aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py')
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py
index cb34dc4ab..2a775bf00 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
import os
import re
import subprocess
+import sys
from .common import FileDownloader
from .fragment import FragmentFD
@@ -57,8 +58,10 @@ class HlsFD(FileDownloader):
# subprocces.run would send the SIGKILL signal to ffmpeg and the
# mp4 file couldn't be played, but if we ask ffmpeg to quit it
# produces a file that is playable (this is mostly useful for live
- # streams)
- proc.communicate(b'q')
+ # streams). Note that Windows is not affected and produces playable
+ # files (see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/8300).
+ if sys.platform != 'win32':
+ proc.communicate(b'q')
raise
if retval == 0:
fsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))