diff --git a/src/pages/PlayerPage.tsx b/src/pages/PlayerPage.tsx
index b7e94e3..63e4d1c 100644
--- a/src/pages/PlayerPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/PlayerPage.tsx
@@ -361,35 +361,21 @@ export default function PlayerPage() {
       transcodingUrlHasRuntimeTicks: hasRuntimeTicks,
       streamUrl: streamUrl.replace(/api_key=[^&]+/, 'api_key=***'),
     })
-    if (transcodingUrl && !hasRuntimeTicks) {
-      const fullUrl = `${serverUrl}${transcodingUrl}`
-      fetch(fullUrl, { headers: { Authorization: `MediaBrowser Token=${token}` } })
-        .then(r => r.text())
-        .then(text => {
-          const lines = text.split(/\r?\n/)
-          const variantLine = lines.find(l => l.endsWith('.m3u8') && !l.startsWith('#'))
-          console.log('[player] hls master playlist', text)
-          if (variantLine) {
-            const variantUrl = variantLine.startsWith('http')
-              ? variantLine
-              : new URL(variantLine, fullUrl).toString()
-            return fetch(variantUrl, { headers: { Authorization: `MediaBrowser Token=${token}` } }).then(r => r.text())
-          }
-          return null
-        })
-        .then(variantText => {
-          if (!variantText) return
-          const lines = variantText.split(/\r?\n/)
-          const segmentLines = lines.filter(l => /\.(ts|m4s|mp4)(\?|$)/.test(l))
-          console.log('[player] hls variant playlist (first 20 lines)', lines.slice(0, 20))
-          console.log('[player] hls variant first 6 segment lines', segmentLines.slice(0, 6))
-          console.log('[player] hls variant segments have runtimeTicks', segmentLines.some(l => l.includes('runtimeTicks=')))
-          console.log('[player] hls variant segments have StartTimeTicks', segmentLines.some(l => l.includes('StartTimeTicks=')))
-        })
-        .catch(e => console.warn('[player] hls playlist fetch failed', e))
-    }
   }
 
+  /* Resume prompt: show on first mount when there's a saved position
+   * past the threshold AND the user wants the prompt. The prompt auto-
+   * confirms after a few seconds, which queues the deferred seek via
+   * pendingSeekRef and seeks the underlying HTMLMediaElement directly
+   * (vidstack's MediaPlayerInstance.currentTime has a known bug on
+   * direct-play MP4 sources that restarts the video from 0).
+   * Intentionally scoped to item?.Id only - we only want to evaluate
+   * the resume condition once per item, not re-trigger when item data
+   * refreshes or prefs change mid-playback. */
+  const resumePromptShownRef = useRef<string | null>(null)
+  const resumeItemId = item?.Id
+  const resumePositionTicks = item?.UserData?.PlaybackPositionTicks
+
   /* Reset transient flags on item change */
   useEffect(() => {
     setUpNextDismissed(false)
@@ -398,29 +384,20 @@ export default function PlayerPage() {
     setStreamAudioIndex(null)
     setEndCardOpen(false)
     pendingSeekRef.current = null
+    resumePromptShownRef.current = null
     usePlayerRuntimeStore.getState().resetForNewItem()
   }, [id, setPanel])
 
-  /* Resume prompt: show on first mount when there's a saved position
-   * past the threshold AND the user wants the prompt AND the URL didn't
-   * already specify ?resume=true (queue navigation path).
-   * Intentionally scoped to item?.Id only - we only want to evaluate
-   * the resume condition once per item, not re-trigger when item data
-   * refreshes or prefs change mid-playback. */
-  const resumePromptShownRef = useRef<string | null>(null)
-  const resumeItemId = item?.Id
-  const resumePositionTicks = item?.UserData?.PlaybackPositionTicks
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!resumeItemId || resumePromptShownRef.current === resumeItemId) return
     const pos = Number(resumePositionTicks ?? 0)
     const thresholdSec = usePreferencesStore.getState().resumeThresholdSec ?? 5
     const threshold = thresholdSec * 10_000_000
-    const fromQueue = searchParams.get('resume') === 'true'
-    if (showResumePromptPref && !fromQueue && pos > threshold) {
+    if (showResumePromptPref && pos > threshold) {
       setResumePromptOpen(true)
       resumePromptShownRef.current = resumeItemId
     }
-  }, [resumeItemId, resumePositionTicks, searchParams, showResumePromptPref])
+  }, [resumeItemId, resumePositionTicks, showResumePromptPref])
 
   /* Auto-rewatch counter: when an already-played item starts playing
    * again, record the rewatch. We trip it at most once per item-mount