diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediacontroller.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediacontroller.js
index 3e40b28379..9991fbbfe1 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediacontroller.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediacontroller.js
@@ -16,6 +16,36 @@
         });
     }
 
+    function monitorPlayer(player) {
+
+        $(player).on('playbackstart.mediacontroller', function (e, state) {
+
+            var info = {                
+                QueueableMediaTypes: state.NowPlayingItem.MediaType,
+                ItemId: state.NowPlayingItem.Id,
+                NowPlayingItem: state.NowPlayingItem
+            };
+
+            info = $.extend(info, state.PlayState);
+            
+            ApiClient.reportPlaybackStart(info);
+            
+        }).on('playbackstop.mediacontroller', function (e, state) {
+
+            ApiClient.reportPlaybackStopped({
+
+                itemId: state.NowPlayingItem.Id,
+                mediaSourceId: state.PlayState.MediaSourceId,
+                positionTicks: state.PlayState.PositionTicks
+
+            });
+
+        }).on('positionchange.mediacontroller', function (e, state) {
+
+
+        });
+    }
+
     function mediaController() {
 
         var self = this;
@@ -26,6 +56,10 @@
         self.registerPlayer = function (player) {
 
             players.push(player);
+
+            if (player.isLocalPlayer) {
+                monitorPlayer(player);
+            }
         };
 
         self.getPlayerInfo = function () {
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediaplayer.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediaplayer.js
index 33e17ddaa7..b3e20ef8ca 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediaplayer.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediaplayer.js
@@ -1059,21 +1059,11 @@
 
             self.updateCanClientSeek(playerElement);
 
-            ApiClient.reportPlaybackStart({
-                itemId: item.Id,
-                QueueableMediaTypes: item.MediaType,
-                CanSeek: mediaSource.RunTimeTicks != null,
-                MediaSourceId: mediaSource.Id,
-                IsPaused: playerElement.paused,
-                IsMuted: playerElement.volume == 0,
-                VolumeLevel: playerElement.volume * 100
-            });
-
-            self.startProgressInterval(item.Id, mediaSource.Id);
-
             var state = self.getPlayerStateInternal(playerElement, item, mediaSource);
 
             $(self).trigger('playbackstart', [state]);
+
+            self.startProgressInterval(item.Id, mediaSource.Id);
         };
 
         self.onVolumeChanged = function (playerElement) {
@@ -1093,23 +1083,11 @@
 
             $(playerElement).off('ended.playbackstopped');
 
-            var endTime = playerElement.currentTime;
-
             clearProgressInterval();
 
-            var position = Math.floor(10000000 * endTime) + self.startTimeTicksOffset;
-
             var item = currentItem;
             var mediaSource = currentMediaSource;
 
-            ApiClient.reportPlaybackStopped({
-
-                itemId: item.Id,
-                mediaSourceId: mediaSource.Id,
-                positionTicks: position
-
-            });
-
             if (item.MediaType == "Video") {
                 ApiClient.stopActiveEncodings();
                 if (self.isFullScreen()) {