diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py index c7552fddb5..e1d6a2a013 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py +++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py @@ -162,6 +162,16 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor): raise ExtractorError(u'Failed to download URL: %s' % url) self.report_extraction(video_id) + + # it's tempting to parse this further, but you would + # have to take into account all the variations like + # Video Title - Site Name + # Site Name | Video Title + # Video Title - Tagline | Site Name + # and so on and so forth; it's just not practical + video_title = self._html_search_regex(r'