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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 1c2420a33..52f4fe36d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1475,6 +1475,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
manifest_url = video_info['hlsvp'][0]
url_map = self._extract_from_m3u8(manifest_url, video_id)
formats = _map_to_format_list(url_map)
+ # Accept-Encoding header causes failures in live streams on Youtube and Youtube Gaming
+ for a_format in formats:
+ if 'http_headers' not in a_format:
+ a_format['http_headers'] = {}
+ a_format['http_headers']['Youtubedl-no-compression'] = True
else:
raise ExtractorError('no conn, hlsvp or url_encoded_fmt_stream_map information found in video info')