diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 02d728d..cb9a6ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ bar while its controls are up), Esc leaves it. The controls show the
 show's cover, title and episode top left (a web video: its thumbnail and
 name; guests get the art too); before
 a video first plays, its banner fills the picture until playback starts.
-One pill above the controls says what playback waits for ("Press Space
+One pill bottom centre, just above the controls, says what playback waits for ("Press Space
 when you're ready", "Waiting for Bob and Mika · 2/3 ready", "Bob is
 loading…") or what went wrong, with Retry or Cancel when it helps. Chat and activity open in a panel on the right (chat button or
 Tab), ready to type; it shows messages, and its "Activity" toggle adds
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ disk. Nothing is uploaded or stored anywhere.
 
 What to watch, from three sources (the switch at the top). Drop a video,
 a folder or a link anywhere on the window, or press Ctrl+V outside a
-text field, and a small card asks how to open it (put it up, add the
-folder to Files, or fill Link).
+text field, and a small card asks how to open it (put it up, add it to
+Up next, add the folder to Files, or fill Link).
 
 - **Jellyfin**: your linked servers (see below); with none linked it
   points to Files and Link and offers Jellyfin as optional. Library chips beside the
@@ -162,14 +162,16 @@ and it plays for you alone ([Watch solo](#getting-started)).
 
 In a server (solo too), anything can wait its turn instead of going up
 now: **Add to queue** on the Link page (in the way you picked), or
-right-click a Jellyfin card or episode, a video in Files or a recent link
-for **Add to queue** / **Play next**; the Jellyfin details panel has a
-queue button (right-click it to play next). A link is checked first, like
-Put it up. Everyone shares one Up next and anyone can change it; what
+right-click a Jellyfin card or episode, a video in Files, a recent link
+or an episode on the Schedule for **Add to queue** / **Play next**; the
+Jellyfin details panel has a queue button (right-click it to play next),
+and the card for a dropped or pasted video or link has both. A link is
+checked first, like Put it up. The next item is kept ready on the app
+that will put it up, so skipping to it starts at once. Everyone shares one Up next and anyone can change it; what
 you added stays when you leave.
 
-In the player, **Up next · title** sits top right with the controls: ▶
-plays it now, the title opens the queue: drag rows to reorder, hover a
+In the player, **Up next · title** sits in the top bar next to the chat
+button: ⏭ plays it now, the title opens the queue: drag rows to reorder, hover a
 row to play it now (▶) or remove it (×), paste a link in the field or
 drop a link or a video on it to add. When a video ends, a card shows
 what is up next with a 10 s countdown (Cancel stops it on your screen)
@@ -269,10 +271,11 @@ chapter title and the time there. With the controls hidden it stays as a
 thin line (unless "Progress line when hidden" is off). Above it flat buttons: ≡ menu, Subtitles and Audio (with the
 track count), the shader badge (the active Anime4K mode, e.g. "A HQ"),
 ready, chapters, 1:30, previous / next episode, change video, volume, ⚙
-and fullscreen; the title top left, chat and back-to-library top right. Keys and skip buttons work
+and fullscreen; the title top left, Up next, chat and back-to-library top right. Keys and skip buttons work
 the same.
 
-Skipping: during the opening a "Skip OP" button floats in the corner (it
+Skipping: during the opening a "Skip OP" button shows bottom right, just
+above the controls (it
 jumps to the end of the opening), during the ending "Skip ED" (to the end
 of the ending only; what comes after is yours to skip). "Skip OP" and
 "Skip 1:30" show for 5 seconds when they come up, then only while the
@@ -324,7 +327,10 @@ Watching:
   directly with their own sign-in. Jellyfin tracks progress per account:
   your watched state, Continue watching and resume point follow what you
   saw (reported on start, every 10 s, on pause, resume, seek and track
-  change, and when it stops).
+  change, and when it stops). Watched means you actually played most of
+  it (or reached the ending after half), not where you stopped: opening
+  a watched episode to check a moment keeps it watched, and a quick peek
+  leaves no resume point.
 - Friends without an account watch through the server: whoever put the
   item up passes it on automatically, with their own sign-in, which never
   leaves their computer (only the current item, only to people in the
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/controls/controls_probe.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/controls/controls_probe.dart
index 57e951b..e2115ab 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/controls/controls_probe.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/controls/controls_probe.dart
@@ -2,16 +2,92 @@ import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
+/// What keeps the player's controls up besides the mouse on them: the
+/// mouse on a floating element over the picture (a pill, a card, the
+/// status pill: [ControlsHoldRegion]) or an open popover. While anything
+/// holds, the controls stay up; on release they hide on their usual
+/// countdown. Both designs follow it ([ControlsHoverProbe] with
+/// media_kit's controls, `UoscControls`).
+class ControlsHold extends ChangeNotifier {
+  final _by = <Object>{};
+  bool _told = false;
+  bool _queued = false;
+  bool _disposed = false;
+
+  bool get held => _told;
+
+  /// [who] holds ([on]) or lets go. Listeners hear it in a microtask, never
+  /// during a build or a dispose.
+  void set(Object who, bool on) {
+    if (on ? !_by.add(who) : !_by.remove(who)) return;
+    if (_queued) return;
+    _queued = true;
+    scheduleMicrotask(() {
+      _queued = false;
+      if (_disposed) return;
+      final now = _by.isNotEmpty;
+      if (now == _told) return;
+      _told = now;
+      notifyListeners();
+    });
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    _disposed = true;
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+}
+
+/// The mouse on [child] counts as the mouse on the controls: it holds
+/// [hold] while it is there.
+class ControlsHoldRegion extends StatefulWidget {
+  final ControlsHold? hold;
+  final Widget child;
+  const ControlsHoldRegion({super.key, required this.hold, required this.child});
+
+  @override
+  State<ControlsHoldRegion> createState() => _ControlsHoldRegionState();
+}
+
+class _ControlsHoldRegionState extends State<ControlsHoldRegion> {
+  @override
+  void didUpdateWidget(ControlsHoldRegion oldWidget) {
+    super.didUpdateWidget(oldWidget);
+    if (oldWidget.hold != widget.hold) oldWidget.hold?.set(this, false);
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    widget.hold?.set(this, false);
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final hold = widget.hold;
+    if (hold == null) return widget.child;
+    return MouseRegion(
+      onEnter: (_) => hold.set(this, true),
+      onExit: (_) => hold.set(this, false),
+      child: widget.child,
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 /// Follows whether media_kit's desktop controls around [child] are up,
 /// by the same rule they use: up on mount and on any mouse movement,
 /// down [hideAfter] later or when the mouse leaves. media_kit does not
 /// expose its visibility; this lets the player draw a progress line while
-/// they are down. Never takes input.
+/// they are down. With [hold] held it keeps them (and itself) up. Never
+/// takes input.
 class ControlsHoverProbe extends StatefulWidget {
   final ValueNotifier<bool> shown;
   final Duration hideAfter;
+  final ControlsHold? hold;
   final Widget child;
-  const ControlsHoverProbe({super.key, required this.shown, required this.hideAfter, required this.child});
+  const ControlsHoverProbe(
+      {super.key, required this.shown, required this.hideAfter, this.hold, required this.child});
 
   @override
   State<ControlsHoverProbe> createState() => _ControlsHoverProbeState();
@@ -19,22 +95,67 @@ class ControlsHoverProbe extends StatefulWidget {
 
 class _ControlsHoverProbeState extends State<ControlsHoverProbe> {
   Timer? _timer;
+  // While held: media_kit's own countdown is restarted before it ends.
+  Timer? _keep;
+
+  bool get _held => widget.hold?.held ?? false;
 
   @override
   void initState() {
     super.initState();
+    widget.hold?.addListener(_holdChanged);
     // Not during this build: the line listening to [shown] may be built.
     WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
       if (mounted) _wake();
     });
   }
 
+  @override
+  void didUpdateWidget(ControlsHoverProbe oldWidget) {
+    super.didUpdateWidget(oldWidget);
+    if (oldWidget.hold != widget.hold) {
+      oldWidget.hold?.removeListener(_holdChanged);
+      widget.hold?.addListener(_holdChanged);
+      _holdChanged();
+    }
+  }
+
   @override
   void dispose() {
+    widget.hold?.removeListener(_holdChanged);
     _timer?.cancel();
+    _keep?.cancel();
     super.dispose();
   }
 
+  void _holdChanged() {
+    if (!mounted) return;
+    _keep?.cancel();
+    _keep = null;
+    if (_held) {
+      _keep = Timer.periodic(widget.hideAfter * 0.5, (_) => _pokeControls());
+    }
+    _pokeControls();
+    _wake();
+  }
+
+  /// media_kit's controls state is private: a guarded dynamic call to its
+  /// hover handler, as a mouse movement on it would make.
+  void _pokeControls() {
+    if (!mounted) return;
+    void visit(Element e) {
+      if (e is StatefulElement && e.state.runtimeType.toString() == '_MaterialDesktopVideoControlsState') {
+        try {
+          (e.state as dynamic).onHover();
+        } catch (_) {}
+        return;
+      }
+      e.visitChildElements(visit);
+    }
+
+    context.visitChildElements(visit);
+  }
+
   void _wake() {
     widget.shown.value = true;
     _timer?.cancel();
@@ -43,7 +164,8 @@ class _ControlsHoverProbeState extends State<ControlsHoverProbe> {
 
   void _hide() {
     _timer?.cancel();
-    if (mounted) widget.shown.value = false;
+    if (!mounted || _held) return;
+    widget.shown.value = false;
   }
 
   @override
@@ -52,7 +174,9 @@ class _ControlsHoverProbeState extends State<ControlsHoverProbe> {
         hitTestBehavior: HitTestBehavior.translucent,
         onEnter: (_) => _wake(),
         onHover: (_) => _wake(),
-        onExit: (_) => _hide(),
+        // Held (the mouse went onto a pill or the popover): media_kit's
+        // controls just hid on their own exit; bring them straight back.
+        onExit: (_) => _held ? _pokeControls() : _hide(),
         child: widget.child,
       );
 }
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/controls/player_settings.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/controls/player_settings.dart
index 165ebea..294069b 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/controls/player_settings.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/controls/player_settings.dart
@@ -312,19 +312,18 @@ class PlayerSettingsCard extends StatelessWidget {
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    return Material(
+    // The app's glass, like the Up next popover and the menus.
+    return AppGlass(
       key: const ValueKey('player-settings-card'),
-      elevation: 12,
-      borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(16),
       child: SizedBox(
         width: 420,
         child: Padding(
-          padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(18, 14, 18, 10),
+          padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(16, 12, 16, 10),
           child: Column(
             mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
             crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
             children: [
-              const Text('Player', style: TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.w700, fontSize: 16)),
+              const Text('Player', style: TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.w600, fontSize: 14)),
               const SizedBox(height: 4),
               ...playerSettingRows(renderMode: renderMode),
               if (tracks) ...[
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/controls/uosc/controls.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/controls/uosc/controls.dart
index a8b6b1c..bcdc688 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/controls/uosc/controls.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/controls/uosc/controls.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:signals/signals_flutter.dart';
 
 import '../../state/settings.dart';
+import '../controls_probe.dart' show ControlsHold;
 
 // The mpv-style (uosc) controls frame: a full-width timeline at the
 // bottom with a row of flat buttons above it, the title top left and a
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ class UoscControls extends StatefulWidget {
   final Duration hideAfter;
   /// Follows whether the controls are up (for overlays outside them).
   final ValueNotifier<bool>? shown;
+  /// Keeps them up while held (the mouse on an overlay, an open popover).
+  final ControlsHold? holdBy;
   const UoscControls({
     super.key,
     required this.timeline,
@@ -38,9 +41,12 @@ class UoscControls extends StatefulWidget {
     this.onDoubleTap,
     this.hideAfter = const Duration(seconds: 3),
     this.shown,
+    this.holdBy,
   });
 
   static const buttonRowHeight = 40.0;
+  /// Under the button row, above the timeline.
+  static const rowBottomPadding = 4.0;
 
   /// The controls around [context], for widgets that need them kept up
   /// (a timeline drag, an open menu).
@@ -54,6 +60,7 @@ class UoscControls extends StatefulWidget {
 class UoscControlsState extends State<UoscControls> {
   bool _visible = true;
   int _holds = 0;
+  bool _heldBy = false;
   Timer? _timer;
 
   bool get visible => _visible;
@@ -61,6 +68,7 @@ class UoscControlsState extends State<UoscControls> {
   @override
   void initState() {
     super.initState();
+    widget.holdBy?.addListener(_holdByChanged);
     // Not during this build: an overlay listening to [shown] may be built.
     WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
       if (mounted) widget.shown?.value = true;
@@ -68,12 +76,30 @@ class UoscControlsState extends State<UoscControls> {
     _hideLater();
   }
 
+  @override
+  void didUpdateWidget(UoscControls oldWidget) {
+    super.didUpdateWidget(oldWidget);
+    if (oldWidget.holdBy != widget.holdBy) {
+      oldWidget.holdBy?.removeListener(_holdByChanged);
+      widget.holdBy?.addListener(_holdByChanged);
+      _holdByChanged();
+    }
+  }
+
   @override
   void dispose() {
+    widget.holdBy?.removeListener(_holdByChanged);
     _timer?.cancel();
     super.dispose();
   }
 
+  void _holdByChanged() {
+    final on = widget.holdBy?.held ?? false;
+    if (on == _heldBy || !mounted) return;
+    _heldBy = on;
+    hold(on);
+  }
+
   /// Show the controls and restart the hide countdown.
   void wake() {
     if (!_visible && mounted) {
@@ -185,8 +211,9 @@ class UoscControlsState extends State<UoscControls> {
                 child: AnimatedOpacity(
                   duration: fade,
                   opacity: visible ? 1 : 0,
+                  // The buttons centred on the title, like the standard
+                  // design's top bar.
                   child: Row(
-                    crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
                     children: [
                       Expanded(
                         child: Padding(
@@ -196,7 +223,8 @@ class UoscControlsState extends State<UoscControls> {
                               : Align(alignment: AlignmentDirectional.centerStart, child: widget.topLeft),
                         ),
                       ),
-                      ?widget.top,
+                      if (widget.top != null)
+                        Padding(padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(0, 12, 6, 0), child: widget.top),
                     ],
                   ),
                 ),
@@ -217,7 +245,7 @@ class UoscControlsState extends State<UoscControls> {
                     duration: fade,
                     opacity: visible ? 1 : 0,
                     child: Padding(
-                      padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(6, 0, 6, 4),
+                      padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(6, 0, 6, UoscControls.rowBottomPadding),
                       child: SizedBox(
                         height: UoscControls.buttonRowHeight,
                         child: Row(children: [...widget.left, const Spacer(), ...widget.right]),
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/jellyfin/progress.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/jellyfin/progress.dart
index cd75971..0695e5a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/jellyfin/progress.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/jellyfin/progress.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:math' as math;
 
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
@@ -24,6 +25,14 @@ class PlayerSnapshot {
 /// go out one after another; a failure is logged and handed to [onError]
 /// (the session shows one quiet toast) and never touches playback. A 401
 /// calls [onUnauthorized] and ends reporting.
+///
+/// Watched or not is [WatchSession]'s rule, not Jellyfin's position
+/// percentages (see ARCHITECTURE.md "Jellyfin in a session"): an item
+/// played before ([playedBefore]) stays played (re-marked after Playing,
+/// Progress without a position, Stopped without one, then marked played
+/// again); otherwise Progress leaves the position out past
+/// [_noPositionFrom] of the runtime so Jellyfin cannot mark it played on
+/// its own, and Stopped carries what the rule says.
 class JellyfinProgressReporter {
   final JellyfinClient client;
   final String itemId;
@@ -34,20 +43,36 @@ class JellyfinProgressReporter {
   final void Function(Object error)? onError;
   final VoidCallback? onUnauthorized;
 
+  /// What this viewer watched of the item while it was open here.
+  final WatchSession watch;
+
   JellyfinProgressReporter({
     required this.client,
     required this.itemId,
     required this.source,
     required this.playSessionId,
+    bool playedBefore = false,
+    int resumeTicksBefore = 0,
     this.interval = const Duration(seconds: 10),
     this.onError,
     this.onUnauthorized,
     DateTime Function()? clock,
-  }) : _clock = clock ?? DateTime.now;
+  })  : _clock = clock ?? DateTime.now,
+        _keepPlayed = playedBefore,
+        _runtime = (source.runTimeTicks ?? 0) / jellyfinTicksPerSecond,
+        watch = WatchSession(
+            playedBefore: playedBefore, resumeBefore: resumeTicksBefore / jellyfinTicksPerSecond);
+
+  /// Past this share of the runtime Progress carries no position: Jellyfin
+  /// marks an item played past its "max resume" share (90 % by default).
+  static const _noPositionFrom = 0.85;
 
   Future<void> _chain = Future.value();
   bool _playing = false;
   bool _dead = false;
+  bool _keepPlayed;
+  double _runtime;
+  double? _endingStart;
   PlayerSnapshot? _last;
   DateTime? _lastAt;
   DateTime? _lastSentAt;
@@ -55,13 +80,23 @@ class JellyfinProgressReporter {
   /// Between [start] and [stop].
   bool get active => _playing && !_dead;
 
+  /// The item counts as played here (before, or by the rule at a stop).
+  bool get keepsPlayed => _keepPlayed;
+
+  /// The player's duration (used when Jellyfin gave no runtime) and where
+  /// the ending starts (Outro segment / ED chapter), seconds.
+  void timeline({double duration = 0, double? endingStart}) {
+    if ((source.runTimeTicks ?? 0) <= 0 && duration > 0) _runtime = duration;
+    _endingStart = endingStart;
+  }
+
   /// The report body for [s]: ticks, pause, and mpv's aid/sid mapped to
   /// Jellyfin stream indices (-1 = subtitles off).
-  JellyfinPlaybackReport reportFor(PlayerSnapshot s) => JellyfinPlaybackReport(
+  JellyfinPlaybackReport reportFor(PlayerSnapshot s, {bool withPosition = true}) => JellyfinPlaybackReport(
         itemId: itemId,
         mediaSourceId: source.id,
         playSessionId: playSessionId,
-        positionTicks: (s.position * jellyfinTicksPerSecond).round(),
+        positionTicks: withPosition ? _ticks(s.position) : null,
         isPaused: s.paused,
         audioStreamIndex: s.aid == null
             ? null
@@ -71,13 +106,24 @@ class JellyfinProgressReporter {
             : source.jellyfinIndexForMpvTrack(JellyfinStreamType.subtitle, s.sid!),
       );
 
+  static int _ticks(double secs) => (secs * jellyfinTicksPerSecond).round();
+
+  /// Progress may carry the position: not for a played item, not without
+  /// a runtime and not near the end (either would let Jellyfin decide).
+  bool _progressPosition(double position) =>
+      !_keepPlayed && _runtime > 0 && position < _noPositionFrom * _runtime;
+
   /// Playing: once the media is open. Again after [stop] (played to the
-  /// end, then someone seeked back) starts reporting anew.
+  /// end, then someone seeked back) starts reporting anew. A played item
+  /// is marked played again right after (Jellyfin up to 10.11 clears it
+  /// on Playing).
   void start(PlayerSnapshot s) {
     if (_playing || _dead) return;
     _playing = true;
     _mark(s);
+    watch.sample(s.position, playing: !s.paused, at: _clock());
     _send('Playing', () => client.reportPlaybackStart(reportFor(s)));
+    if (_keepPlayed) _send('played', () => client.markPlayed(itemId));
   }
 
   /// Progress when due (see the class doc).
@@ -85,6 +131,7 @@ class JellyfinProgressReporter {
     if (!_playing || _dead) return;
     final last = _last, lastAt = _lastAt, sentAt = _lastSentAt;
     final now = _clock();
+    watch.sample(s.position, playing: !s.paused, at: now);
     var due = force || last == null || lastAt == null || sentAt == null;
     if (!due) {
       final elapsed = now.difference(lastAt).inMilliseconds / 1000;
@@ -99,15 +146,38 @@ class JellyfinProgressReporter {
     _lastAt = now;
     if (!due) return;
     _lastSentAt = now;
-    _send('Progress', () => client.reportPlaybackProgress(reportFor(s)));
+    final report = reportFor(s, withPosition: _progressPosition(s.position));
+    _send('Progress', () => client.reportPlaybackProgress(report));
   }
 
-  /// Stopped (swap, leave, kick, window close, played to the end).
+  /// Stopped (swap, leave, kick, window close, played to the end), as
+  /// [WatchSession.verdict] says: played (or kept played) -> no position,
+  /// then marked played; a peek -> the resume point from before; part way
+  /// -> the position, held under [_noPositionFrom] of the runtime.
   /// Completes when it and everything before it went out.
   Future<void> stop(PlayerSnapshot s) {
     if (!_playing || _dead) return _chain;
     _playing = false;
-    _send('Stopped', () => client.reportPlaybackStopped(reportFor(s)));
+    watch.sample(s.position, playing: !s.paused, at: _clock());
+    final v = _keepPlayed
+        ? const WatchVerdict(WatchOutcome.keepPlayed)
+        : watch.verdict(runtime: _runtime, endingStart: _endingStart);
+    debugPrint('jellyfin $itemId: $v (covered ${watch.covered.round()} s of ${_runtime.round()} s)');
+    final int? ticks;
+    switch (v.outcome) {
+      case WatchOutcome.played || WatchOutcome.keepPlayed:
+        _keepPlayed = true;
+        ticks = null;
+      case WatchOutcome.peek:
+        ticks = _ticks(watch.resumeBefore);
+      case WatchOutcome.partial:
+        final at = v.resumeAt ?? s.position;
+        ticks = _ticks(_runtime > 0 ? math.min(at, _noPositionFrom * _runtime) : at);
+    }
+    final report = JellyfinPlaybackReport(
+        itemId: itemId, mediaSourceId: source.id, playSessionId: playSessionId, positionTicks: ticks);
+    _send('Stopped', () => client.reportPlaybackStopped(report));
+    if (ticks == null) _send('played', () => client.markPlayed(itemId));
     return _chain;
   }
 
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/playback/yt_dlp_app.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/playback/yt_dlp_app.dart
index 3316e81..837edf1 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/playback/yt_dlp_app.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/playback/yt_dlp_app.dart
@@ -46,20 +46,44 @@ class AppYtDlp {
     }
   }
 
-  final _probes = <String, (DateTime, Future<LinkProbe>)>{};
+  final _probes = <String, ({DateTime at, DateTime until, Future<LinkProbe> f})>{};
   static const _probeTtl = Duration(minutes: 10);
 
-  Future<LinkProbe> probe(String url) {
+  /// What [url] is, from memory while it is kept (10 minutes from when it
+  /// was probed; [keep] keeps it longer, for Up next's first item, which
+  /// is probed again before that runs out). [fresh] probes again: the
+  /// remembered result stays until the new one is in, and stays when the
+  /// new one fails.
+  Future<LinkProbe> probe(String url, {Duration keep = _probeTtl, bool fresh = false}) {
     final now = DateTime.now();
-    _probes.removeWhere((_, v) => now.difference(v.$1) > _probeTtl);
+    _probes.removeWhere((_, v) => now.isAfter(v.until));
     final hit = _probes[url];
-    if (hit != null) return hit.$2;
+    if (hit != null && !fresh) {
+      final longer = hit.at.add(keep);
+      if (longer.isAfter(hit.until)) _probes[url] = (at: hit.at, until: longer, f: hit.f);
+      return hit.f;
+    }
     final f = ytDlp.then((y) => probeLink(Uri.parse(url), ytDlp: y));
-    _probes[url] = (now, f);
-    f.catchError((Object _) {
-      _probes.remove(url);
-      return LinkProbe.file(Uri(), -1);
-    });
+    final until = now.add(keep);
+    if (hit == null) {
+      _probes[url] = (at: now, until: until, f: f);
+      f.catchError((Object _) {
+        if (_probes[url]?.f == f) _probes.remove(url);
+        return LinkProbe.file(Uri(), -1);
+      });
+    } else {
+      f.then<void>((_) {
+        _probes[url] = (at: now, until: until, f: f);
+      }, onError: (Object _) {});
+    }
     return f;
   }
+
+  /// [url] no longer needs keeping longer: back to the usual 10 minutes.
+  void release(String url) {
+    final hit = _probes[url];
+    if (hit == null) return;
+    final usual = hit.at.add(_probeTtl);
+    if (usual.isBefore(hit.until)) _probes[url] = (at: hit.at, until: usual, f: hit.f);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/queue/queue_controller.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/queue/queue_controller.dart
index b63ef3a..3b84421 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/queue/queue_controller.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/queue/queue_controller.dart
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import 'queue_logic.dart';
 // Up next on this client (see ARCHITECTURE.md "Up next"): the server's
 // queue as signals, adding to it (probed, with a picture), the end-of-media
 // countdown for its first item, putting an item up when this app is the
-// one that can, and getting that item ready shortly before.
+// one that can, and keeping that item ready.
 
 /// The end-of-media card for the first Up next item. [secondsLeft] null:
 /// no countdown here (auto-advance off, cancelled, or another app puts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class QueueController {
   /// The mediaId whose continuation was cleared here.
   final _hiddenFor = signal(-1);
 
-  /// The queue popover is open: the chip stays up.
+  /// The queue popover is open: the Up next button holds the controls up.
   final popoverOpen = signal(false);
 
   // What adder-only items stand for, by their key (a link passed on from
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ class QueueController {
       final plan = coord.jellyfinPlan.value;
       unawaited(_loadContinuation(next, plan));
     });
+    // The continuation and the state decide what to get ready.
+    effect(() {
+      shownContinuation.value;
+      final r = coord.serverState.value;
+      untracked(() => _warm(r));
+    });
   }
 
   // ------------------------------------------------------------- adding
@@ -474,44 +480,101 @@ class QueueController {
 
   // ------------------------------------------------------------ warming
 
-  /// Near the end of what plays (or once it is buffered to its end), the
-  /// app that will put the first item up resolves its link, so the swap
-  /// does not wait for yt-dlp. A Jellyfin item, a file or a link the
-  /// server fetches has nothing to get ready here.
-  void _warm(StateBroadcast r) {
+  /// How long a warm result is kept, when it is resolved again, and when a
+  /// failed one is tried again.
+  static const _warmKeep = Duration(minutes: 35);
+  static const _warmRefresh = Duration(minutes: 30);
+  static const _warmRetry = Duration(minutes: 2);
+
+  String _warmKey = '';
+  String? _warmUrl;
+  Timer? _warmTimer;
+  int _warmGen = 0;
+
+  /// What this app gets ready: Up next's first item when it is the one
+  /// that puts it up; with Up next empty, the first continuation episode
+  /// (only here when this app plays the series with its own account, and
+  /// its ▶ puts it up from here). Null: nothing.
+  ({String id, String? url, JellyfinRef? ref})? _warmTarget(StateBroadcast? r) {
+    if (r == null) return null;
     final head = r.queue.firstOrNull;
-    if (head == null || queuePerformer(head, r.members).id != _me) {
+    if (head != null) {
+      if (queuePerformer(head, r.members).id != _me) return null;
+      final local = _local[head.key]?.pick;
+      return switch (head.how) {
+        QueueHow.direct => (id: head.id, url: head.media.url, ref: null),
+        QueueHow.through => (id: head.id, url: local is LinkMedia ? local.url : null, ref: null),
+        QueueHow.jellyfin => (id: head.id, url: null, ref: head.media.jellyfin),
+        QueueHow.file || QueueHow.server => (id: head.id, url: null, ref: null),
+      };
+    }
+    final next = shownContinuation.peek().firstOrNull;
+    if (next == null) return null;
+    return (id: 'next:${next.item.id}', url: null, ref: mediaForPick(next.pick).jellyfin);
+  }
+
+  /// Keeps the one item this app puts up next ready, so a skip or the end
+  /// of what plays starts it at once: a link probed (`AppYtDlp.probe`,
+  /// kept while it stays first), a Jellyfin item resolved with this app's
+  /// account ([SessionCoordinator.warmJellyfin]). Done as soon as it is
+  /// first here, again before that runs out, dropped when it is no longer
+  /// first. A file or a link the server fetches has nothing to get ready.
+  void _warm(StateBroadcast? r) {
+    final t = _warmTarget(r);
+    final ref = t?.ref;
+    final key = t == null ? '' : '${t.id}|${t.url}|${ref?.serverId}/${ref?.itemId}/${ref?.mediaSourceId}';
+    if (key == _warmKey) return;
+    _dropWarm(r);
+    _warmKey = key;
+    if (t == null) {
       if (warm.peek() != null) warm.value = null;
       return;
     }
-    final w = warm.peek();
-    if (w == null || w.id != head.id) warm.value = (id: head.id, state: WarmState.idle);
-    if (warm.peek()!.state != WarmState.idle) return;
-    final duration = (r.media?['duration'] as num?)?.toDouble() ?? 0;
-    final position = coord.playback.positionSecs;
-    final due = r.media == null ||
-        queueWarmDue(
-            transport: r.transport,
-            position: position,
-            duration: duration,
-            bufferedTo: position + coord.playback.bufferedSecsAhead);
-    if (!due) return;
-    final local = _local[head.key]?.pick;
-    final url = switch (head.how) {
-      QueueHow.direct => head.media.url,
-      QueueHow.through => local is LinkMedia ? local.url : null,
-      _ => null,
-    };
-    if (url == null) {
-      warm.value = (id: head.id, state: WarmState.ready);
+    if (t.url == null && ref == null) {
+      warm.value = (id: t.id, state: WarmState.ready);
       return;
     }
-    warm.value = (id: head.id, state: WarmState.warming);
-    // The probe is kept a few minutes: the swap reads it from there.
-    unawaited(coord.ytDlp.probe(url).then((p) => p.problem == null, onError: (_) => false).then((ok) {
-      if (warm.peek()?.id != head.id) return;
-      warm.value = (id: head.id, state: ok ? WarmState.ready : WarmState.failed);
-    }));
+    warm.value = (id: t.id, state: WarmState.warming);
+    _resolveWarm(t, fresh: false);
+  }
+
+  void _dropWarm(StateBroadcast? r) {
+    _warmTimer?.cancel();
+    _warmTimer = null;
+    _warmGen++;
+    final url = _warmUrl;
+    _warmUrl = null;
+    if (url != null) coord.ytDlp.release(url);
+    // Kept while it is what just went up: that open takes it.
+    final w = coord.warmJellyfin;
+    if (w != null && !sameJellyfinItem(w.ref, refOfStateMedia(r?.media))) coord.warmJellyfin = null;
+  }
+
+  void _resolveWarm(({String id, String? url, JellyfinRef? ref}) t, {required bool fresh}) {
+    final gen = ++_warmGen;
+    unawaited(() async {
+      var ok = false;
+      try {
+        final url = t.url, ref = t.ref;
+        if (url != null) {
+          _warmUrl = url;
+          final p = await coord.ytDlp.probe(url, keep: _warmKeep, fresh: fresh).timeout(const Duration(seconds: 60));
+          ok = p.problem == null;
+        } else if (ref != null) {
+          final plan = await resolveJellyfinRef(coord.jellyfin, ref, relay: false, relayUrl: null);
+          if (gen != _warmGen) return;
+          if (plan is OwnPlay) {
+            coord.warmJellyfin = (ref: ref, plan: plan, until: DateTime.now().add(_warmKeep));
+            ok = true;
+          }
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        debugPrint('queue: getting ${t.id} ready: $e');
+      }
+      if (gen != _warmGen) return;
+      warm.value = (id: t.id, state: ok ? WarmState.ready : WarmState.failed);
+      _warmTimer = Timer(ok ? _warmRefresh : _warmRetry, () => _resolveWarm(t, fresh: true));
+    }());
   }
 
   // -------------------------------------------------------- continuation
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/queue/queue_logic.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/queue/queue_logic.dart
index bb97d4e..eb6f4b0 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/queue/queue_logic.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/queue/queue_logic.dart
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
 
 import '../jellyfin/session_media.dart' show compareMemberIds;
 
-// Who puts an Up next item up, and when to get the first one ready. Pure:
-// only what every client sees in `state` decides, so all clients agree
-// without a wire message (like the Jellyfin auto-advance swapper).
+// Who puts an Up next item up. Pure: only what every client sees in
+// `state` decides, so all clients agree without a wire message (like the
+// Jellyfin auto-advance swapper).
 
 /// Who puts [item] up: [id] a member id; null with [why] when nobody here
 /// can (the item is skipped), null without [why] when nobody is around
@@ -66,22 +66,6 @@ String queueHowLabel(QueueItem item, {required String selfId}) {
   };
 }
 
-/// Seconds before the end at which the first Up next item is got ready.
-const queueWarmLeadSecs = 90.0;
-
-/// Whether to get the next item ready now: the current media is in its
-/// last [queueWarmLeadSecs], is buffered to its end, or has finished.
-bool queueWarmDue({
-  required String transport,
-  required double position,
-  required double duration,
-  required double bufferedTo,
-}) {
-  if (transport == 'finished') return true;
-  if (duration <= 0) return false;
-  return duration - position <= queueWarmLeadSecs || bufferedTo >= duration - 1;
-}
-
 /// "1:23:45" / "23:45" for [secs]; empty when unknown.
 String queueClock(double secs) {
   if (secs <= 0) return '';
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/queue/queue_ui.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/queue/queue_ui.dart
index 0d98ee6..5ebdc65 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/queue/queue_ui.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/queue/queue_ui.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import 'dart:math' as math;
-import 'dart:ui' show ImageFilter;
 
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:fox_utils/fox_utils.dart' show DesktopDropX, DropTarget;
@@ -7,6 +6,9 @@ import 'package:leaf_widgets/leaf_widgets.dart' show LeafPopover, LeafPopoverCon
 import 'package:signals/signals_flutter.dart';
 import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
 
+import '../controls/uosc/buttons.dart' show UoscButton;
+import '../controls/uosc/controls.dart' show UoscControls;
+import '../controls/uosc/style.dart';
 import '../files/scanner.dart' show FileKind, kindOf;
 import '../jellyfin/images.dart';
 import '../jellyfin/session_media.dart' show EpisodeLink;
@@ -16,65 +18,41 @@ import '../shell/avatar.dart';
 import '../shell/handoff.dart' show handoffHolds;
 import '../shell/motion.dart';
 import '../state/session_state.dart';
-import '../widgets/app_menu.dart' show AppMenuStyle;
+import '../widgets/app_menu.dart' show AppGlass, AppMenuStyle;
 import 'queue_controller.dart';
 import 'queue_logic.dart';
 
-// Up next in the player: the chip top right (with the controls), the
-// popover it opens (the queue, the continuation, a field and a drop zone
-// to add), and the end-of-media card for the first item.
+// Up next in the player: its control in the top bar (with chat and
+// fullscreen), the popover it opens (the queue, the continuation, a field
+// and a drop zone to add), and the end-of-media card for the first item.
 
-/// Frosted dark glass like the app's menus.
-class _Glass extends StatelessWidget {
-  final Widget child;
-  final double radius;
-  final Color color;
-  const _Glass({super.key, required this.child, this.radius = AppMenuStyle.radius, this.color = AppMenuStyle.glass});
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------- button
 
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final r = BorderRadius.circular(radius);
-    return DecoratedBox(
-      decoration: BoxDecoration(
-        borderRadius: r,
-        boxShadow: const [BoxShadow(color: Color(0x66000000), blurRadius: 24, offset: Offset(0, 8))],
-      ),
-      child: ClipRRect(
-        borderRadius: r,
-        child: BackdropFilter(
-          filter: ImageFilter.blur(sigmaX: 16, sigmaY: 16),
-          child: Material(
-            color: color,
-            shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(
-                borderRadius: r, side: const BorderSide(color: AppMenuStyle.border, width: 0.5)),
-            child: child,
-          ),
-        ),
-      ),
-    );
-  }
-}
+/// Which controls design the Up next control sits in: it takes the look
+/// of that bar's buttons.
+enum UpNextLook { standard, uosc }
 
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------ chip
-
-/// "Up next · <title>" with ▶ (play it now), top right while the controls
-/// are up; the title opens the queue. Without Up next, the continuation
-/// ("Next · S1E8 …", ▶ plays it). Nothing when both are empty.
-class UpNextChip extends StatefulWidget {
+/// "Up next · <title>" and ▶ (play it now) in the player's top bar, one
+/// flat control among its buttons; the title opens the queue. Without Up
+/// next, the continuation ("Next · S1E8 …", ▶ plays it). Nothing when
+/// both are empty.
+class UpNextButton extends StatefulWidget {
   final QueueController queue;
   /// Plays the continuation's first episode (the next episode).
   final VoidCallback onPlayNextEpisode;
-  const UpNextChip({super.key, required this.queue, required this.onPlayNextEpisode});
+  final UpNextLook look;
+  const UpNextButton({super.key, required this.queue, required this.onPlayNextEpisode, required this.look});
 
   @override
-  State<UpNextChip> createState() => _UpNextChipState();
+  State<UpNextButton> createState() => _UpNextButtonState();
 }
 
-class _UpNextChipState extends State<UpNextChip> {
+class _UpNextButtonState extends State<UpNextButton> {
   final _popover = LeafPopoverController();
   bool _hoverTitle = false;
 
   QueueController get _q => widget.queue;
+  bool get _uosc => widget.look == UpNextLook.uosc;
 
   @override
   void dispose() {
@@ -102,8 +80,19 @@ class _UpNextChipState extends State<UpNextChip> {
     handoffHolds = math.max(0, handoffHolds - 1);
   }
 
+  Widget _tip(String message, Widget child) => _uosc
+      ? UoscTooltip(message: message, child: child)
+      : Tooltip(message: message, waitDuration: const Duration(milliseconds: 500), child: child);
+
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    // The bar's own metrics: uosc's flat 40 px boxes, or media_kit's
+    // round 44 px icon buttons.
+    final height = _uosc ? UoscControls.buttonRowHeight : 44.0;
+    final radius = _uosc ? UoscStyle.radius : height / 2;
+    final hover = _uosc ? UoscStyle.hover : Colors.white10;
+    final fontSize = _uosc ? UoscStyle.fontSize : 14.0;
+    final dim = _uosc ? UoscStyle.dim : Colors.white70;
     return SignalBuilder(builder: (context) {
       final items = _q.items.value;
       final cont = _q.shownContinuation.value;
@@ -112,85 +101,89 @@ class _UpNextChipState extends State<UpNextChip> {
       final queued = items.isNotEmpty;
       final title = queued ? items.first.title : (cont.isNotEmpty ? cont.first.label : 'Nothing yet');
       final more = items.length - 1;
-      return _Glass(
-        radius: 999,
-        color: const Color(0xB3141418),
-        child: Row(
-          mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
-          children: [
-            LeafPopover(
-              controller: _popover,
-              popoverAnchor: Alignment.topRight,
-              childAnchor: Alignment.bottomRight,
-              spacing: 8,
-              onDismissed: _closed,
-              popoverBuilder: (context, c) => QueuePanel(queue: _q, onClose: c.hide),
-              child: MouseRegion(
-                cursor: SystemMouseCursors.click,
-                onEnter: (_) => setState(() => _hoverTitle = true),
-                onExit: (_) => setState(() => _hoverTitle = false),
-                child: GestureDetector(
-                  key: const ValueKey('up-next-chip'),
-                  behavior: HitTestBehavior.opaque,
-                  onTap: _toggle,
-                  child: AnimatedContainer(
-                    duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 150),
-                    height: 36,
-                    padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 12, right: 10),
-                    color: _hoverTitle || open ? const Color(0x14FFFFFF) : Colors.transparent,
-                    child: Row(
-                      mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
-                      children: [
-                        Icon(queued ? Icons.queue_play_next_rounded : Icons.playlist_play_rounded,
-                            size: 17, color: Colors.white70),
-                        const SizedBox(width: 8),
-                        Text(queued ? 'Up next' : 'Next',
-                            style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white60, fontSize: 12.5)),
-                        const Text('  ·  ', style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white38, fontSize: 12.5)),
-                        ConstrainedBox(
-                          constraints: const BoxConstraints(maxWidth: 240),
-                          child: Text(
-                            title,
-                            maxLines: 1,
-                            overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
-                            style: TextStyle(
-                                color: queued ? Colors.white : Colors.white70,
-                                fontSize: 13,
-                                fontWeight: FontWeight.w500),
-                          ),
-                        ),
-                        if (more > 0) ...[
-                          const SizedBox(width: 8),
-                          Container(
-                            padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 6, vertical: 1),
-                            decoration: BoxDecoration(
-                                color: const Color(0x24FFFFFF), borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(999)),
-                            child: Text('+$more', style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white70, fontSize: 11)),
-                          ),
-                        ],
-                        const SizedBox(width: 4),
-                        AnimatedRotation(
-                          duration: easeTime,
-                          curve: ease,
-                          turns: open ? 0.5 : 0,
-                          child: const Icon(Icons.expand_more_rounded, size: 18, color: Colors.white54),
-                        ),
-                      ],
-                    ),
+      final label = MouseRegion(
+        cursor: SystemMouseCursors.click,
+        onEnter: (_) => setState(() => _hoverTitle = true),
+        onExit: (_) => setState(() => _hoverTitle = false),
+        child: GestureDetector(
+          key: const ValueKey('up-next-button'),
+          behavior: HitTestBehavior.opaque,
+          onTap: _toggle,
+          child: AnimatedContainer(
+            duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 150),
+            height: height,
+            padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 10, right: 6),
+            decoration: BoxDecoration(
+              color: _hoverTitle || open ? hover : Colors.transparent,
+              borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(radius),
+            ),
+            child: Row(
+              mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+              children: [
+                Icon(queued ? Icons.queue_play_next_rounded : Icons.playlist_play_rounded,
+                    size: _uosc ? 22 : 24, color: Colors.white),
+                const SizedBox(width: 8),
+                Text(queued ? 'Up next' : 'Next', style: TextStyle(color: dim, fontSize: fontSize)),
+                Text('  ·  ', style: TextStyle(color: dim, fontSize: fontSize)),
+                ConstrainedBox(
+                  constraints: const BoxConstraints(maxWidth: 240),
+                  child: Text(
+                    title,
+                    maxLines: 1,
+                    overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
+                    style: TextStyle(
+                        color: queued ? Colors.white : dim, fontSize: fontSize, fontWeight: FontWeight.w500),
                   ),
                 ),
-              ),
+                if (more > 0) ...[
+                  const SizedBox(width: 8),
+                  Container(
+                    padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 6, vertical: 1),
+                    decoration: BoxDecoration(color: UoscStyle.hover, borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(999)),
+                    child: Text('+$more', style: TextStyle(color: dim, fontSize: 11)),
+                  ),
+                ],
+                const SizedBox(width: 2),
+                AnimatedRotation(
+                  duration: easeTime,
+                  curve: ease,
+                  turns: open ? 0.5 : 0,
+                  child: Icon(Icons.expand_more_rounded, size: 18, color: dim),
+                ),
+              ],
             ),
-            if (queued || cont.isNotEmpty) ...[
-              Container(width: 0.5, height: 20, color: Colors.white24),
-              _RoundIcon(
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+      final playTip = queued ? 'Play ${items.first.title} now' : 'Play ${cont.isEmpty ? '' : cont.first.label} now';
+      final VoidCallback? play = queued ? _q.skip : (cont.isNotEmpty ? widget.onPlayNextEpisode : null);
+      final playButton = _uosc
+          ? UoscButton(key: const ValueKey('up-next-play'), icon: Icons.skip_next_rounded, tooltip: playTip, onPressed: play)
+          : _tip(
+              playTip,
+              IconButton(
                 key: const ValueKey('up-next-play'),
-                icon: Icons.play_arrow_rounded,
-                tooltip: queued ? 'Play ${items.first.title} now' : 'Play ${cont.first.label} now',
-                onPressed: queued ? _q.skip : widget.onPlayNextEpisode,
+                iconSize: 28,
+                color: Colors.white,
+                onPressed: play,
+                icon: const Icon(Icons.skip_next_rounded),
               ),
-            ],
-          ],
+            );
+      // The popover hangs under the whole control, right edges aligned.
+      return LeafPopover(
+        controller: _popover,
+        popoverAnchor: Alignment.topRight,
+        childAnchor: Alignment.bottomRight,
+        spacing: 8,
+        onDismissed: _closed,
+        popoverBuilder: (context, c) => QueuePanel(queue: _q, onClose: c.hide),
+        // A little apart from the bar's other buttons: its own group.
+        child: Padding(
+          padding: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 8),
+          child: Row(
+            mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+            children: [label, if (play != null) playButton],
+          ),
         ),
       );
     });
@@ -378,7 +371,7 @@ class _QueuePanelState extends State<QueuePanel> {
           width: 424,
           child: ConstrainedBox(
             constraints: BoxConstraints(maxHeight: math.max(260, math.min(600, height - 140))),
-            child: _Glass(
+            child: AppGlass(
               child: AnimatedContainer(
                 duration: easeTime,
                 curve: ease,
@@ -403,13 +396,13 @@ class _QueuePanelState extends State<QueuePanel> {
                             ? _empty()
                             : ListView(
                                 shrinkWrap: true,
-                                padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(6, 0, 6, 6),
+                                padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(4, 0, 4, 4),
                                 children: [
                                   if (items.isEmpty)
                                     const Padding(
-                                      padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(10, 2, 10, 8),
+                                      padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(12, 2, 12, 8),
                                       child: Text('Nothing added yet. What plays next is below.',
-                                          style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white54, fontSize: 12.5)),
+                                          style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white54, fontSize: 12)),
                                     )
                                   else
                                     ReorderableListView.builder(
@@ -458,17 +451,18 @@ class _QueuePanelState extends State<QueuePanel> {
     );
   }
 
+  // Text lines up with the rows' (4 panel + 12 row padding).
   Widget _header(int count) => Padding(
-        padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(16, 12, 8, 8),
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(16, 8, 6, 4),
         child: Row(
           children: [
-            const Text('Up next', style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white, fontSize: 15, fontWeight: FontWeight.w600)),
+            const Text('Up next', style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white, fontSize: 14, fontWeight: FontWeight.w600)),
             if (count > 0) ...[
               const SizedBox(width: 8),
               Container(
                 padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 7, vertical: 1),
-                decoration: BoxDecoration(color: const Color(0x24FFFFFF), borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(999)),
-                child: Text('$count', style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white70, fontSize: 11.5)),
+                decoration: BoxDecoration(color: AppMenuStyle.focus, borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(999)),
+                child: Text('$count', style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white70, fontSize: 11)),
               ),
             ],
             const Spacer(),
@@ -484,13 +478,13 @@ class _QueuePanelState extends State<QueuePanel> {
           children: [
             Icon(Icons.queue_play_next_rounded, size: 34, color: Colors.white30),
             SizedBox(height: 10),
-            Text('Nothing up next', style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white, fontSize: 14, fontWeight: FontWeight.w500)),
+            Text('Nothing up next', style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white, fontSize: 14, fontWeight: FontWeight.w600)),
             SizedBox(height: 4),
             Text(
               'Paste a link below, drop a video or a link here, or pick "Add to queue" in the library. '
               'It plays when this one ends.',
               textAlign: TextAlign.center,
-              style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white54, fontSize: 12.5, height: 1.35),
+              style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white54, fontSize: 12, height: 1.35),
             ),
           ],
         ),
@@ -498,11 +492,11 @@ class _QueuePanelState extends State<QueuePanel> {
 
   List<Widget> _continuation(List<EpisodeLink> cont, bool alone) => [
         Padding(
-          padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(10, alone ? 0 : 10, 2, 2),
+          padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(12, alone ? 0 : 8, 2, 0),
           child: Row(
             children: [
               const Text('CONTINUES WITH',
-                  style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white38, fontSize: 10.5, letterSpacing: 0.8, fontWeight: FontWeight.w600)),
+                  style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white38, fontSize: 11, letterSpacing: 0.8, fontWeight: FontWeight.w600)),
               const Spacer(),
               TextButton(
                 key: const ValueKey('queue-clear-continuation'),
@@ -518,7 +512,7 @@ class _QueuePanelState extends State<QueuePanel> {
 
   Widget _footer() => Container(
         decoration: const BoxDecoration(border: Border(top: BorderSide(color: AppMenuStyle.border, width: 0.5))),
-        padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(10, 8, 10, 10),
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8),
         child: Column(
           crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
           mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
@@ -530,14 +524,16 @@ class _QueuePanelState extends State<QueuePanel> {
               // Read-only while adding, not disabled: focus stays here, so
               // Space and the arrows do not reach the player.
               readOnly: _busy,
-              style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 13.5),
+              style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 14),
               onSubmitted: (_) => _submit(),
+              // The app's field look (as `AppSelect`): a faint fill, a
+              // hairline, the accent while focused.
               decoration: InputDecoration(
                 isDense: true,
                 filled: true,
-                fillColor: const Color(0x14FFFFFF),
+                fillColor: const Color(0x0DFFFFFF),
                 hintText: _dragging ? 'Drop to add' : 'Paste a link to add',
-                hintStyle: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white38, fontSize: 13.5),
+                hintStyle: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white38, fontSize: 14),
                 prefixIcon: const Icon(Icons.add_link_rounded, size: 18, color: Colors.white54),
                 prefixIconConstraints: const BoxConstraints(minWidth: 38),
                 suffixIcon: _busy
@@ -547,7 +543,14 @@ class _QueuePanelState extends State<QueuePanel> {
                       )
                     : null,
                 contentPadding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 10, horizontal: 8),
-                border: OutlineInputBorder(borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(8), borderSide: BorderSide.none),
+                enabledBorder: OutlineInputBorder(
+                  borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(AppMenuStyle.rowRadius),
+                  borderSide: const BorderSide(color: AppMenuStyle.border, width: 0.5),
+                ),
+                focusedBorder: OutlineInputBorder(
+                  borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(AppMenuStyle.rowRadius),
+                  borderSide: BorderSide(color: Theme.of(context).colorScheme.primary.withValues(alpha: 0.6), width: 0.5),
+                ),
               ),
             ),
             AnimatedSize(
@@ -557,7 +560,7 @@ class _QueuePanelState extends State<QueuePanel> {
               child: _error == null
                   ? const SizedBox(width: double.infinity)
                   : Padding(
-                      padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(4, 6, 4, 0),
+                      padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(8, 6, 8, 0),
                       child: Text(_error!, style: TextStyle(color: Colors.orange.shade300, fontSize: 12)),
                     ),
             ),
@@ -629,7 +632,7 @@ class _MetaLine extends StatelessWidget {
   /// Wraps onto a second line instead of cutting the end off.
   final bool wrap;
   const _MetaLine(
-      {required this.item, required this.members, required this.selfId, this.fontSize = 11.5, this.wrap = false});
+      {required this.item, required this.members, required this.selfId, this.fontSize = 12, this.wrap = false});
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
@@ -637,7 +640,7 @@ class _MetaLine extends StatelessWidget {
     final dur = queueClock(item.duration);
     final mine = item.by == selfId && selfId.isNotEmpty;
     final name = mine ? 'you' : (item.byName.isEmpty ? '?' : item.byName);
-    const dot = Text('  ·  ', style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white24, fontSize: 11));
+    final dot = Text('  ·  ', style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white24, fontSize: fontSize));
     if (wrap) {
       final how = queueHowLabel(item, selfId: selfId);
       return Wrap(
@@ -681,6 +684,15 @@ class _MetaLine extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 }
 
+/// Every row of the popover (queued and continuation): one height, the
+/// drag handle's width before the picture (a spacer where there is none),
+/// one picture size and one type scale.
+const queueRowHeight = 64.0;
+const _lead = 22.0;
+const _thumb = 80.0;
+const _titleStyle = TextStyle(color: Colors.white, fontSize: 14, fontWeight: FontWeight.w500);
+const _subStyle = TextStyle(color: Colors.white60, fontSize: 12);
+
 class _QueueRow extends StatefulWidget {
   final int index;
   final QueueItem item;
@@ -711,8 +723,8 @@ class _QueueRowState extends State<_QueueRow> {
     final item = widget.item;
     final row = AnimatedContainer(
         duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 120),
-        margin: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 1),
-        padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(2, 6, 8, 6),
+        height: queueRowHeight,
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 8),
         decoration: BoxDecoration(
           color: _hover ? AppMenuStyle.hover : Colors.transparent,
           borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(AppMenuStyle.rowRadius),
@@ -724,8 +736,8 @@ class _QueueRowState extends State<_QueueRow> {
               child: MouseRegion(
                 cursor: SystemMouseCursors.grab,
                 child: SizedBox(
-                  width: 22,
-                  height: 40,
+                  width: _lead,
+                  height: queueRowHeight,
                   child: AnimatedOpacity(
                     duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 120),
                     opacity: _hover ? 0.8 : 0.25,
@@ -734,29 +746,22 @@ class _QueueRowState extends State<_QueueRow> {
                 ),
               ),
             ),
-            QueueThumb(queue: widget.queue, item: item),
-            const SizedBox(width: 10),
+            // Its readiness rides on the picture's corner.
+            Stack(
+              children: [
+                QueueThumb(queue: widget.queue, item: item, width: _thumb),
+                if (widget.warm != null) Positioned(top: 3, right: 3, child: _WarmDot(state: widget.warm!)),
+              ],
+            ),
+            const SizedBox(width: 12),
             Expanded(
               child: Column(
                 crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
                 mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
                 children: [
-                  Row(
-                    children: [
-                      Flexible(
-                        child: Text(item.title,
-                            maxLines: 1,
-                            overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
-                            style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white, fontSize: 13.5, fontWeight: FontWeight.w500)),
-                      ),
-                      if (widget.warm != null) ...[const SizedBox(width: 6), _WarmDot(state: widget.warm!)],
-                    ],
-                  ),
+                  Text(item.title, maxLines: 1, overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis, style: _titleStyle),
                   if (item.sub.isNotEmpty)
-                    Text(item.sub,
-                        maxLines: 1,
-                        overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
-                        style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white60, fontSize: 11.5)),
+                    Text(item.sub, maxLines: 1, overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis, style: _subStyle),
                   const SizedBox(height: 2),
                   _MetaLine(item: item, members: widget.members, selfId: widget.selfId),
                 ],
@@ -859,22 +864,30 @@ class _WarmDotState extends State<_WarmDot> with SingleTickerProviderStateMixin
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     final green = Colors.greenAccent.shade400;
     final (color, filled, tip) = switch (widget.state) {
-      WarmState.idle => (Colors.white54, false, 'Gets ready near the end of this one'),
+      WarmState.idle => (Colors.white54, false, 'Waiting to get ready'),
       WarmState.warming => (green, true, 'Getting it ready…'),
       WarmState.ready => (green, true, 'Ready to start'),
-      WarmState.failed => (Colors.redAccent, true, "Couldn't get it ready; it is tried again when it comes up"),
+      WarmState.failed => (Colors.redAccent, true, "Couldn't get it ready; trying again shortly"),
     };
     return Tooltip(
       message: tip,
-      child: FadeTransition(
-        opacity: Tween(begin: 0.35, end: 1.0).animate(_pulse),
-        child: Container(
-          width: 8,
-          height: 8,
-          decoration: BoxDecoration(
-            shape: BoxShape.circle,
-            color: filled ? color : Colors.transparent,
-            border: Border.all(color: color, width: 1.4),
+      // On a dark disc: it sits on the picture's corner.
+      child: Container(
+        key: const ValueKey('queue-warm-dot'),
+        width: 14,
+        height: 14,
+        alignment: Alignment.center,
+        decoration: const BoxDecoration(shape: BoxShape.circle, color: Color(0xB3000000)),
+        child: FadeTransition(
+          opacity: Tween(begin: 0.35, end: 1.0).animate(_pulse),
+          child: Container(
+            width: 8,
+            height: 8,
+            decoration: BoxDecoration(
+              shape: BoxShape.circle,
+              color: filled ? color : Colors.transparent,
+              border: Border.all(color: color, width: 1.4),
+            ),
           ),
         ),
       ),
@@ -907,7 +920,8 @@ class _ContinuationRowState extends State<_ContinuationRow> {
         duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 120),
         opacity: _hover ? 0.9 : 0.55,
         child: Container(
-          padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(24, 5, 6, 5),
+          height: queueRowHeight,
+          padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: _lead, right: 8),
           decoration: BoxDecoration(
             color: _hover ? AppMenuStyle.hover : Colors.transparent,
             borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(AppMenuStyle.rowRadius),
@@ -917,30 +931,27 @@ class _ContinuationRowState extends State<_ContinuationRow> {
               ClipRRect(
                 borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(6),
                 child: SizedBox(
-                  width: 72,
-                  height: 40.5,
+                  width: _thumb,
+                  height: _thumb * 9 / 16,
                   child: client == null
                       ? const ColoredBox(color: Color(0x1FFFFFFF))
                       : JellyfinImage(client: client, image: image, icon: Icons.tv_rounded),
                 ),
               ),
-              const SizedBox(width: 10),
+              const SizedBox(width: 12),
               Expanded(
                 child: Column(
                   crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
                   mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
                   children: [
-                    Text(e.label,
-                        maxLines: 1,
-                        overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
-                        style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white, fontSize: 13)),
+                    Text(e.label, maxLines: 1, overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis, style: _titleStyle),
                     Text(
                       [if (runtime != null) queueClock(runtime.inSeconds.toDouble()), e.item.seriesName ?? '']
                           .where((s) => s.isNotEmpty)
                           .join('  ·  '),
                       maxLines: 1,
                       overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
-                      style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white54, fontSize: 11.5),
+                      style: _subStyle,
                     ),
                   ],
                 ),
@@ -976,7 +987,7 @@ class UpNextCard extends StatelessWidget {
     final r = queue.coord.serverState.value;
     final selfId = queue.coord.sync.memberId;
     final waiting = left == null ? _waitingFor(item, r) : null;
-    return _Glass(
+    return AppGlass(
       key: const ValueKey('up-next-card'),
       child: SizedBox(
         width: 400,
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_card.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_card.dart
index 8e4d12b..0f5302e 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_card.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_card.dart
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ class AiringCard extends StatelessWidget {
   final bool busy;
   final VoidCallback onAction;
 
+  /// Right-click ([context]: the card): the page's menu; null: none.
+  final void Function(BuildContext context)? onMenu;
+
   const AiringCard({
     super.key,
     required this.entry,
@@ -146,6 +149,7 @@ class AiringCard extends StatelessWidget {
     required this.onAction,
     this.disabledHint,
     this.busy = false,
+    this.onMenu,
   });
 
   String get _id => '${entry.airing.anilistId}-${entry.airing.episode}';
@@ -192,6 +196,8 @@ class AiringCard extends StatelessWidget {
       ),
     );
     final tap = (action == CardAction.putUp || action == CardAction.play) && disabledHint == null && !busy ? onAction : null;
+    final onMenu = this.onMenu;
+    final menu = onMenu == null || busy ? null : () => onMenu(context);
     if (compact) {
       final requestable = action == CardAction.request || action == CardAction.requestSeries;
       return Material(
@@ -201,6 +207,7 @@ class AiringCard extends StatelessWidget {
         child: InkWell(
           borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(10),
           onTap: tap,
+          onSecondaryTap: menu,
           child: Padding(
             padding: const EdgeInsets.all(6),
             child: Row(
@@ -255,6 +262,7 @@ class AiringCard extends StatelessWidget {
       clipBehavior: Clip.antiAlias,
       child: InkWell(
         onTap: tap,
+        onSecondaryTap: menu,
         child: Padding(
           padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8),
           child: Column(
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_page.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_page.dart
index f38665e..d3e13b4 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_page.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_page.dart
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import '../../jellyfin/accounts.dart';
 import '../../screens/home/picked_media.dart';
 import '../../shell/avatar.dart';
 import '../../shell/motion.dart';
+import '../../widgets/app_menu.dart';
 import '../anilist.dart';
 import '../animeflow.dart';
 import '../schedule_model.dart';
@@ -15,8 +16,9 @@ import 'schedule_card.dart';
 
 // The Schedule tab: one column per day from last week's Monday to four
 // weeks out (AniList), each airing with what AnimeFlow has of it, and the
-// one thing to do about it (put it up, request it). Refreshes every
-// minute while visible; ETags keep that cheap.
+// one thing to do about it (put it up, request it; right-click an
+// available one to queue it). Refreshes every minute while visible; ETags
+// keep that cheap.
 
 enum ScheduleFilter { jellyfin, all }
 
@@ -27,6 +29,9 @@ class SchedulePage extends StatefulWidget {
 
   /// Puts a Jellyfin episode up in the server; returns an error to show.
   final Future<String?> Function(JellyfinMedia pick) onPutUp;
+
+  /// Adds an episode to Up next; null: no server, the cards have no menu.
+  final AddToQueue? onAddToQueue;
   final void Function(String message) onToast;
 
   /// Null = the page makes (and closes) its own.
@@ -39,6 +44,7 @@ class SchedulePage extends StatefulWidget {
     super.key,
     this.solo = false,
     required this.onPutUp,
+    this.onAddToQueue,
     required this.onToast,
     this.repository,
     this.accounts,
@@ -267,6 +273,32 @@ class _SchedulePageState extends State<SchedulePage> {
     }
   }
 
+  /// Right-click on an available episode ([context]: its card): Put it
+  /// up, Add to queue, Play next.
+  Future<void> _menu(BuildContext context, ScheduleEntry e) async {
+    final add = widget.onAddToQueue;
+    if (add == null) return;
+    final pick = await showAppMenu<int>(context, items: [
+      AppMenuItem(value: 0, label: widget.solo ? 'Play' : 'Put it up'),
+      const AppMenuItem(value: 1, label: 'Add to queue'),
+      const AppMenuItem(value: 2, label: 'Play next'),
+    ]);
+    if (pick == null || !mounted) return;
+    if (pick == 0) return _putUp(e);
+    final key = 'play:${_key(e)}';
+    if (_busy.contains(key)) return;
+    setState(() => _busy.add(key));
+    try {
+      final media = await resolveJellyfinEpisode(_accounts, _flow, e);
+      final err = await add(media, next: pick == 2);
+      if (err != null) _toast(err);
+    } catch (err) {
+      _toast(friendlyError(err));
+    } finally {
+      if (mounted) setState(() => _busy.remove(key));
+    }
+  }
+
   Future<void> _request(ScheduleEntry e) async {
     final c = _flow;
     if (c == null) return;
@@ -520,6 +552,9 @@ class _SchedulePageState extends State<SchedulePage> {
       disabledHint: hint,
       busy: busy,
       onAction: () => _onAction(e, action),
+      onMenu: widget.onAddToQueue != null && (action == CardAction.putUp || action == CardAction.play) && hint == null
+          ? (context) => _menu(context, e)
+          : null,
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/session/jellyfin_widgets.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/session/jellyfin_widgets.dart
index 787c87a..be92fe2 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/session/jellyfin_widgets.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/session/jellyfin_widgets.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
 import '../../jellyfin/session_media.dart';
 import '../../session/session_coordinator.dart' show AutoAdvance, autoAdvanceSecs;
+import '../../widgets/app_menu.dart' show AppGlass;
 import 'player_controls.dart' show FloatingPill;
 
 // Jellyfin pieces of the session player. Plain widgets fed by the
@@ -69,27 +70,36 @@ class EndOfEpisodeCard extends StatelessWidget {
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final t = Theme.of(context).textTheme;
     final c = countdown;
-    return Card(
+    // The same card as Up next's (`UpNextCard`): the app's glass, 400 wide.
+    return AppGlass(
       key: const ValueKey('end-of-episode'),
-      color: Colors.black.withValues(alpha: 0.85),
-      child: Padding(
-        padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(16, 12, 12, 12),
-        child: ConstrainedBox(
-          constraints: const BoxConstraints(maxWidth: 380),
+      child: SizedBox(
+        width: 400,
+        child: Padding(
+          padding: const EdgeInsets.all(12),
           child: Column(
             mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
-            crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+            crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
             children: [
               Text(c == null ? 'Up next' : 'Next episode in ${c.secondsLeft} s',
-                  style: t.labelLarge?.copyWith(color: Colors.white70)),
-              const SizedBox(height: 4),
+                  style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white60, fontSize: 12)),
+              const SizedBox(height: 2),
               Text('Next: ${next.label}',
-                  maxLines: 2, overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis, style: t.titleMedium),
+                  maxLines: 2,
+                  overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
+                  style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white, fontSize: 15, fontWeight: FontWeight.w600, height: 1.25)),
               if (c != null) ...[
-                const SizedBox(height: 8),
-                LinearProgressIndicator(value: c.secondsLeft / autoAdvanceSecs),
+                const SizedBox(height: 10),
+                ClipRRect(
+                  borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(2),
+                  child: TweenAnimationBuilder<double>(
+                    tween: Tween(end: c.secondsLeft / autoAdvanceSecs),
+                    duration: const Duration(seconds: 1),
+                    builder: (context, v, _) =>
+                        LinearProgressIndicator(value: v, minHeight: 3, backgroundColor: const Color(0x1FFFFFFF)),
+                  ),
+                ),
               ],
               const SizedBox(height: 10),
               Row(
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/session/player_controls.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/session/player_controls.dart
index 2afe829..77e0f06 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/session/player_controls.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/session/player_controls.dart
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart' show JellyfinStreamType;
 
 import '../../jellyfin/track_prefs.dart' show MpvTrack;
 import '../../playback/media_marks.dart';
+import '../../widgets/app_menu.dart' show AppGlass;
 
 // Session control-bar pieces built on the playback signals (chapters,
 // tracks, skip offers): the seek bar with chapter marks, the chapter and
@@ -525,10 +526,13 @@ class SkipForwardButton extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 }
 
-/// Floating pill over the video (Next episode, Skip OP / ED / 1:30):
-/// faint at rest, lit on hover. Lives outside the auto-hiding controls
-/// (also in fullscreen); `PillGate` shows it with them.
+/// The player's action pill (Next episode, Skip OP / ED / 1:30): the
+/// status pill's glass ([AppGlass.pill]) at [height], faint at rest, lit
+/// on hover. Lives in the player's action area, outside the auto-hiding
+/// controls (also in fullscreen); `PillGate` shows it with them.
 class FloatingPill extends StatefulWidget {
+  /// Every action pill's height: the status pill's without avatars.
+  static const height = 44.0;
   final String label;
   final String tooltip;
   final IconData icon;
@@ -540,7 +544,7 @@ class FloatingPill extends StatefulWidget {
     required this.label,
     required this.tooltip,
     required this.onPressed,
-    this.icon = Icons.chevron_right,
+    this.icon = Icons.chevron_right_rounded,
     this.tapKey,
   });
 
@@ -553,38 +557,31 @@ class _FloatingPillState extends State<FloatingPill> {
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final primary = Theme.of(context).colorScheme.primary;
+    const fade = Duration(milliseconds: 150);
     return MouseRegion(
       cursor: SystemMouseCursors.click,
       onEnter: (_) => setState(() => _hover = true),
       onExit: (_) => setState(() => _hover = false),
       child: Tooltip(
         message: widget.tooltip,
-        child: AnimatedScale(
-          duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 150),
-          scale: _hover ? 1.06 : 1,
-          child: AnimatedOpacity(
-            duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 150),
-            opacity: _hover ? 1 : 0.45,
-            child: GestureDetector(
-              key: widget.tapKey,
-              onTap: widget.onPressed,
+        child: AnimatedOpacity(
+          duration: fade,
+          opacity: _hover ? 1 : 0.45,
+          child: GestureDetector(
+            key: widget.tapKey,
+            onTap: widget.onPressed,
+            child: AppGlass.pill(
               child: AnimatedContainer(
-                duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 150),
-                padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 16, vertical: 9),
-                decoration: BoxDecoration(
-                  color: Colors.black.withValues(alpha: 0.75),
-                  borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(999),
-                  border: Border.all(color: _hover ? primary : Colors.white24),
-                  boxShadow: _hover
-                      ? [BoxShadow(color: primary.withValues(alpha: 0.45), blurRadius: 16)]
-                      : const [],
-                ),
+                duration: fade,
+                height: FloatingPill.height,
+                padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 16, right: 12),
+                color: _hover ? Colors.white12 : Colors.transparent,
                 child: Row(
                   mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
                   children: [
-                    Text(widget.label, style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white, fontSize: 13)),
-                    const SizedBox(width: 4),
+                    Text(widget.label,
+                        style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white, fontSize: 14, fontWeight: FontWeight.w600)),
+                    const SizedBox(width: 6),
                     Icon(widget.icon, color: Colors.white, size: 18),
                   ],
                 ),
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/session/session_coordinator.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/session/session_coordinator.dart
index 008a676..e0f64da 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/session/session_coordinator.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/session/session_coordinator.dart
@@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ class SessionCoordinator {
   /// Set when this viewer cannot play the Jellyfin media: no account and
   /// no relay. The session shows it with a way to link an account.
   final jellyfinBlocked = signal<BlockedPlay?>(null);
+  /// An item this app is about to put up, resolved ahead with its own
+  /// account (Up next's first item, the next episode; see
+  /// `QueueController`): opening it then skips PlaybackInfo. Used once,
+  /// until [until].
+  ({JellyfinRef ref, OwnPlay plan, DateTime until})? warmJellyfin;
   /// Neighbouring episodes this viewer can put up (own account only).
   final previousEpisode = signal<EpisodeLink?>(null);
   final nextEpisode = signal<EpisodeLink?>(null);
@@ -1620,8 +1625,9 @@ class SessionCoordinator {
     }
     JellyfinPlan plan;
     try {
-      plan = await resolveJellyfinRef(jellyfin, ref,
-          relay: r.relay, relayUrl: _relayUrlFor(ref), memberRelayUrl: memberRelayUrl);
+      plan = _takeWarmJellyfin(ref) ??
+          await resolveJellyfinRef(jellyfin, ref,
+              relay: r.relay, relayUrl: _relayUrlFor(ref), memberRelayUrl: memberRelayUrl);
     } finally {
       if (gen == _jfGen) _opening = false;
     }
@@ -1656,11 +1662,27 @@ class SessionCoordinator {
       case OwnPlay(:final url, :final headers):
         jellyfinBlocked.value = null;
         if (!await _openMedia(url, headers: headers) || gen != _jfGen) return;
+        // Played before and the resume point, fresh (a warmed plan's item
+        // is older): the watched rule never unmarks a played item.
+        final known = plan.item?.userData;
+        final userDataF = plan.client
+            .userData(ref.itemId)
+            .timeout(const Duration(seconds: 5))
+            .then<JellyfinUserData?>((d) => d, onError: (_) => known);
+        unawaited(_findEpisodes(plan, gen));
+        unawaited(_loadSegments(plan, ref, gen));
+        // Playing carries the tracks: wait (bounded) until the file is in.
+        await playback.waitForTracks();
+        if (gen != _jfGen) return;
+        final before = await userDataF;
+        if (gen != _jfGen) return;
         final reporter = JellyfinProgressReporter(
           client: plan.client,
           itemId: ref.itemId,
           source: plan.source,
           playSessionId: plan.info.playSessionId,
+          playedBefore: before?.played ?? false,
+          resumeTicksBefore: before?.playbackPositionTicks ?? 0,
           onUnauthorized: () => jellyfin.markExpired(ref.serverId),
           onError: (e) {
             if (_jfToastShown) return;
@@ -1668,11 +1690,6 @@ class SessionCoordinator {
             _pushToast('Jellyfin progress not saved: ${e is JellyfinException && e.isUnauthorized ? 'sign-in expired' : 'server unreachable'}');
           },
         );
-        unawaited(_findEpisodes(plan, gen));
-        unawaited(_loadSegments(plan, ref, gen));
-        // Playing carries the tracks: wait (bounded) until the file is in.
-        await playback.waitForTracks();
-        if (gen != _jfGen) return;
         final snap = await _snapshot();
         if (gen != _jfGen || snap == null) return;
         // Installed once started: the per-state restart (after the end)
@@ -1682,6 +1699,18 @@ class SessionCoordinator {
     await _applyTrackChoice(plan, gen);
   }
 
+  /// [warmJellyfin] when it is [ref], still fresh and its account
+  /// unchanged.
+  OwnPlay? _takeWarmJellyfin(JellyfinRef ref) {
+    final w = warmJellyfin;
+    if (w == null || !sameJellyfinItem(w.ref, ref)) return null;
+    warmJellyfin = null;
+    final fresh = DateTime.now().isBefore(w.until) &&
+        jellyfin.account(ref.serverId)?.token == w.plan.account.token &&
+        jellyfin.statusOf(ref.serverId) != JellyfinAccountStatus.expired;
+    return fresh ? w.plan : null;
+  }
+
   Future<void> _findEpisodes(OwnPlay plan, int gen) async {
     final around = await findAdjacentEpisodes(plan);
     if (gen != _jfGen) return;
@@ -1734,7 +1763,10 @@ class SessionCoordinator {
     final snap = await _snapshot();
     if (snap == null) return;
     if (reporter != null && identical(reporter, _reporter) && r.transport != 'finished') {
-      reporter.update(snap);
+      final ending = playback.ending.peek()?.start;
+      reporter
+        ..timeline(duration: playback.durationSecs, endingStart: ending == null ? null : ending.inMilliseconds / 1000)
+        ..update(snap);
     }
     final next = nextEpisode.peek();
     final duration = playback.durationSecs;
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/app_shell.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/app_shell.dart
index ab49944..6be3545 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/app_shell.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/app_shell.dart
@@ -460,7 +460,8 @@ class AppShellState extends State<AppShell> with SingleTickerProviderStateMixin
     _handoffOpen = true;
     final HandoffAction? action;
     try {
-      action = await showPopover<HandoffAction>(context, at: align, child: HandoffCard(item: item, solo: _alone.peek()));
+      action = await showPopover<HandoffAction>(context,
+          at: align, child: HandoffCard(item: item, solo: _alone.peek(), queue: _online.peek()));
     } finally {
       _handoffOpen = false;
     }
@@ -474,6 +475,22 @@ class AppShellState extends State<AppShell> with SingleTickerProviderStateMixin
           await FolderStore.instance.ensureLoaded();
           FolderStore.instance.addRecent(paths.first);
         }
+      case (HandoffVideos(:final paths), HandoffAction.queue || HandoffAction.playNext):
+        // In order: with Play next, the last one added goes first.
+        final next = action == HandoffAction.playNext;
+        for (final p in next ? paths.reversed : paths) {
+          final error = await SessionState.instance.coordinator.queue.add(FileMedia(p), next: next);
+          if (error != null) {
+            SessionState.instance.coordinator.showToast(error);
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+      case (HandoffLink(:final url), HandoffAction.queue || HandoffAction.playNext):
+        // In the Link page's mode, probed and refused like there.
+        final coord = SessionState.instance.coordinator;
+        final error = await coord.queue
+            .add(LinkMedia(url, relay: _picker.linkRelay), next: action == HandoffAction.playNext);
+        if (error != null) coord.showToast(error);
       case (HandoffVideos(:final paths), HandoffAction.addFolder):
         await _addFolder(File(paths.first).parent.path);
       case (HandoffFolder(:final path), _):
@@ -680,6 +697,7 @@ class AppShellState extends State<AppShell> with SingleTickerProviderStateMixin
       ShellTab.schedule => SchedulePage(
           solo: alone,
           onPutUp: _putUp,
+          onAddToQueue: online ? coord.queue.add : null,
           onToast: coord.showToast,
         ),
       ShellTab.settings => SettingsTab(
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/handoff.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/handoff.dart
index 5767c24..a6edb2a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/handoff.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/handoff.dart
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ enum HandoffAction {
   addFolder,
   /// Open Library → Link with the URL filled.
   openLink,
+  /// Add the videos (or the link, in the Link page's mode) to Up next.
+  queue,
+  /// The same, right after what plays.
+  playNext,
 }
 
 /// The card asking how to open a [Handoff] (videos, a folder or a link);
@@ -113,7 +117,9 @@ class HandoffCard extends StatelessWidget {
   final Handoff item;
   /// Nobody else watches (offline or solo): videos play, no relay talk.
   final bool solo;
-  const HandoffCard({super.key, required this.item, required this.solo});
+  /// In a server: videos and links can go to Up next.
+  final bool queue;
+  const HandoffCard({super.key, required this.item, required this.solo, this.queue = false});
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
@@ -124,6 +130,13 @@ class HandoffCard extends StatelessWidget {
             key: ValueKey('handoff-${a.name}'), onPressed: () => pick(a), icon: Icon(icon, size: 18), label: Text(label))
         : OutlinedButton.icon(
             key: ValueKey('handoff-${a.name}'), onPressed: () => pick(a), icon: Icon(icon, size: 18), label: Text(label));
+    final many = switch (item) { HandoffVideos(:final paths) => paths.length > 1, _ => false };
+    final queueButtons = [
+      if (queue) ...[
+        button(HandoffAction.queue, Icons.playlist_add_rounded, many ? 'Add all to queue' : 'Add to queue'),
+        button(HandoffAction.playNext, Icons.queue_play_next_rounded, many ? 'Play all next' : 'Play next'),
+      ],
+    ];
 
     final (IconData icon, String title, String detail, List<Widget> buttons) = switch (item) {
       HandoffVideos(:final paths) => (
@@ -132,6 +145,7 @@ class HandoffCard extends StatelessWidget {
           paths.length > 1 ? 'and ${paths.length - 1} more · the first one goes up' : 'A video on this computer',
           [
             button(HandoffAction.putUp, Icons.play_arrow, solo ? 'Play' : 'Put it up', primary: true),
+            ...queueButtons,
             button(HandoffAction.addFolder, Icons.create_new_folder_outlined, 'Add its folder to Files'),
           ],
         ),
@@ -148,6 +162,7 @@ class HandoffCard extends StatelessWidget {
           [
             button(HandoffAction.openLink, Icons.link, solo ? 'Open in Link' : 'Put it up as a link…',
                 primary: true),
+            ...queueButtons,
           ],
         ),
       HandoffImage() || HandoffNothing() => (Icons.help_outline, '', '', const <Widget>[]),
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/player_status.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/player_status.dart
index 70f8c54..8d579ae 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/player_status.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/player_status.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import 'dart:async';
-import 'dart:ui' show ImageFilter;
 
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
@@ -7,6 +6,7 @@ import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
 import '../session/health.dart';
 import '../session/session_coordinator.dart';
 import '../state/session_state.dart';
+import '../widgets/app_menu.dart' show AppGlass;
 import 'avatar.dart';
 import 'motion.dart';
 
@@ -241,32 +241,17 @@ class _PlayerStatusState extends State<PlayerStatus> {
   }
 }
 
-/// Frosted dark glass in a pill: the status pill, the unread chip.
+/// The player's pill surface (the status pill, the action pills, the
+/// unread chip): the app's glass as a stadium ([AppGlass.pill]).
 class PlayerGlass extends StatelessWidget {
   final Widget child;
   const PlayerGlass({super.key, required this.child});
 
   @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final r = BorderRadius.circular(999);
-    return ConstrainedBox(
-      constraints: const BoxConstraints(maxWidth: 560),
-      child: ClipRRect(
-        borderRadius: r,
-        child: BackdropFilter(
-          filter: ImageFilter.blur(sigmaX: 12, sigmaY: 12),
-          child: DecoratedBox(
-            decoration: BoxDecoration(
-              color: Colors.black.withValues(alpha: 0.55),
-              borderRadius: r,
-              border: Border.all(color: Colors.white12, width: 0.5),
-            ),
-            child: child,
-          ),
-        ),
-      ),
-    );
-  }
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) => ConstrainedBox(
+        constraints: const BoxConstraints(maxWidth: 560),
+        child: AppGlass.pill(child: child),
+      );
 }
 
 class _StatusLine extends StatelessWidget {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/session_player.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/session_player.dart
index fffbe10..6fa30a8 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/session_player.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/session_player.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:math' as math;
 
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart' show ValueListenable;
 import 'package:flutter/gestures.dart' show kPrimaryMouseButton;
@@ -105,6 +106,10 @@ class _SessionPlayerState extends State<SessionPlayer> {
   // does (shown on mount and on mouse movement, hidden 3 s later or on
   // exit), the uosc ones reporting it.
   final _controlsShown = ValueNotifier(true);
+  // The mouse on a floating element, or the Up next popover open, keeps
+  // the controls up.
+  final _hold = ControlsHold();
+  late final void Function() _stopPopoverWatch;
 
   SessionCoordinator get _coord => SessionState.instance.coordinator;
   bool get _full => widget.mode == PlayerMode.full;
@@ -124,6 +129,9 @@ class _SessionPlayerState extends State<SessionPlayer> {
       _shaderNoticeSeen = n.id;
       _toast(n.text);
     });
+    _stopPopoverWatch = effect(() {
+      _hold.set(#upNextPopover, _coord.queue.popoverOpen.value);
+    });
   }
 
   @override
@@ -131,8 +139,10 @@ class _SessionPlayerState extends State<SessionPlayer> {
     HardwareKeyboard.instance.removeHandler(_globalKey);
     AppKeys.removeChatToggle(_toggleChat);
     _stopShaderWatch();
+    _stopPopoverWatch();
     _noFocus.dispose();
     _controlsShown.dispose();
+    _hold.dispose();
     super.dispose();
   }
 
@@ -291,10 +301,9 @@ class _SessionPlayerState extends State<SessionPlayer> {
             children: [
               video,
               if (_full) ...[
-                _status(),
                 _progressLine(),
-                _jellyfinOverlay(),
-                _upNextChip(),
+                _blockedCard(),
+                _actionArea(),
                 if (widget.fullscreen) ...[if (!SessionState.instance.solo.value) _pausedParty(), _unreadChip()],
               ] else
                 _miniOverlay(),
@@ -390,6 +399,7 @@ class _SessionPlayerState extends State<SessionPlayer> {
               child: Row(
                 children: [
                   const Expanded(child: NowPlayingTitle()),
+                  UpNextButton(queue: coord.queue, onPlayNextEpisode: coord.playNextEpisode, look: UpNextLook.standard),
                   MaterialDesktopCustomButton(
                     icon: const Icon(Icons.video_library_outlined),
                     onPressed: widget.onChangeVideo,
@@ -522,6 +532,7 @@ class _SessionPlayerState extends State<SessionPlayer> {
       material: (_) => ControlsHoverProbe(
         shown: _controlsShown,
         hideAfter: _controlsHide,
+        hold: _hold,
         child: DoubleClickListener(
           onDoubleClick: widget.onToggleFullscreen,
           // Clicks on the bars are button clicks, not the video.
@@ -553,11 +564,14 @@ class _SessionPlayerState extends State<SessionPlayer> {
         });
     return UoscControls(
       shown: _controlsShown,
+      holdBy: _hold,
       onDoubleTap: widget.onToggleFullscreen,
       topLeft: const NowPlayingTitle(),
+      // Up next is one of the top bar's controls, before chat.
       top: Row(
         mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
         children: [
+          UpNextButton(queue: coord.queue, onPlayNextEpisode: coord.playNextEpisode, look: UpNextLook.uosc),
           UoscButton(
             key: const ValueKey('uosc-chat'),
             icon: widget.chatOpen ? Icons.chat_bubble_rounded : Icons.chat_bubble_outline_rounded,
@@ -670,114 +684,129 @@ class _SessionPlayerState extends State<SessionPlayer> {
     );
   }
 
-  /// The one status pill, bottom centre above the controls.
-  Widget _status() =>
-      const Positioned(left: 16, right: 16, bottom: 124, child: Center(child: PlayerStatus()));
+  /// The side inset every floating element keeps (the bars' own), and
+  /// the gap between them and the controls.
+  static const _edge = 16.0;
 
-  /// Jellyfin: the blocked card, the end-of-episode card (countdown) and
-  /// the "Next episode" pill; for any media the skip pill (Skip OP / ED /
-  /// 1:30) above it. Outside the auto-hiding controls; the cards stay up,
-  /// the pills show only with the controls ([PillGate]).
-  Widget _jellyfinOverlay() {
-    final coord = _coord;
-    return Positioned.fill(
-      child: SignalBuilder(
-        builder: (context) {
-          final blocked = coord.jellyfinBlocked.value;
-          final next = coord.nextEpisode.value;
-          final countdown = coord.autoAdvance.value;
-          // Up next goes before the next episode.
-          final upNext = coord.queue.countdown.value;
-          final finished = coord.serverState.value?.transport == 'finished';
-          final pill = coord.nextPromptVisible.value;
-          final SkipOffer? skip = coord.skipOffer.value;
-          final showNext = next != null && pill;
-          return Stack(
-            children: [
-              if (blocked != null)
-                Center(
-                  child: JellyfinBlockedCard(
-                    blocked: blocked,
-                    onLinkAccount: widget.onOpenIntegrations,
-                    onRetry: coord.retryJellyfin,
-                  ),
-                ),
-              if (upNext != null && finished)
-                Positioned(
-                  right: 24,
-                  bottom: 138,
-                  child: UpNextCard(queue: coord.queue, countdown: upNext),
-                )
-              // "Clear" in Up next hides the next episode for this media.
-              else if (next != null &&
-                  (finished || countdown != null) &&
-                  coord.queue.shownContinuation.value.isNotEmpty)
-                Positioned(
-                  right: 24,
-                  bottom: 138,
-                  child: EndOfEpisodeCard(
-                    next: next,
-                    countdown: countdown,
-                    onPlayNow: coord.playNextEpisode,
-                    onCancel: coord.cancelAutoAdvance,
-                  ),
-                )
-              else if (showNext || skip != null)
-                Positioned(
-                  right: 24,
-                  bottom: 124,
-                  child: Column(
-                    crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.end,
-                    spacing: 10,
-                    children: [
-                      if (skip != null)
-                        PillGate(
-                          key: const ValueKey('skip-gate'),
-                          kind: skip.kind,
-                          // Skip ED: no announcing, only with the controls.
-                          announce: skip.kind != SkipKind.ending,
-                          controlsShown: _controlsShown,
-                          child: SkipPill(offer: skip, onPressed: () => coord.skip(skip)),
-                        ),
-                      if (showNext)
-                        PillGate(
-                          key: const ValueKey('next-gate'),
-                          kind: next,
-                          controlsShown: _controlsShown,
-                          child: NextEpisodePill(episode: next, onPressed: coord.playNextEpisode),
-                        ),
-                    ],
-                  ),
-                ),
-            ],
-          );
-        },
-      ),
-    );
-  }
+  /// The bottom controls' height in the design in use.
+  static double _bottomControlsHeight(bool uosc) => uosc
+      ? UoscControls.buttonRowHeight + UoscControls.rowBottomPadding + UoscTimeline.height
+      : _barHeight + ChapterSeekBar.height;
 
-  /// "Up next · <title>" top right, with the controls (and while its
-  /// popover is open); under the party in fullscreen.
-  Widget _upNextChip() {
-    final queue = _coord.queue;
-    return Positioned(
-      right: 16,
-      top: widget.fullscreen ? _barHeight + 60 : _topBarHeight + 8,
-      child: SignalBuilder(
-        builder: (context) => PillGate(
-          key: const ValueKey('up-next-gate'),
-          kind: 'up-next',
-          controlsShown: queue.popoverOpen.value ? const _AlwaysOn() : _controlsShown,
-          child: UpNextChip(queue: queue, onPlayNextEpisode: _coord.playNextEpisode),
+  /// The action area: one band above the bottom controls for everything
+  /// that floats there. The status pill (the ready prompt among it)
+  /// centred; at the right edge the end cards, else the action pills
+  /// (Skip OP / ED / 1:30 over Next episode). It rides on the controls:
+  /// just above them while they are up, down near the edge while they are
+  /// hidden. The mouse on any of it counts as the mouse on the controls
+  /// ([ControlsHold]).
+  Widget _actionArea() {
+    return SignalBuilder(builder: (context) {
+      final controls = _bottomControlsHeight(AppSettings.instance.mpvControls.value);
+      return ValueListenableBuilder<bool>(
+        valueListenable: _controlsShown,
+        builder: (context, shown, child) => AnimatedPositioned(
+          duration: easeTime,
+          curve: ease,
+          left: _edge,
+          right: _edge,
+          top: 0,
+          bottom: shown ? controls + _edge : _edge,
+          child: child!,
         ),
-      ),
+        child: CustomMultiChildLayout(
+          delegate: _ActionAreaLayout(gap: _edge),
+          children: [
+            LayoutId(id: _ActionSlot.status, child: ControlsHoldRegion(hold: _hold, child: const PlayerStatus())),
+            LayoutId(id: _ActionSlot.side, child: _actionSide()),
+          ],
+        ),
+      );
+    });
+  }
+
+  /// The action area's right end: the end-of-media card (Up next, else the
+  /// next episode; it stays up), else the pills, shown only with the
+  /// controls ([PillGate]).
+  Widget _actionSide() {
+    final coord = _coord;
+    return SignalBuilder(
+      builder: (context) {
+        final next = coord.nextEpisode.value;
+        final countdown = coord.autoAdvance.value;
+        // Up next goes before the next episode.
+        final upNext = coord.queue.countdown.value;
+        final finished = coord.serverState.value?.transport == 'finished';
+        final pill = coord.nextPromptVisible.value;
+        final SkipOffer? skip = coord.skipOffer.value;
+        final showNext = next != null && pill;
+        if (upNext != null && finished) {
+          return ControlsHoldRegion(hold: _hold, child: UpNextCard(queue: coord.queue, countdown: upNext));
+        }
+        // "Clear" in Up next hides the next episode for this media.
+        if (next != null && (finished || countdown != null) && coord.queue.shownContinuation.value.isNotEmpty) {
+          return ControlsHoldRegion(
+            hold: _hold,
+            child: EndOfEpisodeCard(
+              next: next,
+              countdown: countdown,
+              onPlayNow: coord.playNextEpisode,
+              onCancel: coord.cancelAutoAdvance,
+            ),
+          );
+        }
+        if (!showNext && skip == null) return const SizedBox.shrink();
+        return Column(
+          mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+          crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.end,
+          spacing: 8,
+          children: [
+            if (skip != null)
+              PillGate(
+                key: const ValueKey('skip-gate'),
+                kind: skip.kind,
+                // Skip ED: no announcing, only with the controls.
+                announce: skip.kind != SkipKind.ending,
+                controlsShown: _controlsShown,
+                hold: _hold,
+                child: SkipPill(offer: skip, onPressed: () => coord.skip(skip)),
+              ),
+            if (showNext)
+              PillGate(
+                key: const ValueKey('next-gate'),
+                kind: next,
+                controlsShown: _controlsShown,
+                hold: _hold,
+                child: NextEpisodePill(episode: next, onPressed: coord.playNextEpisode),
+              ),
+          ],
+        );
+      },
     );
   }
 
+  /// Jellyfin refused this viewer: the card in the middle (it stays up).
+  Widget _blockedCard() => Positioned.fill(
+        child: SignalBuilder(builder: (context) {
+          final blocked = _coord.jellyfinBlocked.value;
+          if (blocked == null) return const SizedBox.shrink();
+          return Center(
+            child: ControlsHoldRegion(
+              hold: _hold,
+              child: JellyfinBlockedCard(
+                blocked: blocked,
+                onLinkAccount: widget.onOpenIntegrations,
+                onRetry: _coord.retryJellyfin,
+              ),
+            ),
+          );
+        }),
+      );
+
   /// Fullscreen hides the strip: while paused the party stays in a corner.
   Widget _pausedParty() => Positioned(
-        right: 16,
-        top: _barHeight + 8,
+        right: _edge,
+        top: _topBarHeight + 8,
         child: PartyWatch(builder: (context) {
           final r = _coord.serverState.value;
           final paused = r != null && r.transport != 'playing';
@@ -795,8 +824,8 @@ class _SessionPlayerState extends State<SessionPlayer> {
   /// glass chip says so top right (while it plays, only the controls' chat
   /// button shows the count: nothing sits on the picture).
   Widget _unreadChip() => Positioned(
-        right: 16,
-        top: 16,
+        right: _edge,
+        top: _edge,
         child: IgnorePointer(
           child: ValueListenableBuilder<bool>(
             valueListenable: _controlsShown,
@@ -945,32 +974,24 @@ class _SessionPlayerState extends State<SessionPlayer> {
   }
 }
 
-/// Always up (a pill whose popover is open).
-class _AlwaysOn implements ValueListenable<bool> {
-  const _AlwaysOn();
-  @override
-  bool get value => true;
-  @override
-  void addListener(VoidCallback listener) {}
-  @override
-  void removeListener(VoidCallback listener) {}
-}
-
 /// A floating pill's visibility: only while the controls are up (the
 /// mouse moved) or the mouse is on it. With [announce] it is also up for
 /// [firstShown] whenever [kind] changes (a new offer: Skip OP, Skip 1:30).
-/// Gone with the offer (the parent drops it).
+/// Gone with the offer (the parent drops it). The mouse on it holds
+/// [hold]: it counts as the mouse on the controls.
 class PillGate extends StatefulWidget {
   static const firstShown = Duration(seconds: 5);
   final Object kind;
   final bool announce;
   final ValueListenable<bool> controlsShown;
+  final ControlsHold? hold;
   final Widget child;
   const PillGate({
     super.key,
     required this.kind,
     this.announce = false,
     required this.controlsShown,
+    this.hold,
     required this.child,
   });
 
@@ -1014,8 +1035,8 @@ class _PillGateState extends State<PillGate> {
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    // The pill covers the controls' hover area: on it, they may hide while
-    // it stays.
+    // The pill covers the controls' hover area: on it, [hold] keeps them
+    // up (and it stays while the mouse is on it).
     return ValueListenableBuilder<bool>(
       valueListenable: widget.controlsShown,
       builder: (context, shown, child) {
@@ -1029,11 +1050,34 @@ class _PillGateState extends State<PillGate> {
           ),
         );
       },
-      child: widget.child,
+      child: ControlsHoldRegion(hold: widget.hold, child: widget.child),
     );
   }
 }
 
+enum _ActionSlot { status, side }
+
+/// The action area's two slots, at its bottom: [_ActionSlot.side] at the
+/// right end, [_ActionSlot.status] centred, moved left only as far as it
+/// must to keep [gap] from the side (and never wider than what is left).
+class _ActionAreaLayout extends MultiChildLayoutDelegate {
+  final double gap;
+  _ActionAreaLayout({required this.gap});
+
+  @override
+  void performLayout(Size size) {
+    final side = layoutChild(_ActionSlot.side, BoxConstraints.loose(size));
+    positionChild(_ActionSlot.side, Offset(size.width - side.width, size.height - side.height));
+    final room = side.width > 0 ? size.width - side.width - gap : size.width;
+    final status = layoutChild(_ActionSlot.status, BoxConstraints.loose(Size(math.max(0, room), size.height)));
+    final x = math.min((size.width - status.width) / 2, room - status.width);
+    positionChild(_ActionSlot.status, Offset(math.max(0, x), size.height - status.height));
+  }
+
+  @override
+  bool shouldRelayout(_ActionAreaLayout old) => old.gap != gap;
+}
+
 const _shaderKeys = [
   LogicalKeyboardKey.digit0,
   LogicalKeyboardKey.digit1,
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/widgets/app_menu.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/widgets/app_menu.dart
index 61d0411..73f2ec2 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/widgets/app_menu.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/widgets/app_menu.dart
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ abstract final class AppMenuStyle {
   static const border = Color(0x1FFFFFFF);
   static const hover = Color(0x14FFFFFF);
   static const focus = Color(0x24FFFFFF);
+  /// The player's pills over the picture: lighter, so less of it is hidden.
+  static const pillGlass = Color(0x8C000000);
+  static const blur = 16.0;
   static const radius = 12.0;
   static const rowRadius = 8.0;
   static const rowHeight = 36.0;
@@ -53,6 +56,53 @@ abstract final class AppMenuStyle {
       );
 }
 
+/// The app's one frosted surface: a blur under a dark tint, a hairline
+/// border and (cards, menus) a soft shadow. Menus, popovers and the
+/// player's cards use it as is; the player's pills with [pill].
+class AppGlass extends StatelessWidget {
+  final Widget child;
+  final double radius;
+  final Color color;
+  final bool shadow;
+  const AppGlass({
+    super.key,
+    required this.child,
+    this.radius = AppMenuStyle.radius,
+    this.color = AppMenuStyle.glass,
+    this.shadow = true,
+  });
+
+  /// A stadium over the picture: the lighter tint, no shadow.
+  const AppGlass.pill({super.key, required this.child})
+      : radius = 999,
+        color = AppMenuStyle.pillGlass,
+        shadow = false;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final r = BorderRadius.circular(radius);
+    final glass = ClipRRect(
+      borderRadius: r,
+      child: BackdropFilter(
+        filter: ImageFilter.blur(sigmaX: AppMenuStyle.blur, sigmaY: AppMenuStyle.blur),
+        child: Material(
+          color: color,
+          shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(borderRadius: r, side: const BorderSide(color: AppMenuStyle.border, width: 0.5)),
+          child: child,
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+    if (!shadow) return glass;
+    return DecoratedBox(
+      decoration: BoxDecoration(
+        borderRadius: r,
+        boxShadow: const [BoxShadow(color: Color(0x66000000), blurRadius: 24, offset: Offset(0, 8))],
+      ),
+      child: glass,
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 /// One row: [label], a dim [hint] at the right, [checked] = the current
 /// one (null: the menu has no checks for this row).
 class AppMenuItem<T> {
@@ -220,39 +270,24 @@ class _AppMenuPanelState extends State<_AppMenuPanel> {
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     final checks = widget.items.any((i) => i.checked != null);
-    final r = BorderRadius.circular(AppMenuStyle.radius);
-    return DecoratedBox(
-      decoration: BoxDecoration(
-        borderRadius: r,
-        boxShadow: const [BoxShadow(color: Color(0x66000000), blurRadius: 24, offset: Offset(0, 8))],
-      ),
-      child: ClipRRect(
-        borderRadius: r,
-        child: BackdropFilter(
-          filter: ImageFilter.blur(sigmaX: 16, sigmaY: 16),
-          child: Material(
-            key: const ValueKey('app-menu'),
-            color: AppMenuStyle.glass,
-            shape: AppMenuStyle.shape,
-            child: IntrinsicWidth(
-              child: SingleChildScrollView(
-                padding: const EdgeInsets.all(4),
-                child: Column(
-                  mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
-                  crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
-                  children: [
-                    for (final (i, item) in widget.items.indexed)
-                      _MenuRow(
-                        key: i == _start ? _current : null,
-                        item: item,
-                        checks: checks,
-                        autofocus: i == _start,
-                        onTap: () => widget.onPick(i),
-                      ),
-                  ],
+    return AppGlass(
+      key: const ValueKey('app-menu'),
+      child: IntrinsicWidth(
+        child: SingleChildScrollView(
+          padding: const EdgeInsets.all(4),
+          child: Column(
+            mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+            crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
+            children: [
+              for (final (i, item) in widget.items.indexed)
+                _MenuRow(
+                  key: i == _start ? _current : null,
+                  item: item,
+                  checks: checks,
+                  autofocus: i == _start,
+                  onTap: () => widget.onPick(i),
                 ),
-              ),
-            ),
+            ],
           ),
         ),
       ),
diff --git a/apps/desktop/test/jellyfin_e2e_test.dart b/apps/desktop/test/jellyfin_e2e_test.dart
index 3471390..50592a8 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/test/jellyfin_e2e_test.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/test/jellyfin_e2e_test.dart
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ class _FakeJellyfin {
       res.statusCode = 204;
       return res.close();
     }
+    if (path.startsWith('/UserPlayedItems/') || path.startsWith('/UserItems/')) {
+      return json({'Played': path.startsWith('/UserPlayedItems/'), 'PlaybackPositionTicks': 0});
+    }
     if (RegExp(r'^/Videos/\w+/stream$').hasMatch(path)) return _stream(req);
     res.statusCode = 404;
     await res.close();
@@ -378,8 +381,13 @@ void main() {
         expect(ep1.last, 'Stopped');
         expect(ep1.where((k) => k == 'Stopped'), hasLength(1));
         final stopped1 = aCalls.lastWhere((s) => s.body?['ItemId'] == _ep1);
-        expect(stopped1.body!['PositionTicks'], greaterThan(19 * jellyfinTicksPerSecond),
-            reason: 'played to the end');
+        // Part of it watched, then a seek to the end: not watched (see
+        // WatchSession). A resume point capped at 85 % of the 20 s, so
+        // Jellyfin cannot mark it played on its own.
+        expect(stopped1.body!['PositionTicks'], lessThan(18 * 10000000),
+            reason: 'part way: resume point under 90 %, so not marked played');
+        expect(jelly.calls.any((c) => c.method == 'POST' && c.path == '/UserPlayedItems/$_ep1'), isFalse,
+            reason: 'seeking to the end is not watching');
         expect(stopped1.body!['PlaySessionId'], 'ps-ua-$_ep1');
         expect(ep2.first, 'Playing');
         expect(ep2.last, 'Stopped', reason: 'leaving reports Stopped');
diff --git a/apps/desktop/test/jellyfin_session_test.dart b/apps/desktop/test/jellyfin_session_test.dart
index b54e78a..ee62aba 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/test/jellyfin_session_test.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/test/jellyfin_session_test.dart
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ FakeJellyfin playbackFake() {
       return const JellyfinHttpResponse(204, '');
     });
   }
+  fake.on('POST', '/UserPlayedItems/$episodeId', (_, _) {
+    reports.add((path: '/UserPlayedItems', body: const {}));
+    return const JellyfinHttpResponse(200, '{"Played":true}');
+  });
   return fake;
 }
 
@@ -261,11 +265,45 @@ void main() {
         'ItemId': episodeId,
         'MediaSourceId': episodeId,
         'PlaySessionId': playSessionId,
-        'PositionTicks': 3005000000,
-      });
+        'PositionTicks': 0,
+      }, reason: '11 s watched is a peek: the resume point from before (none) stays');
       expect(errors, isEmpty);
     });
 
+    test('watched to the end: Stopped without a position, then marked played', () async {
+      reporter.start(const PlayerSnapshot(position: 0, paused: false));
+      for (var i = 1; i <= 1420; i++) {
+        now = DateTime(2026, 1, 1, 20).add(Duration(seconds: i));
+        reporter.update(PlayerSnapshot(position: i.toDouble(), paused: false));
+      }
+      await reporter.stop(const PlayerSnapshot(position: 1420, paused: true));
+      expect(reports.map((r) => r.path.split('/').last).toList().sublist(reports.length - 2),
+          ['Stopped', 'UserPlayedItems']);
+      expect(reports[reports.length - 2].body.containsKey('PositionTicks'), isFalse);
+      final nearEnd = [for (final r in reports) if (r.path.endsWith('Progress')) r.body]
+          .where((b) => b.containsKey('PositionTicks') && b['PositionTicks'] >= 1207 * jellyfinTicksPerSecond);
+      expect(nearEnd, isEmpty, reason: 'near the end Progress carries no position: Jellyfin must not decide');
+    });
+
+    test('played before: a peek never unmarks it', () async {
+      final r = JellyfinProgressReporter(
+        client: accounts.clientFor(fixtureServerId)!,
+        itemId: episodeId,
+        source: fixtureSource(),
+        playSessionId: playSessionId,
+        playedBefore: true,
+        clock: () => now,
+      );
+      r.start(const PlayerSnapshot(position: 700, paused: false));
+      now = now.add(const Duration(seconds: 1));
+      r.update(const PlayerSnapshot(position: 701, paused: true));
+      await r.stop(const PlayerSnapshot(position: 701, paused: true));
+      expect(reports.map((r) => r.path.split('/').last),
+          ['Playing', 'UserPlayedItems', 'Progress', 'Stopped', 'UserPlayedItems']);
+      expect(reports[2].body.containsKey('PositionTicks'), isFalse);
+      expect(reports[3].body.containsKey('PositionTicks'), isFalse);
+    });
+
     test('played to the end, then seeked back: a fresh Playing', () async {
       reporter.start(const PlayerSnapshot(position: 0, paused: false));
       await reporter.stop(const PlayerSnapshot(position: 1440, paused: true));
diff --git a/apps/desktop/test/queue_logic_test.dart b/apps/desktop/test/queue_logic_test.dart
index eb2dc63..6b3a955 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/test/queue_logic_test.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/test/queue_logic_test.dart
@@ -54,16 +54,6 @@ void main() {
     expect(queueJanitor([member('m9'), member('m1', stale: true), member('m2')]), 'm2');
   });
 
-  test('warming starts in the last 90 s, once buffered to the end, or at the end', () {
-    bool due(double pos, {double buffered = 0, String t = 'playing'}) =>
-        queueWarmDue(transport: t, position: pos, duration: 1000, bufferedTo: pos + buffered);
-    expect(due(100), isFalse);
-    expect(due(911), isTrue);
-    expect(due(100, buffered: 900), isTrue);
-    expect(due(0, t: 'finished'), isTrue);
-    expect(queueWarmDue(transport: 'playing', position: 5, duration: 0, bufferedTo: 5), isFalse);
-  });
-
   test('labels', () {
     expect(queueHowLabel(item(QueueHow.through), selfId: 'm2'), 'through you');
     expect(queueHowLabel(item(QueueHow.through), selfId: 'm1'), 'through Bob');
diff --git a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 5f07303..e78a485 100644
--- a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Plain overview first: [HOW-IT-WORKS.md](HOW-IT-WORKS.md). Wire format:
 
 | Path | What | Rule |
 |---|---|---|
-| `packages/core` | protocol messages, sync engine (`SyncEngine`), constants, config, Range parsing, logging, Jellyfin client, updater | pure Dart, no Flutter |
+| `packages/core` | protocol messages, sync engine (`SyncEngine`), constants, config, Range parsing, logging, Jellyfin client, updater, watched rule (`WatchSession`) | pure Dart, no Flutter |
 | `packages/server` | Relic HTTP + WebSocket server (`SyncServer`, `ServerHub`, `Session`, media endpoint, relay buffer, Jellyfin relay), the `serve()` entrypoint, `bin/server.dart` (dedicated server) | pure Dart, no Flutter |
 | `apps/desktop` | Flutter app: UI, `SyncClient`, `SessionCoordinator`, `PlaybackController` (media_kit/mpv), `ServerIsolate`, update UI (`UpdateController`) | ships with `watch-together-server` |
 | `tool` | harnesses: `range_logger`, `shaper`, `fake_viewer`, `e2e_check` | dev only |
@@ -688,7 +688,8 @@ all three link modes. Nothing is bundled or installed by hand.
   reason and the GET's HTTP status. `LinkProbe.problem`: why it will not
   play, in plain words (`playErrorText` of yt-dlp's reason, else of a 4xx
   status), null for a file or a page yt-dlp read. The app probes on paste
-  (`AppYtDlp.probe`, remembered 10 minutes; media file names too, not a
+  (`AppYtDlp.probe`, remembered 10 minutes, longer for Up next's first
+  item (see "Up next"); media file names too, not a
   Jellyfin item link) for the
   Link preview and the swap: a page is named by its title, never its URL
   tail, and its thumbnail goes up as its art (see "Media art"). A link with a
@@ -754,13 +755,43 @@ Client side (`lib/src/jellyfin/session_media.dart`, `progress.dart`,
   file is open and mpv has picked its tracks; Progress every 10 s and at
   once on pause, resume, a seek (position more than 3 s from where playback
   should be) or a track change; Stopped on swap, leave, sitting out, window close
-  (bounded to 1.5 s inside the graceful leave) and at `finished` (position =
-  duration, so Jellyfin marks it played); seeking back from the end sends
-  Playing again. Reports carry `PositionTicks`, `IsPaused` and mpv's
-  `aid`/`sid` as Jellyfin stream indices (`jellyfinIndexForMpvTrack`,
-  `SubtitleStreamIndex -1` = off). They go out in order on one chain;
-  failures are logged, one quiet toast per session, playback is never
-  touched; a 401 marks the account expired and ends reporting.
+  (bounded to 1.5 s inside the graceful leave) and at `finished`; seeking
+  back from the end sends Playing again. Reports carry `PositionTicks`
+  (see "Watched rule"), `IsPaused` and mpv's `aid`/`sid` as Jellyfin
+  stream indices (`jellyfinIndexForMpvTrack`, `SubtitleStreamIndex -1` =
+  off). They go out in order on one chain; failures are logged, one quiet
+  toast per session, playback is never touched; a 401 marks the account
+  expired and ends reporting.
+- **Watched rule** (`WatchSession` in `packages/core/lib/src/watch_session.dart`,
+  pure, meant for any tracker): each opening samples the position every
+  tick; only normal playback counts (forward, at most 2x speed + 1.5 s,
+  samples at most 10 s apart; seeks, skips and pauses add nothing). The
+  union of the watched stretches is the coverage (rewatching counts once),
+  alongside the plain watched time, first / last / furthest position and
+  start / end time. At a stop: played before this opening -> keep played;
+  coverage >= 80 % of the runtime, or the ending reached (furthest position
+  past the Outro / ED start, else the real end) with coverage >= 50 % ->
+  played; coverage under max(2 min, 5 %) (at most a quarter of a short
+  item) -> a peek; else part way, resuming at the last position. An
+  unknown runtime never makes it played. Jellyfin decides played from
+  positions alone (10.11): Playing sets a resumable item unplayed, a
+  Progress or Stopped position past "max resume" (90 %) marks it played,
+  one in between keeps a resume point. So `JellyfinProgressReporter`
+  (played before = `UserData.Played` read at open with
+  `/UserItems/{id}/UserData`):
+  - played (before, or by the rule at an earlier stop of this opening):
+    `UserPlayedItems` right after Playing, Progress without
+    `PositionTicks` (leaves the saved position and played state), Stopped
+    without `PositionTicks` (Jellyfin marks it played, position 0), then
+    `UserPlayedItems` again;
+  - peek: Stopped with the resume point from before the opening (0 when
+    none), so the item is as it was;
+  - part way: Stopped at the last position, held under 85 % of the
+    runtime so Jellyfin cannot mark it played;
+  - not played yet, any time: Progress leaves `PositionTicks` out from
+    85 % of the runtime on (and without a runtime), so only the rule
+    marks it played.
+  Members playing through the server report nothing.
 - **Episodes**: with `OwnPlay` on an episode, `adjacentEpisodes` (one
   `/Shows/{id}/Episodes` call; `episodeBefore` / `episodeAfter`) gives the
   previous and next episode. The controls show previous / next buttons
@@ -832,7 +863,7 @@ every `state` and feed), the pure rules in `queue_logic.dart`, the UI in
   puts the first item up does, with a swap naming it (`swap.queueId`), so
   the server takes it off in the same step and a second swap of it is
   ignored. Cancel is per screen like the next-episode countdown. "Play
-  now" anywhere (a row, the card, the chip's ▶, `>` / Shift+N) swaps
+  now" anywhere (a row, the card, the Up next button's ⏭, `>` / Shift+N) swaps
   directly from the app that can, else sends `play` and that app reacts
   to `state.queuePlay`. With nothing up at all, the first item goes up as
   soon as it is added. The swap goes through the usual paths
@@ -842,37 +873,52 @@ every `state` and feed), the pure rules in `queue_logic.dart`, the UI in
   with the reason. A swap without `queueId` (a manual one) leaves the
   queue alone. A member who puts its own link or file up while sitting
   out comes back first; any other queued swap leaves the swapper out.
-- **Getting ready** (`queueWarmDue`): in the last 90 s of the current
-  media, once it is buffered to its end, or at `finished`, the app that
-  will put the first item up resolves its link (`AppYtDlp.probe`, kept 10
-  minutes, which the swap then reads), so the swap does not wait for
-  yt-dlp. A Jellyfin item, a file or a server-fetched link has nothing to
-  get ready there. Only the first item, only that app, nothing on the
-  server. Its row shows a dot: hollow waiting, pulsing getting ready,
-  filled ready, red failed (tried again when it comes up).
+- **Getting ready** (`QueueController._warm`): the one item this app
+  puts up next is kept ready all the time, so a skip, Play now or the
+  end of the media starts it at once. That is the first Up next item on
+  the app that puts it up (`queuePerformer`), else, with Up next empty,
+  the first "Continues with" episode on an app that has it. It is
+  resolved as soon as it is first there (or this app becomes the one),
+  again every 30 minutes, and dropped when it stops being first: a link
+  is probed (`AppYtDlp.probe` with `keep`: the result stays 35 minutes
+  instead of 10 and a refresh replaces it only once it is in; swaps read
+  it from there); a Jellyfin item is resolved with this app's account
+  (`resolveJellyfinRef`: PlaybackInfo and the item) into
+  `SessionCoordinator.warmJellyfin`, which `_playJellyfin` takes instead
+  of resolving when the same ref goes up within those 35 minutes and the
+  account is unchanged. A file or a server-fetched link has nothing to
+  get ready. One item, one app, nothing on the server. Its row shows a
+  dot on its picture's corner (a tooltip says which): hollow waiting, pulsing getting ready, filled ready, red failed
+  (tried again every 2 minutes).
 - **Continues with**: not queued, computed here like the next episode:
   with an own-account Jellyfin episode playing, the next three episodes
   of the series (`/Shows/{id}/Episodes`, cached), greyed under Up next,
   "+" adds one. "Clear" hides them for the media playing and keeps its
   next-episode countdown from starting.
-- **UI**: `UpNextChip` top right under the top bar (under the party in
-  fullscreen), shown with the controls like the pills (`PillGate`) and
-  while its popover is open: "Up next · title", a +n count, ▶ plays it
-  now; without Up next the continuation ("Next · S1E8 …", ▶ = next
+- **UI**: `UpNextButton` is one of the player's top-bar controls, before
+  chat (see "Player overlay" under Desktop UI), in the look of the
+  design's buttons (`UpNextLook`); it shows and hides with the controls,
+  which an open popover holds up: "Up next · title", a +n count, ⏭ plays
+  it now; without Up next the continuation ("Next · S1E8 …", ⏭ = next
   episode); nothing when both are empty. Its title opens the queue as a
-  `LeafPopover` (package `leaf_widgets`, an overlay rather than a route):
-  frosted glass like the app menus; rows with a 16:9 picture, title, second
-  line, "length · added by (avatar) name · how", a drag handle
+  `LeafPopover` (package `leaf_widgets`, an overlay rather than a route)
+  hanging under it, right edges aligned: the app's glass (`AppGlass`),
+  the menus' paddings and row hover, 64 px rows with an 80 px 16:9
+  picture, title, second line, "length · added by (avatar) name · how", a drag handle
   (`ReorderableListView`, reordered here at once and sent as `move`), ▶
   and × floating in on hover; "Continues with"; a "Paste a link to add"
   field (focused on open, so the player's keys and Space rest while it
   is up; Esc closes) and a drop zone for links and video files. Being no
   route, it holds the shell's own drop and paste handling off while open
-  (`handoffHolds`). "Add to queue" elsewhere: the Link page's button
-  next to Put it up (in the chosen mode), a right-click menu on recent
-  links, Jellyfin cards, episodes and details-panel episodes, and Files
-  videos (Put it up / Add to queue / Play next), and a button in the
-  Jellyfin details panel (right-click: play next). None of it offline.
+  (`handoffHolds`). "Add to queue" elsewhere, on every source: the Link
+  page's button next to Put it up (in the chosen mode), a right-click
+  `showAppMenu` (Put it up / Add to queue / Play next) on recent links,
+  Jellyfin cards (home rows, libraries, search), series episodes and
+  details-panel episodes, Files videos and Schedule cards that can be
+  put up, a button in the Jellyfin details panel (right-click: play
+  next), and Add to queue / Play next on the drop and paste card (videos
+  in order, a link in the Link page's mode). All go through
+  `QueueController.add`. None of it offline.
 
 ## Desktop UI
 
@@ -988,7 +1034,10 @@ from `AppMenuStyle.theme`; the uosc controls keep their own flat menus.
   by the linked account (`jellyfinEpisodeNumbers`, one request per series
   memoised 3 min; `confirmOnJellyfin` is the pure step); absent reads
   "aired · not on Jellyfin yet", unknown (no linked account, lookup
-  failed) "aired", neither with Put it up. Requests and the owner's inbox are in
+  failed) "aired", neither with Put it up. Put it up resolves the Jellyfin
+  episode (`resolveJellyfinEpisode`: AnimeFlow's numbering, else the
+  season and offset, else the air day) and goes through the shell's
+  put-up; right-click queues it the same way. Requests and the owner's inbox are in
   `requests_sheet.dart`. It refreshes every minute; mouse drag and
   Shift+wheel scroll the board sideways, the plain wheel scrolls a column.
   Settings (`settings_tab.dart`) has a left nav with icons
@@ -1008,7 +1057,8 @@ from `AppMenuStyle.theme`; the uosc controls keep their own flat menus.
   `HandoffCard` opens as a popover at the pointer: a video goes up through
   the shell's put-up (Play when alone; offline that starts solo) or adds
   its folder to Files; a folder is added to Files and opened; a link fills
-  Library → Link (with others the relay mode is picked there). Images are ignored.
+  Library → Link (with others the relay mode is picked there). In a
+  server, videos and links also get Add to queue / Play next. Images are ignored.
   Nothing happens while a dialog or popover is over the shell.
 - **Sounds** (`sfx/`): the coordinator plays an `SfxCue` for ready,
   unready, force-ready, join, leave, swap and others' chat (feed
@@ -1059,8 +1109,8 @@ from `AppMenuStyle.theme`; the uosc controls keep their own flat menus.
   the banner (else a blur of the cover, else dark), darkened, with cover,
   big title and episode; it fades out on play and stays gone for that
   media; under 320 px tall (the mini) it drops the cover and shrinks the
-  title. One status pill (`player_status.dart`) sits bottom centre above
-  the controls: `playerStatusFor` (pure) picks the most pressing of
+  title. One status pill (`player_status.dart`) sits centred in the
+  action area (see "Player overlay"): `playerStatusFor` (pure) picks the most pressing of
   removed, reconnecting (Cancel), a warn/error health message (Retry),
   connecting (only after 2 s), finished, someone loading (below
   `StateBroadcast.bufferNeed`, the gate's own need at the current
@@ -1073,10 +1123,10 @@ from `AppMenuStyle.theme`; the uosc controls keep their own flat menus.
   line) and are never in "waiting for". A member's new error also toasts
   once (the pill is hidden while playing); avatars carry a red error mark
   and the members card says "can't play this: ...". 34 px avatars, a main line
-  and a muted detail line. Frosted glass, colour only for problems; it fades through
+  and a muted detail line. The pill glass, colour only for problems; it fades through
   between kinds. The mini shows its short line in its hover bar. ⚙ in both
   control designs opens the player settings card (`controls/
-  player_settings.dart`, `showPopover`): player design, progress line
+  player_settings.dart`, `showPopover`, on `AppGlass`): player design, progress line
   when hidden, upscaling shader, hardware decoding (set live on mpv's
   `hwdec`), subtitle and audio track. The rows (`playerSettingRows`) are
   the same widgets Settings → Player shows; all apply live. The progress
@@ -1086,6 +1136,35 @@ from `AppMenuStyle.theme`; the uosc controls keep their own flat menus.
   exit), as media_kit does not expose it. Fullscreen adds the
   `WindowButtons` to the top bar while the controls are up (restore
   leaves fullscreen).
+- **Player overlay** (full player, both designs; `session_player.dart`):
+  everything over the picture has a fixed place on one grid (16 px from
+  the sides, the bars' inset), so nothing floats on its own. The top
+  bar (part of the controls): now-playing title left; right the Up next
+  button (`UpNextButton`), chat, back-to-library or exit fullscreen,
+  then the window buttons in fullscreen, all in that design's button
+  look. Under it at the right, in fullscreen while paused, the party's
+  avatars; with the controls down and unread chat, the unread chip top
+  right. The action area: one band just above the bottom controls
+  (`_actionArea`; their height per design, 16 px gap), sliding down to
+  16 px from the bottom while they are hidden (`AnimatedPositioned`,
+  the shell's `ease` / `easeTime`); in it the status pill centred
+  (moved left only as far as it must to clear the right end, never
+  overlapping it) and at the right end the end card (`UpNextCard`, else
+  `EndOfEpisodeCard`, which stay up) or the action pills (Skip OP / ED /
+  1:30 over Next episode, `PillGate`). The Jellyfin blocked card sits in
+  the middle. Two surfaces: cards and popovers use `AppGlass`
+  (`widgets/app_menu.dart`, the menus' recipe: blur, dark tint, hairline
+  border, 12 px radius, shadow); pills use `PlayerGlass`
+  (`AppGlass.pill`: a stadium, lighter tint, no shadow): the status
+  pill, the unread chip and `FloatingPill` (the action pills, 44 px
+  tall like the status pill without avatars). The mouse on any
+  floating element counts as the mouse on the controls: a
+  `ControlsHold` (`controls/controls_probe.dart`) held by
+  `ControlsHoldRegion`s (and by the open Up next popover) keeps either
+  design's controls up (`UoscControls.holdBy`; `ControlsHoverProbe.hold`,
+  which re-wakes media_kit's controls through their private hover
+  handler, the same guarded dynamic call as `keepVideoControlsAwake`),
+  and lets them hide on their usual countdown once released.
 - **Chat** (`chat_panel.dart`): a 340 px panel sliding in at the right
   (strip button or Tab): chat with avatars; the "Activity" chip (off by
   default, `showActivity`, kept for the app's run only) adds the other
@@ -1164,7 +1243,7 @@ Session controls (the Standard player design): media_kit's
 `screens/session/player_controls.dart`); its own double-click and keys are
 off (its double-click pushes a fullscreen route with a second `Video`), the
 picture's double-click is a raw pointer observer (`DoubleClickListener`).
-The top bar holds the now-playing title, Change video, chat and back-to-library
+The top bar holds the now-playing title, Up next, Change video, chat and back-to-library
 (fullscreen: exit, then the window buttons); the bottom bar ends with the
 shader button, ⚙ and fullscreen. Its seek bar is off; ours
 (`ChapterSeekBar`: chapter diamonds, hover time with the chapter title)
@@ -1172,10 +1251,11 @@ sits in the bottom bar, which is taller by the bar's height (the top bar
 keeps its row at the top). A drag sends no hover events, so the bar keeps
 the controls up through a guarded dynamic `onHover()` on media_kit's
 private controls state (`keepVideoControlsAwake`). Pills (Skip OP / ED /
-1:30, Next episode) and cards live outside the auto-hiding controls. The
+1:30, Next episode) and cards live outside the auto-hiding controls, in
+the action area ("Player overlay"). The
 cards stay up; a pill (`PillGate`) shows only while the controls are up
 (`ControlsHoverProbe` for this design, `UoscControls.shown` for uosc) or
-the mouse is on it, and Skip OP / Skip 1:30 also for 5 s when an offer of
+the mouse is on it (which holds the controls up too), and Skip OP / Skip 1:30 also for 5 s when an offer of
 a new kind appears (Skip ED and Next episode never without the controls).
 Volume (`controls/volume.dart`, both
 designs): mpv's `volume-max` is pinned to `PlaybackController.maxVolume`
@@ -1200,8 +1280,8 @@ leave),
 subtitles and audio with track counts, a shader badge ("A HQ", opening the
 shared `showShaderMenu`), ready, mark everyone ready, reload; 1:30,
 chapters, previous / next episode, change video, volume, ⚙, fullscreen; the
-now-playing title top left (`UoscControls.topLeft`, with a top gradient), chat
-and back-to-library (fullscreen: exit) top right. Menus (`showUoscMenu`: a popup route above the button, the
+now-playing title top left (`UoscControls.topLeft`, with a top gradient), Up next, chat
+and back-to-library (fullscreen: exit) top right, centred on the title. Menus (`showUoscMenu`: a popup route above the button, the
 current row highlighted) list tracks and chapters with start times. All
 actions are the coordinator's (seeks through `player.seek`, the user path;
 `selectTrack`, `skipForward`, `seekTo`); keys and the floating pills are
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/core.dart b/packages/core/lib/core.dart
index 61142a1..500041f 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/core.dart
+++ b/packages/core/lib/core.dart
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export 'src/cookies.dart';
 export 'src/media_source.dart';
 export 'src/sync_engine.dart';
 export 'src/updater.dart';
+export 'src/watch_session.dart';
 export 'src/jellyfin/client.dart';
 export 'src/jellyfin/client_info.dart';
 export 'src/jellyfin/http.dart';
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/src/jellyfin/client.dart b/packages/core/lib/src/jellyfin/client.dart
index 29c188f..78c25a9 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/src/jellyfin/client.dart
+++ b/packages/core/lib/src/jellyfin/client.dart
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ class JellyfinPlaybackReport {
   final String itemId;
   final String mediaSourceId;
   final String playSessionId;
-  final int positionTicks;
+  /// Null leaves it out: a Progress without it does not touch the saved
+  /// position or played state; a Stopped without it marks the item played.
+  final int? positionTicks;
   final bool isPaused;
   /// Jellyfin stream index ([JellyfinMediaStream.index]) of the audio track.
   final int? audioStreamIndex;
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ class JellyfinPlaybackReport {
         'ItemId': itemId,
         'MediaSourceId': mediaSourceId,
         'PlaySessionId': playSessionId,
-        'PositionTicks': positionTicks,
+        if (positionTicks != null) 'PositionTicks': positionTicks,
         'IsPaused': isPaused,
         'CanSeek': canSeek,
         'PlayMethod': playMethod,
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ class JellyfinPlaybackReport {
         'ItemId': itemId,
         'MediaSourceId': mediaSourceId,
         'PlaySessionId': playSessionId,
-        'PositionTicks': positionTicks,
+        if (positionTicks != null) 'PositionTicks': positionTicks,
       };
 }
 
@@ -540,19 +542,23 @@ class JellyfinClient {
   // ------------------------------------------------------------ progress
 
   /// `POST /Sessions/Playing`: playback started (Jellyfin shows the session
-  /// as playing and starts tracking the item).
+  /// as playing and starts tracking the item). Up to 10.11 this also sets
+  /// the item unplayed (resumable items); later servers leave it.
   Future<void> reportPlaybackStart(JellyfinPlaybackReport r) =>
       _json('POST', '/Sessions/Playing', body: r.toProgressJson());
 
   /// `POST /Sessions/Playing/Progress`: position, pause state and tracks.
-  /// Jellyfin saves the resume position from these.
+  /// With a position Jellyfin saves it like a stop does (below
+  /// "min resume" cleared, past "max resume" marked played); without one
+  /// the saved position and played state stay.
   Future<void> reportPlaybackProgress(JellyfinPlaybackReport r) =>
       _json('POST', '/Sessions/Playing/Progress', body: r.toProgressJson());
 
   /// `POST /Sessions/Playing/Stopped`: ends the session. The server then
   /// marks the item played if the position is past its "max resume" share
   /// (90% by default), keeps it as a resume point between 5% and 90%, and
-  /// clears the position below 5%.
+  /// clears the position below 5% (the played flag stays as it is in both).
+  /// Without a position it marks the item played and clears the position.
   Future<void> reportPlaybackStopped(JellyfinPlaybackReport r) =>
       _json('POST', '/Sessions/Playing/Stopped', body: r.toStoppedJson());
 
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/src/watch_session.dart b/packages/core/lib/src/watch_session.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3a9ac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/lib/src/watch_session.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+import 'dart:math' as math;
+
+// What one viewer actually watched of one opened item, and the rule that
+// turns it into "watched", "barely looked" or "stopped part way". Pure, so
+// any tracker (Jellyfin today) applies the same rule. See ARCHITECTURE.md
+// "Watched rule".
+
+/// What a [WatchSession] amounts to when it ends.
+enum WatchOutcome {
+  /// Seen: mark it played and clear the resume point.
+  played,
+
+  /// Already played when opened (or earlier in this session): stays played
+  /// whatever happened, with no resume point.
+  keepPlayed,
+
+  /// Barely watched (a peek, a screenshot): leave the item as it was.
+  peek,
+
+  /// Part way: resume from [WatchVerdict.resumeAt].
+  partial,
+}
+
+class WatchVerdict {
+  final WatchOutcome outcome;
+
+  /// Where to resume, seconds ([WatchOutcome.partial] only).
+  final double? resumeAt;
+  const WatchVerdict(this.outcome, {this.resumeAt});
+
+  @override
+  String toString() => 'WatchVerdict(${outcome.name}${resumeAt == null ? '' : ', $resumeAt'})';
+}
+
+/// One opening of one item on this client. Fed the player position about
+/// once a second ([sample]); only normal playback counts as watched: the
+/// stretch between two samples while playing, when the position moved
+/// forward no faster than [maxRate] (plus [slack]) and the samples are at
+/// most [maxGap] apart. Seeks, skips and pauses add nothing. [covered] is the union of the watched stretches,
+/// so rewatching a part does not count twice; [watched] is the plain sum.
+class WatchSession {
+  /// Played before this opening (Jellyfin `UserData.Played`).
+  final bool playedBefore;
+
+  /// The resume point before this opening, seconds (0 = none).
+  final double resumeBefore;
+
+  final double maxRate;
+  final double slack;
+  final double maxGap;
+
+  WatchSession(
+      {this.playedBefore = false, this.resumeBefore = 0, this.maxRate = 2, this.slack = 1.5, this.maxGap = 10});
+
+  DateTime? startedAt;
+  DateTime? endedAt;
+  double? firstPosition;
+  double? lastPosition;
+
+  /// The furthest position seen, reached by playing or by a jump.
+  double furthest = 0;
+
+  /// Seconds of normal playback, rewatches included.
+  double watched = 0;
+
+  final _spans = <(double, double)>[];
+  ({double pos, bool playing, DateTime at})? _prev;
+
+  /// Seconds of the item covered by normal playback (rewatches once).
+  double get covered => _spans.fold(0.0, (s, e) => s + e.$2 - e.$1);
+
+  /// The watched stretches, sorted and merged.
+  List<(double, double)> get spans => List.unmodifiable(_spans);
+
+  void sample(double position, {required bool playing, required DateTime at}) {
+    final prev = _prev;
+    _prev = (pos: position, playing: playing, at: at);
+    startedAt ??= at;
+    endedAt = at;
+    firstPosition ??= position;
+    lastPosition = position;
+    furthest = math.max(furthest, position);
+    if (prev == null || !prev.playing) return;
+    final dt = at.difference(prev.at).inMilliseconds / 1000;
+    final dp = position - prev.pos;
+    if (dt <= 0 || dt > maxGap || dp <= 0 || dp > dt * maxRate + slack) return;
+    watched += dp;
+    _add(prev.pos, position);
+  }
+
+  void _add(double a, double b) {
+    final out = <(double, double)>[];
+    var (lo, hi) = (a, b);
+    for (final (s, e) in _spans) {
+      if (e < lo || s > hi) {
+        out.add((s, e));
+      } else {
+        lo = math.min(lo, s);
+        hi = math.max(hi, e);
+      }
+    }
+    out
+      ..add((lo, hi))
+      ..sort((x, y) => x.$1.compareTo(y.$1));
+    _spans
+      ..clear()
+      ..addAll(out);
+  }
+
+  /// The rule, for an item [runtime] seconds long whose ending starts at
+  /// [endingStart] (an Outro segment or ED chapter; null = the real end):
+  /// - played before: [WatchOutcome.keepPlayed];
+  /// - [covered] >= 80 % of the runtime, or the ending was reached
+  ///   ([furthest]) with [covered] >= 50 %: [WatchOutcome.played];
+  /// - [covered] under max(2 min, 5 %) (at most a quarter of a short
+  ///   item): [WatchOutcome.peek];
+  /// - else [WatchOutcome.partial] at [lastPosition].
+  /// An unknown runtime (0) never makes it played.
+  WatchVerdict verdict({required double runtime, double? endingStart}) {
+    if (playedBefore) return const WatchVerdict(WatchOutcome.keepPlayed);
+    final c = covered;
+    if (runtime > 0) {
+      final end = endingStart != null && endingStart > 0 && endingStart < runtime ? endingStart : runtime - 2;
+      if (c >= 0.8 * runtime || (furthest >= end && c >= 0.5 * runtime)) {
+        return const WatchVerdict(WatchOutcome.played);
+      }
+    }
+    final peekBelow = runtime > 0 ? math.min(math.max(120.0, 0.05 * runtime), 0.25 * runtime) : 120.0;
+    if (c < peekBelow) return const WatchVerdict(WatchOutcome.peek);
+    return WatchVerdict(WatchOutcome.partial, resumeAt: lastPosition ?? 0);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/test/watch_session_test.dart b/packages/core/test/watch_session_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f369dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/watch_session_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+/// Plays [from]..[to] at normal speed, one sample a second, starting at
+/// wall second [t]; returns the wall second after.
+int play(WatchSession w, int t, double from, double to) {
+  var pos = from;
+  w.sample(pos, playing: true, at: DateTime(2026, 1, 1).add(Duration(seconds: t)));
+  while (pos < to) {
+    t++;
+    pos = pos + 1 > to ? to : pos + 1;
+    w.sample(pos, playing: true, at: DateTime(2026, 1, 1).add(Duration(seconds: t)));
+  }
+  return t + 1;
+}
+
+void main() {
+  const ep = 1440.0; // 24 min
+  const ed = 1350.0; // the ending starts 1.5 min before the end
+
+  test('normal playback counts; seeks, skips and pauses do not', () {
+    final w = WatchSession();
+    var t = play(w, 0, 0, 60);
+    // A jump ahead between two samples: not watched.
+    w.sample(600, playing: true, at: DateTime(2026, 1, 1).add(Duration(seconds: t)));
+    t = play(w, t + 1, 600, 630);
+    // Paused: the position does not move, nothing counts.
+    w.sample(630, playing: false, at: DateTime(2026, 1, 1).add(Duration(seconds: t + 30)));
+    expect(w.covered, closeTo(90, 1));
+    expect(w.spans, hasLength(2));
+    expect(w.firstPosition, 0);
+    expect(w.lastPosition, 630);
+    expect(w.furthest, 630);
+  });
+
+  test('rewatching a part counts once in coverage, twice in watched time', () {
+    final w = WatchSession();
+    var t = play(w, 0, 0, 300);
+    t = play(w, t, 100, 200); // went back for a moment
+    expect(w.covered, closeTo(300, 1));
+    expect(w.watched, closeTo(400, 1));
+  });
+
+  test('played: 80 % covered, or the ending reached after 50 %', () {
+    final full = WatchSession();
+    play(full, 0, 0, 1200); // 83 %
+    expect(full.verdict(runtime: ep, endingStart: ed).outcome, WatchOutcome.played);
+
+    final skipped = WatchSession();
+    final t = play(skipped, 0, 0, 800); // 56 %, then skipped to the ED
+    play(skipped, t, ed, ed + 5);
+    expect(skipped.verdict(runtime: ep, endingStart: ed).outcome, WatchOutcome.played);
+    // Without a known ending only the real end counts.
+    expect(skipped.verdict(runtime: ep).outcome, WatchOutcome.partial);
+
+    final jumped = WatchSession();
+    play(jumped, 0, 0, 400); // 28 %, then jumped to the end
+    jumped.sample(ep, playing: false, at: DateTime(2026, 1, 2));
+    expect(jumped.verdict(runtime: ep, endingStart: ed).outcome, WatchOutcome.partial);
+  });
+
+  test('played before: stays played however little was watched', () {
+    final w = WatchSession(playedBefore: true);
+    play(w, 0, 700, 730); // checking a moment
+    expect(w.verdict(runtime: ep, endingStart: ed).outcome, WatchOutcome.keepPlayed);
+  });
+
+  test('a peek leaves nothing; part way resumes at the last position', () {
+    final peek = WatchSession(resumeBefore: 300);
+    play(peek, 0, 900, 990); // 90 s
+    expect(peek.verdict(runtime: ep).outcome, WatchOutcome.peek);
+
+    final movie = WatchSession();
+    play(movie, 0, 0, 300); // 5 min of 2 h: under 5 %
+    expect(movie.verdict(runtime: 7200).outcome, WatchOutcome.peek);
+
+    final part = WatchSession();
+    final t = play(part, 0, 0, 500);
+    part.sample(450, playing: false, at: DateTime(2026, 1, 1).add(Duration(seconds: t)));
+    final v = part.verdict(runtime: ep);
+    expect(v.outcome, WatchOutcome.partial);
+    expect(v.resumeAt, 450);
+
+    // A 3 min clip: half of it is not a peek.
+    final clip = WatchSession();
+    play(clip, 0, 0, 90);
+    expect(clip.verdict(runtime: 180).outcome, WatchOutcome.partial);
+  });
+
+  test('an unknown runtime never makes it played', () {
+    final w = WatchSession();
+    play(w, 0, 0, 1000);
+    expect(w.verdict(runtime: 0).outcome, WatchOutcome.partial);
+  });
+}