diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/f4m.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/f4m.py index 6170cc1552..7819a91dcb 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/downloader/f4m.py +++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/f4m.py @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ ) from ..utils import ( encodeFilename, + fix_xml_ampersands, sanitize_open, struct_pack, struct_unpack, @@ -288,7 +289,10 @@ def real_download(self, filename, info_dict): self.to_screen('[%s] Downloading f4m manifest' % self.FD_NAME) urlh = self.ydl.urlopen(man_url) man_url = urlh.geturl() - manifest = urlh.read() + # Some manifests may be malformed, e.g. prosiebensat1 generated manifests + # (see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/6215#issuecomment-121704244 + # and https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/7823) + manifest = fix_xml_ampersands(urlh.read()).strip() doc = compat_etree_fromstring(manifest) formats = [(int(f.attrib.get('bitrate', -1)), f)