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| -rwxr-xr-x | youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py index 208b44887..d5876ad34 100755 --- a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py +++ b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py @@ -570,7 +570,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor): if video_description: video_description = clean_html(video_description) else: - video_description = u'' + fd_mobj = re.search(r'<meta name="description" content="([^"]+)"', video_webpage) + if fd_mobj: + video_description = unescapeHTML(fd_mobj.group(1)) + else: + video_description = u'' # subtitles video_subtitles = None |