diff --git a/src/js/plugins/vimeo.js b/src/js/plugins/vimeo.js
index ec047c9b..46d4f3f9 100644
--- a/src/js/plugins/vimeo.js
+++ b/src/js/plugins/vimeo.js
@@ -149,25 +149,26 @@ const vimeo = {
                 return currentTime;
             },
             set(time) {
-                // Get current paused state
-                // Vimeo will automatically play on seek
-                const { paused } = player.media;
+                // Vimeo will automatically play on seek if the video hasn't been played before
 
-                // Set seeking flag
-                player.media.seeking = true;
+                // Get current paused state and volume etc
+                const { embed, media, paused, volume } = player;
 
-                // Trigger seeking
-                utils.dispatchEvent.call(player, player.media, 'seeking');
+                // Set seeking state and trigger event
+                media.seeking = true;
+                utils.dispatchEvent.call(player, media, 'seeking');
 
-                // Seek after events
-                player.embed.setCurrentTime(time).catch(() => {
-                    // Do nothing
-                });
-
-                // Restore pause state
-                if (paused) {
-                    player.pause();
-                }
+                // If paused, mute until seek is complete
+                Promise.resolve(paused && embed.setVolume(0))
+                    // Seek
+                    .then(() => embed.setCurrentTime(time))
+                    // Restore paused
+                    .then(() => paused && embed.pause())
+                    // Restore volume
+                    .then(() => paused && embed.setVolume(volume))
+                    .catch(() => {
+                        // Do nothing
+                    });
             },
         });
 
@@ -357,7 +358,6 @@ const vimeo = {
         player.embed.on('seeked', () => {
             player.media.seeking = false;
             utils.dispatchEvent.call(player, player.media, 'seeked');
-            utils.dispatchEvent.call(player, player.media, 'play');
         });
 
         player.embed.on('ended', () => {
diff --git a/src/js/plugins/youtube.js b/src/js/plugins/youtube.js
index 794d099b..391da6ca 100644
--- a/src/js/plugins/youtube.js
+++ b/src/js/plugins/youtube.js
@@ -295,22 +295,17 @@ const youtube = {
                             return Number(instance.getCurrentTime());
                         },
                         set(time) {
-                            // Vimeo will automatically play on seek
-                            const { paused } = player.media;
+                            // If paused, mute audio preventively (YouTube starts playing on seek if the video hasn't been played yet).
+                            if (player.paused) {
+                                player.embed.mute();
+                            }
 
-                            // Set seeking flag
+                            // Set seeking state and trigger event
                             player.media.seeking = true;
-
-                            // Trigger seeking
                             utils.dispatchEvent.call(player, player.media, 'seeking');
 
                             // Seek after events sent
                             instance.seekTo(time);
-
-                            // Restore pause state
-                            if (paused) {
-                                player.pause();
-                            }
                         },
                     });
 
@@ -448,7 +443,6 @@ const youtube = {
                             break;
 
                         case 0:
-                            // Assure state and event
                             assurePlaybackState.call(player, false);
 
                             // YouTube doesn't support loop for a single video, so mimick it.
@@ -465,34 +459,42 @@ const youtube = {
                         case 1:
                             // If we were seeking, fire seeked event
                             if (player.media.seeking) {
-                                utils.dispatchEvent.call(player, player.media, 'seeked');
                                 player.media.seeking = false;
+                                utils.dispatchEvent.call(player, player.media, 'seeked');
                             }
 
-                            // Assure state and event (must be done after seeked event)
-                            assurePlaybackState.call(player, true);
+                            // Restore paused state (YouTube starts playing on seek if the video hasn't been played yet)
+                            if (player.media.paused) {
+                                player.media.pause();
+                            } else {
+                                assurePlaybackState.call(player, true);
 
-                            utils.dispatchEvent.call(player, player.media, 'playing');
+                                utils.dispatchEvent.call(player, player.media, 'playing');
 
-                            // Poll to get playback progress
-                            player.timers.playing = setInterval(() => {
-                                utils.dispatchEvent.call(player, player.media, 'timeupdate');
-                            }, 50);
+                                // Poll to get playback progress
+                                player.timers.playing = setInterval(() => {
+                                    utils.dispatchEvent.call(player, player.media, 'timeupdate');
+                                }, 50);
 
-                            // Check duration again due to YouTube bug
-                            // https://github.com/sampotts/plyr/issues/374
-                            // https://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/detail?id=8690
-                            if (player.media.duration !== instance.getDuration()) {
-                                player.media.duration = instance.getDuration();
-                                utils.dispatchEvent.call(player, player.media, 'durationchange');
+                                // Check duration again due to YouTube bug
+                                // https://github.com/sampotts/plyr/issues/374
+                                // https://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/detail?id=8690
+                                if (player.media.duration !== instance.getDuration()) {
+                                    player.media.duration = instance.getDuration();
+                                    utils.dispatchEvent.call(player, player.media, 'durationchange');
+                                }
+
+                                // Get quality
+                                controls.setQualityMenu.call(player, mapQualityUnits(instance.getAvailableQualityLevels()));
                             }
 
-                            // Get quality
-                            controls.setQualityMenu.call(player, mapQualityUnits(instance.getAvailableQualityLevels()));
-
                             break;
 
                         case 2:
+                            // Restore audio (YouTube starts playing on seek if the video hasn't been played yet)
+                            if (!player.muted) {
+                                player.embed.unMute();
+                            }
                             assurePlaybackState.call(player, false);
 
                             break;