Remote controlling media players on android - possible?

I have the frigate add-on to play streams of my cameras, but it’s not very trustworthy to use this as a baby monitor in the night. Using VLC on android is way more trustworthy, but sometimes the video just pauses, and of course wont automatically resume. Is there a way to remote control (send play/pause) to android tablets?
The browser mod integration plays videos in a browser and therefore would be the same as frigate is already doing, not super trustworthy.

Thanks!