+        fragment_retries = self.params.get('fragment_retries', 0)
+        skip_unavailable_fragments = self.params.get('skip_unavailable_fragments', True)
+
+        def process_segment(segment, tmp_filename, num):
+            segment_url = segment['url']
+            segment_name = 'Frag%d' % num
+            target_filename = '%s-%s' % (tmp_filename, segment_name)
+            # In DASH, the first segment contains necessary headers to
+            # generate a valid MP4 file, so always abort for the first segment
+            fatal = num == 0 or not skip_unavailable_fragments
+            count = 0
+            while count <= fragment_retries:
+                try:
+                    success = ctx['dl'].download(target_filename, {
+                        'url': segment_url,
+                        'http_headers': info_dict.get('http_headers'),
+                    })
+                    if not success:
+                        return False
+                    down, target_sanitized = sanitize_open(target_filename, 'rb')
+                    ctx['dest_stream'].write(down.read())
+                    down.close()
+                    segments_filenames.append(target_sanitized)
+                    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, segment_name, count, fragment_retries)
+            if count > fragment_retries:
+                if not fatal:
+                    self.report_skip_fragment(segment_name)
+                    return True
+                self.report_error('giving up after %s fragment retries' % fragment_retries)
+                return False
+            return True
+
+        for i, segment in enumerate(segments):
+            if not process_segment(segment, ctx['tmpfilename'], i):