diff --git a/Model/Player/Backends/MPVBackend.swift b/Model/Player/Backends/MPVBackend.swift
index e67da018..c3a28409 100644
--- a/Model/Player/Backends/MPVBackend.swift
+++ b/Model/Player/Backends/MPVBackend.swift
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ final class MPVBackend: PlayerBackend {
     typealias AreInIncreasingOrder = (Stream, Stream) -> Bool
 
     func canPlay(_ stream: Stream) -> Bool {
-        stream.format != .av1
+        stream.format != nil && stream.format != .av1
     }
 
     func playStream(_ stream: Stream, of video: Video, preservingTime: Bool, upgrading: Bool) {
diff --git a/Model/Player/PlayerStreams.swift b/Model/Player/PlayerStreams.swift
index 74ebe008..1712a753 100644
--- a/Model/Player/PlayerStreams.swift
+++ b/Model/Player/PlayerStreams.swift
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ extension PlayerModel {
         for stream in streams {
             streamProcessingQueue.async(group: streamProcessingGroup) {
                 let forbiddenAssetTestGroup = DispatchGroup()
-                if !hasAllowedAsset, !hasForbiddenAsset, !instance.proxiesVideos, stream.format != Stream.Format.unknown {
+                if !hasAllowedAsset, !hasForbiddenAsset, !instance.proxiesVideos, stream.format != nil && stream.format != Stream.Format.unknown {
                     let (nonHLSAssets, hlsURLs) = self.getAssets(from: [stream])
                     if let firstStream = nonHLSAssets.first {
                         let asset = firstStream.0
diff --git a/Model/QualityProfile.swift b/Model/QualityProfile.swift
index 178da97d..8fe633f8 100644
--- a/Model/QualityProfile.swift
+++ b/Model/QualityProfile.swift
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ struct QualityProfile: Hashable, Identifiable, Defaults.Serializable {
             return false
         }
 
+        // Safety check: Ensure stream has a format
+        guard let streamFormat = stream.format else {
+            return false
+        }
+
         let defaultResolution = Stream.Resolution.custom(height: 720, refreshRate: 30)
         let resolutionMatch = resolution.value ?? defaultResolution >= streamResolution
 
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ struct QualityProfile: Hashable, Identifiable, Defaults.Serializable {
             return true
         }
 
-        let formatMatch = formats.compactMap(\.streamFormat).contains(stream.format)
+        let formatMatch = formats.compactMap(\.streamFormat).contains(streamFormat)
 
         return resolutionMatch && formatMatch
     }