From e584a65f2a0feee0c6c363b3309e9ebd6065f6b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: doe1080 <98906116+doe1080@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:28:49 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] [utils] `parse_duration`: Return `int` when appropriate
 (#13899)

Authored by: doe1080
---
 yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
index edaf7a665f..ede0bc93a8 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
@@ -2145,9 +2145,11 @@ def parse_duration(s):
 
     if ms:
         ms = ms.replace(':', '.')
-    return sum(float(part or 0) * mult for part, mult in (
+    total = sum(float(part or 0) * mult for part, mult in (
         (days, 86400), (hours, 3600), (mins, 60), (secs, 1), (ms, 1)))
 
+    return int(total) if total.is_integer() else total
+
 
 def _change_extension(prepend, filename, ext, expected_real_ext=None, *, _allowed_exts=()):
     name, real_ext = os.path.splitext(filename)