diff --git a/application/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/media/PlaylistManager.kt b/application/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/media/PlaylistManager.kt
index c85d01f7b..be3bc2cc7 100644
--- a/application/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/media/PlaylistManager.kt
+++ b/application/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/media/PlaylistManager.kt
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ class PlaylistManager(val service: PlaybackService) : MediaWrapperList.EventList
                     if (internalMedia != null) id = internalMedia.id
                 }
             }
-            if (id != 0L) medialibrary.increasePlayCount(id)
+            if (id != 0L) medialibrary.setProgress(id, 1.0f)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/buildsystem/compile-medialibrary.sh b/buildsystem/compile-medialibrary.sh
index 865d70f08..5279d510d 100755
--- a/buildsystem/compile-medialibrary.sh
+++ b/buildsystem/compile-medialibrary.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # ARGUMENTS #
 #############
 
-MEDIALIBRARY_HASH=03031cd1605ab07f61738b71a782831ea31c36b5
+MEDIALIBRARY_HASH=1755e7abfa80f53129050c9d39f5494025a9a854
 
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
   case $1 in
diff --git a/medialibrary/jni/AndroidMediaLibrary.cpp b/medialibrary/jni/AndroidMediaLibrary.cpp
index 7ee8b44b8..7c4b6c7a2 100644
--- a/medialibrary/jni/AndroidMediaLibrary.cpp
+++ b/medialibrary/jni/AndroidMediaLibrary.cpp
@@ -177,11 +177,11 @@ AndroidMediaLibrary::forceRescan()
 }
 
 bool
-AndroidMediaLibrary::increasePlayCount(int64_t mediaId)
+AndroidMediaLibrary::setProgress(int64_t mediaId, float progress)
 {
     auto media = p_ml->media(mediaId);
     if (media != nullptr)
-        return media->increasePlayCount();
+        return media->setProgress( progress );
     return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/medialibrary/jni/AndroidMediaLibrary.h b/medialibrary/jni/AndroidMediaLibrary.h
index 29d65aa1f..527f6afa3 100644
--- a/medialibrary/jni/AndroidMediaLibrary.h
+++ b/medialibrary/jni/AndroidMediaLibrary.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public:
     void reload( const std::string& entryPoint );
     void forceParserRetry();
     void forceRescan();
-    bool increasePlayCount(int64_t mediaId);
+    bool setProgress(int64_t mediaId, float progress);
     void removeMediaFromHistory(int64_t mediaId);
     /* History */
     std::vector<medialibrary::MediaPtr> lastMediaPlayed();
diff --git a/medialibrary/jni/medialibrary.cpp b/medialibrary/jni/medialibrary.cpp
index 9d92d1f18..a83adcc52 100644
--- a/medialibrary/jni/medialibrary.cpp
+++ b/medialibrary/jni/medialibrary.cpp
@@ -240,9 +240,9 @@ forceRescan(JNIEnv* env, jobject thiz)
 }
 
 jboolean
-increasePlayCount(JNIEnv* env, jobject thiz, jlong id)
+setProgress(JNIEnv* env, jobject thiz, jlong id, jfloat progress)
 {
-    return MediaLibrary_getInstance(env, thiz)->increasePlayCount((int64_t)id);
+    return MediaLibrary_getInstance(env, thiz)->setProgress((int64_t)id, (float)progress);
 }
 
 void
@@ -2119,7 +2119,7 @@ static JNINativeMethod methods[] = {
     {"nativeReload", "(Ljava/lang/String;)V", (void*)reloadEntryPoint },
     {"nativeForceParserRetry", "()V", (void*)forceParserRetry },
     {"nativeForceRescan", "()V", (void*)forceRescan },
-    {"nativeIncreasePlayCount", "(J)Z", (void*)increasePlayCount },
+    {"nativeSetProgress", "(JF)Z", (void*)setProgress },
     {"nativeSetMediaUpdatedCbFlag", "(I)V", (void*)setMediaUpdatedCbFlag },
     {"nativeSetMediaAddedCbFlag", "(I)V", (void*)setMediaAddedCbFlag },
     {"nativePlaylistCreate", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Lorg/videolan/medialibrary/interfaces/media/Playlist;", (void*)playlistCreate },
diff --git a/medialibrary/jni/utils.cpp b/medialibrary/jni/utils.cpp
index 6a2cdaa51..5de7d0b59 100644
--- a/medialibrary/jni/utils.cpp
+++ b/medialibrary/jni/utils.cpp
@@ -62,10 +62,7 @@ mediaToMediaWrapper(JNIEnv* env, fields *fields, medialibrary::MediaPtr const& m
     unsigned int width = hasVideoTracks ? videoTracks.at(0)->width() : 0;
     unsigned int height = hasVideoTracks ? videoTracks.at(0)->height() : 0;
     int64_t duration = mediaPtr->duration();
-    const medialibrary::IMetadata& progressMeta = mediaPtr->metadata( medialibrary::IMedia::MetadataType::Progress );
-    int64_t progress = progressMeta.isSet() ? progressMeta.asInt() : 0;
-    // workaround to convert legacy percentage progress
-    if (progress != 0 && progress < 100) progress = duration * ( progress / 100.0 );
+    const float progress = mediaPtr->progress() * duration;
     const medialibrary::IMetadata& seenMeta =  mediaPtr->metadata( medialibrary::IMedia::MetadataType::Seen );
     int64_t seen = seenMeta.isSet() ? seenMeta.asInt() : 0;
 
diff --git a/medialibrary/src/org/videolan/medialibrary/MedialibraryImpl.java b/medialibrary/src/org/videolan/medialibrary/MedialibraryImpl.java
index 0eca3dc92..0ea70f0db 100644
--- a/medialibrary/src/org/videolan/medialibrary/MedialibraryImpl.java
+++ b/medialibrary/src/org/videolan/medialibrary/MedialibraryImpl.java
@@ -466,8 +466,8 @@ public class MedialibraryImpl extends Medialibrary {
         return mIsInitiated ? nativeGetFoldersCount(type) : 0;
     }
 
-    public boolean increasePlayCount(long mediaId) {
-        return mIsInitiated && mediaId > 0 && nativeIncreasePlayCount(mediaId);
+    public boolean setProgress(long mediaId, float progress) {
+        return mIsInitiated && mediaId > 0 && nativeSetProgress(mediaId, progress);
     }
 
     // If media is not in ML, find it with its path
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ public class MedialibraryImpl extends Medialibrary {
     private native void nativeReload(String entryPoint);
     private native void nativeForceParserRetry();
     private native void nativeForceRescan();
-    private native boolean nativeIncreasePlayCount(long mediaId);
+    private native boolean nativeSetProgress(long mediaId, float progress);
     private native void nativeSetMediaUpdatedCbFlag(int flags);
     private native void nativeSetMediaAddedCbFlag(int flags);
     private native SearchAggregate nativeSearch(String query);
diff --git a/medialibrary/src/org/videolan/medialibrary/interfaces/Medialibrary.java b/medialibrary/src/org/videolan/medialibrary/interfaces/Medialibrary.java
index 3b49d01be..6e24ebcbc 100644
--- a/medialibrary/src/org/videolan/medialibrary/interfaces/Medialibrary.java
+++ b/medialibrary/src/org/videolan/medialibrary/interfaces/Medialibrary.java
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ abstract public class Medialibrary {
     abstract public MediaWrapper addStream(String mrl, String title);
     abstract public Folder[] getFolders(int type, int sort, boolean desc, int nbItems, int offset);
     abstract public int getFoldersCount(int type);
-    abstract public boolean increasePlayCount(long mediaId);
+    abstract public boolean setProgress(long mediaId, float progress);
     abstract public SearchAggregate search(String query);
     abstract public MediaWrapper[] searchMedia(String query);
     abstract public MediaWrapper[] searchMedia(String query, int sort, boolean desc, int nbItems, int offset);
diff --git a/medialibrary/src/org/videolan/medialibrary/stubs/StubMedialibrary.java b/medialibrary/src/org/videolan/medialibrary/stubs/StubMedialibrary.java
index a2ad387a2..ad1b1d805 100644
--- a/medialibrary/src/org/videolan/medialibrary/stubs/StubMedialibrary.java
+++ b/medialibrary/src/org/videolan/medialibrary/stubs/StubMedialibrary.java
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ public class StubMedialibrary extends Medialibrary {
             media = addStream(mrl, title);
         }
         dt.mHistory.add(media);
-        increasePlayCount(media.getId());
+        setProgress(media.getId(), 1.0f);
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ public class StubMedialibrary extends Medialibrary {
 
     public void requestThumbnail(long id) {}
 
-    public boolean increasePlayCount(long mediaId) {
+    public boolean setProgress(long mediaId, float progress) {
         for (int i = 0; i < dt.mVideoMediaWrappers.size(); i++) {
             MediaWrapper media = dt.mVideoMediaWrappers.get(i);
             if (media.getId() == mediaId) {