From: Sergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:04:52 +0000 (+0700)
Subject: [vk] Fix extraction (closes #22522)
X-Git-Url: http://git.oshgnacknak.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6483fbd336839c45a376d08d8f4a34e97d581e5e;p=youtube-dl

[vk] Fix extraction (closes #22522)
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diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py
index f57ed2288..8b6dc0e24 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py
@@ -403,8 +403,17 @@ class VKIE(VKBaseIE):
             data = self._parse_json(
                 self._search_regex(
                     r'var\s+playerParams\s*=\s*({.+?})\s*;\s*\n', info_page,
-                    'player params'),
-                video_id)['params'][0]
+                    'player params', default='{}'),
+                video_id)
+            if data:
+                data = data['params'][0]
+
+        # <!--{...}
+        if not data:
+            data = self._parse_json(
+                self._search_regex(
+                    r'<!--\s*({.+})', info_page, 'payload'),
+                video_id)['payload'][-1][-1]['player']['params'][0]
 
         title = unescapeHTML(data['md_title'])