diff --git a/components/BitRateSheet.tsx b/components/BitRateSheet.tsx
index 0589cd05..6a9a89c5 100644
--- a/components/BitRateSheet.tsx
+++ b/components/BitRateSheet.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import type { BottomSheetModal } from "@gorhom/bottom-sheet";
+import { useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { Platform, TouchableOpacity, View } from "react-native";
 import { Text } from "./common/Text";
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ export const BitrateSheet: React.FC<Props> = ({
   const isTv = Platform.isTV;
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
+  const sheetModalRef = useRef<BottomSheetModal | null>(null);
 
   const sorted = useMemo(() => {
     if (inverted)
@@ -92,7 +94,10 @@ export const BitrateSheet: React.FC<Props> = ({
         </Text>
         <TouchableOpacity
           className='bg-neutral-900 h-10 rounded-xl border-neutral-800 border px-3 py-2 flex flex-row items-center justify-between'
-          onPress={() => setOpen(true)}
+          onPress={() => {
+            setOpen(true);
+            sheetModalRef.current?.present();
+          }}
         >
           <Text numberOfLines={1}>
             {BITRATES.find((b) => b.value === selected?.value)?.key}
@@ -103,6 +108,7 @@ export const BitrateSheet: React.FC<Props> = ({
       <FilterSheet
         open={open}
         setOpen={setOpen}
+        modalRef={sheetModalRef}
         title={t("item_card.quality")}
         data={sorted}
         values={selected ? [selected] : []}
diff --git a/components/MediaSourceSheet.tsx b/components/MediaSourceSheet.tsx
index f21243a3..c9ae8776 100644
--- a/components/MediaSourceSheet.tsx
+++ b/components/MediaSourceSheet.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+import type { BottomSheetModal } from "@gorhom/bottom-sheet";
 import type {
   BaseItemDto,
   MediaSourceInfo,
 } from "@jellyfin/sdk/lib/generated-client/models";
-import { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { Platform, TouchableOpacity, View } from "react-native";
 import { Text } from "./common/Text";
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export const MediaSourceSheet: React.FC<Props> = ({
   const isTv = Platform.isTV;
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
+  const sheetModalRef = useRef<BottomSheetModal | null>(null);
 
   const getDisplayName = useCallback((source: MediaSourceInfo) => {
     const videoStream = source.MediaStreams?.find((x) => x.Type === "Video");
@@ -44,7 +46,10 @@ export const MediaSourceSheet: React.FC<Props> = ({
         <Text className='opacity-50 mb-1 text-xs'>{t("item_card.video")}</Text>
         <TouchableOpacity
           className='bg-neutral-900 h-10 rounded-xl border-neutral-800 border px-3 py-2 flex flex-row items-center'
-          onPress={() => setOpen(true)}
+          onPress={() => {
+            setOpen(true);
+            sheetModalRef.current?.present();
+          }}
         >
           <Text numberOfLines={1}>{selectedName}</Text>
         </TouchableOpacity>
@@ -53,6 +58,7 @@ export const MediaSourceSheet: React.FC<Props> = ({
       <FilterSheet
         open={open}
         setOpen={setOpen}
+        modalRef={sheetModalRef}
         title={t("item_card.video")}
         data={item.MediaSources || []}
         values={selected ? [selected] : []}
diff --git a/components/TrackSheet.tsx b/components/TrackSheet.tsx
index 57e4a029..87cdacbc 100644
--- a/components/TrackSheet.tsx
+++ b/components/TrackSheet.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import type { BottomSheetModal } from "@gorhom/bottom-sheet";
 import type { MediaSourceInfo } from "@jellyfin/sdk/lib/generated-client/models";
-import { useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { Platform, TouchableOpacity, View } from "react-native";
 import { Text } from "./common/Text";
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ export const TrackSheet: React.FC<Props> = ({
     return streams;
   }, [streams, streamType, noneOption]);
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
+  const sheetModalRef = useRef<BottomSheetModal | null>(null);
 
   if (isTv || (streams && streams.length === 0)) return null;
 
@@ -58,7 +60,10 @@ export const TrackSheet: React.FC<Props> = ({
         <Text className='opacity-50 mb-1 text-xs'>{title}</Text>
         <TouchableOpacity
           className='bg-neutral-900 h-10 rounded-xl border-neutral-800 border px-3 py-2 flex flex-row items-center justify-between'
-          onPress={() => setOpen(true)}
+          onPress={() => {
+            setOpen(true);
+            sheetModalRef.current?.present();
+          }}
         >
           <Text numberOfLines={1}>
             {selected === -1 && streamType === "Subtitle"
@@ -70,6 +75,7 @@ export const TrackSheet: React.FC<Props> = ({
       <FilterSheet
         open={open}
         setOpen={setOpen}
+        modalRef={sheetModalRef}
         title={title}
         data={addNoneToSubtitles || []}
         values={
diff --git a/components/filters/FilterButton.tsx b/components/filters/FilterButton.tsx
index c3fe21ad..fb21cb07 100644
--- a/components/filters/FilterButton.tsx
+++ b/components/filters/FilterButton.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { FontAwesome, Ionicons } from "@expo/vector-icons";
+import type { BottomSheetModal } from "@gorhom/bottom-sheet";
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
-import { useState } from "react";
+import { useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { TouchableOpacity, View, type ViewProps } from "react-native";
 import { Text } from "@/components/common/Text";
 import { FilterSheet } from "./FilterSheet";
@@ -34,8 +35,9 @@ export const FilterButton = <T,>({
   ...props
 }: FilterButtonProps<T>) => {
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
+  const sheetModalRef = useRef<BottomSheetModal | null>(null);
 
-  const { data: filters } = useQuery<T[]>({
+  const { data: filters, isLoading } = useQuery<T[]>({
     queryKey: ["filters", title, queryKey, id],
     queryFn,
     staleTime: 0,
@@ -44,9 +46,15 @@ export const FilterButton = <T,>({
 
   return (
     <>
+      {/* present() must be called here, inside the press handler: calling it
+          from an effect after a state update silently no-ops on the new
+          architecture and the sheet never appears. Opening immediately also
+          replaces the old data-loaded gate that left the button silently
+          dead while options were still loading (the sheet shows a loader). */}
       <TouchableOpacity
         onPress={() => {
-          filters?.length && setOpen(true);
+          setOpen(true);
+          sheetModalRef.current?.present();
         }}
       >
         <View
@@ -89,6 +97,8 @@ export const FilterButton = <T,>({
         title={title}
         open={open}
         setOpen={setOpen}
+        modalRef={sheetModalRef}
+        loading={isLoading}
         data={filters}
         values={values}
         set={set}
diff --git a/components/filters/FilterSheet.tsx b/components/filters/FilterSheet.tsx
index 27075f8b..116d8ec5 100644
--- a/components/filters/FilterSheet.tsx
+++ b/components/filters/FilterSheet.tsx
@@ -19,11 +19,21 @@ import { useSafeAreaInsets } from "react-native-safe-area-context";
 import { Text } from "@/components/common/Text";
 import { Button } from "../Button";
 import { Input } from "../common/Input";
+import { Loader } from "../Loader";
 
 interface Props<T> extends ViewProps {
   open: boolean;
   setOpen: (open: boolean) => void;
+  /**
+   * Modal ref the opener must use to present() the sheet from inside its
+   * press handler. On the new architecture with Reanimated 4, present()
+   * called from an effect after a state update silently no-ops — the sheet
+   * mounts nothing. Presenting straight from the gesture handler works.
+   */
+  modalRef: React.RefObject<BottomSheetModal | null>;
   data?: T[] | null;
+  /** True while the options are loading — shows a loader inside the sheet. */
+  loading?: boolean;
   values: T[];
   set: (value: T[]) => void;
   title: string;
@@ -66,16 +76,18 @@ const LIMIT = 100;
 export const FilterSheet = <T,>({
   values,
   data: _data,
+  loading = false,
   open,
   set,
   setOpen,
+  modalRef,
   title,
   searchFilter,
   renderItemLabel,
   disableSearch = false,
   multiple = false,
 }: Props<T>) => {
-  const bottomSheetModalRef = useRef<BottomSheetModal>(null);
+  const bottomSheetModalRef = modalRef;
   const snapPoints = useMemo(() => ["85%"], []);
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const insets = useSafeAreaInsets();
@@ -127,13 +139,20 @@ export const FilterSheet = <T,>({
     setData(newData);
   }, [offset, _data]);
 
+  // Opening is imperative (see the modalRef prop); this effect only closes.
+  // It also never calls dismiss() on a modal that was never presented.
+  const wasPresentedRef = useRef(false);
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (open) bottomSheetModalRef.current?.present();
-    else bottomSheetModalRef.current?.dismiss();
+    if (!open && wasPresentedRef.current) {
+      bottomSheetModalRef.current?.dismiss();
+    }
   }, [open]);
 
   const handleSheetChanges = useCallback((index: number) => {
-    if (index === -1) {
+    if (index >= 0) {
+      wasPresentedRef.current = true;
+    } else if (index === -1) {
+      wasPresentedRef.current = false;
       setOpen(false);
     }
   }, []);
@@ -182,9 +201,15 @@ export const FilterSheet = <T,>({
           }}
         >
           <Text className='font-bold text-2xl'>{title}</Text>
-          <Text className='mb-2 text-neutral-500'>
-            {t("search.x_items", { count: _data?.length })}
-          </Text>
+          {loading ? (
+            <View className='my-8 flex items-center justify-center'>
+              <Loader />
+            </View>
+          ) : (
+            <Text className='mb-2 text-neutral-500'>
+              {t("search.x_items", { count: _data?.length })}
+            </Text>
+          )}
           {showSearch && (
             <Input
               placeholder={t("search.search")}