diff --git a/frontend/js/favorites.js b/frontend/js/favorites.js
index 64cce58..79ba011 100644
--- a/frontend/js/favorites.js
+++ b/frontend/js/favorites.js
@@ -16,13 +16,9 @@ App.favorites = App.favorites || {};
             const raw = localStorage.getItem(FAVORITES_KEY);
             const parsed = raw ? JSON.parse(raw) : [];
             if (!Array.isArray(parsed)) return [];
-            // Two things are repaired on the way in, and written back once if
+            // One thing is repaired on the way in, and written back once if
             // anything changed, so the fix happens exactly one time:
             //
-            // `meta`, from older versions, is a blob of resolved formats whose
-            // URLs are signed and long expired -- dropped so no code path can
-            // reach for one; everything re-resolves from `url` at play time.
-            //
             // `favoriteDate` didn't exist before sorting needed it. There's no
             // way to recover when an old favorite was actually saved, so it
             // gets now: they sort together, as one batch, at the point the
@@ -31,10 +27,9 @@ App.favorites = App.favorites || {};
             const now = new Date().toISOString();
             const items = parsed.map((item) => {
                 if (!item || typeof item !== 'object') return item;
-                if (!item.meta && item.favoriteDate) return item;
+                if (item.favoriteDate) return item;
                 const clean = Object.assign({}, item);
-                delete clean.meta;
-                if (!clean.favoriteDate) clean.favoriteDate = now;
+                clean.favoriteDate = now;
                 repaired = true;
                 return clean;
             });
@@ -103,6 +98,18 @@ App.favorites = App.favorites || {};
         return video.key || meta.key || video.id || meta.id || video.url || meta.url || null;
     };
 
+    const formatsOf = function(video, meta) {
+        const src = Array.isArray(video.formats) && video.formats.length ? video
+            : (meta && Array.isArray(meta.formats) && meta.formats.length ? meta : null);
+        if (!src) return undefined;
+        return {
+            url: src.url || video.url || '',
+            formats: src.formats,
+            http_headers: src.http_headers || {},
+            isLive: !!(src.isLive || video.isLive)
+        };
+    };
+
     App.favorites.normalize = function(video) {
         const key = App.favorites.getKey(video);
         if (!key) return null;
@@ -110,9 +117,7 @@ App.favorites = App.favorites || {};
         return {
             key,
             id: video.id || null,
-            // The page/source URL (e.g. the YouTube watch URL), not a resolved
-            // CDN media URL -- those expire, so favorites must always re-resolve
-            // via the server at play time instead of caching a stream link.
+            // The page/source URL (e.g. the YouTube watch URL).
             url: video.url || (meta && meta.url) || '',
             title: video.title || '',
             thumb: video.thumb || '',
@@ -122,13 +127,10 @@ App.favorites = App.favorites || {};
             isLive: !!(video.isLive || (meta && meta.isLive)),
             // When it was saved. An import carries the date the other client
             // recorded; anything saved here is saved now.
-            favoriteDate: video.favoriteDate || new Date().toISOString()
-            // No `meta` field: persisting resolved formats would freeze their
-            // (expiring) CDN URLs into localStorage. Leaving it unset makes a
-            // favorite look like a fresh, unresolved listing item again, so
-            // playback/download/info all re-resolve through the backend from
-            // `url` -- see resolveStreamSources' no-formats fallback, which the
-            // backend resolves live via yt-dlp (main.py stream_video).
+            favoriteDate: video.favoriteDate || new Date().toISOString(),
+            // The formats the video was saved with, so it plays without being
+            // resolved again. Only when there are some.
+            meta: formatsOf(video, meta)
         };
     };
 
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ App.favorites = App.favorites || {};
         'uploader', 'duration', 'isLive', 'favoriteDate'];
 
     const sameEntry = function(a, b) {
-        return ENTRY_FIELDS.every((field) =>
+        return JSON.stringify(a.meta || null) === JSON.stringify(b.meta || null) && ENTRY_FIELDS.every((field) =>
             String(a[field] === undefined || a[field] === null ? '' : a[field]) ===
             String(b[field] === undefined || b[field] === null ? '' : b[field]));
     };
@@ -499,9 +501,6 @@ App.favorites = App.favorites || {};
             card.onclick = () => {
                 if (card.classList.contains('is-loading')) return;
                 card.classList.add('is-loading');
-                // Ignore any stale `meta` a favorite saved before this fix may
-                // still carry in localStorage -- always re-resolve from `item`
-                // (id/url) so playback never reuses an expired stream URL.
                 App.player.open(item, { originEl: card });
             };
             const favoriteBtn = card.querySelector('.favorite-btn');
@@ -525,9 +524,6 @@ App.favorites = App.favorites || {};
                 showInfoBtn.onclick = (event) => {
                     event.stopPropagation();
                     App.videos.closeAllMenus();
-                    // Favorites deliberately store no resolved metadata; the
-                    // panel opens on what the entry holds and resolves the rest
-                    // itself.
                     App.ui.openInfo(item);
                 };
             }
diff --git a/tests/smoke_favorite_formats.py b/tests/smoke_favorite_formats.py
index 2369ff9..2d67356 100644
--- a/tests/smoke_favorite_formats.py
+++ b/tests/smoke_favorite_formats.py
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ def main():
         ok = bool(asked) and asked[0]["channel"] == "rule34video" and asked[0]["server"] == SERVER
         print(f"  [{'PASS' if ok else 'FAIL'}] asked the right channel and server {asked[:1]}")
         failed += 0 if ok else 1
+        saved = page.evaluate("""(item) => {
+            localStorage.setItem('favorites', '[]');
+            App.favorites.toggle(Object.assign({}, item, { formats: [{ url: 'https://x/y.mp4', height: 720 }] }));
+            return App.favorites.getAll()[0];
+        }""", FAV)
+        ok = bool(saved) and bool(saved.get("meta")) and saved["meta"]["formats"][0]["url"] == "https://x/y.mp4"
+        print(f"  [{'PASS' if ok else 'FAIL'}] a saved favorite keeps its formats")
+        failed += 0 if ok else 1
         b.close()
     return 1 if failed else 0