diff --git a/homeassistant/components/reolink/views.py b/homeassistant/components/reolink/views.py
index 1a4585bc997..44265244b18 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/reolink/views.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/reolink/views.py
@@ -83,7 +83,16 @@ class PlaybackProxyView(HomeAssistantView):
             _LOGGER.warning("Reolink playback proxy error: %s", str(err))
             return web.Response(body=str(err), status=HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST)
 
+        headers = dict(request.headers)
+        headers.pop("Host", None)
+        headers.pop("Referer", None)
+
         if _LOGGER.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
+            _LOGGER.debug(
+                "Requested Playback Proxy Method %s, Headers: %s",
+                request.method,
+                headers,
+            )
             _LOGGER.debug(
                 "Opening VOD stream from %s: %s",
                 host.api.camera_name(ch),
@@ -93,6 +102,7 @@ class PlaybackProxyView(HomeAssistantView):
         try:
             reolink_response = await self.session.get(
                 reolink_url,
+                headers=headers,
                 timeout=ClientTimeout(
                     connect=15, sock_connect=15, sock_read=5, total=None
                 ),
@@ -118,18 +128,25 @@ class PlaybackProxyView(HomeAssistantView):
         ]:
             err_str = f"Reolink playback expected video/mp4 but got {reolink_response.content_type}"
             _LOGGER.error(err_str)
+            if reolink_response.content_type == "text/html":
+                text = await reolink_response.text()
+                _LOGGER.debug(text)
             return web.Response(body=err_str, status=HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST)
 
-        response = web.StreamResponse(
-            status=200,
-            reason="OK",
-            headers={
-                "Content-Type": "video/mp4",
-            },
+        response_headers = dict(reolink_response.headers)
+        _LOGGER.debug(
+            "Response Playback Proxy Status %s:%s, Headers: %s",
+            reolink_response.status,
+            reolink_response.reason,
+            response_headers,
         )
+        response_headers["Content-Type"] = "video/mp4"
 
-        if reolink_response.content_length is not None:
-            response.content_length = reolink_response.content_length
+        response = web.StreamResponse(
+            status=reolink_response.status,
+            reason=reolink_response.reason,
+            headers=response_headers,
+        )
 
         await response.prepare(request)
 
@@ -141,7 +158,8 @@ class PlaybackProxyView(HomeAssistantView):
                 "Timeout while reading Reolink playback from %s, writing EOF",
                 host.api.nvr_name,
             )
+        finally:
+            reolink_response.release()
 
-        reolink_response.release()
         await response.write_eof()
         return response
diff --git a/tests/components/reolink/test_views.py b/tests/components/reolink/test_views.py
index c994cc59c5d..3521de072b6 100644
--- a/tests/components/reolink/test_views.py
+++ b/tests/components/reolink/test_views.py
@@ -46,8 +46,12 @@ def get_mock_session(
 
     mock_response = Mock()
     mock_response.content_length = content_length
+    mock_response.headers = {}
+    mock_response.status = 200
+    mock_response.reason = "OK"
     mock_response.content_type = content_type
     mock_response.content.iter_chunked = Mock(return_value=content)
+    mock_response.text = AsyncMock(return_value="test")
 
     mock_session = Mock()
     mock_session.get = AsyncMock(return_value=mock_response)
@@ -178,16 +182,18 @@ async def test_playback_proxy_timeout(
     assert response.status == 200
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("content_type"), [("video/x-flv"), ("text/html")])
 async def test_playback_wrong_content(
     hass: HomeAssistant,
     reolink_connect: MagicMock,
     config_entry: MockConfigEntry,
     hass_client: ClientSessionGenerator,
+    content_type: str,
 ) -> None:
     """Test playback proxy URL with a wrong content type in the response."""
     reolink_connect.get_vod_source.return_value = (TEST_MIME_TYPE_MP4, TEST_URL)
 
-    mock_session = get_mock_session(content_type="video/x-flv")
+    mock_session = get_mock_session(content_type=content_type)
 
     with patch(
         "homeassistant.components.reolink.views.async_get_clientsession",