Playback Progress Manager

Continue watching across devices. Clean up unfinished sessions. Stay in control.

The Playback Progress Manager is SIMKL’s real time hub for tracking and managing unfinished, paused, or stopped watches from all your connected apps (Plex, Kodi, media players, browser extensions, mobile apps, and more).

It is what powers “Continue Watching”, cross-device resume, and unfinished episode cleanup across the SIMKL ecosystem.

It ensures that every pause, stop, and resume point is remembered so you never lose your place.

Managing Connected Services

Here: https://simkl.com/my/history/playback-progress-manager/

API Documentation: https://simkl.docs.apiary.io/#reference/sync/playback

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What is a Playback?

A playback is a temporary progress record created when you pause or stop watching a movie, TV episode, or anime before it is finished.

SIMKL automatically creates a playback when:

• You pause a video

• You stop watching

• You close the app

• The device disconnects

• The playback reaches less than 80%

This is different from your watch history:

Watch History	Playback Progress
Stores what you completed	Stores what you paused or stopped
Permanent	Temporary
Used for stats, lists & ratings	Used for Continue Watching
Syncs across devices	Expires after a retention period

My Watch History

If you watch 80% or more, the item is considered completed and moves into your Watch History instead of becoming a playback.

Playback sessions store:

• The exact percentage watched

• Remaining time

• Last watched timestamp

• Which app/device reported it

They are not part of your watchlist, they exist only to allow resume & cleanup.

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What you see on the Playback Progress Manager

Each card shows:

• 🎞 Title & episode

• 📱 Which app created it (Plex, Kodi, etc.)

• 📊 Progress % bar

• ⏱ Time remaining

• ⭐ Rating

• 🕒 When it was last updated

You also get two powerful actions per item:

Mark as Watched

Instantly moves the item into your watch history, perfect if you finished watching elsewhere.

Remove

Deletes the paused session so it no longer appears in Continue Watching.

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Smart Filters & Search

At the top of the page you can filter and refine your playback list:

a) Type

Filter by:

• Movies

• TV Shows

• Anime

b) Progress

Sort items based on how far you watched:

Option	Meaning
Low (0–25%)	You barely started
Medium (25–50%)	Mid-way
High (50–100%)	Nearly finished
Quick Finishes	Items close to completion

Perfect for quickly finding:

• Things you abandoned

• Things you almost finished

c) Time

Filter by when the playback happened:

• Recent

• Last week

• Older sessions

d) Rating

Filter based on your own ratings to find:

• Things you loved

• Things you might not want to finish

e) Search Bar

Search by:

• Title

• Episode name

• App (Plex, Kodi, etc.)

This is ideal when you have many paused sessions.

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Bulk Mode & Smart Cleanup

Click Bulk Select to enter mass-edit mode.

This activates:

• Selection circles on every card

• A powerful Smart Selection Panel

Smart selection tools let you instantly pick:

Tool	What it selects
Recent	Watched recently
Stale Items	Not touched in 30+ days
Low Progress	Less than 25% watched
High Progress	Nearly finished
By Type	Movies, TV, Anime
Low Rated	Items you disliked

This makes it easy to:

• Clean abandoned items

• Clear old sessions

• Mass-complete episodes you already finished elsewhere

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Playback Retention (Why some items disappear)

Playback sessions are temporary by design. They exist only to help you resume what you were watching.

Subscription Plans

How long they stay depends on your plan:

Plan	Retention
Free	7 days
PRO	30 days
VIP	90 days

If you don’t resume, mark, or remove them before that period, SIMKL automatically cleans them up.

Your watch history is never affected.

How this works across devices

Playback is powered by SIMKL’s Scrobble + Playback APIs.

That means:

• Start watching on your TV

• Pause

• Open SIMKL on your phone or PC

• Resume at the same percentage

Only one playback session per title is stored — always the most recent pause point.

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SIMKL's Playback Manager is a powerful feature!

Playback Progress Manager is SIMKL’s safety net.

Without Playback Progress Manager:

• You would lose pause points

• Apps wouldn’t sync

• “Continue Watching” would be unreliable

With it:

• You always know what you were watching

• You can clean, organize, and control all paused sessions

• Your watch history stays clean and accurate

It remembers every pause, lets you resume anywhere, and gives you full control over unfinished watches with powerful filters, bulk tools, and smart retention.

Whether you’re binge-watching on Plex, jumping between devices, or managing dozens of shows at once this is the engine that makes SIMKL feel seamless.