diff --git a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/AbstractHlsDownload.java b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/AbstractHlsDownload.java
index a48dd9de..536605f5 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/AbstractHlsDownload.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/AbstractHlsDownload.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractHlsDownload extends AbstractDownload {
     private Instant beforeLastPlaylistRequest= Instant.EPOCH;
     private int consecutivePlaylistTimeouts = 0;
     private int consecutivePlaylistErrors = 0;
-    private Instant lastSegmentDownload = Instant.MIN;
+    protected Instant lastSegmentDownload = Instant.MIN;
     private final List<Instant> segmentErrorTimestamps = new LinkedList<>();
     private int selectedResolution = UNKNOWN;
 
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/MergedFfmpegHlsDownload.java b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/MergedFfmpegHlsDownload.java
index 1aa3c314..eec87bc3 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/MergedFfmpegHlsDownload.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/MergedFfmpegHlsDownload.java
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ public class MergedFfmpegHlsDownload extends AbstractHlsDownload {
                             SegmentDownload segmentDownload = future.get();
                             ByteArrayOutputStream downloadData = (ByteArrayOutputStream) segmentDownload.getOutputStream();
                             downloadData.writeTo(ffmpegStdIn);
+                            lastSegmentDownload = Instant.now();
                         } else {
                             // first download in queue not finished, let's continue with other stuff
                             break;
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ public class MergedFfmpegHlsDownload extends AbstractHlsDownload {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected OutputStream getSegmentOutputStream(Segment segment) throws IOException {
+    protected OutputStream getSegmentOutputStream(Segment segment) {
         return new ByteArrayOutputStream();
     }
 }