raise
else:
# Examine the reported length
- if content_length is not None and long(content_length) == resume_len:
- # The file had already been fully downloaded
+ if (content_length is not None and
+ resume_len - 100 < long(content_length) < resume_len + 100):
+ # The file had already been fully downloaded.
+ # Explanation to the above condition: in issue #175 it was revealed that
+ # YouTube sometimes adds or removes a few bytes from the end of the file,
+ # changing the file size slightly and causing problems for some users. So
+ # I decided to implement a suggested change and consider the file
+ # completely downloaded if the file size differs less than 100 bytes from
+ # the one in the hard drive.
self.report_file_already_downloaded(filename)
return True
else: