diff --git a/homeassistant/components/reolink/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/reolink/__init__.py
index 29dfb4ee57b..dd791bbaf1a 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/reolink/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/reolink/__init__.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from .exceptions import PasswordIncompatible, ReolinkException, UserNotAdmin
 from .host import ReolinkHost
 from .services import async_setup_services
 from .util import ReolinkConfigEntry, ReolinkData, get_device_uid_and_ch
+from .views import PlaybackProxyView
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -189,6 +190,8 @@ async def async_setup_entry(
 
     migrate_entity_ids(hass, config_entry.entry_id, host)
 
+    hass.http.register_view(PlaybackProxyView(hass))
+
     await hass.config_entries.async_forward_entry_setups(config_entry, PLATFORMS)
 
     config_entry.async_on_unload(
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/reolink/manifest.json b/homeassistant/components/reolink/manifest.json
index 7d01ca808e1..bb6b668368b 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/reolink/manifest.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/reolink/manifest.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "name": "Reolink",
   "codeowners": ["@starkillerOG"],
   "config_flow": true,
-  "dependencies": ["webhook"],
+  "dependencies": ["http", "webhook"],
   "dhcp": [
     {
       "hostname": "reolink*"
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/reolink/media_source.py b/homeassistant/components/reolink/media_source.py
index 538a06a08f8..e912bfb5100 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/reolink/media_source.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/reolink/media_source.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant
 from homeassistant.helpers import device_registry as dr, entity_registry as er
 
 from .const import DOMAIN
-from .host import ReolinkHost
-from .util import ReolinkConfigEntry
+from .util import get_host
+from .views import async_generate_playback_proxy_url
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -47,15 +47,6 @@ def res_name(stream: str) -> str:
             return "Low res."
 
 
-def get_host(hass: HomeAssistant, config_entry_id: str) -> ReolinkHost:
-    """Return the Reolink host from the config entry id."""
-    config_entry: ReolinkConfigEntry | None = hass.config_entries.async_get_entry(
-        config_entry_id
-    )
-    assert config_entry is not None
-    return config_entry.runtime_data.host
-
-
 class ReolinkVODMediaSource(MediaSource):
     """Provide Reolink camera VODs as media sources."""
 
@@ -90,22 +81,22 @@ class ReolinkVODMediaSource(MediaSource):
 
         vod_type = get_vod_type()
 
+        if vod_type in [VodRequestType.DOWNLOAD, VodRequestType.PLAYBACK]:
+            proxy_url = async_generate_playback_proxy_url(
+                config_entry_id, channel, filename, stream_res, vod_type.value
+            )
+            return PlayMedia(proxy_url, "video/mp4")
+
         mime_type, url = await host.api.get_vod_source(
             channel, filename, stream_res, vod_type
         )
         if _LOGGER.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
-            url_log = url
-            if "&user=" in url_log:
-                url_log = f"{url_log.split('&user=')[0]}&user=xxxxx&password=xxxxx"
-            elif "&token=" in url_log:
-                url_log = f"{url_log.split('&token=')[0]}&token=xxxxx"
             _LOGGER.debug(
-                "Opening VOD stream from %s: %s", host.api.camera_name(channel), url_log
+                "Opening VOD stream from %s: %s",
+                host.api.camera_name(channel),
+                host.api.hide_password(url),
             )
 
-        if mime_type == "video/mp4":
-            return PlayMedia(url, mime_type)
-
         stream = create_stream(self.hass, url, {}, DynamicStreamSettings())
         stream.add_provider("hls", timeout=3600)
         stream_url: str = stream.endpoint_url("hls")
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/reolink/util.py b/homeassistant/components/reolink/util.py
index 1a6eab3f61d..f52cb08286c 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/reolink/util.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/reolink/util.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from reolink_aio.exceptions import (
 )
 
 from homeassistant import config_entries
+from homeassistant.components.media_source import Unresolvable
 from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant
 from homeassistant.exceptions import HomeAssistantError, ServiceValidationError
 from homeassistant.helpers import device_registry as dr
@@ -51,6 +52,18 @@ def is_connected(hass: HomeAssistant, config_entry: config_entries.ConfigEntry)
     )
 
 
+def get_host(hass: HomeAssistant, config_entry_id: str) -> ReolinkHost:
+    """Return the Reolink host from the config entry id."""
+    config_entry: ReolinkConfigEntry | None = hass.config_entries.async_get_entry(
+        config_entry_id
+    )
+    if config_entry is None:
+        raise Unresolvable(
+            f"Could not find Reolink config entry id '{config_entry_id}'."
+        )
+    return config_entry.runtime_data.host
+
+
 def get_device_uid_and_ch(
     device: dr.DeviceEntry, host: ReolinkHost
 ) -> tuple[list[str], int | None, bool]:
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/reolink/views.py b/homeassistant/components/reolink/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3b32ebaf74e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/reolink/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+"""Reolink Integration views."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from http import HTTPStatus
+import logging
+from urllib import parse
+
+from aiohttp import ClientError, ClientTimeout, web
+from reolink_aio.enums import VodRequestType
+from reolink_aio.exceptions import ReolinkError
+
+from homeassistant.components.http import HomeAssistantView
+from homeassistant.components.media_source import Unresolvable
+from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant, callback
+from homeassistant.helpers.aiohttp_client import async_get_clientsession
+from homeassistant.util.ssl import SSLCipherList
+
+from .util import get_host
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@callback
+def async_generate_playback_proxy_url(
+    config_entry_id: str, channel: int, filename: str, stream_res: str, vod_type: str
+) -> str:
+    """Generate proxy URL for event video."""
+
+    url_format = PlaybackProxyView.url
+    return url_format.format(
+        config_entry_id=config_entry_id,
+        channel=channel,
+        filename=parse.quote(filename, safe=""),
+        stream_res=stream_res,
+        vod_type=vod_type,
+    )
+
+
+class PlaybackProxyView(HomeAssistantView):
+    """View to proxy playback video from Reolink."""
+
+    requires_auth = True
+    url = "/api/reolink/video/{config_entry_id}/{channel}/{stream_res}/{vod_type}/{filename}"
+    name = "api:reolink_playback"
+
+    def __init__(self, hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
+        """Initialize a proxy view."""
+        self.hass = hass
+        self.session = async_get_clientsession(
+            hass,
+            verify_ssl=False,
+            ssl_cipher=SSLCipherList.INSECURE,
+        )
+
+    async def get(
+        self,
+        request: web.Request,
+        config_entry_id: str,
+        channel: str,
+        stream_res: str,
+        vod_type: str,
+        filename: str,
+        retry: int = 2,
+    ) -> web.StreamResponse:
+        """Get playback proxy video response."""
+        retry = retry - 1
+
+        filename = parse.unquote(filename)
+        ch = int(channel)
+        try:
+            host = get_host(self.hass, config_entry_id)
+        except Unresolvable:
+            err_str = f"Reolink playback proxy could not find config entry id: {config_entry_id}"
+            _LOGGER.warning(err_str)
+            return web.Response(body=err_str, status=HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST)
+
+        try:
+            mime_type, reolink_url = await host.api.get_vod_source(
+                ch, filename, stream_res, VodRequestType(vod_type)
+            )
+        except ReolinkError as err:
+            _LOGGER.warning("Reolink playback proxy error: %s", str(err))
+            return web.Response(body=str(err), status=HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST)
+
+        if _LOGGER.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
+            _LOGGER.debug(
+                "Opening VOD stream from %s: %s",
+                host.api.camera_name(ch),
+                host.api.hide_password(reolink_url),
+            )
+
+        try:
+            reolink_response = await self.session.get(
+                reolink_url,
+                timeout=ClientTimeout(
+                    connect=15, sock_connect=15, sock_read=5, total=None
+                ),
+            )
+        except ClientError as err:
+            err_str = host.api.hide_password(
+                f"Reolink playback error while getting mp4: {err!s}"
+            )
+            if retry <= 0:
+                _LOGGER.warning(err_str)
+                return web.Response(body=err_str, status=HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST)
+            _LOGGER.debug("%s, renewing token", err_str)
+            await host.api.expire_session(unsubscribe=False)
+            return await self.get(
+                request, config_entry_id, channel, stream_res, vod_type, filename, retry
+            )
+
+        # Reolink typo "apolication/octet-stream" instead of "application/octet-stream"
+        if reolink_response.content_type not in [
+            "video/mp4",
+            "application/octet-stream",
+            "apolication/octet-stream",
+        ]:
+            err_str = f"Reolink playback expected video/mp4 but got {reolink_response.content_type}"
+            _LOGGER.error(err_str)
+            return web.Response(body=err_str, status=HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST)
+
+        response = web.StreamResponse(
+            status=200,
+            reason="OK",
+            headers={
+                "Content-Type": "video/mp4",
+            },
+        )
+
+        if reolink_response.content_length is not None:
+            response.content_length = reolink_response.content_length
+
+        await response.prepare(request)
+
+        try:
+            async for chunk in reolink_response.content.iter_chunked(65536):
+                await response.write(chunk)
+        except TimeoutError:
+            _LOGGER.debug(
+                "Timeout while reading Reolink playback from %s, writing EOF",
+                host.api.nvr_name,
+            )
+
+        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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1eb184950bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/reolink/test_views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+"""Tests for the Reolink views platform."""
+
+from http import HTTPStatus
+import logging
+from typing import Any, cast
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, Mock, patch
+
+from aiohttp import ClientConnectionError, ClientResponse
+import pytest
+from reolink_aio.enums import VodRequestType
+from reolink_aio.exceptions import ReolinkError
+
+from homeassistant.components.reolink.views import async_generate_playback_proxy_url
+from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant
+
+from tests.common import MockConfigEntry
+from tests.typing import ClientSessionGenerator
+
+TEST_YEAR = 2023
+TEST_MONTH = 11
+TEST_DAY = 14
+TEST_DAY2 = 15
+TEST_HOUR = 13
+TEST_MINUTE = 12
+TEST_FILE_NAME_MP4 = f"{TEST_YEAR}{TEST_MONTH}{TEST_DAY}{TEST_HOUR}{TEST_MINUTE}00.mp4"
+TEST_STREAM = "sub"
+TEST_CHANNEL = "0"
+TEST_VOD_TYPE = VodRequestType.PLAYBACK.value
+TEST_MIME_TYPE_MP4 = "video/mp4"
+TEST_URL = "http://test_url&token=test"
+TEST_ERROR = "TestError"
+
+
+def get_mock_session(
+    response: list[Any] | None = None,
+    content_length: int = 8,
+    content_type: str = TEST_MIME_TYPE_MP4,
+) -> Mock:
+    """Get a mock session to mock the camera response."""
+    if response is None:
+        response = [b"test", b"test", StopAsyncIteration()]
+
+    content = Mock()
+    content.__anext__ = AsyncMock(side_effect=response)
+    content.__aiter__ = Mock(return_value=content)
+
+    mock_response = Mock()
+    mock_response.content_length = content_length
+    mock_response.content_type = content_type
+    mock_response.content.iter_chunked = Mock(return_value=content)
+
+    mock_session = Mock()
+    mock_session.get = AsyncMock(return_value=mock_response)
+    return mock_session
+
+
+async def test_playback_proxy(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    reolink_connect: MagicMock,
+    config_entry: MockConfigEntry,
+    hass_client: ClientSessionGenerator,
+    caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture,
+) -> None:
+    """Test successful playback proxy URL."""
+    reolink_connect.get_vod_source.return_value = (TEST_MIME_TYPE_MP4, TEST_URL)
+
+    mock_session = get_mock_session()
+
+    with patch(
+        "homeassistant.components.reolink.views.async_get_clientsession",
+        return_value=mock_session,
+    ):
+        assert await hass.config_entries.async_setup(config_entry.entry_id)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+    caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG)
+
+    proxy_url = async_generate_playback_proxy_url(
+        config_entry.entry_id,
+        TEST_CHANNEL,
+        TEST_FILE_NAME_MP4,
+        TEST_STREAM,
+        TEST_VOD_TYPE,
+    )
+
+    http_client = await hass_client()
+    response = cast(ClientResponse, await http_client.get(proxy_url))
+
+    assert await response.content.read() == b"testtest"
+    assert response.status == 200
+
+
+async def test_proxy_get_source_error(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    reolink_connect: MagicMock,
+    config_entry: MockConfigEntry,
+    hass_client: ClientSessionGenerator,
+) -> None:
+    """Test error while getting source for playback proxy URL."""
+    reolink_connect.get_vod_source.side_effect = ReolinkError(TEST_ERROR)
+
+    assert await hass.config_entries.async_setup(config_entry.entry_id)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+
+    proxy_url = async_generate_playback_proxy_url(
+        config_entry.entry_id,
+        TEST_CHANNEL,
+        TEST_FILE_NAME_MP4,
+        TEST_STREAM,
+        TEST_VOD_TYPE,
+    )
+
+    http_client = await hass_client()
+    response = await http_client.get(proxy_url)
+
+    assert await response.content.read() == bytes(TEST_ERROR, "utf-8")
+    assert response.status == HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST
+    reolink_connect.get_vod_source.side_effect = None
+
+
+async def test_proxy_invalid_config_entry_id(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    reolink_connect: MagicMock,
+    config_entry: MockConfigEntry,
+    hass_client: ClientSessionGenerator,
+) -> None:
+    """Test config entry id not found for playback proxy URL."""
+    assert await hass.config_entries.async_setup(config_entry.entry_id)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+
+    proxy_url = async_generate_playback_proxy_url(
+        "wrong_config_id",
+        TEST_CHANNEL,
+        TEST_FILE_NAME_MP4,
+        TEST_STREAM,
+        TEST_VOD_TYPE,
+    )
+
+    http_client = await hass_client()
+    response = await http_client.get(proxy_url)
+
+    assert await response.content.read() == bytes(
+        "Reolink playback proxy could not find config entry id: wrong_config_id",
+        "utf-8",
+    )
+    assert response.status == HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST
+
+
+async def test_playback_proxy_timeout(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    reolink_connect: MagicMock,
+    config_entry: MockConfigEntry,
+    hass_client: ClientSessionGenerator,
+) -> None:
+    """Test playback proxy URL with a timeout in the second chunk."""
+    reolink_connect.get_vod_source.return_value = (TEST_MIME_TYPE_MP4, TEST_URL)
+
+    mock_session = get_mock_session([b"test", TimeoutError()], 4)
+
+    with patch(
+        "homeassistant.components.reolink.views.async_get_clientsession",
+        return_value=mock_session,
+    ):
+        assert await hass.config_entries.async_setup(config_entry.entry_id)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+
+    proxy_url = async_generate_playback_proxy_url(
+        config_entry.entry_id,
+        TEST_CHANNEL,
+        TEST_FILE_NAME_MP4,
+        TEST_STREAM,
+        TEST_VOD_TYPE,
+    )
+
+    http_client = await hass_client()
+    response = cast(ClientResponse, await http_client.get(proxy_url))
+
+    assert await response.content.read() == b"test"
+    assert response.status == 200
+
+
+async def test_playback_wrong_content(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    reolink_connect: MagicMock,
+    config_entry: MockConfigEntry,
+    hass_client: ClientSessionGenerator,
+) -> 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")
+
+    with patch(
+        "homeassistant.components.reolink.views.async_get_clientsession",
+        return_value=mock_session,
+    ):
+        assert await hass.config_entries.async_setup(config_entry.entry_id)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+
+    proxy_url = async_generate_playback_proxy_url(
+        config_entry.entry_id,
+        TEST_CHANNEL,
+        TEST_FILE_NAME_MP4,
+        TEST_STREAM,
+        TEST_VOD_TYPE,
+    )
+
+    http_client = await hass_client()
+    response = cast(ClientResponse, await http_client.get(proxy_url))
+
+    assert response.status == HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST
+
+
+async def test_playback_connect_error(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    reolink_connect: MagicMock,
+    config_entry: MockConfigEntry,
+    hass_client: ClientSessionGenerator,
+) -> None:
+    """Test playback proxy URL with a connection error."""
+    reolink_connect.get_vod_source.return_value = (TEST_MIME_TYPE_MP4, TEST_URL)
+
+    mock_session = Mock()
+    mock_session.get = AsyncMock(side_effect=ClientConnectionError(TEST_ERROR))
+
+    with patch(
+        "homeassistant.components.reolink.views.async_get_clientsession",
+        return_value=mock_session,
+    ):
+        assert await hass.config_entries.async_setup(config_entry.entry_id)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+
+    proxy_url = async_generate_playback_proxy_url(
+        config_entry.entry_id,
+        TEST_CHANNEL,
+        TEST_FILE_NAME_MP4,
+        TEST_STREAM,
+        TEST_VOD_TYPE,
+    )
+
+    http_client = await hass_client()
+    response = cast(ClientResponse, await http_client.get(proxy_url))
+
+    assert response.status == HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST