diff --git a/lms-plugins/mediacms-moodle/filter/mediacms/classes/text_filter.php b/lms-plugins/mediacms-moodle/filter/mediacms/classes/text_filter.php
index 7961416e..12aa2186 100644
--- a/lms-plugins/mediacms-moodle/filter/mediacms/classes/text_filter.php
+++ b/lms-plugins/mediacms-moodle/filter/mediacms/classes/text_filter.php
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ class text_filter extends \core_filters\text_filter {
         $launch_url = new moodle_url('/filter/mediacms/launch.php', [
             'token'    => $token,
             'courseid' => isset($COURSE->id) ? (int)$COURSE->id : 0,
+            'show_media_page' => 'true',
         ]);
 
         if (!self::$textlink_js_added) {
diff --git a/lms-plugins/mediacms-moodle/filter/mediacms/launch.php b/lms-plugins/mediacms-moodle/filter/mediacms/launch.php
index c731c8fe..a727ed0e 100644
--- a/lms-plugins/mediacms-moodle/filter/mediacms/launch.php
+++ b/lms-plugins/mediacms-moodle/filter/mediacms/launch.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ $showRelated = optional_param('showRelated', '', PARAM_TEXT);
 $showUserAvatar = optional_param('showUserAvatar', '', PARAM_TEXT);
 $linkTitle = optional_param('linkTitle', '', PARAM_TEXT);
 $startTime = optional_param('t', '', PARAM_TEXT);
+$show_media_page = optional_param('show_media_page', '', PARAM_TEXT);
 
 // Get configuration
 $mediacmsurl = get_config('filter_mediacms', 'mediacmsurl');
@@ -89,6 +90,9 @@ if ($linkTitle !== '') {
 if ($startTime !== '') {
     $custom_params[] = "embed_start_time=" . $startTime;
 }
+if ($show_media_page === 'true') {
+    $custom_params[] = "show_media_page=true";
+}
 
 $instance->instructorcustomparameters = implode("\n", $custom_params);
 $instance->name = 'MediaCMS Video: ' . $mediatoken;
@@ -117,6 +121,9 @@ if ($linkTitle !== '') {
 if ($startTime !== '') {
     $page_params['t'] = $startTime;
 }
+if ($show_media_page === 'true') {
+    $page_params['show_media_page'] = 'true';
+}
 
 $PAGE->set_url(new moodle_url('/filter/mediacms/launch.php', $page_params));
 $PAGE->set_context($context);
@@ -149,6 +156,9 @@ if ($linkTitle !== '') {
 if ($startTime !== '') {
     $hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="embed_start_time" value="' . htmlspecialchars($startTime, ENT_QUOTES) . '" />';
 }
+if ($show_media_page === 'true') {
+    $hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="show_media_page" value="true" />';
+}
 if ($width) {
     $hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="embed_width" value="' . htmlspecialchars($width, ENT_QUOTES) . '" />';
 }
diff --git a/lti/views.py b/lti/views.py
index 62f57965..493dd18c 100644
--- a/lti/views.py
+++ b/lti/views.py
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ class OIDCLoginView(View):
             embed_start_time = request.GET.get('embed_start_time') or request.POST.get('embed_start_time')
             embed_width = request.GET.get('embed_width') or request.POST.get('embed_width')
             embed_height = request.GET.get('embed_height') or request.POST.get('embed_height')
+            show_media_page = request.GET.get('show_media_page') or request.POST.get('show_media_page')
 
             if not all([target_link_uri, iss, client_id]):
                 return JsonResponse({'error': 'Missing required OIDC parameters'}, status=400)
@@ -139,6 +140,8 @@ class OIDCLoginView(View):
                         state_data['embed_width'] = embed_width
                     if embed_height:
                         state_data['embed_height'] = embed_height
+                    if show_media_page:
+                        state_data['show_media_page'] = show_media_page
 
                     # Encode as base64 URL-safe string
                     state = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(json.dumps(state_data).encode()).decode().rstrip('=')
@@ -218,6 +221,7 @@ class LaunchView(View):
             't': 't',
             'width': 'width',
             'height': 'height',
+            'show_media_page': 'show_media_page',
         }
 
         for key, param_name in param_mapping.items():
@@ -265,7 +269,7 @@ class LaunchView(View):
                 media_token_from_state = state_data.get('media_token')
 
                 # Extract embed parameters from state
-                for key in ['embed_show_title', 'embed_show_related', 'embed_show_user_avatar', 'embed_link_title', 'embed_start_time', 'embed_width', 'embed_height']:
+                for key in ['embed_show_title', 'embed_show_related', 'embed_show_user_avatar', 'embed_link_title', 'embed_start_time', 'embed_width', 'embed_height', 'show_media_page']:
                     if key in state_data:
                         embed_params_from_state[key] = state_data[key]
             except Exception:
@@ -704,6 +708,13 @@ class EmbedMediaLTIView(View):
 
         # Build embed URL with parameters from the request
         embed_params = LaunchView.extract_embed_params_from_dict(request.GET)
-        embed_url = LaunchView.build_url_with_embed_params(f"/embed?m={friendly_token}", embed_params)
+        show_media_page = request.GET.get('show_media_page')
+
+        if show_media_page == 'true':
+            base_path = f"/view?m={friendly_token}"
+        else:
+            base_path = f"/embed?m={friendly_token}"
+
+        embed_url = LaunchView.build_url_with_embed_params(base_path, embed_params)
 
         return HttpResponseRedirect(embed_url)