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-rwxr-xr-xyoutube_dl/YoutubeDL.py9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index d7c6db0ff..15367c4e3 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
import collections
+import contextlib
import datetime
import errno
+import fileinput
import io
import itertools
import json
@@ -1452,8 +1454,11 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
return self._download_retcode
def download_with_info_file(self, info_filename):
- with io.open(info_filename, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
- info = json.load(f)
+ with contextlib.closing(fileinput.FileInput(
+ [info_filename], mode='r',
+ openhook=fileinput.hook_encoded('utf-8'))) as f:
+ # FileInput doesn't have a read method, we can't call json.load
+ info = json.loads('\n'.join(f))
try:
self.process_ie_result(info, download=True)
except DownloadError: