diff --git a/src/data/media-player.ts b/src/data/media-player.ts
index c666c0ec52..0e3ca09160 100644
--- a/src/data/media-player.ts
+++ b/src/data/media-player.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import type {
   HassEntityBase,
 } from "home-assistant-js-websocket";
 import { supportsFeature } from "../common/entity/supports-feature";
+import { stateActive } from "../common/entity/state_active";
 import { MediaPlayerItemId } from "../components/media-player/ha-media-player-browse";
 import type { HomeAssistant, TranslationDict } from "../types";
 import { isUnavailableState } from "./entity";
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ export const computeMediaControls = (
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  if (state === "off") {
+  if (!stateActive(stateObj)) {
     return supportsFeature(stateObj, MediaPlayerEntityFeature.TURN_ON)
       ? [
           {
diff --git a/src/dialogs/more-info/controls/more-info-media_player.ts b/src/dialogs/more-info/controls/more-info-media_player.ts
index b02fc75e9d..047605cd8a 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/more-info/controls/more-info-media_player.ts
+++ b/src/dialogs/more-info/controls/more-info-media_player.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ import { stopPropagation } from "../../../common/dom/stop_propagation";
 import { computeAttributeValueDisplay } from "../../../common/entity/compute_attribute_display";
 import { supportsFeature } from "../../../common/entity/supports-feature";
 import { computeRTLDirection } from "../../../common/util/compute_rtl";
+import { stateActive } from "../../../common/entity/state_active";
 import "../../../components/ha-icon-button";
 import "../../../components/ha-select";
 import "../../../components/ha-slider";
 import "../../../components/ha-svg-icon";
 import { showMediaBrowserDialog } from "../../../components/media-player/show-media-browser-dialog";
-import { UNAVAILABLE, UNKNOWN } from "../../../data/entity";
 import {
   computeMediaControls,
   handleMediaControlClick,
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class MoreInfoMediaPlayer extends LitElement {
       </div>
       ${(supportsFeature(stateObj, MediaPlayerEntityFeature.VOLUME_SET) ||
         supportsFeature(stateObj, MediaPlayerEntityFeature.VOLUME_BUTTONS)) &&
-      ![UNAVAILABLE, UNKNOWN, "off"].includes(stateObj.state)
+      stateActive(stateObj)
         ? html`
             <div class="volume">
               ${supportsFeature(stateObj, MediaPlayerEntityFeature.VOLUME_MUTE)
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class MoreInfoMediaPlayer extends LitElement {
             </div>
           `
         : ""}
-      ${![UNAVAILABLE, UNKNOWN, "off"].includes(stateObj.state) &&
+      ${stateActive(stateObj) &&
       supportsFeature(stateObj, MediaPlayerEntityFeature.SELECT_SOURCE) &&
       stateObj.attributes.source_list?.length
         ? html`
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class MoreInfoMediaPlayer extends LitElement {
             </div>
           `
         : ""}
-      ${![UNAVAILABLE, UNKNOWN, "off"].includes(stateObj.state) &&
+      ${stateActive(stateObj) &&
       supportsFeature(stateObj, MediaPlayerEntityFeature.SELECT_SOUND_MODE) &&
       stateObj.attributes.sound_mode_list?.length
         ? html`
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-media-control-card.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-media-control-card.ts
index 4a5af932ce..aa8074d220 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-media-control-card.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-media-control-card.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { fireEvent } from "../../../common/dom/fire_event";
 import { computeStateName } from "../../../common/entity/compute_state_name";
 import { supportsFeature } from "../../../common/entity/supports-feature";
 import { extractColors } from "../../../common/image/extract_color";
+import { stateActive } from "../../../common/entity/state_active";
 import { debounce } from "../../../common/util/debounce";
 import "../../../components/ha-card";
 import "../../../components/ha-icon-button";
@@ -169,10 +170,11 @@ export class HuiMediaControlCard extends LitElement implements LovelaceCard {
 
     const entityState = stateObj.state;
 
-    const isOffState = entityState === "off";
+    const isOffState =
+      !stateActive(stateObj) && !isUnavailableState(entityState);
     const isUnavailable =
       isUnavailableState(entityState) ||
-      (entityState === "off" &&
+      (isOffState &&
         !supportsFeature(stateObj, MediaPlayerEntityFeature.TURN_ON));
     const hasNoImage = !this._image;
     const controls = computeMediaControls(stateObj, false);
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/entity-rows/hui-media-player-entity-row.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/entity-rows/hui-media-player-entity-row.ts
index f2f481ad46..ab2de02d9a 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/entity-rows/hui-media-player-entity-row.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/entity-rows/hui-media-player-entity-row.ts
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ import { customElement, property, state } from "lit/decorators";
 import { computeStateDisplay } from "../../../common/entity/compute_state_display";
 import { supportsFeature } from "../../../common/entity/supports-feature";
 import { computeRTLDirection } from "../../../common/util/compute_rtl";
+import { stateActive } from "../../../common/entity/state_active";
 import { debounce } from "../../../common/util/debounce";
 import "../../../components/ha-icon-button";
 import "../../../components/ha-slider";
-import { isUnavailableState, UNAVAILABLE, UNKNOWN } from "../../../data/entity";
+import { isUnavailableState } from "../../../data/entity";
 import {
   computeMediaDescription,
   ControlButton,
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ class HuiMediaPlayerEntityRow extends LitElement implements LovelaceRow {
       >
         <div class="controls">
           ${supportsFeature(stateObj, MediaPlayerEntityFeature.TURN_ON) &&
-          entityState === "off" &&
+          !stateActive(stateObj) &&
           !isUnavailableState(entityState)
             ? html`
                 <ha-icon-button
@@ -216,8 +217,7 @@ class HuiMediaPlayerEntityRow extends LitElement implements LovelaceRow {
             ? buttons
             : ""}
           ${supportsFeature(stateObj, MediaPlayerEntityFeature.TURN_OFF) &&
-          entityState !== "off" &&
-          !isUnavailableState(entityState)
+          stateActive(stateObj)
             ? html`
                 <ha-icon-button
                   .path=${mdiPower}
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class HuiMediaPlayerEntityRow extends LitElement implements LovelaceRow {
       </hui-generic-entity-row>
       ${(supportsFeature(stateObj, MediaPlayerEntityFeature.VOLUME_SET) ||
         supportsFeature(stateObj, MediaPlayerEntityFeature.VOLUME_BUTTONS)) &&
-      ![UNAVAILABLE, UNKNOWN, "off"].includes(entityState)
+      stateActive(stateObj)
         ? html`
             <div class="flex">
               <div class="volume">
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ class HuiMediaPlayerEntityRow extends LitElement implements LovelaceRow {
 
     this.hass!.callService(
       "media_player",
-      stateObj.state === "off" ? "turn_on" : "turn_off",
+      stateActive(stateObj) ? "turn_off" : "turn_on",
       {
         entity_id: this._config!.entity,
       }