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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 045507bc7..61228817e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -655,7 +655,9 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
# Get video webpage
url = proto + '://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1' % video_id
- video_webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+ req = compat_urllib_request.Request(url)
+ req.add_header('Cookie', 'PREF=hl=en')
+ video_webpage = self._download_webpage(req, video_id)
# Attempt to extract SWF player URL
mobj = re.search(r'swfConfig.*?"(https?:\\/\\/.*?watch.*?-.*?\.swf)"', video_webpage)