diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py index 09aef7fb9..b490ef74c 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py +++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py @@ -506,12 +506,12 @@ class PBSIE(InfoExtractor): if http_url: for m3u8_format in m3u8_formats: bitrate = self._search_regex(r'(\d+)k', m3u8_format['url'], 'bitrate', default=None) - # lower qualities(150k and 192k) are not available as http formats - # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/commit/cbc032c8b70a038a69259378c92b4ba97b42d491#commitcomment-17313656 - # we will try to extract any http format higher than than the lowest quality documented in - # https://projects.pbs.org/confluence/display/coveapi/COVE+Video+Specifications - # as there also undocumented http formats formats(4500k and 6500k) - # http://www.pbs.org/video/2365815229/ + # Lower qualities (150k and 192k) are not available as HTTP formats (see [1]), + # we won't try extracting them. + # Since summer 2016 higher quality formats (4500k and 6500k) are also available + # albeit they are not documented in [2]. + # 1. https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/commit/cbc032c8b70a038a69259378c92b4ba97b42d491#commitcomment-17313656 + # 2. https://projects.pbs.org/confluence/display/coveapi/COVE+Video+Specifications if not bitrate or int(bitrate) < 400: continue f_url = re.sub(r'\d+k|baseline', bitrate + 'k', http_url)