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| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py index 5649e26da..24d43a247 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py +++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py @@ -1299,9 +1299,15 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor): request.add_header('Accept-Encoding', '*') full_response = self._request_webpage(request, video_id) + first_bytes = full_response.read(512) + + # Is it an M3U playlist? + if first_bytes.startswith('#EXTM3U'): + info_dict['formats'] = self._extract_m3u8_formats(url, video_id, 'mp4') + return info_dict + # Maybe it's a direct link to a video? # Be careful not to download the whole thing! - first_bytes = full_response.read(512) if not is_html(first_bytes): self._downloader.report_warning( 'URL could be a direct video link, returning it as such.') |