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| -rwxr-xr-x | youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/__init__.py | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/options.py | 4 |
4 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py index 6e4b6f566..ef0f71bad 100755 --- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py +++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py @@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object): outtmpl: Template for output names. restrictfilenames: Do not allow "&" and spaces in file names ignoreerrors: Do not stop on download errors. + force_generic_extractor: Force downloader to use the generic extractor nooverwrites: Prevent overwriting files. playliststart: Playlist item to start at. playlistend: Playlist item to end at. @@ -626,13 +627,16 @@ class YoutubeDL(object): info_dict.setdefault(key, value) def extract_info(self, url, download=True, ie_key=None, extra_info={}, - process=True): + process=True, force_generic_extractor=False): ''' Returns a list with a dictionary for each video we find. If 'download', also downloads the videos. extra_info is a dict containing the extra values to add to each result ''' + if not ie_key and force_generic_extractor: + ie_key = 'Generic' + if ie_key: ies = [self.get_info_extractor(ie_key)] else: @@ -1493,7 +1497,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object): for url in url_list: try: # It also downloads the videos - res = self.extract_info(url) + res = self.extract_info( + url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False)) except UnavailableVideoError: self.report_error('unable to download video') except MaxDownloadsReached: diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py index ace17857c..215b616de 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py +++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py @@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None): 'autonumber_size': opts.autonumber_size, 'restrictfilenames': opts.restrictfilenames, 'ignoreerrors': opts.ignoreerrors, + 'force_generic_extractor': opts.force_generic_extractor, 'ratelimit': opts.ratelimit, 'nooverwrites': opts.nooverwrites, 'retries': opts_retries, diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py index 5c03fddc6..7769ffc5c 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py +++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py @@ -1014,7 +1014,9 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor): } if not self._downloader.params.get('test', False) and not is_intentional: - self._downloader.report_warning('Falling back on generic information extractor.') + force = self._downloader.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False) + self._downloader.report_warning( + '%s on generic information extractor.' % ('Forcing' if force else 'Falling back')) if not full_response: request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url) diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py index 740458e51..6aeca61ee 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/options.py +++ b/youtube_dl/options.py @@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False, help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors') general.add_option( + '--force-generic-extractor', + action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False, + help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor') + general.add_option( '--default-search', dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX', help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching.') |