[youtube] Fix protocol-independent URLs (Fixes #1768)

11 years ago · 9f9be844fc
parent 80b9bbce86
commit 9f9be844fc
1 changed files with 2 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@ -1019,6 +1019,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
        """Turn the encrypted s field into a working signature"""

        if player_url is not None:
+            if player_url.startswith(u'//'):
+                player_url = u'https:' + player_url
            try:
                player_id = (player_url, len(s))
                if player_id not in self._player_cache: