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| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py index cb34dc4ab..2a775bf00 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py +++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals import os import re import subprocess +import sys from .common import FileDownloader from .fragment import FragmentFD @@ -57,8 +58,10 @@ class HlsFD(FileDownloader): # subprocces.run would send the SIGKILL signal to ffmpeg and the # mp4 file couldn't be played, but if we ask ffmpeg to quit it # produces a file that is playable (this is mostly useful for live - # streams) - proc.communicate(b'q') + # streams). Note that Windows is not affected and produces playable + # files (see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/8300). + if sys.platform != 'win32': + proc.communicate(b'q') raise if retval == 0: fsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename)) |