diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 76e35efeb..b2e51ff0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
           path: dist/
       - name: Publish release to PyPI
         if: ${{ github.event.release.prerelease == false }}
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.12.2
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.12.3
         with:
           user: __token__
           password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/music_assistant/controllers/metadata.py b/music_assistant/controllers/metadata.py
index 29b433c67..19b4259c9 100644
--- a/music_assistant/controllers/metadata.py
+++ b/music_assistant/controllers/metadata.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
             "Music Assistant's core controller which handles all metadata for music."
         )
         self.manifest.icon = "book-information-variant"
-        self._lookup_jobs: MetadataLookupQueue = MetadataLookupQueue()
+        self._lookup_jobs: MetadataLookupQueue = MetadataLookupQueue(100)
         self._lookup_task: asyncio.Task | None = None
         self._throttler = Throttler(1, 30)
         self._missing_metadata_scan_task: asyncio.Task | None = None
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ async def _scan_missing_metadata(self) -> None:
 class MetadataLookupQueue(asyncio.Queue):
     """Representation of a queue for metadata lookups."""
 
-    def _init(self, maxlen: int = 100):
+    def _init(self, maxlen: int):
         self._queue: collections.deque[str] = collections.deque(maxlen=maxlen)
 
     def _put(self, item: str) -> None:
diff --git a/music_assistant/providers/opensubsonic/__init__.py b/music_assistant/providers/opensubsonic/__init__.py
index 47e05ac5b..e1d267447 100644
--- a/music_assistant/providers/opensubsonic/__init__.py
+++ b/music_assistant/providers/opensubsonic/__init__.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     CONF_BASE_URL,
     CONF_ENABLE_LEGACY_AUTH,
     CONF_ENABLE_PODCASTS,
+    CONF_OVERRIDE_OFFSET,
     OpenSonicProvider,
 )
 
@@ -90,4 +91,13 @@ async def get_config_entries(
             description='Enable OpenSubsonic "legacy" auth support',
             default_value=False,
         ),
+        ConfigEntry(
+            key=CONF_OVERRIDE_OFFSET,
+            type=ConfigEntryType.BOOLEAN,
+            label="Force player provider seek",
+            required=True,
+            description="Some Subsonic implementations advertise that they support seeking when "
+            "they do not always. If seeking does not work for you, enable this.",
+            default_value=False,
+        ),
     )
diff --git a/music_assistant/providers/opensubsonic/sonic_provider.py b/music_assistant/providers/opensubsonic/sonic_provider.py
index 28c877aae..65e49a681 100644
--- a/music_assistant/providers/opensubsonic/sonic_provider.py
+++ b/music_assistant/providers/opensubsonic/sonic_provider.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 CONF_BASE_URL = "baseURL"
 CONF_ENABLE_PODCASTS = "enable_podcasts"
 CONF_ENABLE_LEGACY_AUTH = "enable_legacy_auth"
+CONF_OVERRIDE_OFFSET = "override_transcode_offest"
 
 UNKNOWN_ARTIST_ID = "fake_artist_unknown"
 
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ class OpenSonicProvider(MusicProvider):
     _conn: SonicConnection = None
     _enable_podcasts: bool = True
     _seek_support: bool = False
+    _ignore_offset: bool = False
 
     async def handle_async_init(self) -> None:
         """Set up the music provider and test the connection."""
@@ -101,11 +103,12 @@ async def handle_async_init(self) -> None:
             )
             raise LoginFailed(msg) from e
         self._enable_podcasts = self.config.get_value(CONF_ENABLE_PODCASTS)
+        self._ignore_offset = self.config.get_value(CONF_OVERRIDE_OFFSET)
         try:
             ret = await self._run_async(self._conn.getOpenSubsonicExtensions)
             extensions = ret["openSubsonicExtensions"]
             for entry in extensions:
-                if entry["name"] == "transcodeOffset":
+                if entry["name"] == "transcodeOffset" and not self._ignore_offset:
                     self._seek_support = True
                     break
         except OSError:
@@ -708,11 +711,14 @@ async def get_stream_details(
         )
 
     async def _report_playback_started(self, item_id: str) -> None:
+        self.logger.debug("scrobble for now playing called for %s", item_id)
         await self._run_async(self._conn.scrobble, sid=item_id, submission=False)
 
     async def on_streamed(self, streamdetails: StreamDetails, seconds_streamed: int) -> None:
         """Handle callback when an item completed streaming."""
+        self.logger.debug("on_streamed called for %s", streamdetails.item_id)
         if seconds_streamed >= streamdetails.duration / 2:
+            self.logger.debug("scrobble for listen count called for %s", streamdetails.item_id)
             await self._run_async(self._conn.scrobble, sid=streamdetails.item_id, submission=True)
 
     async def get_audio_stream(
diff --git a/music_assistant/providers/siriusxm/__init__.py b/music_assistant/providers/siriusxm/__init__.py
index f32b5fbda..367246425 100644
--- a/music_assistant/providers/siriusxm/__init__.py
+++ b/music_assistant/providers/siriusxm/__init__.py
@@ -215,6 +215,15 @@ async def get_stream_details(
         self, item_id: str, media_type: MediaType = MediaType.RADIO
     ) -> StreamDetails:
         """Get streamdetails for a track/radio."""
+        # There's a chance that the SiriusXM auth session has expired
+        # by the time the user clicks to play a station.  The sxm-client
+        # will attempt to reauthenticate automatically, but this causes
+        # a delay in streaming, and ffmpeg raises a TimeoutError.
+        # To prevent this, we're going to explicitly authenticate with
+        # SiriusXM proactively when a station has been chosen to avoid
+        # this.
+        await self._client.authenticate()
+
         hls_path = f"http://{self._base_url}/{item_id}.m3u8"
 
         # Keep a reference to the current `StreamDetails` object so that we can
diff --git a/music_assistant/providers/soundcloud/__init__.py b/music_assistant/providers/soundcloud/__init__.py
index f74e88e72..a2a792287 100644
--- a/music_assistant/providers/soundcloud/__init__.py
+++ b/music_assistant/providers/soundcloud/__init__.py
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ async def _parse_track(self, track_obj: dict, playlist_position: int = 0) -> Tra
         if track_obj.get("description"):
             track.metadata.description = track_obj["description"]
         if track_obj.get("genre"):
-            track.metadata.genres = track_obj["genre"]
+            track.metadata.genres = [track_obj["genre"]]
         if track_obj.get("tag_list"):
             track.metadata.style = track_obj["tag_list"]
         return track
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8649eb0a1..2183eefea 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "unidecode==1.3.8",
   "xmltodict==0.14.2",
   "shortuuid==1.0.13",
-  "zeroconf==0.136.0",
+  "zeroconf==0.136.2",
 ]
 description = "Music Assistant"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
diff --git a/requirements_all.txt b/requirements_all.txt
index 044d173bc..e4b40c4b9 100644
--- a/requirements_all.txt
+++ b/requirements_all.txt
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ unidecode==1.3.8
 xmltodict==0.14.2
 yt-dlp==2024.10.7
 ytmusicapi==1.8.2
-zeroconf==0.136.0
+zeroconf==0.136.2
diff --git a/tests/providers/jellyfin/__snapshots__/test_parsers.ambr b/tests/providers/jellyfin/__snapshots__/test_parsers.ambr
index 69fe8a106..439a0f38a 100644
--- a/tests/providers/jellyfin/__snapshots__/test_parsers.ambr
+++ b/tests/providers/jellyfin/__snapshots__/test_parsers.ambr
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
     'item_id': '70b7288088b42d318f75dbcc41fd0091',
     'media_type': 'album',
     'metadata': dict({
-      'chapters': None,
       'copyright': None,
       'description': None,
       'explicit': None,
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@
         }),
       ]),
       'label': None,
+      'languages': None,
       'last_refresh': None,
       'links': None,
       'lyrics': None,
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
       'performers': None,
       'popularity': None,
       'preview': None,
+      'release_date': None,
       'review': None,
       'style': None,
     }),
@@ -114,7 +115,6 @@
     'item_id': '32ed6a0091733dcff57eae67010f3d4b',
     'media_type': 'album',
     'metadata': dict({
-      'chapters': None,
       'copyright': None,
       'description': None,
       'explicit': None,
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
         }),
       ]),
       'label': None,
+      'languages': None,
       'last_refresh': None,
       'links': None,
       'lyrics': None,
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@
       'performers': None,
       'popularity': None,
       'preview': None,
+      'release_date': None,
       'review': None,
       'style': None,
     }),
@@ -189,7 +191,6 @@
     'item_id': '7c8d0bd55291c7fc0451d17ebef30017',
     'media_type': 'album',
     'metadata': dict({
-      'chapters': None,
       'copyright': None,
       'description': None,
       'explicit': None,
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@
       'images': list([
       ]),
       'label': None,
+      'languages': None,
       'last_refresh': None,
       'links': None,
       'lyrics': None,
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@
       'performers': None,
       'popularity': None,
       'preview': None,
+      'release_date': None,
       'review': None,
       'style': None,
     }),
@@ -246,7 +249,6 @@
     'item_id': 'dd954bbf54398e247d803186d3585b79',
     'media_type': 'artist',
     'metadata': dict({
-      'chapters': None,
       'copyright': None,
       'description': None,
       'explicit': None,
@@ -272,6 +274,7 @@
         }),
       ]),
       'label': None,
+      'languages': None,
       'last_refresh': None,
       'links': None,
       'lyrics': None,
@@ -279,6 +282,7 @@
       'performers': None,
       'popularity': None,
       'preview': None,
+      'release_date': None,
       'review': None,
       'style': None,
     }),
@@ -346,7 +350,6 @@
     'item_id': 'b5319fb11cde39fca2023184fcfa9862',
     'media_type': 'track',
     'metadata': dict({
-      'chapters': None,
       'copyright': None,
       'description': None,
       'explicit': None,
@@ -354,6 +357,7 @@
       'images': list([
       ]),
       'label': None,
+      'languages': None,
       'last_refresh': None,
       'links': None,
       'lyrics': None,
@@ -361,6 +365,7 @@
       'performers': None,
       'popularity': None,
       'preview': None,
+      'release_date': None,
       'review': None,
       'style': None,
     }),
@@ -417,7 +422,6 @@
     'item_id': '54918f75ee8f6c8b8dc5efd680644f29',
     'media_type': 'track',
     'metadata': dict({
-      'chapters': None,
       'copyright': None,
       'description': None,
       'explicit': None,
@@ -431,6 +435,7 @@
         }),
       ]),
       'label': None,
+      'languages': None,
       'last_refresh': None,
       'links': None,
       'lyrics': None,
@@ -438,6 +443,7 @@
       'performers': None,
       'popularity': None,
       'preview': None,
+      'release_date': None,
       'review': None,
       'style': None,
     }),
@@ -523,7 +529,6 @@
     'item_id': 'fb12a77f49616a9fc56a6fab2b94174c',
     'media_type': 'track',
     'metadata': dict({
-      'chapters': None,
       'copyright': None,
       'description': None,
       'explicit': None,
@@ -537,6 +542,7 @@
         }),
       ]),
       'label': None,
+      'languages': None,
       'last_refresh': None,
       'links': None,
       'lyrics': None,
@@ -544,6 +550,7 @@
       'performers': None,
       'popularity': None,
       'preview': None,
+      'release_date': None,
       'review': None,
       'style': None,
     }),