diff --git a/src/components/MediaPlayer/VideoJS/VideoJSPlayer.js b/src/components/MediaPlayer/VideoJS/VideoJSPlayer.js
index 8b4344ce..24876b92 100644
--- a/src/components/MediaPlayer/VideoJS/VideoJSPlayer.js
+++ b/src/components/MediaPlayer/VideoJS/VideoJSPlayer.js
@@ -215,15 +215,18 @@ function VideoJSPlayer({
         player: player,
         type: 'updatePlayer',
       });
-    } else if (playerRef.current && options.sources?.length == 0) {
+    }
+  }, [options.sources, videoJSRef]);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (playerRef.current) {
       // For empty Canvas pause the player if it's playing
       if (isPlayingRef.current) { playerRef.current.pause(); }
-      // Disable hotkeys for avoid playback on the underlying player
-      document.removeEventListener('keydown', playerHotKeys);
       // Set the player's aspect ratio to video
       playerRef.current.audioOnlyMode(false);
+      playerRef.current.canvasIsEmpty = true;
     }
-  }, [options.sources, videoJSRef]);
+  }, [canvasIsEmpty]);
 
   /**
    * Build track HTML for Video.js player on initial page load
@@ -249,6 +252,7 @@ function VideoJSPlayer({
     player.srcIndex = srcIndex;
     player.targets = targets;
     player.duration(canvasDuration);
+    player.canvasIsEmpty = canvasIsEmptyRef.current;
 
     // Update textTracks in the player
     var oldTracks = player.remoteTextTracks();
@@ -313,15 +317,13 @@ function VideoJSPlayer({
         for both audio and video.
       */
       if (!IS_MOBILE) {
+        const volumeIndex = controlBar.children()
+          .findIndex((c) => c.name_ == 'VolumePanel');
         controlBar.removeChild('volumePanel');
         if (!isVideo) {
-          controlBar.addChild('volumePanel', { inline: true },
-            player.getChild('controlBar').children().length - 3
-          );
+          controlBar.addChild('volumePanel', { inline: true }, volumeIndex);
         } else {
-          controlBar.addChild('volumePanel', { inline: false },
-            player.getChild('controlBar').children().length - 3
-          );
+          controlBar.addChild('volumePanel', { inline: false }, volumeIndex);
         }
         /* 
           Trigger ready event to reset the volume slider in the refreshed 
@@ -358,12 +360,9 @@ function VideoJSPlayer({
    * @param {Object} player Video.js player instance
    */
   const playerLoadedMetadata = (player) => {
-    player.on('loadedmetadata', () => {
+    player.one('loadedmetadata', () => {
       videojs.log('Player loadedmetadata');
 
-      // Enable hotkeys eventlistener after inaccessible items
-      document.addEventListener('keydown', playerHotKeys);
-
       player.duration(canvasDurationRef.current);
 
       isEndedRef.current ? player.currentTime(0) : player.currentTime(currentTime);
@@ -516,7 +515,7 @@ function VideoJSPlayer({
       elements on the page
     */
     document.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => {
-      playerHotKeys(event, player);
+      playerHotKeys(event, player, canvasIsEmptyRef.current);
     });
   };
 
@@ -888,7 +887,7 @@ function VideoJSPlayer({
         >
         </video>
       </div>
-      {((hasStructure || playlist.isPlaylist) && !canvasIsEmptyRef.current) &&
+      {(hasStructure || playlist.isPlaylist) &&
         (<div className="vjs-track-scrubber-container hidden" ref={trackScrubberRef} id="track_scrubber">
           <p className="vjs-time track-currenttime" role="presentation"></p>
           <span type="range" aria-label="Track scrubber" role="slider" tabIndex={0}
diff --git a/src/components/MediaPlayer/VideoJS/components/js/VideoJSProgress.js b/src/components/MediaPlayer/VideoJS/components/js/VideoJSProgress.js
index 734055ad..1b2ffa06 100644
--- a/src/components/MediaPlayer/VideoJS/components/js/VideoJSProgress.js
+++ b/src/components/MediaPlayer/VideoJS/components/js/VideoJSProgress.js
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ function ProgressBar({
     }
     timeToolRef.current.style.left =
       leftWidth - timeToolRef.current.offsetWidth / 2 + 'px';
+
+    handleTimeUpdate(initTimeRef.current);
   }, [player.src(), targets]);
 
   // Update progress bar with timeupdate in the player
diff --git a/src/components/MediaPlayer/VideoJS/components/js/VideoJSTrackScrubber.js b/src/components/MediaPlayer/VideoJS/components/js/VideoJSTrackScrubber.js
index c862b4bb..e8f1251c 100644
--- a/src/components/MediaPlayer/VideoJS/components/js/VideoJSTrackScrubber.js
+++ b/src/components/MediaPlayer/VideoJS/components/js/VideoJSTrackScrubber.js
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ function TrackScrubberButton({ player, trackScrubberRef, timeToolRef, isPlaylist
     playerEventListener = setInterval(() => {
       timeUpdateHandler();
     }, 100);
-
-  }, [player.src(), player.srcIndex]);
+    if (player.canvasIsEmpty) { setZoomedOut(true); }
+  }, [player.src(), player.srcIndex, player.canvasIsEmpty]);
 
   /**
    * Keydown event handler for the track button on the player controls,
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ function TrackScrubberButton({ player, trackScrubberRef, timeToolRef, isPlaylist
     if (e.which === 32 || e.which === 13) {
       e.preventDefault();
       handleTrackScrubberClick();
+      e.stopPropagation();
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/src/services/utility-helpers.js b/src/services/utility-helpers.js
index bdbc3b75..3abe8520 100644
--- a/src/services/utility-helpers.js
+++ b/src/services/utility-helpers.js
@@ -543,9 +543,10 @@ export function autoScroll(currentItem, containerRef, toTop = false) {
  * Bind default hotkeys for VideoJS player
  * @param {Object} event keydown event
  * @param {String} id player instance ID in VideoJS
+ * @param {Boolean} canvasIsEmpty flag to indicate empty Canvas
  * @returns 
  */
-export function playerHotKeys(event, player) {
+export function playerHotKeys(event, player, canvasIsEmpty) {
   let playerInst = player?.player();
 
   let inputs = ['input', 'textarea'];
@@ -564,14 +565,15 @@ export function playerHotKeys(event, player) {
    - focus is on a navigation tab AND the key pressed is one of left/right arrow keys
       this specific combination of keys with a focused navigation tab is avoided to allow
       keyboard navigation between tabbed UI components, instead of triggering player hotkeys
-   - when key combinations are not in use with a key associated with hotkeys
+   - key combinations are not in use with a key associated with hotkeys
+   - current Canvas is empty
   */
   if (
     (activeElement &&
       (inputs.indexOf(activeElement.tagName.toLowerCase()) !== -1 ||
         (activeElement.role === "tab" && (pressedKey === 37 || pressedKey === 39))) &&
       !focusedWithinPlayer)
-    || isCombKeyPress
+    || isCombKeyPress || canvasIsEmpty
   ) {
     return;
   } else if (playerInst === null || playerInst === undefined) {