diff --git a/src/sources/index.ts b/src/sources/index.ts
index 680030e..04f20c1 100644
--- a/src/sources/index.ts
+++ b/src/sources/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { Readable } from "node:stream";
 import { config } from "../config.js";
+import { logger } from "../logger.js";
 import { UserFacingError, type Requester, type SearchResult, type Track } from "../types.js";
 import * as direct from "./direct.js";
 import * as local from "./local.js";
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ import * as ytdlp from "./ytdlp.js";
 export { checkAvailable as checkYtDlp, checkCookies, checkProxy, describeProxy } from "./ytdlp.js";
 export { isEnabled as isLocalLibraryEnabled, listFiles as listLocalFiles } from "./local.js";
 
+const log = logger.child({ mod: "sources" });
+
 const YOUTUBE_HOSTS = ["youtube.com", "youtu.be", "music.youtube.com", "m.youtube.com"];
 const SOUNDCLOUD_HOSTS = ["soundcloud.com", "on.soundcloud.com", "m.soundcloud.com"];
 
@@ -209,6 +212,19 @@ export async function openPlayback(track: Track, seekSeconds = 0): Promise<Playb
     };
   }
 
+  // The format is checked before committing to the video pipeline: audio comes
+  // out of that same pipeline, so falling back afterwards would kill the sound.
+  if (canShowVideo(track) && (await ytdlp.hasProgressiveVideo(track.url, config.VIDEO_HEIGHT))) {
+    log.info({ title: track.title }, "playing with video");
+    const pipeline = openVideoPipeline(track.url, seekSeconds);
+    return {
+      input: pipeline.audio,
+      inputOptions: pipeline.audioInputOptions,
+      cleanup: () => pipeline.kill(),
+      video: { stream: pipeline.video, width: pipeline.width, height: pipeline.height },
+    };
+  }
+
   // Everything goes through yt-dlp: YouTube stalls direct CDN URLs fetched by
   // anything else, and ffmpeg would bypass a SOCKS proxy anyway. Seeking
   // therefore costs a decode up to the offset instead of an HTTP range request.