diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/musicplayer/playback/player/AudioOnlyRenderersFactory.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/musicplayer/playback/player/AudioOnlyRenderersFactory.kt
index 39d318979..b7e72beea 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/musicplayer/playback/player/AudioOnlyRenderersFactory.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/musicplayer/playback/player/AudioOnlyRenderersFactory.kt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ private const val SKIP_SILENCE_THRESHOLD_LEVEL = 16.toShort()
 @UnstableApi
 class AudioOnlyRenderersFactory(context: Context) : DefaultRenderersFactory(context) {
 
-    override fun buildAudioSink(context: Context, enableFloatOutput: Boolean, enableAudioTrackPlaybackParams: Boolean): AudioSink {
+    override fun buildAudioSink(context: Context, enableFloatOutput: Boolean, enableAudioTrackPlaybackParams: Boolean, enableOffload: Boolean): AudioSink? {
         val silenceSkippingAudioProcessor = SilenceSkippingAudioProcessor(
             SKIP_SILENCE_MINIMUM_DURATION_US,
             DEFAULT_PADDING_SILENCE_US,
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ class AudioOnlyRenderersFactory(context: Context) : DefaultRenderersFactory(cont
         return DefaultAudioSink.Builder(context)
             .setEnableFloatOutput(enableFloatOutput)
             .setEnableAudioTrackPlaybackParams(enableAudioTrackPlaybackParams)
+            .setOffloadMode(
+                if (enableOffload) {
+                    DefaultAudioSink.OFFLOAD_MODE_ENABLED_GAPLESS_REQUIRED
+                } else {
+                    DefaultAudioSink.OFFLOAD_MODE_DISABLED
+                }
+            )
             .setAudioProcessorChain(
                 DefaultAudioSink.DefaultAudioProcessorChain(
                     arrayOf(),
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/musicplayer/playback/player/Player.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/musicplayer/playback/player/Player.kt
index c3926424e..165c832cc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/musicplayer/playback/player/Player.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/musicplayer/playback/player/Player.kt
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ private fun PlaybackService.initializePlayer(handleAudioFocus: Boolean, handleAu
                     .build(),
                 handleAudioFocus
             )
-            .setSkipSilenceEnabled(skipSilence)
+            .setSkipSilenceEnabled(
+                // TODO: Enable when https://github.com/androidx/media/issues/712 is resolved.
+                //  See https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Music-Player/issues/604
+                false //skipSilence
+            )
             .setSeekBackIncrementMs(SEEK_INTERVAL_MS)
             .setSeekForwardIncrementMs(SEEK_INTERVAL_MS)
             .setLooper(playerThread.looper)
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/musicplayer/playback/player/SimpleMusicPlayer.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/musicplayer/playback/player/SimpleMusicPlayer.kt
index 200b279ab..95380440c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/musicplayer/playback/player/SimpleMusicPlayer.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/musicplayer/playback/player/SimpleMusicPlayer.kt
@@ -141,26 +141,35 @@ class SimpleMusicPlayer(private val exoPlayer: ExoPlayer) : ForwardingPlayer(exo
     private fun seekWithDelay() {
         seekJob?.cancel()
         seekJob = scope.launch {
-            delay(timeMillis = 400)
-            if (seekToNextCount > 0 || seekToPreviousCount > 0) {
-                runOnPlayerThread {
-                    if (currentMediaItem != null) {
-                        if (seekToNextCount > 0) {
-                            seekTo(rotateIndex(currentMediaItemIndex + seekToNextCount), 0)
-                        }
-
-                        if (seekToPreviousCount > 0) {
-                            seekTo(rotateIndex(currentMediaItemIndex - seekToPreviousCount), 0)
-                        }
-
-                        seekToNextCount = 0
-                        seekToPreviousCount = 0
-                    }
-                }
+            delay(timeMillis = 300)
+            val seekCount = seekToNextCount - seekToPreviousCount
+            if (seekCount != 0) {
+                seekByCount(seekCount)
             }
         }
     }
 
+    private fun seekByCount(seekCount: Int) {
+        runOnPlayerThread {
+            if (currentMediaItem == null) {
+                return@runOnPlayerThread
+            }
+
+            val currentIndex = currentMediaItemIndex
+            val seekIndex = if (shuffleModeEnabled) {
+                val shuffledIndex = shuffledMediaItemsIndices.indexOf(currentIndex)
+                val seekIndex = rotateIndex(shuffledIndex + seekCount)
+                shuffledMediaItemsIndices.getOrNull(seekIndex) ?: return@runOnPlayerThread
+            } else {
+                rotateIndex(currentIndex + seekCount)
+            }
+
+            seekTo(seekIndex, 0)
+            seekToNextCount = 0
+            seekToPreviousCount = 0
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun rotateIndex(index: Int): Int {
         val count = mediaItemCount
         return (index % count + count) % count
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 8120b98eb..c94ee3de9 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ eventbus = "3.3.1"
 lottie = "6.1.0"
 m3uParser = "1.3.0"
 media = "1.6.0"
-media3 = "1.2.0-alpha02"
+media3 = "1.1.1"
 room = "2.5.2"
 #Simple Mobile Tools
 simple-commons = "6a7777d740"