diff --git a/brozzler/worker.py b/brozzler/worker.py
index 13b4fb7..63fe206 100644
--- a/brozzler/worker.py
+++ b/brozzler/worker.py
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
         self.logger.info("brozzling {}".format(page))
         ydl_fetches = None
         outlinks = set()
-        if enable_youtube_dl and ydl.should_ytdlp(page, site):
+        if enable_youtube_dl and ydl.should_ytdlp(self, page, site):
             try:
                 ydl_fetches, outlinks = ydl.do_youtube_dl(self, site, page)
             except brozzler.ReachedLimit as e:
diff --git a/brozzler/ydl.py b/brozzler/ydl.py
index 75d63c6..f002e21 100644
--- a/brozzler/ydl.py
+++ b/brozzler/ydl.py
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ def _timestamp4datetime(timestamp):
         int(timestamp[-2:])
         )
 
-def should_ytdlp(page, site):
+def should_ytdlp(worker, page, site):
     ytdlp_url = page.redirect_url if page.redirect_url else page.url
-    ytdlp_seed = site.get("warcprox-meta", {}).get("metadata", {}).get("ait_seed_id", "")
+    ytdlp_seed = site.seed_id if site.seed_id else None
+    # ytdlp_seed = site.get(site.id).pluck("metadata", "ait_seed_id").default(None) if site.rr else None ???
     logging.info("ytdlp_seed: %s", ytdlp_seed)
 
     if ytdlp_seed and "youtube.com/watch?v" in ytdlp_url: