diff --git a/__tests__/component/media.spec.ts b/__tests__/component/media.spec.ts
index c040b55..3c8ea3c 100644
--- a/__tests__/component/media.spec.ts
+++ b/__tests__/component/media.spec.ts
@@ -513,6 +513,70 @@ describe('Videos.vue (smoke)', () => {
 	})
 })
 
+describe('a video that has played to the end', () => {
+	// What a user puts beside a film to show before and after it plays:
+	// a picture of the same name in the same folder
+	async function mountWithPoster() {
+		const movie = makeFile({ basename: 'trailer.webm', mime: 'video/webm' })
+		const poster = makeFile({ basename: 'trailer.jpg', mime: 'image/jpeg' })
+		const wrapper = mount(Videos, { props: makeProps({ file: movie, files: [movie, poster] }) })
+		await flushPromises()
+		const video = wrapper.find('video').element as HTMLVideoElement
+		video.load = vi.fn()
+		const player = wrapper.findComponent({ name: 'VuePlyrStub' }).vm.player as { stop: Mock }
+		return { wrapper, video, player, poster }
+	}
+
+	it('shows the picture of the same name beside it as its poster', async () => {
+		const { wrapper, poster } = await mountWithPoster()
+
+		expect(wrapper.find('video').attributes('poster')).toBe(poster.encodedSource)
+	})
+
+	it('goes back to its poster without downloading the video again', async () => {
+		const { wrapper, video, player, poster } = await mountWithPoster()
+
+		await wrapper.find('video').trigger('ended')
+
+		// Stopped at the start is what puts plyr's poster back over it, and
+		// the bytes already buffered stay for the next play
+		expect(player.stop).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+		expect(video.load).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+		expect(wrapper.find('video').attributes('poster')).toBe(poster.encodedSource)
+	})
+
+	it('says so, rather than throw, when it has neither a player nor a media element', () => {
+		const error = vi.spyOn(logger, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {})
+		let donePlaying!: () => void
+		const Host = defineComponent({
+			setup() {
+				const file = makeFile({ basename: 'clip.mp4', mime: 'video/mp4' })
+				// No template refs, so neither plyr nor the element ever arrive
+				donePlaying = usePlyrPlayer(false, makeProps({ file, files: [file] }), (() => {}) as never).donePlaying
+				return () => h('div')
+			},
+		})
+		mount(Host)
+
+		expect(() => donePlaying()).not.toThrow()
+		expect(error).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Media element not found in donePlaying')
+		error.mockRestore()
+	})
+
+	it('rewinds by itself when there is no player yet', async () => {
+		const { wrapper, video } = await mountWithPoster()
+		wrapper.findComponent({ name: 'VuePlyrStub' }).vm.player = undefined
+		video.pause = vi.fn()
+		video.currentTime = 12
+
+		await wrapper.find('video').trigger('ended')
+
+		expect(video.pause).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+		expect(video.currentTime).toBe(0)
+		expect(video.load).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+	})
+})
+
 describe('media reporting that it plays', () => {
 	it.each([
 		['Videos', Videos, 'video', 'clip.mp4', 'video/mp4'],
diff --git a/e2e/audio.spec.ts b/e2e/audio.spec.ts
index 1267bf4..2b09684 100644
--- a/e2e/audio.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/audio.spec.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ test.describe('Audio', () => {
 				const state = await audio.evaluate((element: HTMLAudioElement) => ({
 					readyState: element.readyState,
 					duration: element.duration,
-					error: element.error?.code ?? null,
+					// Firefox on a machine with no audio device, as on CI, fails
+					// to play any sound it has loaded, and says so: that is the
+					// machine, not the file, and the viewer leaves it be
+					error: element.error?.message.includes('OnMediaSinkAudioError') ? null : (element.error?.code ?? null),
 				}))
 				expect(state.error).toBeNull()
 				expect(state.readyState).toBeGreaterThan(0)
diff --git a/e2e/navigation.spec.ts b/e2e/navigation.spec.ts
index d8f90f4..918153f 100644
--- a/e2e/navigation.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/navigation.spec.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ const MEDIA = [
 	'sound.m4a',
 	'sound.aac',
 	'clip.webm',
+	'trailer.webm',
+	'trailer.jpg',
 ]
 
 // No group, so the sheet music only pages among itself
diff --git a/e2e/poster.spec.ts b/e2e/poster.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab72411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/poster.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*!
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test'
+import { ViewerPage } from './support/viewer.ts'
+
+/**
+ * A video with a picture of the same name beside it, which people keep
+ * together to show the picture before the film plays and again once it
+ * has: `trailer.webm` and `trailer.jpg` in the playground.
+ */
+test.describe('A video with a poster beside it', () => {
+	test('shows the poster again once it has played, without downloading the video again', async ({ page }) => {
+		// Served uncacheable, so that a reload of the element has to fetch
+		// the file again, as Firefox did on every replay (nextcloud/viewer#2585).
+		// A rewind plays on from what is already buffered
+		const requests: string[] = []
+		await page.route('**/trailer.webm', async (route) => {
+			requests.push(route.request().url())
+			const response = await route.fetch()
+			await route.fulfill({ response, headers: { ...response.headers(), 'cache-control': 'no-store' } })
+		})
+
+		const viewer = new ViewerPage(page)
+		await viewer.open('trailer.webm')
+		await viewer.waitForOpen()
+
+		const player = viewer.container.locator('.plyr')
+		const poster = player.locator('.plyr__poster')
+		await expect(player).toHaveClass(/plyr__poster-enabled/)
+		await expect(poster).toHaveAttribute('style', /trailer\.jpg/)
+
+		// Played through to the end, muted so no autoplay policy stands in the way
+		const video = viewer.container.locator('video').first()
+		await video.evaluate(async (element: HTMLVideoElement) => {
+			element.muted = true
+			element.currentTime = 0
+			const ended = new Promise((resolve) => element.addEventListener('ended', resolve, { once: true }))
+			await element.play()
+			await ended
+		})
+
+		// Back at the start and paused, which is what puts plyr's poster on top
+		await expect(player).toHaveClass(/plyr--stopped/)
+		await expect(poster).toHaveCSS('opacity', '1')
+		const downloads = requests.length
+
+		// Playing it again comes from what was already buffered
+		await video.evaluate(async (element: HTMLVideoElement) => {
+			const ended = new Promise((resolve) => element.addEventListener('ended', resolve, { once: true }))
+			await element.play()
+			await ended
+		})
+		await expect(poster).toHaveCSS('opacity', '1')
+		expect(requests).toHaveLength(downloads)
+	})
+})
diff --git a/lib/composables/usePlyrPlayer.ts b/lib/composables/usePlyrPlayer.ts
index 5652b45..532fe45 100644
--- a/lib/composables/usePlyrPlayer.ts
+++ b/lib/composables/usePlyrPlayer.ts
@@ -84,19 +84,27 @@ export function usePlyrPlayer(forAudio: boolean, props: ViewerProps, emit: EmitF
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Reset video after playing to show poster again
+	 * Go back to the start once the media has played, showing its poster again.
+	 *
+	 * Rewound and paused rather than reloaded: plyr shows the poster over a
+	 * player stopped at the start, and what the element already buffered is
+	 * kept. Reloading it brought the poster back too, but every replay then
+	 * downloaded the whole file again (nextcloud/viewer#2585).
 	 */
 	function donePlaying() {
-		const media = forAudio ? audio : video
+		if (player.value) {
+			player.value.stop()
+			return
+		}
+
+		const media = (forAudio ? audio : video).value
 		// Should not happen™
-		if (!media.value) {
+		if (!media) {
 			logger.error('Media element not found in donePlaying')
 			return
 		}
-
-		// reset and show poster after play
-		media.value.autoplay = false
-		media.value.load()
+		media.pause()
+		media.currentTime = 0
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/playground/App.vue b/playground/App.vue
index 78811a6..c3ecf3b 100644
--- a/playground/App.vue
+++ b/playground/App.vue
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ const fixtures: Fixture[] = [
 	{ name: 'sound.m4a', mime: 'audio/mp4' },
 	{ name: 'sound.aac', mime: 'audio/aac' },
 	{ name: 'clip.webm', mime: 'video/webm' },
+	// A video with a picture of the same name beside it, its poster
+	{ name: 'trailer.webm', mime: 'video/webm' },
+	{ name: 'trailer.jpg', mime: 'image/jpeg' },
 ]
 
 /** Where the fixtures are served from, shaped like a WebDAV path */
diff --git a/playground/public/remote.php/dav/files/playground/trailer.jpg b/playground/public/remote.php/dav/files/playground/trailer.jpg
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diff --git a/playground/public/remote.php/dav/files/playground/trailer.webm b/playground/public/remote.php/dav/files/playground/trailer.webm
new file mode 100644
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