- info_url = 'http://video.pbs.org/videoInfo/%s?format=json' % video_id
- info = self._download_json(info_url, display_id)
-
- redirect_url = info['alternate_encoding']['url']
- redirect_info = self._download_json(
- redirect_url + '?format=json', display_id,
- 'Downloading video url info')
- if redirect_info['status'] == 'error':
- if redirect_info['http_code'] == 403:
- message = (
- 'The video is not available in your region due to '
- 'right restrictions')
+ info = self._download_json(
+ 'http://video.pbs.org/videoInfo/%s?format=json&type=partner' % video_id,
+ display_id)
+
+ formats = []
+ for encoding_name in ('recommended_encoding', 'alternate_encoding'):
+ redirect = info.get(encoding_name)
+ if not redirect:
+ continue
+ redirect_url = redirect.get('url')
+ if not redirect_url:
+ continue
+
+ redirect_info = self._download_json(
+ redirect_url + '?format=json', display_id,
+ 'Downloading %s video url info' % encoding_name)
+
+ if redirect_info['status'] == 'error':
+ if redirect_info['http_code'] == 403:
+ message = (
+ 'The video is not available in your region due to '
+ 'right restrictions')
+ else:
+ message = redirect_info['message']
+ raise ExtractorError(message, expected=True)
+
+ format_url = redirect_info.get('url')
+ if not format_url:
+ continue
+
+ if determine_ext(format_url) == 'm3u8':
+ formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+ format_url, display_id, 'mp4', preference=1, m3u8_id='hls'))