From af6793f804140ddedb62227155aa457f16d1cd93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pukkandan <pukkandan.ytdlp@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 01:15:44 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] [downloader/ffmpeg] Handle unknown formats better
---
yt_dlp/downloader/external.py | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py b/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py
index 15ac72464..f4fdcf120 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ from ..utils import (
cli_valueless_option,
cli_bool_option,
_configuration_args,
+ determine_ext,
encodeFilename,
encodeArgument,
handle_youtubedl_headers,
check_executable,
Popen,
+ remove_end,
)
@@ -463,6 +465,15 @@ class FFmpegFD(ExternalFD):
args += ['-f', 'flv']
elif ext == 'mp4' and tmpfilename == '-':
args += ['-f', 'mpegts']
+ elif ext == 'unknown_video':
+ ext = determine_ext(remove_end(tmpfilename, '.part'))
+ if ext == 'unknown_video':
+ self.report_warning(
+ 'The video format is unknown and cannot be downloaded by ffmpeg. '
+ 'Explicitly set the extension in the filename to attempt download in that format')
+ else:
+ self.report_warning(f'The video format is unknown. Trying to download as {ext} according to the filename')
+ args += ['-f', EXT_TO_OUT_FORMATS.get(ext, ext)]
else:
args += ['-f', EXT_TO_OUT_FORMATS.get(ext, ext)]