diff --git a/crates/x-media/src/site/bsky/interface.rs b/crates/x-media/src/site/bsky/interface.rs
index efafe9f..8859f7d 100644
--- a/crates/x-media/src/site/bsky/interface.rs
+++ b/crates/x-media/src/site/bsky/interface.rs
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ async fn fetch_hls(url: &str, cap: u64) -> Result<bytes::Bytes, String> {
 async fn resolve_bsky_video(
     playlist_url: &str,
 ) -> Result<Option<(std::path::PathBuf, tempfile::TempDir)>, String> {
-    if !crate::site::ffmpeg_available() {
-        crate::site::log_once_ffmpeg_missing();
+    if crate::site::ffmpeg_missing() {
         return Ok(None);
     }
     let master = fetch_hls(playlist_url, 1_048_576)
diff --git a/crates/x-media/src/site/mod.rs b/crates/x-media/src/site/mod.rs
index 4de9ae1..1e1f165 100644
--- a/crates/x-media/src/site/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/x-media/src/site/mod.rs
@@ -313,14 +313,17 @@ static FFMPEG_AVAILABLE: LazyLock<bool> = LazyLock::new(|| {
 
 static FFMPEG_MISSING_LOGGED: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 
-pub(crate) fn ffmpeg_available() -> bool {
-    *FFMPEG_AVAILABLE
-}
-
-pub(crate) fn log_once_ffmpeg_missing() {
+/// Whether the encode step must be skipped: no ffmpeg on PATH, logged once
+/// per process. The one gate both encoders check — the probe and the
+/// log-once used to be two functions that only ever appeared together.
+pub(crate) fn ffmpeg_missing() -> bool {
+    if *FFMPEG_AVAILABLE {
+        return false;
+    }
     if !FFMPEG_MISSING_LOGGED.swap(true, Ordering::Relaxed) {
         log::warn!("ffmpeg not found; ugoira and bsky video posts stay unsupported");
     }
+    true
 }
 
 /// Site adapter: one impl per supported site (twitter / bsky / misskey /
diff --git a/crates/x-media/src/site/pixiv/api.rs b/crates/x-media/src/site/pixiv/api.rs
index d13d042..fdc2005 100644
--- a/crates/x-media/src/site/pixiv/api.rs
+++ b/crates/x-media/src/site/pixiv/api.rs
@@ -206,8 +206,7 @@ impl PixivAPI {
         &self,
         illust_id: u64,
     ) -> Result<Option<(String, tempfile::TempDir)>, PixivError> {
-        if !crate::site::ffmpeg_available() {
-            crate::site::log_once_ffmpeg_missing();
+        if crate::site::ffmpeg_missing() {
             return Ok(None);
         }
         let metadata = self.ugoira_metadata(illust_id).await?;