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diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 18b1443b8..09d2b18f2 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ from .utils import (
DateRange,
DEFAULT_OUTTMPL,
determine_ext,
+ determine_protocol,
DownloadError,
encode_compat_str,
encodeFilename,
@@ -1309,6 +1310,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
# Automatically determine file extension if missing
if 'ext' not in format:
format['ext'] = determine_ext(format['url']).lower()
+ # Automatically determine protocol if missing (useful for format
+ # selection purposes)
+ if 'protocol' not in format:
+ format['protocol'] = determine_protocol(format)
# Add HTTP headers, so that external programs can use them from the
# json output
full_format_info = info_dict.copy()