diff --git a/web/src/Player.tsx b/web/src/Player.tsx
index 88fc776..4b22c25 100644
--- a/web/src/Player.tsx
+++ b/web/src/Player.tsx
@@ -214,6 +214,23 @@ export default function Player({ path, sudo }: { path: string; sudo: boolean; na
     else v.pause()
     poke()
   }, [poke])
+  // The seek bar: while it is dragged the ball follows the finger (the input event); the seek
+  // itself is on release (the browser's own change event, which a click, a drag and the arrow
+  // keys all end with). The ball is put where the seek went at once, so it waits there while
+  // the piece is made rather than going back to where the film was.
+  const seekBar = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const el = seekBar.current
+    if (!el) return
+    const commit = () => {
+      const x = Number(el.value), v = video.current
+      if (v && Math.abs(v.currentTime - x) > 0.05) v.currentTime = x
+      setTime(x)
+      setScrub(null)
+    }
+    el.addEventListener('change', commit)
+    return () => el.removeEventListener('change', commit)
+  })
   const seekBy = useCallback((d: number) => {
     const v = video.current
     if (!v) return
@@ -314,10 +331,8 @@ export default function Player({ path, sudo }: { path: string; sudo: boolean; na
 
       <div className="vp-bottom">
         <div className="vp-seek" style={{ ['--p' as string]: dur ? `${(shown / dur) * 100}%` : '0%', ['--b' as string]: dur ? `${(buffered / dur) * 100}%` : '0%' }}>
-          <input type="range" min={0} max={dur || 1} step={0.1} value={shown} aria-label="Seek"
-            onChange={(e) => { setScrub(Number(e.target.value)); poke() }}
-            onPointerUp={(e) => { if (v) v.currentTime = Number((e.target as HTMLInputElement).value); setScrub(null) }}
-            onKeyUp={(e) => { if (v) v.currentTime = Number((e.target as HTMLInputElement).value); setScrub(null) }} />
+          <input ref={seekBar} type="range" min={0} max={dur || 1} step={0.1} value={shown} aria-label="Seek"
+            onChange={(e) => { setScrub(Number(e.target.value)); poke() }} />
         </div>
         <div className="vp-row">
           <button className="vp-icon" onClick={toggle} aria-label={paused ? 'Play' : 'Pause'}>{paused ? <I d={PLAY} fill /> : <I d={PAUSE} />}</button>