diff --git a/RCTVideo.m b/RCTVideo.m
index cc5101c4..12024132 100644
--- a/RCTVideo.m
+++ b/RCTVideo.m
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@
   _playerLayer.videoGravity = mode;
 }
 
+- (void)setPause:(BOOL)wantsToPause
+{
+  if (wantsToPause) {
+    [_player pause];
+  } else {
+    [_player play];
+  }
+}
+
 
 - (void)playerItemDidReachEnd:(NSNotification *)notification {
   AVPlayerItem *item = [notification object];
diff --git a/RCTVideoManager.m b/RCTVideoManager.m
index 49e08239..ba67946c 100644
--- a/RCTVideoManager.m
+++ b/RCTVideoManager.m
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(src, NSString);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(resizeMode, NSString);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(repeat, BOOL);
+RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(pause, BOOL);
 
 - (NSDictionary *)constantsToExport
 {
diff --git a/Video.ios.js b/Video.ios.js
index c494b6c6..0a64dd8b 100644
--- a/Video.ios.js
+++ b/Video.ios.js
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ var Video = React.createClass({
   propTypes: {
     source: PropTypes.string,
     style: StyleSheetPropType(VideoStylePropTypes),
+    resizeMode: PropTypes.string,
     repeat: PropTypes.bool,
+    pause: PropTypes.bool,
   },
 
   mixins: [NativeMethodsMixin],
@@ -30,18 +32,19 @@ var Video = React.createClass({
     var source = this.props.source;
 
     var resizeMode;
-    var contentModes = NativeModules.VideoManager;
-    if (style.resizeMode === VideoResizeMode.stretch) {
-      resizeMode = contentModes.ScaleToFill;
-    } else if (style.resizeMode === VideoResizeMode.contain) {
-      resizeMode = contentModes.ScaleAspectFit;
+    if (this.props.resizeMode === VideoResizeMode.stretch) {
+      resizeMode = NativeModules.VideoManager.ScaleToFill;
+    } else if (this.props.resizeMode === VideoResizeMode.contain) {
+      resizeMode = NativeModules.VideoManager.ScaleAspectFit;
+    } else if (this.props.resizeMode == VideoResizeMode.cover) {
+      resizeMode = NativeModules.VideoManager.ScaleAspectFill;
     } else {
-      resizeMode = contentModes.ScaleAspectFill;
+      resizeMode = NativeModules.VideoManager.ScaleNone;
     }
 
     var nativeProps = merge(this.props, {
       style,
-      resizeMode,
+      resizeMode: resizeMode,
       src: source,
     });
 
@@ -50,7 +53,8 @@ var Video = React.createClass({
 });
 
 var RCTVideo = createReactIOSNativeComponentClass({
-  validAttributes: merge(ReactIOSViewAttributes.UIView, {src: true, resizeMode: true, repeat: true}),
+  validAttributes: merge(ReactIOSViewAttributes.UIView,
+                         {src: true, resizeMode: true, repeat: true, pause: true}),
   uiViewClassName: 'RCTVideo',
 });
 
diff --git a/VideoStylePropTypes.js b/VideoStylePropTypes.js
index badebfef..04b4b914 100644
--- a/VideoStylePropTypes.js
+++ b/VideoStylePropTypes.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ var ReactPropTypes = require('ReactPropTypes');
 
 var VideoStylePropTypes = {
   ...LayoutPropTypes,
-  resizeMode: ReactPropTypes.oneOf(Object.keys(VideoResizeMode)),
 };
 
 module.exports = VideoStylePropTypes;