[cleanup] Misc

[yt-dlp.git] / yt_dlp / YoutubeDL.py

diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index b1d009280e4ec017b97e45588c92ebc51f5875ae..8d28783d8663252a8f9b1dbc6dc4b9e41c752ede 100644 (file)
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -3123,7 +3123,7 @@ def existing_video_file(*filepaths):
                 fd, success = None, True
                 if info_dict.get('protocol') or info_dict.get('url'):
                     fd = get_suitable_downloader(info_dict, self.params, to_stdout=temp_filename == '-')
-                    if fd is not FFmpegFD and (
+                    if fd is not FFmpegFD and 'no-direct-merge' not in self.params['compat_opts'] and (
                             info_dict.get('section_start') or info_dict.get('section_end')):
                         msg = ('This format cannot be partially downloaded' if FFmpegFD.available()
                                else 'You have requested downloading the video partially, but ffmpeg is not installed')