diff --git a/internal/playback/on_get.go b/internal/playback/on_get.go
index 350c24b6..c8ac4441 100644
--- a/internal/playback/on_get.go
+++ b/internal/playback/on_get.go
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ func seekAndMux(
 
 		segmentStartOffset := start.Sub(segments[0].Start)
 
-		segmentMaxElapsed, err := segmentFMP4SeekAndMuxParts(f, segmentStartOffset, duration, firstInit, m)
+		segmentDuration, err := segmentFMP4SeekAndMuxParts(f, segmentStartOffset, duration, firstInit, m)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		segmentEnd = start.Add(segmentMaxElapsed)
+		segmentEnd = start.Add(segmentDuration)
 
 		for _, seg := range segments[1:] {
 			f, err = os.Open(seg.Fpath)
@@ -92,13 +92,13 @@ func seekAndMux(
 
 			segmentStartOffset := seg.Start.Sub(start)
 
-			var segmentMaxElapsed time.Duration
-			segmentMaxElapsed, err = segmentFMP4MuxParts(f, segmentStartOffset, duration, firstInit, m)
+			var segmentDuration time.Duration
+			segmentDuration, err = segmentFMP4MuxParts(f, segmentStartOffset, duration, firstInit, m)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			segmentEnd = start.Add(segmentMaxElapsed)
+			segmentEnd = start.Add(segmentDuration)
 		}
 
 		err = m.flush()
diff --git a/internal/playback/on_list.go b/internal/playback/on_list.go
index 7149ed71..4a44c46b 100644
--- a/internal/playback/on_list.go
+++ b/internal/playback/on_list.go
@@ -22,66 +22,110 @@ func (d listEntryDuration) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal(time.Duration(d).Seconds())
 }
 
+type parsedSegment struct {
+	start    time.Time
+	init     *fmp4.Init
+	duration time.Duration
+}
+
+func parseSegment(seg *recordstore.Segment) (*parsedSegment, error) {
+	f, err := os.Open(seg.Fpath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	init, duration, err := segmentFMP4ReadHeader(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// if duration is not present in the header, compute it
+	// by parsing each part
+	if duration == 0 {
+		duration, err = segmentFMP4ReadDurationFromParts(f, init)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &parsedSegment{
+		start:    seg.Start,
+		init:     init,
+		duration: duration,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func parseSegments(segments []*recordstore.Segment) ([]*parsedSegment, error) {
+	parsed := make([]*parsedSegment, len(segments))
+	ch := make(chan error)
+
+	// process segments in parallel.
+	// parallel random access should improve performance in most cases.
+	// ref: https://pkolaczk.github.io/disk-parallelism/
+	for i, seg := range segments {
+		go func(i int, seg *recordstore.Segment) {
+			var err error
+			parsed[i], err = parseSegment(seg)
+			ch <- err
+		}(i, seg)
+	}
+
+	var err error
+
+	for range segments {
+		err2 := <-ch
+		if err2 != nil {
+			err = err2
+		}
+	}
+
+	return parsed, err
+}
+
 type listEntry struct {
 	Start    time.Time         `json:"start"`
 	Duration listEntryDuration `json:"duration"`
 	URL      string            `json:"url"`
 }
 
-func readDurationAndConcatenate(
+func concatenateSegments(parsed []*parsedSegment) []listEntry {
+	out := []listEntry{}
+	var prevInit *fmp4.Init
+
+	for _, parsed := range parsed {
+		if len(out) != 0 && segmentFMP4CanBeConcatenated(
+			prevInit,
+			out[len(out)-1].Start.Add(time.Duration(out[len(out)-1].Duration)),
+			parsed.init,
+			parsed.start) {
+			prevStart := out[len(out)-1].Start
+			curEnd := parsed.start.Add(parsed.duration)
+			out[len(out)-1].Duration = listEntryDuration(curEnd.Sub(prevStart))
+		} else {
+			out = append(out, listEntry{
+				Start:    parsed.start,
+				Duration: listEntryDuration(parsed.duration),
+			})
+		}
+
+		prevInit = parsed.init
+	}
+
+	return out
+}
+
+func parseAndConcatenate(
 	recordFormat conf.RecordFormat,
 	segments []*recordstore.Segment,
 ) ([]listEntry, error) {
 	if recordFormat == conf.RecordFormatFMP4 {
-		out := []listEntry{}
-		var prevInit *fmp4.Init
-
-		for _, seg := range segments {
-			err := func() error {
-				f, err := os.Open(seg.Fpath)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				defer f.Close()
-
-				init, duration, err := segmentFMP4ReadHeader(f)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-
-				// if duration is not present in the header, compute it
-				// by parsing each part
-				if duration == 0 {
-					duration, err = segmentFMP4ReadDurationFromParts(f, init)
-					if err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-				}
-
-				if len(out) != 0 && segmentFMP4CanBeConcatenated(
-					prevInit,
-					out[len(out)-1].Start.Add(time.Duration(out[len(out)-1].Duration)),
-					init,
-					seg.Start) {
-					prevStart := out[len(out)-1].Start
-					curEnd := seg.Start.Add(duration)
-					out[len(out)-1].Duration = listEntryDuration(curEnd.Sub(prevStart))
-				} else {
-					out = append(out, listEntry{
-						Start:    seg.Start,
-						Duration: listEntryDuration(duration),
-					})
-				}
-
-				prevInit = init
-
-				return nil
-			}()
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
+		parsed, err := parseSegments(segments)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
 
+		out := concatenateSegments(parsed)
 		return out, nil
 	}
 
@@ -135,7 +179,7 @@ func (s *Server) onList(ctx *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	entries, err := readDurationAndConcatenate(pathConf.RecordFormat, segments)
+	entries, err := parseAndConcatenate(pathConf.RecordFormat, segments)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.writeError(ctx, http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
 		return