diff --git a/Yattee/Core/Settings/SettingsManager+Playback.swift b/Yattee/Core/Settings/SettingsManager+Playback.swift
index c20c5e82..11c5e735 100644
--- a/Yattee/Core/Settings/SettingsManager+Playback.swift
+++ b/Yattee/Core/Settings/SettingsManager+Playback.swift
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ extension SettingsManager {
         }
     }
 
-    /// When enabled, the auto stream selector will consider video formats whose codec
-    /// is not hardware-decodable on this device. Disabled by default. Useful on Apple TV
-    /// where 4K VP9/AV1 is otherwise excluded from auto-selection.
     var allowSoftwareDecodedFormats: Bool {
         get {
             if let cached = _allowSoftwareDecodedFormats { return cached }
diff --git a/Yattee/Services/Player/PlayerService.swift b/Yattee/Services/Player/PlayerService.swift
index 6815c44e..510fa631 100644
--- a/Yattee/Services/Player/PlayerService.swift
+++ b/Yattee/Services/Player/PlayerService.swift
@@ -1907,11 +1907,9 @@ final class PlayerService {
             }
 
             // Filter out codecs with priority 0 (software decode) if hardware options exist,
-            // unless the user opted in to software-decoded formats (e.g. to unlock 4K VP9/AV1
-            // on Apple TV models without hardware decoders for those codecs).
-            let allowSoftware = settingsManager?.allowSoftwareDecodedFormats ?? false
+            // unless the user opted in to software-decoded formats.
             let streamsToConsider: [Stream]
-            if allowSoftware {
+            if settingsManager?.allowSoftwareDecodedFormats ?? false {
                 streamsToConsider = filteredVideoStreams
             } else {
                 let hardwareDecodableStreams = filteredVideoStreams.filter { videoCodecPriority($0.videoCodec) > 0 }
diff --git a/Yattee/Views/Player/QualitySelectorView+StreamHelpers.swift b/Yattee/Views/Player/QualitySelectorView+StreamHelpers.swift
index 02a79dd4..c342f159 100644
--- a/Yattee/Views/Player/QualitySelectorView+StreamHelpers.swift
+++ b/Yattee/Views/Player/QualitySelectorView+StreamHelpers.swift
@@ -91,19 +91,16 @@ extension QualitySelectorView {
         return downloadedStreams + onlineVideoStreams
     }
 
-    /// Recommended video streams (hardware-decodable codecs).
-    /// When `allowSoftwareDecodedFormats` is ON, all video streams are considered recommended.
     var recommendedVideoStreams: [Stream] {
-        videoStreams.filter { (stream: Stream) -> Bool in
+        let allowSoftware = allowSoftwareDecodedFormats
+        return videoStreams.filter { (stream: Stream) -> Bool in
             if stream.url.isFileURL { return true }
             if stream.isMuxed { return true }
-            if allowSoftwareDecodedFormats { return true }
+            if allowSoftware { return true }
             return !requiresSoftwareDecode(stream.videoCodec)
         }
     }
 
-    /// Other video streams (software decode required).
-    /// Empty when `allowSoftwareDecodedFormats` is ON — those streams are now recommended.
     var otherVideoStreams: [Stream] {
         if allowSoftwareDecodedFormats { return [] }
         return videoStreams.filter { (stream: Stream) -> Bool in
diff --git a/Yattee/Views/Player/QualitySelectorView.swift b/Yattee/Views/Player/QualitySelectorView.swift
index 7e72cbc8..9cd058d5 100644
--- a/Yattee/Views/Player/QualitySelectorView.swift
+++ b/Yattee/Views/Player/QualitySelectorView.swift
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ struct QualitySelectorView: View {
         appEnvironment?.settingsManager.showAdvancedStreamDetails ?? false
     }
 
-    /// Whether the user has opted in to software-decoded formats during auto-selection.
-    /// When enabled, software-decoded streams are treated as recommended (no split).
     var allowSoftwareDecodedFormats: Bool {
         appEnvironment?.settingsManager.allowSoftwareDecodedFormats ?? false
     }