+def _add_ns(prop, ver=1):
+ return '{http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/%d.0}%s' % (ver, prop)
+
+
+def get_base_url(manifest):
+ base_url = xpath_text(
+ manifest, [_add_ns('baseURL'), _add_ns('baseURL', 2)],
+ 'base URL', default=None)
+ if base_url:
+ base_url = base_url.strip()
+ return base_url