diff --git a/components/player/MobileVideoPlayer.tsx b/components/player/MobileVideoPlayer.tsx
index 5076eab..e54746c 100644
--- a/components/player/MobileVideoPlayer.tsx
+++ b/components/player/MobileVideoPlayer.tsx
@@ -30,8 +30,14 @@ export function MobileVideoPlayer({
   const { refs, state } = useMobilePlayerState();
   const { currentTime } = state;
 
+  // Ensure src goes through proxy to avoid CORS/IP issues on Vercel
+  // But don't double-proxy if already proxied
+  const proxySrc = src.includes('/api/proxy')
+    ? src
+    : `${typeof window !== 'undefined' ? window.location.origin : ''}/api/proxy?url=${encodeURIComponent(src)}`;
+
   // Preload HLS segments
-  useHLSPreloader({ src, currentTime, videoRef: refs.videoRef, isLoading: state.isLoading });
+  useHLSPreloader({ src: proxySrc, currentTime, videoRef: refs.videoRef, isLoading: state.isLoading });
 
   const {
     videoRef,
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ export function MobileVideoPlayer({
   } = state;
 
   const logic = useMobilePlayerLogic({
-    src,
+    src: proxySrc,
     initialTime,
     shouldAutoPlay,
     onError,
@@ -98,7 +104,7 @@ export function MobileVideoPlayer({
       <video
         ref={videoRef}
         className="w-full h-full object-contain touch-none"
-        src={src}
+        src={proxySrc}
         poster={poster}
         onPlay={handlePlay}
         onPause={handlePause}
@@ -127,7 +133,7 @@ export function MobileVideoPlayer({
       />
 
       <MobileControlsWrapper
-        src={src}
+        src={proxySrc}
         state={state}
         logic={logic}
         refs={refs}
diff --git a/components/player/hooks/useHlsPlayer.ts b/components/player/hooks/useHlsPlayer.ts
index d13c46d..42eeb43 100644
--- a/components/player/hooks/useHlsPlayer.ts
+++ b/components/player/hooks/useHlsPlayer.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ export function useHlsPlayer({
         const video = videoRef.current;
         if (!video || !src) return;
 
+        // Ensure src goes through proxy to avoid CORS/IP issues on Vercel
+        const proxySrc = src.includes('/api/proxy')
+            ? src
+            : `${window.location.origin}/api/proxy?url=${encodeURIComponent(src)}`;
+
         // Cleanup previous HLS instance
         if (hlsRef.current) {
             hlsRef.current.destroy();
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ export function useHlsPlayer({
                 });
                 hlsRef.current = hls;
 
-                hls.loadSource(src);
+                hls.loadSource(proxySrc);
                 hls.attachMedia(video);
 
                 hls.on(Hls.Events.MANIFEST_PARSED, () => {
@@ -117,12 +122,12 @@ export function useHlsPlayer({
             } else {
                 console.log('[HLS] Using native HLS support');
                 // Native HLS support
-                video.src = src;
+                video.src = proxySrc;
             }
         } else if (isNativeHlsSupported) {
             // Fallback for environments where Hls.js is not supported but native is (e.g. iOS without MSE?)
             console.log('[HLS] Using native HLS support (Hls.js not supported)');
-            video.src = src;
+            video.src = proxySrc;
         } else {
             console.error('[HLS] HLS not supported in this browser');
         }
diff --git a/lib/utils/fetch-with-retry.ts b/lib/utils/fetch-with-retry.ts
index 4ccc724..6284caf 100644
--- a/lib/utils/fetch-with-retry.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/fetch-with-retry.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ export async function fetchWithRetry({ url, request }: FetchWithRetryOptions): P
     // Optional IP forwarding (default: Beijing IP)
     const forwardedIP = request.nextUrl.searchParams.get('ip') || '202.108.22.5';
 
-    const MAX_RETRIES = 5;
-    const TIMEOUT_MS = 30000; // 30 seconds
+    // Vercel serverless functions have a 10s default timeout
+    const isVercel = process.env.VERCEL === '1';
+    const MAX_RETRIES = isVercel ? 2 : 5;
+    const TIMEOUT_MS = isVercel ? 8000 : 30000; // 8s for Vercel, 30s for others
     let lastError: unknown = null;
     let response: Response | null = null;