youtube-dl

commit a9e8f60ef686eeeb3d31f2e5211ce176dc8f5298
parent a8b7b26068fa8de9983ffef995ea6cd4fd3ce90a
Author: Sergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Jul 2015 23:20:24 +0600

[rtlnl] Update unencrypted streams comment (#6337)

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youtube_dl/extractor/rtlnl.py
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1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/rtlnl.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/rtlnl.py
@@ -82,10 +82,15 @@ class RtlNlIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         meta = info.get('meta', {})
 
-        # Use unencrypted m3u8 streams (See https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/4118)
-        # NB: nowadays, recent ffmpeg and avconv can handle these encrypted streams, so
-        # this adaptive -> flash workaround is not required in general, but it also
-        # allows bypassing georestriction therefore is retained for now.
+        # m3u8 streams are encrypted and may not be handled properly by older ffmpeg/avconv.
+        # To workaround this previously adaptive -> flash trick was used to obtain
+        # unencrypted m3u8 streams (see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/4118)
+        # and bypass georestrictions as well.
+        # Currently, unencrypted m3u8 playlists are (intentionally?) invalid and therefore
+        # unusable albeit can be fixed by simple string replacement (see
+        # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/pull/6337)
+        # Since recent ffmpeg and avconv handle encrypted streams just fine encrypted
+        # streams are used now.
         videopath = material['videopath']
         m3u8_url = meta.get('videohost', 'http://manifest.us.rtl.nl') + videopath