diff --git a/src/player.ts b/src/player.ts
index bedf033e..25743cef 100644
--- a/src/player.ts
+++ b/src/player.ts
@@ -2919,10 +2919,10 @@ export default class Player extends FakeEventTarget {
   }
 
   public setSeekFrom(seekFrom: number): void {
-    this._externalCaptionsHandler?.setSeekFrom(seekFrom);
+    this._externalCaptionsHandler.seekFrom = seekFrom;
   }
 
   public setClipTo(clipTo: number): void {
-    this._externalCaptionsHandler?.setClipTo(clipTo);
+    this._externalCaptionsHandler.clipTo = clipTo;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/track/external-captions-handler.ts b/src/track/external-captions-handler.ts
index c50b9c72..1f70abdd 100644
--- a/src/track/external-captions-handler.ts
+++ b/src/track/external-captions-handler.ts
@@ -618,11 +618,11 @@ class ExternalCaptionsHandler extends FakeEventTarget {
     return cuePoints.filter((cp: any) => cp.startTime >= seekFrom && (!clipTo || cp.startTime < clipTo));
   }
 
-  public setSeekFrom(seekFrom: number): void {
+  public set seekFrom(seekFrom: number) {
     this._seekFrom = seekFrom;
   }
 
-  public setClipTo(clipTo: number): void {
+  public set clipTo(clipTo: number) {
     this._clipTo = clipTo;
   }