[youtube] Fix is_live extraction (closes #21734)

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 9f661a84f..8a3c502ba 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from ..compat import (
     compat_str,
 )
 from ..utils import (
+    bool_or_none,
     clean_html,
     dict_get,
     error_to_compat_str,
@@ -1890,6 +1891,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         if view_count is None and video_details:
             view_count = int_or_none(video_details.get('viewCount'))
 
+        if is_live is None:
+            is_live = bool_or_none(dict_get(
+                video_details, ('isLive', 'isLiveContent'),
+                skip_false_values=False))
+
         # Check for "rental" videos
         if 'ypc_video_rental_bar_text' in video_info and 'author' not in video_info:
             raise ExtractorError('"rental" videos not supported. See https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/359 for more information.', expected=True)