From e96d15b3ae0b84d871414ec59c633779060470e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sepro <sepro@sepr0.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:22:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix formats potentially being unbound

---
 yt_dlp/extractor/senategov.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/senategov.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/senategov.py
index 2a4466a97..3cd8643c9 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/senategov.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/senategov.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class SenateBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
                              f'https://www-senate-gov-msl3archive.akamaized.net/{msl3}/{filename}_1/master.m3u8',
                              f'{stream_domain}/i/{filename}_1@{stream_num}/master.m3u8',
                              f'{stream_domain}/i/{filename}.mp4/master.m3u8']
+        formats = None
         for video_url in urls_alternatives:
             formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(video_url, video_id, ext='mp4', fatal=False)
             if formats: