Chapter seeking is inconsistent and inaccurate

[mkevins]

Description

When playing back a podcast episode with chapters, the playback position is sometimes off by a few seconds from where it should be. For example, sometimes tapping a chapter will start playback a few seconds before the end of a previous chapter, and sometimes it will start a few seconds into the selected chapter.

It should be expected that chapter playback starts at a consistent and accurate position.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

Note: though there have been related issues with dynamic ads, this also occurs with podcast episodes that have no ads.

1. Start playing an episode which has chapters
2. Select the chapters tab from the top bar
3. Tap around various chapters (jump around between chapters, forward and backward a few times)
4. 💥 Observe that sometimes the playback position for a given chapter is not always correct nor consistent

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Device, Operating system, and Pocket Casts app version

Pixel 3a, Android 12, Pocket Casts version 7.67

[jimson8]

This problem also occurs on the Pixel 5a running Android 14 with Pocket Casts 7.67