It keeps reconnecting without it. Download time decreased from 7+ minutes to 25 seconds for me.
mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
video_id = mobj.group('id')
webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+ player_url = self._search_regex(
+ r'playerSwf":"([^"?]*)', webpage, 'player URL')
if mobj.group('mediatype').startswith('music/song'):
# songs don't store any useful info in the 'context' variable
info.update({
'url': rtmp_url,
'play_path': play_path,
+ 'player_url': player_url,
'ext': 'flv',
})
return info