display a meaningful error message on rental videos (#359)

12 years ago · 7df97fb59f
3 changed files with 5 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/BIN
+++ b/BIN
--- a/youtube-dl.exe
+++ b/youtube-dl.exe
--- a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
@ -311,6 +311,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
 				self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: "token" parameter not in video info for unknown reason')
 			return

+		# Check for "rental" videos
+		if 'ypc_video_rental_bar_text' in video_info and 'author' not in video_info:
+			self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: "rental" videos not supported')
+			return
+
 		# Start extracting information
 		self.report_information_extraction(video_id)