diff --git a/ui/src/App.tsx b/ui/src/App.tsx
index 13bed3c..d0f485b 100644
--- a/ui/src/App.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/App.tsx
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function App() {
             path=""
             element={
               <ListActivity
-                cameras={toplevel.cameras}
+                toplevel={toplevel}
                 showSelectors={showListSelectors}
                 timeZoneName={timeZoneName!}
               />
diff --git a/ui/src/List/StreamMultiSelector.tsx b/ui/src/List/StreamMultiSelector.tsx
index 27d95ef..6177c8d 100644
--- a/ui/src/List/StreamMultiSelector.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/List/StreamMultiSelector.tsx
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import { ToplevelResponse } from "../api";
 
 interface Props {
   toplevel: ToplevelResponse;
-  selected: Set<Stream>;
-  setSelected: (selected: Set<Stream>) => void;
+  selected: Set<number>;
+  setSelected: (selected: Set<number>) => void;
 }
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles({
@@ -42,25 +42,29 @@ const StreamMultiSelector = ({ toplevel, selected, setSelected }: Props) => {
   const setStream = (s: Stream, checked: boolean) => {
     const updated = new Set(selected);
     if (checked) {
-      updated.add(s);
+      updated.add(s.id);
     } else {
-      updated.delete(s);
+      updated.delete(s.id);
     }
     setSelected(updated);
   };
   const toggleType = (st: StreamType) => {
     let updated = new Set(selected);
     let foundAny = false;
-    for (const s of selected) {
+    for (const sid of selected) {
+      const s = toplevel.streams.get(sid);
+      if (s === undefined) {
+        continue;
+      }
       if (s.streamType === st) {
-        updated.delete(s);
+        updated.delete(s.id);
         foundAny = true;
       }
     }
     if (!foundAny) {
       for (const c of toplevel.cameras) {
         if (c.streams[st] !== undefined) {
-          updated.add(c.streams[st as StreamType]!);
+          updated.add(c.streams[st as StreamType]!.id);
         }
       }
     }
@@ -71,14 +75,14 @@ const StreamMultiSelector = ({ toplevel, selected, setSelected }: Props) => {
     let foundAny = false;
     for (const st in c.streams) {
       const s = c.streams[st as StreamType]!;
-      if (selected.has(s)) {
-        updated.delete(s);
+      if (selected.has(s.id)) {
+        updated.delete(s.id);
         foundAny = true;
       }
     }
     if (!foundAny) {
       for (const st in c.streams) {
-        updated.add(c.streams[st as StreamType]!);
+        updated.add(c.streams[st as StreamType]!.id);
       }
     }
     setSelected(updated);
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ const StreamMultiSelector = ({ toplevel, selected, setSelected }: Props) => {
         <Checkbox
           className={classes.check}
           size="small"
-          checked={selected.has(s)}
+          checked={selected.has(s.id)}
           color="secondary"
           onChange={(event) => setStream(s, event.target.checked)}
         />
diff --git a/ui/src/List/VideoList.test.tsx b/ui/src/List/VideoList.test.tsx
index ff5a390..90fa879 100644
--- a/ui/src/List/VideoList.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/List/VideoList.test.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const TEST_CAMERA: Camera = {
 
 const TEST_STREAM: Stream = {
   camera: TEST_CAMERA,
+  id: 1,
   streamType: "main",
   retainBytes: 0,
   minStartTime90k: 0,
diff --git a/ui/src/List/index.tsx b/ui/src/List/index.tsx
index d54163a..be35f08 100644
--- a/ui/src/List/index.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/List/index.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import VideoList from "./VideoList";
 import { useLayoutEffect } from "react";
 import { fillAspect } from "../aspect";
 import useResizeObserver from "@react-hook/resize-observer";
+import { useSearchParams } from "react-router-dom";
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles((theme: Theme) => ({
   root: {
@@ -100,25 +101,151 @@ interface Props {
   showSelectors: boolean;
 }
 
+/// Parsed URL search parameters.
+interface ParsedSearchParams {
+  selectedStreamIds: Set<number>;
+  split90k: number | undefined;
+  trimStartAndEnd: boolean;
+  timestampTrack: boolean;
+}
+
+/// <tt>ParsedSearchParams</tt> plus <tt>useState</tt>-like setters.
+interface ParsedSearchParamsAndSetters extends ParsedSearchParams {
+  setSelectedStreamIds: (selectedStreamIds: Set<number>) => void;
+  setSplit90k: (split90k: number | undefined) => void;
+  setTrimStartAndEnd: (trimStartAndEnd: boolean) => void;
+  setTimestampTrack: (timestampTrack: boolean) => void;
+}
+
+const parseSearchParams = (raw: URLSearchParams): ParsedSearchParams => {
+  let selectedStreamIds = new Set<number>();
+  let split90k = DEFAULT_DURATION;
+  let trimStartAndEnd = true;
+  let timestampTrack = false;
+  for (const [key, value] of raw) {
+    switch (key) {
+      case "s":
+        selectedStreamIds.add(Number.parseInt(value, 10));
+        break;
+      case "split":
+        split90k = value === "inf" ? undefined : Number.parseInt(value, 10);
+        break;
+      case "trim":
+        trimStartAndEnd = value === "true";
+        break;
+      case "ts":
+        timestampTrack = value === "true";
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  return {
+    selectedStreamIds,
+    split90k,
+    trimStartAndEnd,
+    timestampTrack,
+  };
+};
+
+const useParsedSearchParams = (): ParsedSearchParamsAndSetters => {
+  const [search, setSearch] = useSearchParams();
+
+  // This useMemo is necessary to avoid a re-rendering loop caused by each
+  // call's selectedStreamIds set having different identity.
+  const { selectedStreamIds, split90k, trimStartAndEnd, timestampTrack } =
+    useMemo(() => parseSearchParams(search), [search]);
+
+  const setSelectedStreamIds = (newSelectedStreamIds: Set<number>) => {
+    // TODO: check if it's worth suppressing no-ops here.
+    search.delete("s");
+    for (const id of newSelectedStreamIds) {
+      search.append("s", id.toString());
+    }
+    setSearch(search);
+  };
+  const setSplit90k = (newSplit90k: number | undefined) => {
+    if (newSplit90k === split90k) {
+      return;
+    } else if (newSplit90k === DEFAULT_DURATION) {
+      search.delete("split");
+    } else if (newSplit90k === undefined) {
+      search.set("split", "inf");
+    } else {
+      search.set("split", newSplit90k.toString());
+    }
+    setSearch(search);
+  };
+  const setTrimStartAndEnd = (newTrimStartAndEnd: boolean) => {
+    if (newTrimStartAndEnd === trimStartAndEnd) {
+      return;
+    } else if (newTrimStartAndEnd === true) {
+      search.delete("trim"); // default
+    } else {
+      search.set("trim", "false");
+    }
+    setSearch(search);
+  };
+  const setTimestampTrack = (newTimestampTrack: boolean) => {
+    if (newTimestampTrack === timestampTrack) {
+      return;
+    } else if (newTimestampTrack === false) {
+      search.delete("ts"); // default
+    } else {
+      search.set("ts", "true");
+    }
+    setSearch(search);
+  };
+  return {
+    selectedStreamIds,
+    setSelectedStreamIds,
+    split90k,
+    setSplit90k,
+    trimStartAndEnd,
+    setTrimStartAndEnd,
+    timestampTrack,
+    setTimestampTrack,
+  };
+};
+
+const calcSelectedStreams = (
+  toplevel: api.ToplevelResponse,
+  ids: Set<number>
+): Set<Stream> => {
+  let streams = new Set<Stream>();
+  for (const id of ids) {
+    const s = toplevel.streams.get(id);
+    if (s === undefined) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    streams.add(s);
+  }
+  return streams;
+};
+
 const Main = ({ toplevel, timeZoneName, showSelectors }: Props) => {
   const classes = useStyles();
 
-  /**
-   * Selected streams to display and use for selecting time ranges.
-   * This currently uses the <tt>Stream</tt> object, which means it will
-   * not be stable across top-level API fetches. Maybe an id would be better.
-   */
-  const [selectedStreams, setSelectedStreams] = useState<Set<Stream>>(
-    new Set()
-  );
+  const {
+    selectedStreamIds,
+    setSelectedStreamIds,
+    split90k,
+    setSplit90k,
+    trimStartAndEnd,
+    setTrimStartAndEnd,
+    timestampTrack,
+    setTimestampTrack,
+  } = useParsedSearchParams();
 
-  /** Selected time range. */
+  // The time range to examine, or null if one hasn't yet been selected. Note
+  // this is derived from state held within TimerangeSelector.
   const [range90k, setRange90k] = useState<[number, number] | null>(null);
 
-  const [split90k, setSplit90k] = useState(DEFAULT_DURATION);
-
-  const [trimStartAndEnd, setTrimStartAndEnd] = useState(true);
-  const [timestampTrack, setTimestampTrack] = useState(false);
+  // TimerangeSelector currently expects a Set<Stream>. Memoize one; otherwise
+  // we'd get an infinite rerendering loop because the Set identity changes
+  // each time.
+  const selectedStreams = useMemo(
+    () => calcSelectedStreams(toplevel, selectedStreamIds),
+    [toplevel, selectedStreamIds]
+  );
 
   const [activeRecording, setActiveRecording] = useState<
     [Stream, api.Recording, api.VideoSampleEntry] | null
@@ -161,9 +288,9 @@ const Main = ({ toplevel, timeZoneName, showSelectors }: Props) => {
         sx={{ display: showSelectors ? "block" : "none" }}
       >
         <StreamMultiSelector
-          cameras={toplevel.cameras}
-          selected={selectedStreams}
-          setSelected={setSelectedStreams}
+          toplevel={toplevel}
+          selected={selectedStreamIds}
+          setSelected={setSelectedStreamIds}
         />
         <TimerangeSelector
           selectedStreams={selectedStreams}