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| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py | 14 | 
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py index dee4175ef..4a7d82b7a 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py +++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py @@ -148,9 +148,17 @@ class VimeoIE(InfoExtractor):              _, video_thumbnail = sorted((int(width), t_url) for (width, t_url) in config["video"]["thumbs"].items())[-1]          # Extract video description -        video_description = get_element_by_attribute("itemprop", "description", webpage) -        if video_description: video_description = clean_html(video_description) -        else: video_description = u'' +        video_description = None +        try: +            video_description = get_element_by_attribute("itemprop", "description", webpage) +            if video_description: video_description = clean_html(video_description) +        except AssertionError as err: +            # On some pages like (http://player.vimeo.com/video/54469442) the +            # html tags are not closed, python 2.6 cannot handle it +            if err.args[0] == 'we should not get here!': +                pass +            else: +                raise          # Extract upload date          video_upload_date = None  | 
