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diff --git a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
index 9b630c123..68fad11bc 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
@@ -410,12 +410,9 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
# Extract information from URL and process it
try:
- videos = ie.extract(url)
- for video in videos or []:
- if not 'extractor' in video:
- #The extractor has already been set somewher else
- video['extractor'] = ie.IE_NAME
- return videos
+ ie_results = ie.extract(url)
+ results = self.process_ie_results(ie_results, ie)
+ return results
except ExtractorError as de: # An error we somewhat expected
self.trouble(u'ERROR: ' + compat_str(de), de.format_traceback())
break
@@ -435,6 +432,29 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
for url in urls:
results.extend(self.extract_info(url))
return results
+
+ def process_ie_results(self, ie_results, ie):
+ """
+ Take the results of the ie and return a list of videos.
+ For url elements it will seartch the suitable ie and get the videos
+ For playlist elements it will process each of the elements of the 'entries' key
+ """
+ results = []
+ for result in ie_results or []:
+ result_type = result.get('_type', 'video') #If not given we suppose it's a video, support the dafault old system
+ if result_type == 'video':
+ if not 'extractor' in result:
+ #The extractor has already been set somewhere else
+ result['extractor'] = ie.IE_NAME
+ results.append(result)
+ elif result_type == 'url':
+ #We get the videos pointed by the url
+ results.extend(self.extract_info(result['url']))
+ elif result_type == 'playlist':
+ #We process each entry in the playlist
+ entries_result = self.process_ie_results(result['entries'], ie)
+ results.extend(entries_result)
+ return results
def process_info(self, info_dict):
"""Process a single dictionary returned by an InfoExtractor."""