diff --git a/client/components/tables/podcast/LazyEpisodesTable.vue b/client/components/tables/podcast/LazyEpisodesTable.vue
index 5e7b15ea5..8821ccef1 100644
--- a/client/components/tables/podcast/LazyEpisodesTable.vue
+++ b/client/components/tables/podcast/LazyEpisodesTable.vue
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <ui-text-input v-model="search" @input="inputUpdate" type="search" :placeholder="$strings.PlaceholderSearchEpisode" class="flex-grow mr-2 text-sm md:text-base" />
       </form>
     </div>
-    <div class="relative min-h-[176px]">
+    <div class="relative min-h-44">
       <template v-for="episode in totalEpisodes">
         <div :key="episode" :id="`episode-${episode - 1}`" class="w-full h-44 px-2 py-3 overflow-hidden relative border-b border-white/10">
           <!-- episode is mounted here -->
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       <div v-if="isSearching" class="w-full h-full absolute inset-0 flex justify-center py-12" :class="{ 'bg-black/50': totalEpisodes }">
         <ui-loading-indicator />
       </div>
-      <div v-else-if="!totalEpisodes" class="h-44 flex items-center justify-center">
+      <div v-else-if="!totalEpisodes" id="no-episodes" class="h-44 flex items-center justify-center">
         <p class="text-lg">{{ $strings.MessageNoEpisodes }}</p>
       </div>
     </div>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export default {
       episodeComponentRefs: {},
       windowHeight: 0,
       episodesTableOffsetTop: 0,
-      episodeRowHeight: 176,
+      episodeRowHeight: 44 * 4, // h-44,
       currScrollTop: 0
     }
   },
@@ -538,9 +538,10 @@ export default {
       this.episodesTableOffsetTop = (lazyEpisodesTableEl?.offsetTop || 0) + 64
 
       this.windowHeight = window.innerHeight
-      this.episodesPerPage = Math.ceil(this.windowHeight / this.episodeRowHeight)
 
       this.$nextTick(() => {
+        this.recalcEpisodeRowHeight()
+        this.episodesPerPage = Math.ceil(this.windowHeight / this.episodeRowHeight)
         // Maybe update currScrollTop if items were removed
         const itemPageWrapper = document.getElementById('item-page-wrapper')
         const { scrollHeight, clientHeight } = itemPageWrapper
@@ -548,6 +549,13 @@ export default {
         this.currScrollTop = Math.min(this.currScrollTop, maxScrollTop)
         this.handleScroll()
       })
+    },
+    recalcEpisodeRowHeight() {
+      const episodeRowEl = document.getElementById('episode-0') || document.getElementById('no-episodes')
+      if (episodeRowEl) {
+        const height = getComputedStyle(episodeRowEl).height
+        this.episodeRowHeight = parseInt(height) || this.episodeRowHeight
+      }
     }
   },
   mounted() {
diff --git a/client/cypress/tests/utils/ElapsedPrettyExtended.cy.js b/client/cypress/tests/utils/ElapsedPrettyExtended.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd6031133
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/cypress/tests/utils/ElapsedPrettyExtended.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+import Vue from 'vue'
+import '@/plugins/utils'
+
+// This is the actual function that is being tested
+const elapsedPrettyExtended = Vue.prototype.$elapsedPrettyExtended
+
+// Helper function to convert days, hours, minutes, seconds to total seconds
+function DHMStoSeconds(days, hours, minutes, seconds) {
+  return seconds + minutes * 60 + hours * 3600 + days * 86400
+}
+
+describe('$elapsedPrettyExtended', () => {
+  describe('function is on the Vue Prototype', () => {
+    it('exists as a function on Vue.prototype', () => {
+      expect(Vue.prototype.$elapsedPrettyExtended).to.exist
+      expect(Vue.prototype.$elapsedPrettyExtended).to.be.a('function')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('param default values', () => {
+    const testSeconds = DHMStoSeconds(0, 25, 1, 5) // 25h 1m 5s = 90065 seconds
+
+    it('uses useDays=true showSeconds=true by default', () => {
+      expect(elapsedPrettyExtended(testSeconds)).to.equal('1d 1h 1m 5s')
+    })
+
+    it('only useDays=false overrides useDays but keeps showSeconds=true', () => {
+      expect(elapsedPrettyExtended(testSeconds, false)).to.equal('25h 1m 5s')
+    })
+
+    it('explicit useDays=false showSeconds=false overrides both', () => {
+      expect(elapsedPrettyExtended(testSeconds, false, false)).to.equal('25h 1m')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('useDays=false showSeconds=true', () => {
+    const useDaysFalse = false
+    const showSecondsTrue = true
+    const testCases = [
+      [[0, 0, 0, 0], '', '0s -> ""'],
+      [[0, 1, 0, 1], '1h 1s', '1h 1s -> 1h 1s'],
+      [[0, 25, 0, 1], '25h 1s', '25h 1s -> 25h 1s']
+    ]
+
+    testCases.forEach(([dhms, expected, description]) => {
+      it(description, () => {
+        expect(elapsedPrettyExtended(DHMStoSeconds(...dhms), useDaysFalse, showSecondsTrue)).to.equal(expected)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('useDays=true showSeconds=true', () => {
+    const useDaysTrue = true
+    const showSecondsTrue = true
+    const testCases = [
+      [[0, 0, 0, 0], '', '0s -> ""'],
+      [[0, 1, 0, 1], '1h 1s', '1h 1s -> 1h 1s'],
+      [[0, 25, 0, 1], '1d 1h 1s', '25h 1s -> 1d 1h 1s']
+    ]
+
+    testCases.forEach(([dhms, expected, description]) => {
+      it(description, () => {
+        expect(elapsedPrettyExtended(DHMStoSeconds(...dhms), useDaysTrue, showSecondsTrue)).to.equal(expected)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('useDays=true showSeconds=false', () => {
+    const useDaysTrue = true
+    const showSecondsFalse = false
+    const testCases = [
+      [[0, 0, 0, 0], '', '0s -> ""'],
+      [[0, 1, 0, 0], '1h', '1h -> 1h'],
+      [[0, 1, 0, 1], '1h', '1h 1s -> 1h'],
+      [[0, 1, 1, 0], '1h 1m', '1h 1m -> 1h 1m'],
+      [[0, 25, 0, 0], '1d 1h', '25h -> 1d 1h'],
+      [[0, 25, 0, 1], '1d 1h', '25h 1s -> 1d 1h'],
+      [[2, 0, 0, 0], '2d', '2d -> 2d']
+    ]
+
+    testCases.forEach(([dhms, expected, description]) => {
+      it(description, () => {
+        expect(elapsedPrettyExtended(DHMStoSeconds(...dhms), useDaysTrue, showSecondsFalse)).to.equal(expected)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('rounding useDays=true showSeconds=true', () => {
+    const useDaysTrue = true
+    const showSecondsTrue = true
+    const testCases = [
+      // Seconds rounding
+      [[0, 0, 0, 1], '1s', '1s -> 1s'],
+      [[0, 0, 0, 29.9], '30s', '29.9s -> 30s'],
+      [[0, 0, 0, 30], '30s', '30s -> 30s'],
+      [[0, 0, 0, 30.1], '30s', '30.1s -> 30s'],
+      [[0, 0, 0, 59.4], '59s', '59.4s -> 59s'],
+      [[0, 0, 0, 59.5], '1m', '59.5s -> 1m'],
+
+      // Minutes rounding
+      [[0, 0, 59, 29], '59m 29s', '59m 29s -> 59m 29s'],
+      [[0, 0, 59, 30], '59m 30s', '59m 30s -> 59m 30s'],
+      [[0, 0, 59, 59.5], '1h', '59m 59.5s -> 1h'],
+
+      // Hours rounding
+      [[0, 23, 59, 29], '23h 59m 29s', '23h 59m 29s -> 23h 59m 29s'],
+      [[0, 23, 59, 30], '23h 59m 30s', '23h 59m 30s -> 23h 59m 30s'],
+      [[0, 23, 59, 59.5], '1d', '23h 59m 59.5s -> 1d'],
+
+      // The actual bug case
+      [[44, 23, 59, 30], '44d 23h 59m 30s', '44d 23h 59m 30s -> 44d 23h 59m 30s']
+    ]
+
+    testCases.forEach(([dhms, expected, description]) => {
+      it(description, () => {
+        expect(elapsedPrettyExtended(DHMStoSeconds(...dhms), useDaysTrue, showSecondsTrue)).to.equal(expected)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('rounding useDays=true showSeconds=false', () => {
+    const useDaysTrue = true
+    const showSecondsFalse = false
+    const testCases = [
+      // Seconds rounding - these cases changed behavior from original
+      [[0, 0, 0, 1], '', '1s -> ""'],
+      [[0, 0, 0, 29.9], '', '29.9s -> ""'],
+      [[0, 0, 0, 30], '', '30s -> ""'],
+      [[0, 0, 0, 30.1], '', '30.1s -> ""'],
+      [[0, 0, 0, 59.4], '', '59.4s -> ""'],
+      [[0, 0, 0, 59.5], '1m', '59.5s -> 1m'],
+      // This is unexpected behavior, but it's consistent with the original behavior
+      // We preserved the test case, to document the current behavior
+      // - with showSeconds=false,
+      // one might expect: 1m 29.5s --round(1.4901m)-> 1m
+      // actual implementation: 1h 29.5s --roundSeconds-> 1h 30s --roundMinutes-> 2m
+      // So because of the separate rounding of seconds, and then minutes, it returns 2m
+      [[0, 0, 1, 29.5], '2m', '1m 29.5s -> 2m'],
+
+      // Minutes carry - actual bug fixes below
+      [[0, 0, 59, 29], '59m', '59m 29s -> 59m'],
+      [[0, 0, 59, 30], '1h', '59m 30s -> 1h'], // This was an actual bug, used to return 60m
+      [[0, 0, 59, 59.5], '1h', '59m 59.5s -> 1h'],
+
+      // Hours carry
+      [[0, 23, 59, 29], '23h 59m', '23h 59m 29s -> 23h 59m'],
+      [[0, 23, 59, 30], '1d', '23h 59m 30s -> 1d'], // This was an actual bug, used to return 23h 60m
+      [[0, 23, 59, 59.5], '1d', '23h 59m 59.5s -> 1d'],
+
+      // The actual bug case
+      [[44, 23, 59, 30], '45d', '44d 23h 59m 30s -> 45d'] // This was an actual bug, used to return 44d 23h 60m
+    ]
+
+    testCases.forEach(([dhms, expected, description]) => {
+      it(description, () => {
+        expect(elapsedPrettyExtended(DHMStoSeconds(...dhms), useDaysTrue, showSecondsFalse)).to.equal(expected)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('empty values', () => {
+    const paramCombos = [
+      // useDays, showSeconds, description
+      [true, true, 'with days and seconds'],
+      [true, false, 'with days, no seconds'],
+      [false, true, 'no days, with seconds'],
+      [false, false, 'no days, no seconds']
+    ]
+
+    const emptyInputs = [
+      // input, description
+      [null, 'null input'],
+      [undefined, 'undefined input'],
+      [0, 'zero'],
+      [0.49, 'rounds to zero'] // Just under rounding threshold
+    ]
+
+    paramCombos.forEach(([useDays, showSeconds, paramDesc]) => {
+      describe(paramDesc, () => {
+        emptyInputs.forEach(([input, desc]) => {
+          it(desc, () => {
+            expect(elapsedPrettyExtended(input, useDays, showSeconds)).to.equal('')
+          })
+        })
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/client/plugins/utils.js b/client/plugins/utils.js
index ad08ebf6a..5ad909d3c 100644
--- a/client/plugins/utils.js
+++ b/client/plugins/utils.js
@@ -69,17 +69,22 @@ Vue.prototype.$elapsedPrettyExtended = (seconds, useDays = true, showSeconds = t
   let hours = Math.floor(minutes / 60)
   minutes -= hours * 60
 
+  // Handle rollovers before days calculation
+  if (minutes && seconds && !showSeconds) {
+    if (seconds >= 30) minutes++
+    if (minutes >= 60) {
+      hours++ // Increment hours if minutes roll over
+      minutes -= 60 // adjust minutes
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Now calculate days with the final hours value
   let days = 0
   if (useDays || Math.floor(hours / 24) >= 100) {
     days = Math.floor(hours / 24)
     hours -= days * 24
   }
 
-  // If not showing seconds then round minutes up
-  if (minutes && seconds && !showSeconds) {
-    if (seconds >= 30) minutes++
-  }
-
   const strs = []
   if (days) strs.push(`${days}d`)
   if (hours) strs.push(`${hours}h`)