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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index c992cba97..56d30f52a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
params = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
'lang': lang,
'v': video_id,
- 'fmt': self._downloader.params.get('subtitlesformat'),
+ 'fmt': self._downloader.params.get('subtitlesformat', 'srt'),
'name': l[0].encode('utf-8'),
})
url = u'http://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?' + params
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
def _get_available_automatic_caption(self, video_id, webpage):
"""We need the webpage for getting the captions url, pass it as an
argument to speed up the process."""
- sub_format = self._downloader.params.get('subtitlesformat')
+ sub_format = self._downloader.params.get('subtitlesformat', 'srt')
self.to_screen(u'%s: Looking for automatic captions' % video_id)
mobj = re.search(r';ytplayer.config = ({.*?});', webpage)
err_msg = u'Couldn\'t find automatic captions for %s' % video_id