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| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py index 9aee2ebf2..618d87515 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py +++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py @@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor): video_thumbnail = m_thumb.group(1) elif 'thumbnail_url' not in video_info: self._downloader.report_warning(u'unable to extract video thumbnail') - video_thumbnail = '' + video_thumbnail = None else: # don't panic if we can't find it video_thumbnail = compat_urllib_parse.unquote_plus(video_info['thumbnail_url'][0]) |