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--[[
$Id$
Copyright © 2007-2012 the VideoLAN team
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
--]]
-- Helper function to get a parameter's value in a URL
function get_url_param( url, name )
local _, _, res = string.find( url, "[&?]"..name.."=([^&]*)" )
return res
end
function get_arturl()
local iurl = get_url_param( vlc.path, "iurl" )
if iurl then
return iurl
end
local video_id = get_url_param( vlc.path, "v" )
if not video_id then
return nil
end
return "http://img.youtube.com/vi/"..video_id.."/default.jpg"
end
function get_prefres()
local prefres = -1
if vlc.var and vlc.var.inherit then
prefres = vlc.var.inherit(nil, "preferred-resolution")
if prefres == nil then
prefres = -1
end
prefres = 360
end
return prefres
end
-- Pick the most suited format available
function get_fmt( fmt_list )
local prefres = get_prefres()
if prefres < 0 then
return nil
end
local fmt = nil
for itag,height in string.gmatch( fmt_list, "(%d+)/%d+x(%d+)/[^,]+" ) do
-- Apparently formats are listed in quality
-- order, so we take the first one that works,
-- or fallback to the lowest quality
fmt = itag
if tonumber(height) <= prefres then
break
end
end
return fmt
end
-- Parse and pick our video URL
function pick_url( url_map, fmt )
local path = nil
for stream in string.gmatch( url_map, "[^,]+" ) do
-- Apparently formats are listed in quality order,
-- so we can afford to simply take the first one
local itag = string.match( stream, "itag=(%d+)" )
if not fmt or not itag or tonumber( itag ) == tonumber( fmt ) then
local url = string.match( stream, "url=([^&,]+)" )
if url then
url = vlc.strings.decode_uri( url )
local sig = string.match( stream, "sig=([^&,]+)" )
local signature = ""
if sig then
signature = "&signature="..sig
end
path = url..signature
break
end
end
end
return path
end
-- Probe function.
function probe()
if vlc.access ~= "http" and vlc.access ~= "https" then
return false
end
youtube_site = string.match( string.sub( vlc.path, 1, 8 ), "youtube" )
if not youtube_site then
-- FIXME we should be using a builtin list of known youtube websites
-- like "fr.youtube.com", "uk.youtube.com" etc..
youtube_site = string.find( vlc.path, ".youtube.com" )
if youtube_site == nil then
return false
end
end
return ( string.match( vlc.path, "/watch%?" ) -- the html page
or string.match( vlc.path, "/get_video_info%?" ) -- info API
or string.match( vlc.path, "/v/" ) -- video in swf player
or string.match( vlc.path, "/player2.swf" ) ) -- another player url
end
-- Parse function.
function parse()
if string.match( vlc.path, "/watch%?" )
then -- This is the HTML page's URL
-- fmt is the format of the video
-- (cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Quality_and_codecs)
fmt = get_url_param( vlc.path, "fmt" )
while true do
-- Try to find the video's title
line = vlc.readline()
if not line then break end
if string.match( line, "<meta name=\"title\"" ) then
_,_,name = string.find( line, "content=\"(.-)\"" )
name = vlc.strings.resolve_xml_special_chars( name )
name = vlc.strings.resolve_xml_special_chars( name )
end
if string.match( line, "<meta name=\"description\"" ) then
-- Don't ask me why they double encode ...
_,_,description = string.find( line, "content=\"(.-)\"" )
description = vlc.strings.resolve_xml_special_chars( description )
description = vlc.strings.resolve_xml_special_chars( description )
end
if string.match( line, "<meta property=\"og:image\"" ) then
_,_,arturl = string.find( line, "content=\"(.-)\"" )
end
if string.match( line, " rel=\"author\"" ) then
_,_,artist = string.find( line, "href=\"/user/([^\"]*)\"" )
end
-- JSON parameters, also formerly known as "swfConfig",
-- "SWF_ARGS", "swfArgs", "PLAYER_CONFIG" ...
if string.match( line, "playerConfig" ) then
if not fmt then
fmt_list = string.match( line, "\"fmt_list\": \"(.-)\"" )
if fmt_list then
fmt_list = string.gsub( fmt_list, "\\/", "/" )
fmt = get_fmt( fmt_list )
end
end
url_map = string.match( line, "\"url_encoded_fmt_stream_map\": \"(.-)\"" )
if url_map then
-- FIXME: do this properly
url_map = string.gsub( url_map, "\\u0026", "&" )
path = pick_url( url_map, fmt )
end
if not path then
-- If this is a live stream, the URL map will be empty
-- and we get the URL from this field instead
local hlsvp = string.match( line, "\"hlsvp\": \"(.-)\"" )
if hlsvp then
hlsvp = string.gsub( hlsvp, "\\/", "/" )
path = hlsvp
end
end
-- There is also another version of the parameters, encoded
-- differently, as an HTML attribute of an <object> or <embed>
-- tag; but we don't need it now
end
end
if not path then
local video_id = get_url_param( vlc.path, "v" )
if video_id then
if fmt then
format = "&fmt=" .. fmt
else
format = ""
end
-- Without "el=detailpage", /get_video_info fails for many
-- music videos with errors about copyrighted content being
-- "restricted from playback on certain sites"
path = "http://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id="..video_id..format.."&el=detailpage"
vlc.msg.warn( "Couldn't extract video URL, falling back to alternate youtube API" )
end
end
if not path then
vlc.msg.err( "Couldn't extract youtube video URL, please check for updates to this script" )
return { }
end
if not arturl then
arturl = get_arturl()
end
return { { path = path; name = name; description = description; artist = artist; arturl = arturl } }
elseif string.match( vlc.path, "/get_video_info%?" ) then -- video info API
local line = vlc.readline() -- data is on one line only
local fmt = get_url_param( vlc.path, "fmt" )
if not fmt then
local fmt_list = string.match( line, "&fmt_list=([^&]*)" )
if fmt_list then
fmt_list = vlc.strings.decode_uri( fmt_list )
fmt = get_fmt( fmt_list )
end
end
local url_map = string.match( line, "&url_encoded_fmt_stream_map=([^&]*)" )
if url_map then
url_map = vlc.strings.decode_uri( url_map )
path = pick_url( url_map, fmt )
end
if not path then
-- If this is a live stream, the URL map will be empty
-- and we get the URL from this field instead
local hlsvp = string.match( line, "&hlsvp=([^&]*)" )
if hlsvp then
hlsvp = vlc.strings.decode_uri( hlsvp )
path = hlsvp
end
end
if not path then
vlc.msg.err( "Couldn't extract youtube video URL, please check for updates to this script" )
return { }
end
local title = string.match( line, "&title=([^&]*)" )
if title then
title = string.gsub( title, "+", " " )
title = vlc.strings.decode_uri( title )
end
local artist = string.match( line, "&author=([^&]*)" )
local arturl = string.match( line, "&thumbnail_url=([^&]*)" )
if arturl then
arturl = vlc.strings.decode_uri( arturl )
end
return { { path = path, title = title, artist = artist, arturl = arturl } }
else -- This is the flash player's URL
video_id = get_url_param( vlc.path, "video_id" )
if not video_id then
_,_,video_id = string.find( vlc.path, "/v/([^?]*)" )
end
if not video_id then
vlc.msg.err( "Couldn't extract youtube video URL" )
return { }
end
fmt = get_url_param( vlc.path, "fmt" )
if fmt then
format = "&fmt=" .. fmt
else
format = ""
end
return { { path = "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v="..video_id..format } }
end
end
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