@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
video_url = compat_urllib_parse.unquote(mobj.group(1))
if video_url.startswith('//'):
video_url = compat_urllib_parse_urlparse(url).scheme + ':' + video_url
if '://' not in video_url:
video_url = url + ('' if url.endswith('/') else '/') + video_url
video_id = os.path.basename(video_url)
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