From 9f77e04c76e36e1cbbf49bc9eb385fa6ef804b67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kenshin9977 <33557877+Kenshin9977@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 09:50:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix external downloader availability when using
 `--ffmpeg-location` (#12318)

This fix is only applicable to the CLI option

Authored by: Kenshin9977
---
 yt_dlp/downloader/external.py  | 2 --
 yt_dlp/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py b/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py
index 7f6b5b45cc..ee73ac043e 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py
@@ -457,8 +457,6 @@ class FFmpegFD(ExternalFD):
 
     @classmethod
     def available(cls, path=None):
-        # TODO: Fix path for ffmpeg
-        # Fixme: This may be wrong when --ffmpeg-location is used
         return FFmpegPostProcessor().available
 
     def on_process_started(self, proc, stdin):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py b/yt_dlp/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
index 8965806ae7..e59e9832bd 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class FFmpegPostProcessor(PostProcessor):
 
     @property
     def available(self):
-        return self.basename is not None
+        return bool(self._ffmpeg_location.get()) or self.basename is not None
 
     @property
     def executable(self):