-        with open(tmpfilename, 'wb') as outf:
-            append_url_to_file(
-                outf, combine_url(base_url, info_dict['initialization_url']),
-                'initialization segment')
-            for i, segment_url in enumerate(segment_urls):
-                segment_len = append_url_to_file(
-                    outf, combine_url(base_url, segment_url),
-                    'segment %d / %d' % (i + 1, len(segment_urls)),
-                    remaining_bytes)
-                byte_counter += segment_len
-                if remaining_bytes is not None:
-                    remaining_bytes -= segment_len
-                    if remaining_bytes <= 0:
+        frag_index = 0
+        for i, fragment in enumerate(fragments):
+            frag_index += 1
+            if frag_index <= ctx['fragment_index']:
+                continue
+            # In DASH, the first segment contains necessary headers to
+            # generate a valid MP4 file, so always abort for the first segment
+            fatal = i == 0 or not skip_unavailable_fragments
+            count = 0
+            while count <= fragment_retries:
+                try:
+                    fragment_url = fragment.get('url')
+                    if not fragment_url:
+                        assert fragment_base_url
+                        fragment_url = urljoin(fragment_base_url, fragment['path'])
+                    success, frag_content = self._download_fragment(ctx, fragment_url, info_dict)
+                    if not success:
+                        return False
+                    self._append_fragment(ctx, frag_content)
+                    break
+                except compat_urllib_error.HTTPError as err:
+                    # YouTube may often return 404 HTTP error for a fragment causing the
+                    # whole download to fail. However if the same fragment is immediately
+                    # retried with the same request data this usually succeeds (1-2 attemps
+                    # is usually enough) thus allowing to download the whole file successfully.
+                    # To be future-proof we will retry all fragments that fail with any
+                    # HTTP error.
+                    count += 1
+                    if count <= fragment_retries:
+                        self.report_retry_fragment(err, frag_index, count, fragment_retries)
+                except DownloadError:
+                    # Don't retry fragment if error occurred during HTTP downloading
+                    # itself since it has own retry settings
+                    if not fatal:
+                        self.report_skip_fragment(frag_index)