diff --git a/lib/services/jellyfin_mappers.dart b/lib/services/jellyfin_mappers.dart
index dfde435c..a701fddc 100644
--- a/lib/services/jellyfin_mappers.dart
+++ b/lib/services/jellyfin_mappers.dart
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class JellyfinMappers {
       clearLogoPath: _selfImagePath(id, item, 'Logo') ?? _parentLogoImage(item),
       durationMs: jellyfinTicksToMs(item['RunTimeTicks']),
       viewOffsetMs: jellyfinTicksToMs(_userData(item)?['PlaybackPositionTicks']),
-      viewCount: _userData(item)?['PlayCount'] as int?,
+      viewCount: _viewCount(item),
       lastViewedAt: jellyfinIsoToEpochSeconds(_userData(item)?['LastPlayedDate'] as String?),
       // Plex semantics: `leafCount` = total leaf items (episodes for series).
       // Jellyfin's `ChildCount` is direct children (seasons for a series),
@@ -304,6 +304,14 @@ class JellyfinMappers {
     return ud is Map<String, dynamic> ? ud : null;
   }
 
+  static int _viewCount(Map<String, dynamic> item) {
+    final ud = _userData(item);
+    if (ud?['Played'] != true) return 0;
+    final playCount = ud?['PlayCount'];
+    if (playCount is int && playCount > 0) return playCount;
+    return 1;
+  }
+
   static int? _viewedLeafCount(Map<String, dynamic> item) {
     final ud = _userData(item);
     final unplayed = ud?['UnplayedItemCount'] as int?;
diff --git a/test/services/jellyfin_mappers_test.dart b/test/services/jellyfin_mappers_test.dart
index b353fdf4..59fdf187 100644
--- a/test/services/jellyfin_mappers_test.dart
+++ b/test/services/jellyfin_mappers_test.dart
@@ -79,6 +79,20 @@ void main() {
       expect(item.serverName, 'Home');
     });
 
+    test('does not treat Jellyfin PlayCount as watched when Played is false', () {
+      final json = {
+        'Id': 'started-only',
+        'Name': 'Started Only',
+        'Type': 'Movie',
+        'UserData': {'PlayCount': 1, 'Played': false},
+      };
+
+      final item = JellyfinMappers.mediaItem(json, serverId: _serverId, absolutizer: null)!;
+
+      expect(item.viewCount, 0);
+      expect(item.isWatched, isFalse);
+    });
+
     test('episode preserves series/season hierarchy', () {
       final json = {
         'Id': 'ep1',