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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index 5649e26da..24d43a247 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -1299,9 +1299,15 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
request.add_header('Accept-Encoding', '*')
full_response = self._request_webpage(request, video_id)
+ first_bytes = full_response.read(512)
+
+ # Is it an M3U playlist?
+ if first_bytes.startswith('#EXTM3U'):
+ info_dict['formats'] = self._extract_m3u8_formats(url, video_id, 'mp4')
+ return info_dict
+
# Maybe it's a direct link to a video?
# Be careful not to download the whole thing!
- first_bytes = full_response.read(512)
if not is_html(first_bytes):
self._downloader.report_warning(
'URL could be a direct video link, returning it as such.')