diff --git a/src/components/jellyfinActions.ts b/src/components/jellyfinActions.ts
index 20fe252c..a84b2684 100644
--- a/src/components/jellyfinActions.ts
+++ b/src/components/jellyfinActions.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { AppStatus } from '../types/appStatus';
 import { JellyfinApi } from './jellyfinApi';
 import { DocumentManager } from './documentManager';
 import { PlaybackManager, type PlaybackState } from './playbackManager';
+import type { JellyfinMediaInformationCustomData } from '~/types/global';
 
 let pingInterval: number;
 let lastTranscoderPing = 0;
@@ -164,8 +165,10 @@ export async function pingTranscoder(playSessionId: string): Promise<void> {
  * @param customData - data to set on playback state.
  * @param serverItem - item that is playing
  */
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-export function load(customData: any, serverItem: BaseItemDto): void {
+export function load(
+    customData: JellyfinMediaInformationCustomData,
+    serverItem: BaseItemDto
+): void {
     PlaybackManager.resetPlaybackScope();
 
     const state = PlaybackManager.playbackState;
diff --git a/src/components/playbackManager.ts b/src/components/playbackManager.ts
index 1d3aa292..96efa96d 100644
--- a/src/components/playbackManager.ts
+++ b/src/components/playbackManager.ts
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ import type { ItemIndex, PlayRequest } from '~/types/global';
 export interface PlaybackState {
     startPositionTicks: number;
     mediaType: string | null | undefined;
-    itemId: string;
+    itemId: string | undefined;
 
     audioStreamIndex: number | null;
     subtitleStreamIndex: number | null;
     mediaSource: MediaSourceInfo | null;
-    mediaSourceId: string;
+    mediaSourceId: string | null;
     PlaybackMediaSource: MediaSourceInfo | null;
 
     playMethod: PlayMethod | undefined;
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ export interface PlaybackState {
     playNextItemBool: boolean;
 
     item: BaseItemDto | null;
-    liveStreamId: string;
+    liveStreamId: string | null;
     playSessionId: string;
 
-    runtimeTicks: number;
+    runtimeTicks: number | null;
 }
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-extraneous-class
@@ -295,7 +295,10 @@ export abstract class PlaybackManager {
 
         const isChangingStream = this.playbackState.isChangingStream;
 
-        load(mediaInfo.customData, item);
+        if (mediaInfo.customData) {
+            load(mediaInfo.customData, item);
+        }
+
         this.playbackState.isChangingStream = isChangingStream;
         this.playerManager.load(loadRequestData);
 
diff --git a/src/types/global.d.ts b/src/types/global.d.ts
index 9d0b448e..9b07561f 100644
--- a/src/types/global.d.ts
+++ b/src/types/global.d.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { SystemVolumeData } from 'chromecast-caf-receiver/cast.framework.system'
 import type {
     BaseItemDto,
     MediaSourceInfo,
+    PlayMethod,
     RepeatMode
 } from '@jellyfin/sdk/lib/generated-client';
 import type {
@@ -106,17 +107,21 @@ declare global {
 }
 
 declare module 'chromecast-caf-receiver/cast.framework.messages' {
-    interface MediaInformationCustomData {
-        audioStreamIndex: number | null;
-        canClientSeek: boolean;
-        canSeek: boolean;
-        itemId: string | undefined;
-        liveStreamId: string | null;
-        mediaSourceId: string | null;
-        playMethod: 'DirectStream' | 'Transcode';
-        playSessionId: string;
-        runtimeTicks: number | null;
-        startPositionTicks: number;
-        subtitleStreamIndex: number | null;
-    }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-object-type
+    interface MediaInformationCustomData
+        extends JellyfinMediaInformationCustomData {}
+}
+
+interface JellyfinMediaInformationCustomData {
+    audioStreamIndex: number | null;
+    canClientSeek: boolean;
+    canSeek: boolean;
+    itemId: string | undefined;
+    liveStreamId: string | null;
+    mediaSourceId: string | null;
+    playMethod: PlayMethod;
+    playSessionId: string;
+    runtimeTicks: number | null;
+    startPositionTicks: number;
+    subtitleStreamIndex: number | null;
 }