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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index aa6ec9d9a..00af78e06 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
username: Username for authentication purposes.
password: Password for authentication purposes.
- videopassword: Password for acces a video.
+ videopassword: Password for accessing a video.
usenetrc: Use netrc for authentication instead.
verbose: Print additional info to stdout.
quiet: Do not print messages to stdout.
@@ -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.
@@ -261,6 +262,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
The following options are used by the post processors:
prefer_ffmpeg: If True, use ffmpeg instead of avconv if both are available,
otherwise prefer avconv.
+ postprocessor_args: A list of additional command-line arguments for the
+ postprocessor.
"""
params = None
@@ -626,13 +629,16 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
info_dict.setdefault(key, value)
def extract_info(self, url, download=True, ie_key=None, extra_info={},
- process=True):
+ process=True, force_generic_extractor=False):
'''
Returns a list with a dictionary for each video we find.
If 'download', also downloads the videos.
extra_info is a dict containing the extra values to add to each result
'''
+ if not ie_key and force_generic_extractor:
+ ie_key = 'Generic'
+
if ie_key:
ies = [self.get_info_extractor(ie_key)]
else:
@@ -1004,7 +1010,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
t.get('preference'), t.get('width'), t.get('height'),
t.get('id'), t.get('url')))
for i, t in enumerate(thumbnails):
- if 'width' in t and 'height' in t:
+ if t.get('width') and t.get('height'):
t['resolution'] = '%dx%d' % (t['width'], t['height'])
if t.get('id') is None:
t['id'] = '%d' % i
@@ -1016,13 +1022,13 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
info_dict['display_id'] = info_dict['id']
if info_dict.get('upload_date') is None and info_dict.get('timestamp') is not None:
- # Working around negative timestamps in Windows
- # (see http://bugs.python.org/issue1646728)
- if info_dict['timestamp'] < 0 and os.name == 'nt':
- info_dict['timestamp'] = 0
- upload_date = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(
- info_dict['timestamp'])
- info_dict['upload_date'] = upload_date.strftime('%Y%m%d')
+ # Working around out-of-range timestamp values (e.g. negative ones on Windows,
+ # see http://bugs.python.org/issue1646728)
+ try:
+ upload_date = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(info_dict['timestamp'])
+ info_dict['upload_date'] = upload_date.strftime('%Y%m%d')
+ except (ValueError, OverflowError, OSError):
+ pass
if self.params.get('listsubtitles', False):
if 'automatic_captions' in info_dict:
@@ -1033,12 +1039,6 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
info_dict['id'], info_dict.get('subtitles'),
info_dict.get('automatic_captions'))
- # This extractors handle format selection themselves
- if info_dict['extractor'] in ['Youku']:
- if download:
- self.process_info(info_dict)
- return info_dict
-
# We now pick which formats have to be downloaded
if info_dict.get('formats') is None:
# There's only one format available
@@ -1499,7 +1499,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
for url in url_list:
try:
# It also downloads the videos
- res = self.extract_info(url)
+ res = self.extract_info(
+ url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
except UnavailableVideoError:
self.report_error('unable to download video')
except MaxDownloadsReached: