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authorSergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com>2015-11-04 22:49:23 +0600
committerSergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com>2015-11-04 22:49:23 +0600
commit89ea063eebae84792a7ccb968533ff8bf6a41d56 (patch)
treefff5754c9d78b2e94f8467fe44d0a95ca0b75d22 /youtube_dl
parent44b2264feae331eeb34e83eed1387def3d61a437 (diff)
[youtube] Clarify rationale for preferring a video info with token (#7362)
Diffstat (limited to 'youtube_dl')
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 5eeb3c663..e2a43299f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1107,6 +1107,15 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
if not video_info:
video_info = get_video_info
if 'token' in get_video_info:
+ # Different get_video_info requests may report different results, e.g.
+ # some may report video unavailability, but some may serve it without
+ # any complaint (see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/7362,
+ # the original webpage as well as el=info and el=embedded get_video_info
+ # requests report video unavailability due to geo restriction while
+ # el=detailpage succeeds and returns valid data). This is probably
+ # due to YouTube measures against IP ranges of hosting providers.
+ # Working around by preferring the first succeeded video_info containing
+ # the token if no such video_info yet was found.
if 'token' not in video_info:
video_info = get_video_info
break