diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bf7a51b..3de0ce2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ Used by the interface:
 | `POST /api/mute` | `{"target": "lego_room"}` |
 | `POST /api/playback` | `{"target": "lego_room", "state": "pause"}`, or no `state` to toggle |
 | `POST /api/skip` | `{"target": "lego_room", "direction": "next"}` — `previous` too |
+| `POST /api/seek` | `{"target": "lego_room", "position_ms": 90000}` — the Zidoo's film for the AVR, a room's Spotify stream otherwise (HEOS itself cannot seek) |
 | `POST /api/group` | `{"target": "lego_room", "joined": true}` |
 | `POST /api/group/none` | every room back on its own |
 | `GET /api/avr/inputs` | your renamed sources, over HEOS |
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index da20a91..d1c85a7 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import config
 from controller import Controller, TargetError
 from heos import HeosError
 from spotify import SpotifyClient, SpotifyError
+from zidoo import ZidooError
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ def handle_errors(view):
             return view(*args, **kwargs)
         except (TargetError, ValueError) as exc:
             return jsonify({"error": str(exc)}), 400
-        except (HeosError, SpotifyError) as exc:
+        except (HeosError, SpotifyError, ZidooError) as exc:
             return jsonify({"error": str(exc)}), 502
     return wrapped
 
@@ -122,15 +123,11 @@ def _spotify_name(key: str) -> str:
     return target.get("spotify_name", target["heos_name"])
 
 
-def _mark_spotify_accounts(rooms: list):
-    """Tag each room HEOS says is on Spotify with the account playing it, so
-    its card can pick out that account's button. Spotify is only asked when
-    some room is on Spotify at all, and an account it refuses (a revoked
-    token, say) just matches nothing instead of failing the whole poll."""
-    on_spotify = [room for room in rooms if room.get("spotify")]
-    if not (spotify and on_spotify):
-        return
-    playing_on = {}    # device name -> account key
+def _spotify_playing_on() -> dict:
+    """Device name -> the key of the account playing on it. An account
+    Spotify refuses (a revoked token, say) just plays on nothing, instead of
+    failing whatever asked."""
+    playing_on = {}
     for account, client in spotify.items():
         try:
             player = client.playback()
@@ -140,6 +137,17 @@ def _mark_spotify_accounts(rooms: list):
         # Should two accounts both claim a device, the one actually playing wins.
         if device and (device not in playing_on or player.get("is_playing")):
             playing_on[device] = account
+    return playing_on
+
+
+def _mark_spotify_accounts(rooms: list):
+    """Tag each room HEOS says is on Spotify with the account playing it, so
+    its card can pick out that account's button. Spotify is only asked when
+    some room is on Spotify at all."""
+    on_spotify = [room for room in rooms if room.get("spotify")]
+    if not (spotify and on_spotify):
+        return
+    playing_on = _spotify_playing_on()
     for room in on_spotify:
         room["spotify_account"] = playing_on.get(_spotify_name(room["key"]))
 
@@ -274,6 +282,27 @@ def api_skip():
     return jsonify({"target": key, "direction": direction})
 
 
+@app.post("/api/seek")
+@handle_errors
+def api_seek():
+    """Jump to a point in what a card is playing. HEOS itself cannot seek,
+    so this goes around it: to the Zidoo for the AVR's card, and for a room,
+    to Spotify, through whichever of your accounts is playing there."""
+    data = _payload()
+    key = _target_from(data)
+    if data.get("position_ms") is None:
+        raise ValueError("Provide 'position_ms', where to jump to")
+    position = max(0, int(data["position_ms"]))
+    if key == config.HOST_KEY:
+        controller.zidoo_seek(position)
+    else:
+        account = _spotify_playing_on().get(_spotify_name(key))
+        if account is None:
+            raise ValueError("Only a Spotify stream one of your accounts is playing can seek -- HEOS itself cannot")
+        spotify[account].seek(position)
+    return jsonify({"target": key, "position_ms": position})
+
+
 @app.post("/api/group")
 @handle_errors
 def api_group():
diff --git a/controller.py b/controller.py
index 399a220..15d0185 100644
--- a/controller.py
+++ b/controller.py
@@ -418,6 +418,13 @@ class Controller:
             return None
         return self.zidoo.now_playing()
 
+    def zidoo_seek(self, position_ms: int):
+        """Jump the Zidoo's film -- the AVR card's now-playing -- to
+        position_ms."""
+        if not self.zidoo:
+            raise TargetError("No Zidoo is configured to seek in")
+        self.zidoo.seek(position_ms)
+
     # -- one snapshot for the UI ------------------------------------------
     def state(self) -> dict:
         snapshot = {
diff --git a/demo.py b/demo.py
index 488e97b..ae64ca2 100644
--- a/demo.py
+++ b/demo.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class DemoController:
         self._track = {"song": "Harvest Moon", "artist": "Neil Young", "image": None}
         # Its play button only shows for a stream one of your accounts plays.
         self._account = next(iter(cfg.SPOTIFY_ACCOUNTS), None)
+        self._film_ms = 241000   # where the pretend Zidoo's film is, so a seek sticks
 
     # -- what the UI uses ---------------------------------------------
     def state(self):
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ class DemoController:
                 # Standing in for a Zidoo plugged into this input, so the
                 # AVR card's now-playing block has something to show here too.
                 "now_playing": {"song": "Big Buck Bunny", "artist": "2008", "image": None,
-                                "play_state": "play", "position_ms": 241000, "duration_ms": 596000}
+                                "play_state": "play", "position_ms": self._film_ms, "duration_ms": 596000}
                 if self.avr.current_input()["code"] == self.cfg.ZIDOO_INPUT_CODE else None,
             },
             "heos_ok": True,
@@ -119,6 +120,9 @@ class DemoController:
         self._joined = {k for k in self.cfg.ROOM_KEYS if k in joined}
         return self.joined_keys()
 
+    def zidoo_seek(self, position_ms):
+        self._film_ms = min(596000, int(position_ms))
+
     def joined_keys(self):
         return [k for k in self.cfg.ROOM_KEYS if k in self._joined]
 
diff --git a/spotify.py b/spotify.py
index 8a372be..abc94b9 100644
--- a/spotify.py
+++ b/spotify.py
@@ -90,7 +90,12 @@ class SpotifyClient:
         try:
             with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=self.timeout) as response:
                 raw = response.read()
+            # A player command (seek, say) can answer 200 with a body that is
+            # not JSON at all -- it worked, there is just nothing to read.
+            try:
                 return json.loads(raw) if raw else {}
+            except ValueError:
+                return {}
         except urllib.error.HTTPError as exc:
             if exc.code == 401 and not retrying:
                 # The access token can go stale between calls even inside
@@ -135,6 +140,11 @@ class SpotifyClient:
         self._call("PUT", "/v1/me/player", body={"device_ids": [device["id"]], "play": True})
         return device
 
+    def seek(self, position_ms: int):
+        """Jump to position_ms in whatever the account is playing, on
+        whichever device is playing it."""
+        self._call("PUT", f"/v1/me/player/seek?position_ms={int(position_ms)}")
+
 
 def _error_detail(exc: urllib.error.HTTPError) -> str:
     try:
diff --git a/static/app.js b/static/app.js
index d9bc879..0cbfec5 100644
--- a/static/app.js
+++ b/static/app.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ const STEP = Number(document.documentElement.dataset.step) || 2;
 // Where the app is mounted: "/" on its own port, "/heos/" behind a proxy.
 const BASE = document.documentElement.dataset.base || '/';
 const POLL_MS = 5000;
+// How long a dropped cursor waits for the player to report it got there.
+const SEEK_HOLD_MS = 10000;
 
 const el = (sel, root = document) => root.querySelector(sel);
 const els = (sel, root = document) => Array.from(root.querySelectorAll(sel));
@@ -77,10 +79,14 @@ const avrTrack = {
   song: ui.avrSong,
   artist: ui.avrArtist,
   progress: ui.avrProgress,
+  // Only a Zidoo ever fills this card's now-playing in, and it can always seek.
+  canSeek: () => true,
+  seek: null,
 };
 // Same reasoning as a room's own cover: drop one that will not load rather
 // than leave a broken-image box.
 avrTrack.cover.addEventListener('error', () => { avrTrack.cover.hidden = true; });
+seekable(avrTrack);
 
 const rooms = {};
 let inputs = [];
@@ -144,6 +150,10 @@ els('.room').forEach((node) => {
     inflight: false,
     busy: false,    // a grouping change is in flight
     playBusy: false,
+    // HEOS cannot seek, so only a stream Spotify can be asked to seek in: the
+    // same one the transport buttons show for (see paintRoom).
+    canSeek: () => room.onSpotify && room.spotifyAccount && !room.grouped,
+    seek: null,     // {ms, stage, ...} from a drag of the cursor until the player catches up
   };
   rooms[key] = room;
 
@@ -152,6 +162,7 @@ els('.room').forEach((node) => {
     holdable(button, () => nudge(key, direction));
   });
   draggable(room);
+  seekable(room);
 
   // A cover that will not load (gone, or plain http on an https page) is
   // dropped rather than left as a broken-image box. Its src stays put, so
@@ -213,7 +224,7 @@ function paintRoom(room) {
    cover's src is only touched when the track changes, so a poll never makes
    it flicker. */
 function renderTrack(track, refs) {
-  renderProgress(track, refs.progress);
+  renderProgress(track, refs);
   refs.nowPlaying.hidden = !track;
   if (!track) return;
   refs.song.textContent = track.song;
@@ -231,15 +242,147 @@ function renderTrack(track, refs) {
 /* The discreet cursor on the line below the song, sized off the same
    {position_ms, duration_ms} the poll hands back -- absent for anything
    HEOS never sends a progress event for (an AVR input, an internet radio
-   stream with no fixed length), in which case the line stays plain. */
-function renderProgress(track, progress) {
+   stream with no fixed length), in which case the line stays plain. Around
+   a seek, the position seekPosition() picks shows instead of the one reported. */
+function renderProgress(track, refs) {
+  const { progress } = refs;
   progress.hidden = !track;
+  refs.shown = null;
   if (!track) return;
-  const { position_ms: position, duration_ms: duration } = track;
+  const { duration_ms: duration } = track;
+  const position = seekPosition(track, refs);
   const known = typeof duration === 'number' && duration > 0 && typeof position === 'number';
   const percent = known ? Math.min(100, Math.max(0, (position / duration) * 100)) : 0;
+  if (known) {
+    refs.shown = track;
+    refs.shownMs = position;
+  }
   progress.classList.toggle('known', known);
+  progress.classList.toggle('seekable', known && Boolean(refs.canSeek()));
   progress.style.setProperty('--progress', percent);
+  // Whole seconds on both sides, so elapsed and remaining always add up to
+  // the total shown at the end of the line.
+  const total = known ? Math.floor(duration / 1000) : 0;
+  const elapsed = known ? Math.min(total, Math.max(0, Math.floor(position / 1000))) : 0;
+  const labels = {
+    elapsed: known ? '+' + clock(elapsed) : '',
+    remaining: known ? '−' + clock(total - elapsed) : '',
+  };
+  Object.entries(labels).forEach(([role, text]) => {
+    const label = el(`[data-role="progress-${role}"]`, progress);
+    label.textContent = text;
+    // Read back once the new text is in, for panel.css to clamp it by.
+    if (known) label.style.setProperty('--half', `${label.offsetWidth / 2}px`);
+  });
+  el('[data-role="progress-total"]', progress).textContent = known ? clock(total) : '';
+}
+
+/* Drag the cursor, or either time riding with it, to jump backwards or
+   forwards. Like the volume knob, it moves by how far the finger travels
+   rather than jumping to where it lands, so grabbing a time off-centre never
+   lurches the song -- and only the release is sent, so the player is not
+   asked to seek a dozen times along the way. A vertical swipe stays a page
+   scroll (see panel.css), which cancels the drag. */
+function seekable(refs) {
+  const { progress } = refs;
+  const line = el('.progress-line', progress);
+  let startX = 0;
+  let startMs = 0;
+  let moved = false;
+
+  let held = null;   // a previous seek still waiting on the player, back if this drag goes nowhere
+
+  line.addEventListener('pointerdown', (event) => {
+    if (event.button > 0 || seeking(refs) || !refs.shown || !progress.classList.contains('seekable')) return;
+    if (!event.target.closest('.progress-cursor, .progress-time')) return;
+    event.preventDefault();
+    line.setPointerCapture(event.pointerId);
+    startX = event.clientX;
+    startMs = refs.shownMs;   // where the cursor is, even if the player has not caught up with it yet
+    moved = false;
+    held = refs.seek;
+    refs.seek = { ms: startMs, stage: 'drag', song: refs.shown.song };
+    progress.classList.add('dragging');
+  });
+
+  line.addEventListener('pointermove', (event) => {
+    if (!refs.seek || refs.seek.stage !== 'drag' || !refs.shown) return;
+    const dx = event.clientX - startX;
+    // A few pixels of slack, so a tap that wobbles is still just a tap.
+    if (!moved && Math.abs(dx) < 6) return;
+    moved = true;
+    const { duration_ms: duration } = refs.shown;
+    const ms = startMs + (dx / line.clientWidth) * duration;
+    refs.seek.ms = Math.round(Math.max(0, Math.min(duration, ms)));
+    renderProgress(refs.shown, refs);
+  });
+
+  const stop = (event) => {
+    if (!refs.seek || refs.seek.stage !== 'drag') return;
+    progress.classList.remove('dragging');
+    if (event.type === 'pointerup' && moved) {
+      sendSeek(refs);
+    } else {
+      refs.seek = held;
+      if (refs.shown) renderProgress(refs.shown, refs);
+    }
+  };
+  line.addEventListener('pointerup', stop);
+  line.addEventListener('pointercancel', stop);
+}
+
+/* A seek that fails snaps the cursor back; one that works holds it where it
+   was dropped (see seekPosition). */
+async function sendSeek(refs) {
+  const { seek } = refs;
+  seek.stage = 'send';
+  seek.sentAt = Date.now();
+  try {
+    await api('/api/seek', { target: refs.progress.dataset.target, position_ms: seek.ms });
+    seek.stage = 'hold';
+    // The player takes a moment to report where it has got to.
+    setTimeout(refresh, 1500);
+  } catch (error) {
+    toast(error.message);
+    refs.seek = null;
+  }
+  // Unless a poll in the meantime found nothing left to seek in.
+  if (refs.shown) renderProgress(refs.shown, refs);
+}
+
+/* Where the cursor goes: under the finger while dragging, and where it was
+   dropped while that is sent. After that the player still reports its old
+   position for a poll or two -- HEOS only passes its progress on as it goes,
+   and a Zidoo mid-seek is no quicker -- so the cursor stays put rather than
+   bouncing back, until a reported position could only come after the seek
+   (the drop, give or take, plus however long it has played on since). A
+   different track, or SEEK_HOLD_MS with no such report, lets go as well. */
+function seekPosition(track, refs) {
+  const { seek } = refs;
+  if (!seek) return track.position_ms;
+  if (seek.stage !== 'hold') return seek.ms;
+  const since = Date.now() - seek.sentAt;
+  const slack = 2000;
+  const caughtUp = track.position_ms >= seek.ms - slack && track.position_ms <= seek.ms + since + slack;
+  if (caughtUp || track.song !== seek.song || since > SEEK_HOLD_MS) {
+    refs.seek = null;
+    return track.position_ms;
+  }
+  return seek.ms;
+}
+
+/* Dragged or on its way -- not merely waiting for the player to catch up,
+   which is exactly what the polls must keep coming for. */
+function seeking(refs) {
+  return Boolean(refs.seek) && refs.seek.stage !== 'hold';
+}
+
+/* 83 -> "1:23", 4000 -> "1:06:40": hours only for what runs that long. */
+function clock(seconds) {
+  const h = Math.floor(seconds / 3600);
+  const m = Math.floor(seconds / 60) % 60;
+  const s = String(seconds % 60).padStart(2, '0');
+  return h ? `${h}:${String(m).padStart(2, '0')}:${s}` : `${m}:${s}`;
 }
 
 /* A merged room moves into the host's card, because that is what merging
@@ -572,7 +715,8 @@ async function refresh() {
 
 function busy() {
   return sheetOpen()
-    || Object.values(rooms).some((r) => r.taps || r.inflight || r.dragging || r.busy || r.playBusy);
+    || seeking(avrTrack)
+    || Object.values(rooms).some((r) => r.taps || r.inflight || r.dragging || r.busy || r.playBusy || seeking(r));
 }
 
 ui.refresh.addEventListener('click', () => {
diff --git a/static/panel.css b/static/panel.css
index a7ecbbd..06b1857 100644
--- a/static/panel.css
+++ b/static/panel.css
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ svg { width: 22px; height: 22px; fill: currentColor; }
   margin: 0; min-width: 0;
   font-size: 17px; font-weight: 600;
 }
-.card-head h2 .room-icon { flex: 0 0 auto; height: 20px; width: auto; fill: currentColor; color: var(--muted); }
+.card-head h2 .room-icon { flex: 0 0 auto; height: 20px; width: auto; fill: currentColor; }
 .card-head h2 .room-label { min-width: 0; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; }
 
 .pill {
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ svg { width: 22px; height: 22px; fill: currentColor; }
    block, when nothing is playing. Muted throughout, so it never competes
    with the volume meter below it; the cursor only shows once a position is
    actually known (an AVR input or a stream with no duration never gets one). */
-.progress { position: relative; height: 3px; border-radius: 999px; background: #0c111b; }
+.progress { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; }
+.progress-line { position: relative; flex: 1; height: 3px; border-radius: 999px; background: #0c111b; }
 .progress-fill {
   display: block; height: 100%; width: calc(var(--progress, 0) * 1%);
   border-radius: 999px; background: var(--muted);
@@ -153,7 +154,40 @@ svg { width: 22px; height: 22px; fill: currentColor; }
   transform: translateY(-50%);
   transition: left .12s ease-out;
 }
-.progress.known .progress-cursor { display: block; }
+/* Elapsed rides above the cursor and remaining below it, all three centred
+   on one axis, and the total waits at the end of the line. Near either end a
+   label stops half its own width (--half, measured in app.js) short of it,
+   so it never hangs off the card. */
+.progress-time,
+.progress-total {
+  display: none;
+  font-size: 12px; line-height: 1; color: var(--muted);
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.progress-time {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: clamp(var(--half, 0px), calc(var(--progress, 0) * 1%), calc(100% - var(--half, 0px)));
+  transform: translateX(-50%);
+  transition: left .12s ease-out;
+}
+.progress-time.elapsed { bottom: 9px; }
+.progress-time.remaining { top: 9px; }
+.progress.known { padding: 16px 0; }   /* room for the labels above and below the cursor */
+.progress.known .progress-cursor,
+.progress.known .progress-time,
+.progress.known .progress-total { display: block; }
+
+/* Where the player can seek, the cursor and both times are one handle, with
+   a thumb-sized grip around a 7px dot. pan-y leaves a vertical swipe to the
+   page, so scrolling past never seeks; only a sideways drag is ours. Held,
+   it lights up and follows the finger without easing after it. */
+.progress.seekable .progress-cursor,
+.progress.seekable .progress-time { cursor: grab; touch-action: pan-y; }
+.progress.seekable .progress-cursor::before { content: ''; position: absolute; inset: -16px -14px; }
+.progress.dragging .progress-cursor,
+.progress.dragging .progress-time { transition: none; cursor: grabbing; }
+.progress.dragging .progress-cursor { background: var(--ink); transform: translateY(-50%) scale(1.6); }
+.progress.dragging .progress-time { color: var(--ink); }
 
 /* --- volume ---------------------------------------------------------- */
 .volume { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 14px; }
@@ -262,7 +296,7 @@ svg { width: 22px; height: 22px; fill: currentColor; }
 /* --- source card ------------------------------------------------------ */
 .source-button {
   display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px;
-  width: 100%; min-height: 64px;
+  width: 100%; min-height: 50px;
   padding: 10px 14px;
   border-radius: 16px;
   background: var(--raised);
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index b852346..42427e1 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -67,9 +67,14 @@
       </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="progress" data-role="progress" hidden>
-      <i data-role="progress-fill"></i>
-      <b class="progress-cursor" data-role="progress-cursor"></b>
+    <div class="progress" data-role="progress" data-target="{{ room.key }}" hidden>
+      <div class="progress-line">
+        <i data-role="progress-fill"></i>
+        <b class="progress-cursor" data-role="progress-cursor"></b>
+        <span class="progress-time elapsed" data-role="progress-elapsed"></span>
+        <span class="progress-time remaining" data-role="progress-remaining"></span>
+      </div>
+      <span class="progress-total" data-role="progress-total"></span>
     </div>
 
     <div class="volume">
@@ -116,9 +121,14 @@
       </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="progress" data-role="avr-progress" hidden>
-      <i data-role="progress-fill"></i>
-      <b class="progress-cursor" data-role="progress-cursor"></b>
+    <div class="progress" data-role="avr-progress" data-target="{{ host.key }}" hidden>
+      <div class="progress-line">
+        <i data-role="progress-fill"></i>
+        <b class="progress-cursor" data-role="progress-cursor"></b>
+        <span class="progress-time elapsed" data-role="progress-elapsed"></span>
+        <span class="progress-time remaining" data-role="progress-remaining"></span>
+      </div>
+      <span class="progress-total" data-role="progress-total"></span>
     </div>
 
     <button class="source-button" data-role="input-button">
diff --git a/tests/fake_spotify.py b/tests/fake_spotify.py
index f2af572..c7d7fde 100644
--- a/tests/fake_spotify.py
+++ b/tests/fake_spotify.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-"""Stand-in Spotify Web API: just enough of /api/token, .../player/devices
-and .../player to test spotify.py against, the same way fakes.py stands in
+"""Stand-in Spotify Web API: just enough of /api/token, .../player/devices,
+.../player and .../player/seek to test spotify.py against, the same way fakes.py stands in
 for real HEOS hardware."""
 
 import json
 import threading
 from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
+from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
 
 
 class FakeSpotify(threading.Thread):
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ class FakeSpotify(threading.Thread):
         self.valid_token = None
         self.tokens_issued = 0
         self.transfers = []            # every PUT /v1/me/player body
+        self.seeks = []                # every PUT /v1/me/player/seek's position_ms
         self.reject_refresh = False    # simulate a revoked refresh token
         self.player = None             # GET /v1/me/player's body; None is no session (204)
 
@@ -63,6 +65,21 @@ class FakeSpotify(threading.Thread):
                     self.send_response(204)
                     self.end_headers()
                     return
+                if self.path.startswith("/v1/me/player/seek?"):
+                    if not self._authorized():
+                        self._send(401, {"error": {"message": "The access token expired"}})
+                        return
+                    query = parse_qs(urlparse(self.path).query)
+                    fake.seeks.append(int(query["position_ms"][0]))
+                    # The real one answers some player commands with a
+                    # non-JSON body rather than an empty 204.
+                    body = b"a1b2c3d4"
+                    self.send_response(200)
+                    self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain")
+                    self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(body)))
+                    self.end_headers()
+                    self.wfile.write(body)
+                    return
                 self._send(404, {"error": {"message": "not found"}})
 
             def do_GET(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_spotify.py b/tests/test_spotify.py
index 8a5ba2f..64372a1 100644
--- a/tests/test_spotify.py
+++ b/tests/test_spotify.py
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ class SpotifyTest(unittest.TestCase):
             self.client.resume("Kitchen")
         self.assertEqual(self.fake.transfers, [])
 
+    def test_seek_asks_for_the_position(self):
+        self.client.seek(90000)
+        self.assertEqual(self.fake.seeks, [90000])
+
     def test_playback_reports_the_device_and_whether_it_plays(self):
         self.fake.player = {"device": {"id": "dev-1", "name": "Lego Room"}, "is_playing": True}
         player = self.client.playback()
diff --git a/tests/test_zidoo.py b/tests/test_zidoo.py
index 119004a..2add590 100644
--- a/tests/test_zidoo.py
+++ b/tests/test_zidoo.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
 
 sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
 
-from zidoo import ZidooClient   # noqa: E402
+from zidoo import ZidooClient, ZidooError   # noqa: E402
 
 PATH = "/storage/disk/Movies/A.Private.War.2018.1080p.mp4"
 PNG = b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n" + b"\0" * 16
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class FakeZidoo(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     library = {}        # file path -> getAggregationOfFile's answer
     posters = {}        # poster id -> image bytes
     lookups = []        # paths getAggregationOfFile was asked about
+    seeks = []          # every seekTo's position
 
     def do_GET(self):
         url = urlparse(self.path)
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ class FakeZidoo(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             if self.video is None:
                 return self._send(404, b"")
             return self._json({"status": 200, "video": self.video})
+        if url.path == "/ZidooVideoPlay/seekTo":
+            if self.video is None:
+                return self._send(404, b"")
+            self.seeks.append(int(query["positon"]))   # sic, as the real one spells it
+            return self._json({"status": 200})
         if url.path == "/ZidooPoster/v2/getAggregationOfFile":
             self.lookups.append(query["path"])
             return self._json(self.library.get(query["path"], {"status": 804, "msg": "Error!!!"}))
@@ -62,6 +68,7 @@ class ZidooTest(unittest.TestCase):
                                     "movie": {"id": 108, "name": "A Private War", "year": 2018}}}
         FakeZidoo.posters = {108: PNG}
         FakeZidoo.lookups = []
+        FakeZidoo.seeks = []
         self.server = ThreadingHTTPServer(("127.0.0.1", 0), FakeZidoo)
         threading.Thread(target=self.server.serve_forever, args=(0.05,), daemon=True).start()
         self.zidoo = ZidooClient("127.0.0.1", self.server.server_address[1])
@@ -95,6 +102,15 @@ class ZidooTest(unittest.TestCase):
         FakeZidoo.video = None
         self.assertIsNone(self.zidoo.now_playing())
 
+    def test_seek_moves_the_loaded_film(self):
+        self.zidoo.seek(3600000)
+        self.assertEqual(FakeZidoo.seeks, [3600000])
+
+    def test_seeking_with_nothing_loaded_is_an_error(self):
+        FakeZidoo.video = None
+        with self.assertRaises(ZidooError):
+            self.zidoo.seek(3600000)
+
     def test_poster_is_sniffed_from_its_bytes(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.zidoo.poster(108), (PNG, "image/png"))
 
diff --git a/zidoo.py b/zidoo.py
index e132881..8251abf 100644
--- a/zidoo.py
+++ b/zidoo.py
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ import urllib.parse
 import urllib.request
 
 
+class ZidooError(RuntimeError):
+    """The Zidoo did not do what it was asked -- off, unreachable, or with
+    nothing loaded to do it to."""
+
+
 class ZidooClient:
     def __init__(self, host, port=9529, timeout=1.5):
         self.base_url = f"http://{host}:{port}"
@@ -65,6 +70,15 @@ class ZidooClient:
             track["duration_ms"] = video["duration"]
         return track
 
+    def seek(self, position_ms):
+        """Jump the loaded video to position_ms. Unlike now_playing(), this
+        is something someone asked for, so a Zidoo that does not answer is
+        an error rather than simply nothing to show."""
+        # "positon" [sic] is the Zidoo's own spelling.
+        payload = self._get_json("ZidooVideoPlay/seekTo", positon=int(position_ms))
+        if not payload or payload.get("status") != 200:
+            raise ZidooError("The Zidoo did not seek -- is a film still loaded on it?")
+
     def _film(self, path):
         """The poster wall's entry for the film a file belongs to -- its
         "id" (which is also its poster's) and "year" among the rest -- or {}