diff --git a/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvContainer.cc b/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvContainer.cc
index 703466fe4c3f60b1dafdcc684747cd60a524607a..fcc6d076ab2ae1cb643ae84ad99015f35eb47296 100644
--- a/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvContainer.cc
+++ b/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvContainer.cc
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ MpvContainer::handleMpvEvent(mpv_event *event) noexcept
     // Declare here variables that can be used in the switch-case statements
     qint64 w, h;
     double time;
+    QString msgText;
     union {
         mpv_event_log_message *msg;
         mpv_event_property *prop;
@@ -103,8 +104,11 @@ MpvContainer::handleMpvEvent(mpv_event *event) noexcept
         break;
 
     case MPV_EVENT_LOG_MESSAGE:
-        msg = reinterpret_cast<mpv_event_log_message *>(event->data);
-        qDebug("MPV - MSG [%s] %s: %s", msg->prefix, msg->level, msg->text);
+        msg     = reinterpret_cast<mpv_event_log_message *>(event->data);
+        msgText = msg->text;
+        msgText.replace('\n', "");
+        qDebug().nospace().noquote()
+            << "MPV - MSG [" << msg->prefix << "] " << msg->level << ": " << msgText;
         break;
 
     case MPV_EVENT_PROPERTY_CHANGE:
diff --git a/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvControls.cc b/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvControls.cc
index b129142b17b78f33a1f84ec0c684b12d43d11677..571513896756944fc756f0c237477d687be4fe22 100644
--- a/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvControls.cc
+++ b/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvControls.cc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include "MpvControls.hh"
 #include "MpvContainer.hh"
 
-#include <QProgressBar>
+#include <QSlider>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 
 using namespace Vivy;
@@ -10,14 +10,19 @@ MpvControls::MpvControls(MpvContainer *passedContainer, QWidget *parent) noexcep
     : QWidget(parent)
     , mpv(passedContainer)
 {
-    QProgressBar *progressBar = new QProgressBar(this);
+    auto *progressBar = new QSlider(this);
+    progressBar->setTracking(false);
+    progressBar->setOrientation(Qt::Horizontal);
 
     mpv->registerMpvDurationCallback([progressBar](double time) noexcept -> void {
         progressBar->setMaximum(static_cast<int>(time));
         progressBar->setValue(0);
     });
     mpv->registerMpvTimeCallback([progressBar](double time) noexcept -> void {
-        progressBar->setValue(static_cast<int>(time));
+        if (!progressBar->isSliderDown()) {
+            // The user is not pressing the slider
+            progressBar->setValue(static_cast<int>(time));
+        }
     });
 
     auto *centralLayout = new QVBoxLayout(this);