youtube-dl

commit ac5a69af45307b583a9a6088abe5939bec18d562
parent 94e8c8047353eb541fa20dcf55819cc6ee6d3303
Author: Yen Chi Hsuan <yan12125@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 29 Nov 2015 12:44:24 +0800

[youtube] Disable compression for live streams

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youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
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1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1475,6 +1475,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             manifest_url = video_info['hlsvp'][0]
             url_map = self._extract_from_m3u8(manifest_url, video_id)
             formats = _map_to_format_list(url_map)
+            # Accept-Encoding header causes failures in live streams on Youtube and Youtube Gaming
+            for a_format in formats:
+                if 'http_headers' not in a_format:
+                    a_format['http_headers'] = {}
+                a_format['http_headers']['Youtubedl-no-compression'] = True
         else:
             raise ExtractorError('no conn, hlsvp or url_encoded_fmt_stream_map information found in video info')