Last Played Date updating too soon

[martyd]

I have Increment Play Count set to 90% so partially watched shows are indicated as unwatched.
Recently I have been testing a new media player by playing different videos for a couple of minutes only. These videos are getting the Last Played Date updated at the start of playback rather than at the 90% mark. This means they appear at the top of the Most Recently Watched list even though they have not been watched or had their Play Count incremented. Bug or valid reason? If there is a valid reason can this be optional?

Edit: Last Played Date is being updated when playback is Stopped, not at start of playback. Sorry.