diff --git a/src/renderer/component/fileViewer/index.js b/src/renderer/component/fileViewer/index.js
index c21e5f5c1..e34786474 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/fileViewer/index.js
+++ b/src/renderer/component/fileViewer/index.js
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import * as settings from 'constants/settings';
 import { doChangeVolume } from 'redux/actions/app';
 import { selectVolume } from 'redux/selectors/app';
-import { doPlayUri, doSetPlayingUri } from 'redux/actions/content';
-import { doPlay, doPause, savePosition } from 'redux/actions/media';
-import { doClaimEligiblePurchaseRewards } from 'redux/actions/rewards';
+import { doPlayUri, doSetPlayingUri, savePosition } from 'redux/actions/content';
+import { doPlay, doPause } from 'redux/actions/media';
 import {
   makeSelectMetadataForUri,
   makeSelectContentTypeForUri,
@@ -16,8 +15,8 @@ import {
   selectSearchBarFocused,
 } from 'lbry-redux';
 import { makeSelectClientSetting, selectShowNsfw } from 'redux/selectors/settings';
-import { selectMediaPaused, makeSelectMediaPositionForUri } from 'redux/selectors/media';
-import { selectPlayingUri } from 'redux/selectors/content';
+import { selectMediaPaused } from 'redux/selectors/media';
+import { selectPlayingUri, makeSelectContentPositionForUri } from 'redux/selectors/content';
 import { selectFileInfoErrors } from 'redux/selectors/file_info';
 import FileViewer from './view';
 
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ const select = (state, props) => ({
   contentType: makeSelectContentTypeForUri(props.uri)(state),
   volume: selectVolume(state),
   mediaPaused: selectMediaPaused(state),
-  mediaPosition: makeSelectMediaPositionForUri(props.uri)(state),
+  playbackPosition: makeSelectContentPositionForUri(props.uri)(state),
   autoplay: makeSelectClientSetting(settings.AUTOPLAY)(state),
   searchBarFocused: selectSearchBarFocused(state),
   fileInfoErrors: selectFileInfoErrors(state),
@@ -45,8 +44,8 @@ const perform = dispatch => ({
   changeVolume: volume => dispatch(doChangeVolume(volume)),
   doPlay: () => dispatch(doPlay()),
   doPause: () => dispatch(doPause()),
-  savePosition: (claimId, position) => dispatch(savePosition(claimId, position)),
-  claimRewards: () => dispatch(doClaimEligiblePurchaseRewards()),
+  savePosition: (claimId, outpoint, position) =>
+    dispatch(savePosition(claimId, outpoint, position)),
 });
 
 export default connect(
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/fileViewer/internal/player.jsx b/src/renderer/component/fileViewer/internal/player.jsx
index d76d0bcaf..6f7782c5f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/fileViewer/internal/player.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/fileViewer/internal/player.jsx
@@ -90,7 +90,11 @@ class MediaPlayer extends React.PureComponent {
       mediaElement.addEventListener('play', () => this.props.doPlay());
       mediaElement.addEventListener('pause', () => this.props.doPause());
       mediaElement.addEventListener('timeupdate', () =>
-        this.props.savePosition(claim.claim_id, mediaElement.currentTime)
+        this.props.savePosition(
+          claim.claim_id,
+          `${claim.txid}:${claim.nout}`,
+          mediaElement.currentTime
+        )
       );
       mediaElement.addEventListener('click', this.togglePlayListener);
       mediaElement.addEventListener('loadedmetadata', loadedMetadata.bind(this), {
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/fileViewer/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/fileViewer/view.jsx
index 3e51bab10..e213092dd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/fileViewer/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/fileViewer/view.jsx
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ type Props = {
   uri: string,
   doPlay: () => void,
   doPause: () => void,
-  savePosition: (string, number) => void,
+  savePosition: (string, string, number) => void,
   mediaPaused: boolean,
-  mediaPosition: ?number,
+  playbackPosition: ?number,
   className: ?string,
   obscureNsfw: boolean,
   play: string => void,
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class FileViewer extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
       doPause,
       savePosition,
       mediaPaused,
-      mediaPosition,
+      playbackPosition,
       className,
       obscureNsfw,
       mediaType,
@@ -257,8 +257,7 @@ class FileViewer extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
                 claim={claim}
                 uri={uri}
                 paused={mediaPaused}
-                position={mediaPosition}
-                startedPlayingCb={this.startedPlayingCb}
+                position={playbackPosition}
               />
             )}
           </div>
diff --git a/src/renderer/constants/action_types.js b/src/renderer/constants/action_types.js
index 4a2d31e0d..9596eed3e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/constants/action_types.js
+++ b/src/renderer/constants/action_types.js
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ export const PUBLISH_STARTED = 'PUBLISH_STARTED';
 export const PUBLISH_COMPLETED = 'PUBLISH_COMPLETED';
 export const PUBLISH_FAILED = 'PUBLISH_FAILED';
 export const SET_PLAYING_URI = 'PLAY_URI';
+export const SET_CONTENT_POSITION = 'SET_CONTENT_POSITION';
 
 // Files
 export const FILE_LIST_STARTED = 'FILE_LIST_STARTED';
@@ -187,7 +188,6 @@ export const SET_VIDEO_PAUSE = 'SET_VIDEO_PAUSE';
 // Media controls
 export const MEDIA_PLAY = 'MEDIA_PLAY';
 export const MEDIA_PAUSE = 'MEDIA_PAUSE';
-export const MEDIA_POSITION = 'MEDIA_POSITION';
 
 // Publishing
 export const CLEAR_PUBLISH = 'CLEAR_PUBLISH';
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/actions/content.js b/src/renderer/redux/actions/content.js
index 0a4e96130..2fd51a748 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/actions/content.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/actions/content.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// @flow
 import * as NOTIFICATION_TYPES from 'constants/notification_types';
 import { ipcRenderer } from 'electron';
 import Lbryio from 'lbryio';
@@ -494,3 +495,12 @@ export function doPublish(params) {
       Lbry.publishDeprecated(params, null, success, failure);
     });
 }
+
+export function savePosition(claimId: string, outpoint: string, position: number) {
+  return dispatch => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ACTIONS.SET_CONTENT_POSITION,
+      data: { claimId, outpoint, position },
+    });
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/actions/media.js b/src/renderer/redux/actions/media.js
index 1b7d0b85f..99f297c5d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/actions/media.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/actions/media.js
@@ -11,18 +11,3 @@ export const doPause = () => (dispatch: Dispatch) =>
   dispatch({
     type: actions.MEDIA_PAUSE,
   });
-
-export function savePosition(claimId: String, position: Number) {
-  return function(dispatch: Dispatch, getState: Function) {
-    const state = getState();
-    const claim = state.claims.byId[claimId];
-    const outpoint = `${claim.txid}:${claim.nout}`;
-    dispatch({
-      type: actions.MEDIA_POSITION,
-      data: {
-        outpoint,
-        position,
-      },
-    });
-  };
-}
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/reducers/content.js b/src/renderer/redux/reducers/content.js
index e5242b599..3a760515a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/reducers/content.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/reducers/content.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const defaultState = {
   playingUri: null,
   rewardedContentClaimIds: [],
   channelClaimCounts: {},
+  positions: {},
 };
 
 reducers[ACTIONS.FETCH_FEATURED_CONTENT_STARTED] = state =>
@@ -79,6 +80,20 @@ reducers[ACTIONS.FETCH_CHANNEL_CLAIM_COUNT_COMPLETED] = (state, action) => {
   });
 };
 
+reducers[ACTIONS.SET_CONTENT_POSITION] = (state, action) => {
+  const { claimId, outpoint, position } = action.data;
+  return {
+    ...state,
+    positions: {
+      ...state.positions,
+      [claimId]: {
+        ...state.positions[claimId],
+        [outpoint]: position,
+      },
+    },
+  };
+};
+
 export default function reducer(state = defaultState, action) {
   const handler = reducers[action.type];
   if (handler) return handler(state, action);
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/reducers/media.js b/src/renderer/redux/reducers/media.js
index 44447fe4f..981820a27 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/reducers/media.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/reducers/media.js
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ import { handleActions } from 'util/redux-utils';
 
 export type MediaState = {
   paused: Boolean,
-  positions: {
-    [string]: number,
-  },
 };
 
 export type Action = any;
@@ -25,17 +22,6 @@ export default handleActions(
       ...state,
       paused: true,
     }),
-
-    [actions.MEDIA_POSITION]: (state: MediaState, action: Action) => {
-      const { outpoint, position } = action.data;
-      return {
-        ...state,
-        positions: {
-          ...state.positions,
-          [outpoint]: position,
-        },
-      };
-    },
   },
   defaultState
 );
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/selectors/content.js b/src/renderer/redux/selectors/content.js
index 346f044c1..ed73e59fe 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/selectors/content.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/selectors/content.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
+import { makeSelectClaimForUri } from 'lbry-redux';
 
 export const selectState = state => state.content || {};
 
@@ -29,3 +30,10 @@ export const selectRewardContentClaimIds = createSelector(
   selectState,
   state => state.rewardedContentClaimIds
 );
+
+export const makeSelectContentPositionForUri = uri =>
+  createSelector(selectState, makeSelectClaimForUri(uri), (state, claim) => {
+    const outpoint = `${claim.txid}:${claim.nout}`;
+    const id = claim.claim_id;
+    return state.positions[id] ? state.positions[id][outpoint] : null;
+  });
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/selectors/media.js b/src/renderer/redux/selectors/media.js
index 40a6725e1..a0518307f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/selectors/media.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/selectors/media.js
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
-import { makeSelectClaimForUri } from 'lbry-redux';
 
 const selectState = state => state.media || {};
 
 export const selectMediaPaused = createSelector(selectState, state => state.paused);
-
-export const makeSelectMediaPositionForUri = uri =>
-  createSelector(selectState, makeSelectClaimForUri(uri), (state, claim) => {
-    const outpoint = `${claim.txid}:${claim.nout}`;
-    return state.positions[outpoint] || null;
-  });