diff --git a/src/renderer/features/player/audio-player/hooks/use-main-player-listener.tsx b/src/renderer/features/player/audio-player/hooks/use-main-player-listener.tsx
index c51a64204..01d005c08 100644
--- a/src/renderer/features/player/audio-player/hooks/use-main-player-listener.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/features/player/audio-player/hooks/use-main-player-listener.tsx
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export const useMainPlayerListener = () => {
 
         mpvPlayerListener.rendererStop(() => {
             if (!isRadioActive) {
-                mediaStop();
+                mediaStop({ reset: false });
             }
         });
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/features/player/context/player-context.tsx b/src/renderer/features/player/context/player-context.tsx
index e96da23b2..e0915afa1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/features/player/context/player-context.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/features/player/context/player-context.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export interface PlayerContext {
     mediaSeekToTimestamp: (timestamp: number) => void;
     mediaSkipBackward: () => void;
     mediaSkipForward: () => void;
-    mediaStop: () => void;
+    mediaStop: (options?: { reset?: boolean }) => void;
     mediaToggleMute: () => void;
     mediaTogglePlayPause: () => void;
     moveSelectedTo: (items: QueueSong[], edge: 'bottom' | 'top', uniqueId: string) => void;
@@ -596,13 +596,17 @@ export const PlayerProvider = ({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) => {
         storeActions.mediaPrevious();
     }, [storeActions]);
 
-    const mediaStop = useCallback(() => {
-        logFn.debug(logMsg[LogCategory.PLAYER].mediaStop, {
-            category: LogCategory.PLAYER,
-        });
+    const mediaStop = useCallback(
+        (options?: { reset?: boolean }) => {
+            logFn.debug(logMsg[LogCategory.PLAYER].mediaStop, {
+                category: LogCategory.PLAYER,
+                meta: { reset: options?.reset },
+            });
 
-        storeActions.mediaStop();
-    }, [storeActions]);
+            storeActions.mediaStop(options);
+        },
+        [storeActions],
+    );
 
     const mediaSeekToTimestamp = useCallback(
         (timestamp: number) => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/store/player.store.ts b/src/renderer/store/player.store.ts
index e34debccb..6b73530a4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/store/player.store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/store/player.store.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ interface Actions {
     mediaSeekToTimestamp: (timestamp: number) => void;
     mediaSkipBackward: (offset?: number) => void;
     mediaSkipForward: (offset?: number) => void;
-    mediaStop: () => void;
+    /**
+     * @param options.reset - When true (default), sets seekToTimestamp(0) so the engine seeks to start.
+     * Timestamp display is always cleared to 0. Use false when the engine is already idle (e.g. mpv `stopped`) to skip that seek.
+     */
+    mediaStop: (options?: { reset?: boolean }) => void;
     mediaToggleMute: () => void;
     mediaTogglePlayPause: () => void;
     moveSelectedTo: (items: QueueSong[], uniqueId: string, edge: 'bottom' | 'top') => void;
@@ -1164,11 +1168,14 @@ export const usePlayerStoreBase = createWithEqualityFn<PlayerState>()(
                         state.player.seekToTimestamp = uniqueSeekToTimestamp(newTimestamp);
                     });
                 },
-                mediaStop: () => {
+                mediaStop: (options?: { reset?: boolean }) => {
+                    const reset = options?.reset !== false;
                     set((state) => {
                         state.player.status = PlayerStatus.PAUSED;
-                        state.player.seekToTimestamp = uniqueSeekToTimestamp(0);
                         setTimestampStore(0);
+                        if (reset) {
+                            state.player.seekToTimestamp = uniqueSeekToTimestamp(0);
+                        }
                     });
                 },
                 mediaToggleMute: () => {