When playing media file from M3U playlist, media player display and controls are inconsistent

[Lewis Rosenthal]

When selecting an audio track from an M3U playlist, and playing via Selected | Open as > Start and subsequently opening the Media player folder where a shadow of the selected track exists, the Media player properly reflects the elapsed time / total time in the filename, however, the controls seem to launch/control a separate instance of the file instead of reflecting the current playback status of the file.

It is possible to stop playback from the stop button, but pressing Play (which appears inactive, even though the track is hatched, the elapsed time counter in the title is incrementing, and audio is heard) starts a separate playback instance. It is possible to stop this and return to the relative position of the original playback instance started from the M3U playlist. It is also possible to start a fresh playback of this (or any file, for that matter), by pressing the |< (beginning) button (which seems rather odd).