From 23f1ab346927ab73ad510fd7ba105a69e5291c66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 12:15:16 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] [fd] Fix playback wait time for ffmpeg downloads (#15066)

Authored by: bashonly
---
 yt_dlp/downloader/common.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/downloader/common.py b/yt_dlp/downloader/common.py
index 122c479562..6f15607c27 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/common.py
@@ -461,7 +461,8 @@ class FileDownloader:
             min_sleep_interval = self.params.get('sleep_interval') or 0
             max_sleep_interval = self.params.get('max_sleep_interval') or 0
 
-            if available_at := info_dict.get('available_at'):
+            requested_formats = info_dict.get('requested_formats') or [info_dict]
+            if available_at := max(f.get('available_at') or 0 for f in requested_formats):
                 forced_sleep_interval = available_at - int(time.time())
                 if forced_sleep_interval > min_sleep_interval:
                     sleep_note = 'as required by the site'