diff --git a/android/src/main/java/dev/zoriya/omni/OmniPlayer.kt b/android/src/main/java/dev/zoriya/omni/OmniPlayer.kt
index 72eebb8..a7ab696 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/dev/zoriya/omni/OmniPlayer.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/dev/zoriya/omni/OmniPlayer.kt
@@ -298,6 +298,48 @@ class OmniPlayer(
             .build()
     }
 
+    private fun sourceOf(item: MediaItem): Source {
+        val extras = item.requestMetadata.extras
+        val meta = item.mediaMetadata
+        return Source(
+            src = VideoSrc(
+                uri = item.localConfiguration?.uri?.toString() ?: item.mediaId,
+                mimeType = item.localConfiguration?.mimeType,
+                headers = emptyMap(),
+            ),
+            startTime = null,
+            subtitles = item.localConfiguration?.subtitleConfigurations.orEmpty().map {
+                Subtitle(
+                    id = it.id ?: it.uri.toString(),
+                    link = it.uri.toString(),
+                    mimeType = it.mimeType,
+                    language = it.language,
+                    label = it.label,
+                )
+            }.toTypedArray(),
+            fonts = null,
+            metadata = Metadata(
+                title = meta.title?.toString() ?: "",
+                album = meta.albumTitle?.toString(),
+                artist = meta.artist?.toString(),
+                imageLink = meta.artworkUri?.toString(),
+                // we did not load it, we don't know what comes around it.
+                hasPrev = null,
+                hasNext = null,
+            ),
+            mixAudio = null,
+            castId = extras?.getString(CAST_ID_EXTRA),
+            castData = extras?.getString(CAST_DATA_EXTRA)?.let { raw ->
+                try {
+                    val json = JSONObject(raw)
+                    json.keys().asSequence().associateWith { json.optString(it) }
+                } catch (_: Throwable) {
+                    null
+                }
+            },
+        )
+    }
+
     fun setVideoView(surfaceView: android.view.SurfaceView) {
         runOnMainThread {
             localPlayer.setVideoSurfaceView(surfaceView)
diff --git a/src/provider.web.tsx b/src/provider.web.tsx
index f78a198..44ccbef 100644
--- a/src/provider.web.tsx
+++ b/src/provider.web.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 import { createPlayer } from "@videojs/react";
 import { GoogleCast } from "@videojs/react/media/google-cast";
 import { videoFeatures } from "@videojs/react/video";
-import {
-	createContext,
-	type ReactNode,
-	useContext,
-	useEffect,
-	useRef,
-} from "react";
+import { createContext, type ReactNode, useContext, useEffect } from "react";
 import { usePlayerState } from "./events";
 import { WebOmniPlayer } from "./player.web";
 import type { OmniPlayer, PlayerBackend } from "./types/player";
@@ -58,16 +52,10 @@ const PlayerInitializer = ({
 }) => {
 	const store = VideoPlayer.usePlayer();
 	const player = useLazyRef(() => new WebOmniPlayer(store));
-	const seekedForSrc = useRef<string | undefined>(undefined);
 
 	useEffect(() => {
 		player.source = source;
-		const uri = source?.src?.uri;
-		if (uri !== seekedForSrc.current) {
-			seekedForSrc.current = uri;
-			if (source?.startTime) store.seek(source.startTime);
-		}
-	}, [source, store]);
+	}, [source]);
 
 	useEffect(() => {
 		player.showNotification = showNotification;
diff --git a/src/view.web.tsx b/src/view.web.tsx
index bec9728..66763a1 100644
--- a/src/view.web.tsx
+++ b/src/view.web.tsx
@@ -134,6 +134,17 @@ export const OmniView = ({
 		[],
 	);
 
+	const player = usePlayer();
+	const uri = source?.src.uri;
+	const startTime = source?.startTime;
+	const prevUri = useRef<string | undefined>(undefined);
+	useEffect(() => {
+		if (!uri) return;
+		if (startTime) player.currentTime = startTime;
+		if (autoplay && prevUri.current && prevUri.current !== uri) player.play();
+		prevUri.current = uri;
+	}, [player, uri, startTime, autoplay]);
+
 	// While casting, the receiver renders subtitles (the player forwards the
 	// selection); skip rendering them locally on the idle <video>.
 	const castStatus = usePlayerState("castStatus");