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authorSergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com>2016-02-27 07:01:11 +0600
committerSergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com>2016-02-27 07:01:11 +0600
commit9cdffeeb3fbfa28407a8a519a58b3714b7cec874 (patch)
tree5b71ae4e649453796921629aaed8de602fb958fb /youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
parentfbb6edd298a34cf63a5fd0bd900ca2337038810c (diff)
[extractor/common] Clarify rationale on media playlist detection
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diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 51351fb57..3f16b1b9e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -1033,11 +1033,21 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
return []
m3u8_doc, urlh = res
m3u8_url = urlh.geturl()
- # A Media Playlist Tag MUST NOT appear in a Master Playlist
- # https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-17#section-4.3.3
- # The EXT-X-TARGETDURATION tag is REQUIRED for every M3U8 Media Playlists
- # https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-17#section-4.3.3.1
- if '#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION' in m3u8_doc:
+
+ # We should try extracting formats only from master playlists [1], i.e.
+ # playlists that describe available qualities. On the other hand media
+ # playlists [2] should be returned as is since they contain just the media
+ # without qualities renditions.
+ # Fortunately, master playlist can be easily distinguished from media
+ # playlist based on particular tags availability. As of [1, 2] master
+ # playlist tags MUST NOT appear in a media playist and vice versa.
+ # As of [3] #EXT-X-TARGETDURATION tag is REQUIRED for every media playlist
+ # and MUST NOT appear in master playlist thus we can clearly detect media
+ # playlist with this criterion.
+ # 1. https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-17#section-4.3.4
+ # 2. https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-17#section-4.3.3
+ # 3. https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-17#section-4.3.3.1
+ if '#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION' in m3u8_doc: # media playlist, return as is
return [{
'url': m3u8_url,
'format_id': m3u8_id,