class PopupVideoPlayer extends Service {
             return distanceFromCloseButton(popupMotionEvent) <= getClosingRadius();
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/PopupVideoPlayerActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/PopupVideoPlayerActivity.java
index 44fcdb8dd..5000d07e2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/PopupVideoPlayerActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/PopupVideoPlayerActivity.java
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ public final class PopupVideoPlayerActivity extends ServicePlayerActivity {
         if (item.getItemId() == R.id.action_switch_background) {
             this.player.setRecovery();
             getApplicationContext().sendBroadcast(getPlayerShutdownIntent());
-            getApplicationContext().startService(getSwitchIntent(BackgroundPlayer.class));
+            getApplicationContext().startService(
+                getSwitchIntent(BackgroundPlayer.class)
+                    .putExtra(BasePlayer.START_PAUSED, !this.player.isPlaying())
+            );
             return true;
         }
         return false;
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ServicePlayerActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ServicePlayerActivity.java
index 2207808ac..a7b3006a1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ServicePlayerActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ServicePlayerActivity.java
@@ -167,7 +167,10 @@ public abstract class ServicePlayerActivity extends AppCompatActivity
             case R.id.action_switch_main:
                 this.player.setRecovery();
                 getApplicationContext().sendBroadcast(getPlayerShutdownIntent());
-                getApplicationContext().startActivity(getSwitchIntent(MainVideoPlayer.class));
+                getApplicationContext().startActivity(
+                    getSwitchIntent(MainVideoPlayer.class)
+                        .putExtra(BasePlayer.START_PAUSED, !this.player.isPlaying())
+                );
                 return true;
         }
         return onPlayerOptionSelected(item) || super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
@@ -189,6 +192,7 @@ public abstract class ServicePlayerActivity extends AppCompatActivity
                 this.player.getPlaybackPitch(),
                 this.player.getPlaybackSkipSilence(),
                 null,
+                false,
                 false
         ).addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/NavigationHelper.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/NavigationHelper.java
index e2b03c8e8..a19aa92ae 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/NavigationHelper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/NavigationHelper.java
@@ -109,12 +109,14 @@ public class NavigationHelper {
                                          final float playbackPitch,
                                          final boolean playbackSkipSilence,
                                          @Nullable final String playbackQuality,
-                                         final boolean resumePlayback) {
+                                         final boolean resumePlayback,
+                                         final boolean startPaused) {
         return getPlayerIntent(context, targetClazz, playQueue, playbackQuality, resumePlayback)
                 .putExtra(BasePlayer.REPEAT_MODE, repeatMode)
                 .putExtra(BasePlayer.PLAYBACK_SPEED, playbackSpeed)
                 .putExtra(BasePlayer.PLAYBACK_PITCH, playbackPitch)
-                .putExtra(BasePlayer.PLAYBACK_SKIP_SILENCE, playbackSkipSilence);
+                .putExtra(BasePlayer.PLAYBACK_SKIP_SILENCE, playbackSkipSilence)
+                .putExtra(BasePlayer.START_PAUSED, startPaused);
     }
 
     public static void playOnMainPlayer(final Context context, final PlayQueue queue, final boolean resumePlayback) {