diff --git a/frontend/src/components/PlexPlayer.tsx b/frontend/src/components/PlexPlayer.tsx
index deae3975..85825658 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/PlexPlayer.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/PlexPlayer.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  Fragment,
-  lazy,
-  Suspense,
-  useCallback,
-  useEffect,
-  useRef,
-  useState,
-  type WheelEvent as ReactWheelEvent,
-} from "react";
+import { Fragment, lazy, Suspense, useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { qk } from "../lib/queryKeys";
 import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
@@ -46,7 +37,13 @@ import {
   type PlexPlayerPrefs,
 } from "../lib/plexPlayerPrefs";
 import { Ctrl, PanelHead, Slider, Toggle } from "./plexPlayerControls";
-import { useControlsVisibility, useFullscreen, useWallClock } from "../lib/plexPlayerHooks";
+import {
+  useControlsVisibility,
+  useFullscreen,
+  usePlayerVolume,
+  usePlexProgress,
+  useWallClock,
+} from "../lib/plexPlayerHooks";
 import { fullscreenElement } from "../lib/fullscreen";
 import { LS, useAccountPersistedObject } from "../lib/storage";
 import { useDismiss } from "../lib/useDismiss";
@@ -352,51 +349,10 @@ export default function PlexPlayer({ itemId, onClose, queue }: Props) {
     };
   }, [id, patchPrefs]);
 
-  // Periodic + on-unmount progress checkpoint.
+  // Periodic + on-unmount progress checkpoint (interval flush + pause/pagehide + reopen cache patch).
   const absRef = useRef(0);
   absRef.current = abs;
-  useEffect(() => {
-    // `final` = a settled checkpoint (pause / page-hide / leaving the player) vs. the periodic tick.
-    // Only final checkpoints get mirrored to a linked Plex account (backend-side debounce), so Plex
-    // sees the resume position when the user actually stops — not a timeline call every 10 seconds.
-    const flush = (final = false) => {
-      if (absRef.current > 0 && durationRef.current > 0)
-        api
-          .plexProgress(id, Math.floor(absRef.current), durationRef.current, final)
-          .catch(() => {});
-    };
-    const iv = window.setInterval(flush, 10000);
-    // Pausing is a settled position — push it to Plex now rather than waiting for unmount/unload.
-    const onPauseFlush = () => flush(true);
-    const video = videoRef.current;
-    video?.addEventListener("pause", onPauseFlush);
-    // Save on page unload too (F5/close/navigate): React effect cleanup does NOT run on a full reload,
-    // so without this the resume point lags up to 10s — e.g. a seek right before F5 was lost. Uses a
-    // keepalive beacon so the POST survives the unload (a final checkpoint — the user is leaving).
-    const onHide = () => {
-      if (absRef.current > 0 && durationRef.current > 0)
-        api.plexProgressBeacon(id, Math.floor(absRef.current), durationRef.current, true);
-    };
-    window.addEventListener("pagehide", onHide);
-    return () => {
-      window.clearInterval(iv);
-      window.removeEventListener("pagehide", onHide);
-      video?.removeEventListener("pause", onPauseFlush);
-      flush(true);
-      // Back (unmount) persists the position server-side via flush(), but reopening the same item in
-      // the SAME session read react-query's CACHED detail — whose position_seconds predated this
-      // watch — so the resume landed at the old spot (the progress GET could also race the POST).
-      // Patch the cached detail here so a reopen resumes from where we left off. (F5 was always fine:
-      // a reload starts with an empty cache and fetches the fresh position.) Safe to do only on
-      // unmount — patching while mounted would retrigger the loadSession effect and reseek mid-play.
-      if (absRef.current > 0 && durationRef.current > 0) {
-        const pos = Math.floor(absRef.current);
-        qc.setQueryData(qk.plexItem(id), (old) => (old ? { ...old, position_seconds: pos } : old));
-      }
-      qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.plexLibrary() });
-      qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.plexShow() });
-    };
-  }, [id, qc]);
+  usePlexProgress({ id, qc, videoRef, absRef, durationRef });
 
   // --- seeking (native within the loaded region, else restart the session) ---------------------
   const seekTo = useCallback(
@@ -425,41 +381,16 @@ export default function PlexPlayer({ itemId, onClose, queue }: Props) {
     else v.pause();
   }, []);
 
-  const applyVolume = useCallback((vol: number, mute: boolean) => {
-    const v = videoRef.current;
-    if (!v) return;
-    v.volume = clamp01(vol);
-    v.muted = mute;
-  }, []);
-  // Set volume/mute on the <video> AND persist (survives F5).
-  const setVol = useCallback(
-    (vol: number, mute: boolean) => {
-      applyVolume(vol, mute);
-      patchPrefs({ volume: clamp01(vol), muted: mute });
-    },
-    [applyVolume, patchPrefs],
-  );
-  const nudgeVolume = useCallback(
-    (d: number) => setVol(clamp01(prefs.volume + d), clamp01(prefs.volume + d) === 0),
-    [prefs.volume, setVol],
-  );
-  const toggleMute = useCallback(
-    () => setVol(prefs.volume, !prefs.muted),
-    [prefs.volume, prefs.muted, setVol],
-  );
-  // Re-apply the persisted volume/mute to the <video> each time a session becomes ready (the element
-  // is fresh after a load/seek-restart, and starts at its default volume otherwise).
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (ready) applyVolume(prefs.volume, prefs.muted);
-  }, [ready, applyVolume, prefs.volume, prefs.muted]);
-  // Mouse-wheel over the player adjusts volume (5 units per notch); overlays scroll normally.
-  const onWheel = useCallback(
-    (e: ReactWheelEvent) => {
-      if (infoOpenRef.current || helpOpenRef.current) return;
-      nudgeVolume(e.deltaY < 0 ? 0.05 : -0.05);
-    },
-    [nudgeVolume],
-  );
+  // Volume/mute for the HTML5 <video> (0..1, independent mute), persisted + re-applied per session.
+  const { setVol, nudgeVolume, toggleMute, onWheel } = usePlayerVolume({
+    videoRef,
+    volume,
+    muted,
+    ready,
+    patchPrefs,
+    infoOpenRef,
+    helpOpenRef,
+  });
 
   const go = useCallback((otherId: string | null | undefined) => {
     if (otherId) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/plexPlayerHooks.ts b/frontend/src/lib/plexPlayerHooks.ts
index 507654de..b5bf76ca 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/plexPlayerHooks.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/plexPlayerHooks.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState, type RefObject } from "react";
+import {
+  useCallback,
+  useEffect,
+  useRef,
+  useState,
+  type MutableRefObject,
+  type RefObject,
+  type WheelEvent as ReactWheelEvent,
+} from "react";
+import type { QueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import {
   exitFullscreen,
   fullscreenElement,
   onFullscreenChange,
   requestFullscreen,
 } from "./fullscreen";
+import { api } from "./api";
+import { qk } from "./queryKeys";
+import { clamp01, type PlexPlayerPrefs } from "./plexPlayerPrefs";
 
 // A live wall clock for the top bar, re-rendered every 15s (minute resolution is enough for the
 // HH:MM display, and a coarse tick keeps the whole player from re-rendering each second).
@@ -60,3 +72,123 @@ export function useControlsVisibility(opts: {
   }, [barAutoHideRef, menuOpenRef, videoRef]);
   return { uiVisible, wake };
 }
+
+// Periodic + on-unmount progress checkpoint. Reads live position/duration through refs (owned by the
+// component, since seeking/skip/ended all mutate absRef too) so the interval and unload beacon see the
+// current spot without rebuilding the effect.
+export function usePlexProgress(opts: {
+  id: string;
+  qc: QueryClient;
+  videoRef: RefObject<HTMLVideoElement | null>;
+  absRef: MutableRefObject<number>;
+  durationRef: MutableRefObject<number>;
+}): void {
+  const { id, qc, videoRef, absRef, durationRef } = opts;
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // `final` = a settled checkpoint (pause / page-hide / leaving the player) vs. the periodic tick.
+    // Only final checkpoints get mirrored to a linked Plex account (backend-side debounce), so Plex
+    // sees the resume position when the user actually stops — not a timeline call every 10 seconds.
+    const flush = (final = false) => {
+      if (absRef.current > 0 && durationRef.current > 0)
+        api
+          .plexProgress(id, Math.floor(absRef.current), durationRef.current, final)
+          .catch(() => {});
+    };
+    const iv = window.setInterval(flush, 10000);
+    // Pausing is a settled position — push it to Plex now rather than waiting for unmount/unload.
+    const onPauseFlush = () => flush(true);
+    const video = videoRef.current;
+    video?.addEventListener("pause", onPauseFlush);
+    // Save on page unload too (F5/close/navigate): React effect cleanup does NOT run on a full reload,
+    // so without this the resume point lags up to 10s — e.g. a seek right before F5 was lost. Uses a
+    // keepalive beacon so the POST survives the unload (a final checkpoint — the user is leaving).
+    const onHide = () => {
+      if (absRef.current > 0 && durationRef.current > 0)
+        api.plexProgressBeacon(id, Math.floor(absRef.current), durationRef.current, true);
+    };
+    window.addEventListener("pagehide", onHide);
+    return () => {
+      window.clearInterval(iv);
+      window.removeEventListener("pagehide", onHide);
+      video?.removeEventListener("pause", onPauseFlush);
+      flush(true);
+      // Back (unmount) persists the position server-side via flush(), but reopening the same item in
+      // the SAME session read react-query's CACHED detail — whose position_seconds predated this
+      // watch — so the resume landed at the old spot (the progress GET could also race the POST).
+      // Patch the cached detail here so a reopen resumes from where we left off. (F5 was always fine:
+      // a reload starts with an empty cache and fetches the fresh position.) Safe to do only on
+      // unmount — patching while mounted would retrigger the loadSession effect and reseek mid-play.
+      // Reading the LATEST abs/duration at cleanup is the whole point of the checkpoint (the resume
+      // point when leaving), not a stale snapshot — the "ref value may have changed" hint is a false
+      // positive here. Scoped disable so the deps array below is still checked.
+      /* eslint-disable react-hooks/exhaustive-deps */
+      if (absRef.current > 0 && durationRef.current > 0) {
+        const pos = Math.floor(absRef.current);
+        qc.setQueryData(qk.plexItem(id), (old) => (old ? { ...old, position_seconds: pos } : old));
+      }
+      /* eslint-enable react-hooks/exhaustive-deps */
+      qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.plexLibrary() });
+      qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.plexShow() });
+    };
+    // absRef/durationRef/videoRef are stable ref objects — listed to satisfy exhaustive-deps without
+    // changing when the effect re-runs (id/qc only), matching the original in-component effect.
+  }, [id, qc, absRef, durationRef, videoRef]);
+}
+
+// Volume/mute for the Plex player's HTML5 <video> (0..1 float, independent .muted flag). Persists to
+// the per-account prefs (survives F5) and re-applies on each fresh session (the element resets to its
+// default volume after a load/seek-restart). NOTE: this is the Plex-side model; the YouTube player has
+// its own 0-100 / no-mute-flag arithmetic in playerVolume.ts. Sharing the tested pure core across both
+// is a separate R12 consolidation sprint — this hook is the seam it will rework internally.
+export function usePlayerVolume(opts: {
+  videoRef: RefObject<HTMLVideoElement | null>;
+  volume: number;
+  muted: boolean;
+  ready: boolean;
+  patchPrefs: (patch: Partial<PlexPlayerPrefs>) => void;
+  infoOpenRef: RefObject<boolean>;
+  helpOpenRef: RefObject<boolean>;
+}): {
+  setVol: (vol: number, mute: boolean) => void;
+  nudgeVolume: (d: number) => void;
+  toggleMute: () => void;
+  onWheel: (e: ReactWheelEvent) => void;
+} {
+  const { videoRef, volume, muted, ready, patchPrefs, infoOpenRef, helpOpenRef } = opts;
+  const applyVolume = useCallback(
+    (vol: number, mute: boolean) => {
+      const v = videoRef.current;
+      if (!v) return;
+      v.volume = clamp01(vol);
+      v.muted = mute;
+    },
+    [videoRef],
+  );
+  // Set volume/mute on the <video> AND persist (survives F5).
+  const setVol = useCallback(
+    (vol: number, mute: boolean) => {
+      applyVolume(vol, mute);
+      patchPrefs({ volume: clamp01(vol), muted: mute });
+    },
+    [applyVolume, patchPrefs],
+  );
+  const nudgeVolume = useCallback(
+    (d: number) => setVol(clamp01(volume + d), clamp01(volume + d) === 0),
+    [volume, setVol],
+  );
+  const toggleMute = useCallback(() => setVol(volume, !muted), [volume, muted, setVol]);
+  // Re-apply the persisted volume/mute to the <video> each time a session becomes ready (the element
+  // is fresh after a load/seek-restart, and starts at its default volume otherwise).
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (ready) applyVolume(volume, muted);
+  }, [ready, applyVolume, volume, muted]);
+  // Mouse-wheel over the player adjusts volume (5 units per notch); overlays scroll normally.
+  const onWheel = useCallback(
+    (e: ReactWheelEvent) => {
+      if (infoOpenRef.current || helpOpenRef.current) return;
+      nudgeVolume(e.deltaY < 0 ? 0.05 : -0.05);
+    },
+    [nudgeVolume, infoOpenRef, helpOpenRef],
+  );
+  return { setVol, nudgeVolume, toggleMute, onWheel };
+}