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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/extractor/common.py14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 1fa8048b8..641e50f3c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -102,10 +102,20 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
from worst to best quality.
Potential fields:
- * url Mandatory. The URL of the video file
+ * url The mandatory URL representing the media:
+ for plain file media - HTTP URL of this file,
+ for RTMP - RTMP URL,
+ for HLS - URL of the M3U8 media playlist,
+ for HDS - URL of the F4M manifest,
+ for DASH - URL of the MPD manifest,
+ for MSS - URL of the ISM manifest.
* manifest_url
The URL of the manifest file in case of
- fragmented media (DASH, hls, hds)
+ fragmented media:
+ for HLS - URL of the M3U8 master playlist,
+ for HDS - URL of the F4M manifest,
+ for DASH - URL of the MPD manifest,
+ for MSS - URL of the ISM manifest.
* ext Will be calculated from URL if missing
* format A human-readable description of the format
("mp4 container with h264/opus").