diff --git a/modules/gui/macosx/UI/VLCPlaylistTableCellView.xib b/modules/gui/macosx/UI/VLCPlaylistTableCellView.xib
index aaab3b6169532e285f9e8c36ded58856ccdfcee3..eab65dcab2c6e4b8735899afbcbcfbe1ed3ef7f8 100644
--- a/modules/gui/macosx/UI/VLCPlaylistTableCellView.xib
+++ b/modules/gui/macosx/UI/VLCPlaylistTableCellView.xib
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
                 <constraint firstItem="ohB-P0-nCv" firstAttribute="centerY" secondItem="c22-O7-iKe" secondAttribute="centerY" id="mGo-gc-dR6"/>
                 <constraint firstItem="Hnm-OH-KKY" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="c22-O7-iKe" secondAttribute="top" id="owl-FT-tZX"/>
                 <constraint firstItem="Hnm-OH-KKY" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="c22-O7-iKe" secondAttribute="leading" id="vEf-1U-gh4"/>
+                <constraint firstItem="3Ha-ZH-fa9" firstAttribute="leading" relation="greaterThanOrEqual" secondItem="ohB-P0-nCv" secondAttribute="trailing" constant="10" id="wQv-VX-Hhb"/>
             </constraints>
             <connections>
                 <outlet property="durationTextField" destination="3Ha-ZH-fa9" id="vbh-oE-Afj"/>
diff --git a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistController.h b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistController.h
index a2fdd85966dc6259d42bf8961fd6197ecef8259a..ced07666d6d979908de869a5213c1060b5994dfe 100644
--- a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistController.h
+++ b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistController.h
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
  */
 @property (readwrite, assign) VLCPlaylistDataSource *playlistDataSource;
 
+/**
+ * Index of the current playlist item
+ */
+@property (readonly) size_t currentPlaylistIndex;
+
 /**
  * indicates whether there is a previous item in the list the user could go back to
  */
diff --git a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistController.m b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistController.m
index f5e632e9255dfb231e76496f4925c0a661911622..e4aa8e37368b3bdd602730fab34cc453426b5884 100644
--- a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistController.m
+++ b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistController.m
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@
     vlc_playlist_listener_id *_playlistListenerID;
 }
 
+- (void)playlistResetWithItems:(vlc_playlist_item_t *const *)items count:(size_t)numberOfItems;
 - (void)playlistAdded:(vlc_playlist_item_t *const *)items atIndex:(size_t)insertionIndex count:(size_t)numberOfItems;
 - (void)playlistRemovedItemsAtIndex:(size_t)index count:(size_t)numberOfItems;
 - (void)currentPlaylistItemChanged:(ssize_t)index;
+- (void)playlistUpdatedForIndex:(size_t)firstUpdatedIndex items:(vlc_playlist_item_t *const *)items count:(size_t)numberOfItems;
 
 @end
 
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ cb_playlist_items_reset(vlc_playlist_t *playlist,
                         void *p_data)
 {
     NSLog(@"%s: numberOfItems %zu", __func__, numberOfItems);
+    VLCPlaylistController *playlistController = (__bridge VLCPlaylistController *)p_data;
+    [playlistController playlistResetWithItems:items count:numberOfItems];
 }
 
 static void
@@ -75,12 +79,14 @@ cb_playlist_items_removed(vlc_playlist_t *playlist,
 
 static void
 cb_playlist_items_updated(vlc_playlist_t *playlist,
-                          size_t index,
+                          size_t firstUpdatedIndex,
                           vlc_playlist_item_t *const items[],
-                          size_t len,
+                          size_t numberOfUpdatedItems,
                           void *p_data)
 {
-    NSLog(@"%s: index: %zu len: %zu", __func__, index, len);
+    NSLog(@"%s: index: %zu len: %zu", __func__, firstUpdatedIndex, numberOfUpdatedItems);
+    VLCPlaylistController *playlistController = (__bridge VLCPlaylistController *)p_data;
+    [playlistController playlistUpdatedForIndex:firstUpdatedIndex items:items count:numberOfUpdatedItems];
 }
 
 static void
@@ -159,6 +165,17 @@ static const struct vlc_playlist_callbacks playlist_callbacks = {
 
 #pragma mark - callback forwarders
 
+- (void)playlistResetWithItems:(vlc_playlist_item_t *const *)items count:(size_t)numberOfItems
+{
+    NSLog(@"%s", __func__);
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < numberOfItems; i++) {
+        [_playlistModel addItem:items[i]];
+    }
+
+    [_playlistDataSource performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(playlistUpdated) withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];
+}
+
 - (void)playlistAdded:(vlc_playlist_item_t *const *)items atIndex:(size_t)insertionIndex count:(size_t)numberOfItems
 {
     NSLog(@"%s", __func__);
@@ -184,6 +201,17 @@ static const struct vlc_playlist_callbacks playlist_callbacks = {
 
 - (void)currentPlaylistItemChanged:(ssize_t)index
 {
+    _currentPlaylistIndex = index;
+    [_playlistDataSource performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(playlistUpdated) withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];
+}
+
+- (void)playlistUpdatedForIndex:(size_t)firstUpdatedIndex items:(vlc_playlist_item_t *const *)items count:(size_t)numberOfItems
+{
+    NSLog(@"%s", __func__);
+    VLC_UNUSED(items);
+    for (size_t i = firstUpdatedIndex; i < firstUpdatedIndex + numberOfItems; i++) {
+        [_playlistModel updateItemAtIndex:i];
+    }
     [_playlistDataSource performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(playlistUpdated) withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistDataSource.m b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistDataSource.m
index 05e7df8a550636a7c83add861a8c206b112ac2ef..cedb6060aecde1f3198ed82ce563b746ddd7ded0 100644
--- a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistDataSource.m
+++ b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistDataSource.m
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static NSString *VLCPlaylistCellIdentifier = @"VLCPlaylistCellIdentifier";
     }
 
     cellView.mediaTitleTextField.stringValue = item.title;
-    cellView.durationTextField.stringValue = [NSString stringWithTime:item.duration];
+    cellView.durationTextField.stringValue = [NSString stringWithTimeFromTicks:item.duration];
     cellView.mediaImageView.image = [NSImage imageNamed: @"noart.png"];
     // TODO: show more data if available
 
diff --git a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistItem.h b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistItem.h
index 8168b1dc27ef2b8da82fa0f97e7cae54e3dafae5..b1b0f28ffbe84b1806cfa95ebcbe5efbacded3dd 100644
--- a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistItem.h
+++ b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistItem.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 @property (readwrite, retain, nullable) NSString *artworkURLString;
 
 - (instancetype)initWithPlaylistItem:(vlc_playlist_item_t *)p_item;
+- (void)updateRepresentation;
 
 @end
 
diff --git a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistItem.m b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistItem.m
index 52da3b1c5f21f1e290f66e44ae163bf023bff79e..c881709bef7e7ef9133e141e949e7eb8ca1534f3 100644
--- a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistItem.m
+++ b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistItem.m
@@ -32,24 +32,29 @@
     self = [super init];
     if (self) {
         _playlistItem = p_item;
-        input_item_t *p_media = vlc_playlist_item_GetMedia(p_item);
-        vlc_mutex_lock(&p_media->lock);
-        _title = toNSStr(p_media->psz_name);
-        _duration = p_media->i_duration;
-
-        if (p_media->p_meta) {
-            _artistName = toNSStr(vlc_meta_Get(p_media->p_meta, vlc_meta_Artist));
-            _albumName = toNSStr(vlc_meta_Get(p_media->p_meta, vlc_meta_Album));
-            _artworkURLString = toNSStr(vlc_meta_Get(p_media->p_meta, vlc_meta_ArtworkURL));
-        }
-        vlc_mutex_unlock(&p_media->lock);
+        [self updateRepresentation];
     }
     return self;
 }
 
 - (NSString *)description
 {
-    return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"item %p, title: %@", &_playlistItem, _title];
+    return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"item %p, title: %@ duration %lli", &_playlistItem, _title, _duration];
+}
+
+- (void)updateRepresentation
+{
+    input_item_t *p_media = vlc_playlist_item_GetMedia(_playlistItem);
+    vlc_mutex_lock(&p_media->lock);
+    _title = toNSStr(p_media->psz_name);
+    _duration = p_media->i_duration;
+
+    if (p_media->p_meta) {
+        _artistName = toNSStr(vlc_meta_Get(p_media->p_meta, vlc_meta_Artist));
+        _albumName = toNSStr(vlc_meta_Get(p_media->p_meta, vlc_meta_Album));
+        _artworkURLString = toNSStr(vlc_meta_Get(p_media->p_meta, vlc_meta_ArtworkURL));
+    }
+    vlc_mutex_unlock(&p_media->lock);
 }
 
 - (NSString *)path
diff --git a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistModel.h b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistModel.h
index d5697739e0fa19e00c064200a761ac7bc20dd81c..855d622b869ac74fe361754a28b14ae8e016ab90 100644
--- a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistModel.h
+++ b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistModel.h
@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 @property (readwrite, assign) VLCPlaylistController *playlistController;
 @property (readonly) size_t numberOfPlaylistItems;
 
+- (void)dropExistingData;
 - (VLCPlaylistItem *)playlistItemAtIndex:(NSInteger)index;
+- (void)addItem:(vlc_playlist_item_t *)item;
 - (void)addItem:(vlc_playlist_item_t *)item atIndex:(size_t)index;
 - (void)removeItemAtIndex:(size_t)index;
+- (void)updateItemAtIndex:(size_t)index;
 
 @end
 
diff --git a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistModel.m b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistModel.m
index 795f691e151e8ed1af2c4634929000a2fce7b8e3..2183b76f8d60f4b19523d6f3d82d9b0e0ab2610b 100644
--- a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistModel.m
+++ b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCPlaylistModel.m
@@ -53,11 +53,22 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
+- (void)dropExistingData
+{
+    [_playlistArray removeAllObjects];
+}
+
 - (VLCPlaylistItem *)playlistItemAtIndex:(NSInteger)index
 {
     return _playlistArray[index];
 }
 
+- (void)addItem:(vlc_playlist_item_t *)item
+{
+    VLCPlaylistItem *playlistItem = [[VLCPlaylistItem alloc] initWithPlaylistItem:item];
+    [_playlistArray addObject:playlistItem];
+}
+
 - (void)addItem:(vlc_playlist_item_t *)item atIndex:(size_t)index
 {
     VLCPlaylistItem *playlistItem = [[VLCPlaylistItem alloc] initWithPlaylistItem:item];
@@ -69,4 +80,10 @@
     [_playlistArray removeObjectAtIndex:index];
 }
 
+- (void)updateItemAtIndex:(size_t)index
+{
+    VLCPlaylistItem *item = _playlistArray[index];
+    [item updateRepresentation];
+}
+
 @end