From: Sergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 16:45:28 +0000 (+0600)
Subject: [extractor/generic] Detect m3u playlists served without proper Content-Type
X-Git-Url: http://git.oshgnacknak.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5940862d5a75ae45a640e0ce3104dd18c9864e26;p=youtube-dl

[extractor/generic] Detect m3u playlists served without proper Content-Type
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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.')