+ # In order to minimize the number of calls to ViewClip API and reduce
+ # the probability of being throttled or banned by Pluralsight we will request
+ # only single format until formats listing was explicitly requested.
+ if self._downloader.params.get('listformats', False):
+ allowed_qualities = ALLOWED_QUALITIES
+ else:
+ def guess_allowed_qualities():
+ req_format = self._downloader.params.get('format') or 'best'
+ req_format_split = req_format.split('-')
+ if len(req_format_split) > 1:
+ req_ext, req_quality = req_format_split
+ for allowed_quality in ALLOWED_QUALITIES:
+ if req_ext == allowed_quality.ext and req_quality in allowed_quality.qualities:
+ return (AllowedQuality(req_ext, (req_quality, )), )
+ req_ext = 'webm' if self._downloader.params.get('prefer_free_formats') else 'mp4'
+ return (AllowedQuality(req_ext, ('high', )), )
+ allowed_qualities = guess_allowed_qualities()
+