diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/VideoplayerActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/VideoplayerActivity.java
index 6b2da84e9..8c2d7b314 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/VideoplayerActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/VideoplayerActivity.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package de.danoeh.antennapod.activity;
 
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
-import android.annotation.TargetApi;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.graphics.PixelFormat;
 import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
@@ -174,7 +173,6 @@ public class VideoplayerActivity extends CastEnabledActivity implements SeekBar.
         super.onPause();
     }
 
-    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH)
     @Override
     public void onTrimMemory(int level) {
         super.onTrimMemory(level);
@@ -189,16 +187,6 @@ public class VideoplayerActivity extends CastEnabledActivity implements SeekBar.
 
     private PlaybackController newPlaybackController() {
         return new PlaybackController(this) {
-            @Override
-            public void onPositionObserverUpdate() {
-                VideoplayerActivity.this.onPositionObserverUpdate();
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public void onReloadNotification(int code) {
-                VideoplayerActivity.this.onReloadNotification(code);
-            }
-
             @Override
             protected void updatePlayButtonShowsPlay(boolean showPlay) {
                 viewBinding.playButton.setIsShowPlay(showPlay);
@@ -259,6 +247,13 @@ public class VideoplayerActivity extends CastEnabledActivity implements SeekBar.
         if (controller == null || controller.getMedia() == null) {
             return;
         }
+        if (controller.getStatus() == PlayerStatus.PLAYING && !controller.isPlayingVideoLocally()) {
+            Log.d(TAG, "Closing, no longer video");
+            destroyingDueToReload = true;
+            finish();
+            new MainActivityStarter(this).withOpenPlayer().start();
+            return;
+        }
         showTimeLeft = UserPreferences.shouldShowRemainingTime();
         onPositionObserverUpdate();
         checkFavorite();
@@ -485,22 +480,6 @@ public class VideoplayerActivity extends CastEnabledActivity implements SeekBar.
         }
     };
 
-    protected void onReloadNotification(int notificationCode) {
-        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N && PictureInPictureUtil.isInPictureInPictureMode(this)) {
-            if (notificationCode == PlaybackService.EXTRA_CODE_AUDIO
-                    || notificationCode == PlaybackService.EXTRA_CODE_CAST) {
-                finish();
-            }
-            return;
-        }
-        if (notificationCode == PlaybackService.EXTRA_CODE_CAST) {
-            Log.d(TAG, "ReloadNotification received, switching to Castplayer now");
-            destroyingDueToReload = true;
-            finish();
-            new MainActivityStarter(this).withOpenPlayer().start();
-        }
-    }
-
     private void showVideoControls() {
         viewBinding.bottomControlsContainer.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
         viewBinding.controlsContainer.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/fragment/ChaptersFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/fragment/ChaptersFragment.java
index a155207aa..0443716b0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/fragment/ChaptersFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/fragment/ChaptersFragment.java
@@ -88,11 +88,6 @@ public class ChaptersFragment extends AppCompatDialogFragment {
             public void loadMediaInfo() {
                 ChaptersFragment.this.loadMediaInfo();
             }
-
-            @Override
-            public void onPositionObserverUpdate() {
-                adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
-            }
         };
         controller.init();
         EventBus.getDefault().register(this);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/playback/PlaybackController.java b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/playback/PlaybackController.java
index da27dad07..5b6530850 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/playback/PlaybackController.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/playback/PlaybackController.java
@@ -216,8 +216,6 @@ public abstract class PlaybackController {
                     }
                     mediaInfoLoaded = false;
                     queryService();
-                    onReloadNotification(intent.getIntExtra(
-                            PlaybackService.EXTRA_NOTIFICATION_CODE, -1));
                     break;
                 case PlaybackService.NOTIFICATION_TYPE_PLAYBACK_END:
                     onPlaybackEnd();
@@ -227,13 +225,6 @@ public abstract class PlaybackController {
 
     };
 
-    public void onPositionObserverUpdate() {}
-
-    /**
-     * Called when the currently displayed information should be refreshed.
-     */
-    public void onReloadNotification(int code) {}
-
     public void onPlaybackEnd() {}
 
     /**
@@ -245,7 +236,6 @@ public abstract class PlaybackController {
         checkMediaInfoLoaded();
         switch (status) {
             case PAUSED:
-                onPositionObserverUpdate();
                 updatePlayButtonShowsPlay(true);
                 if (!PlaybackService.isCasting() && PlaybackService.getCurrentMediaType() == MediaType.VIDEO) {
                     setScreenOn(false);
@@ -264,14 +254,8 @@ public abstract class PlaybackController {
                 }
                 break;
             case PREPARED:
-                updatePlayButtonShowsPlay(true);
-                onPositionObserverUpdate();
-                break;
-            case SEEKING:
-                onPositionObserverUpdate();
-                break;
             case STOPPED: // Fall-through
-            case INITIALIZED:
+            case INITIALIZED: // Fall-through
                 updatePlayButtonShowsPlay(true);
                 break;
             default: