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Diffstat (limited to 'youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py')
| -rwxr-xr-x | youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py index b1f792d4e..4b801a917 100755 --- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py +++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py @@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object): outtmpl: Template for output names. restrictfilenames: Do not allow "&" and spaces in file names ignoreerrors: Do not stop on download errors. + force_generic_extractor: Force downloader to use the generic extractor nooverwrites: Prevent overwriting files. playliststart: Playlist item to start at. playlistend: Playlist item to end at. @@ -282,6 +283,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object): self._num_downloads = 0 self._screen_file = [sys.stdout, sys.stderr][params.get('logtostderr', False)] self._err_file = sys.stderr + self._force_generic_extractor_required = params.get('force_generic_extractor', False) self.params = params self.cache = Cache(self) @@ -633,6 +635,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object): extra_info is a dict containing the extra values to add to each result ''' + if not ie_key and self._force_generic_extractor_required: + self._force_generic_extractor_required = False + ie_key = 'Generic' + if ie_key: ies = [self.get_info_extractor(ie_key)] else: |