[howcast] Do not download from http://www.howcast.com/videos/{video_id}

It takes too much to follow the redirection.
11 years ago · 6a2449df3b
parent 22c8b52545
commit 6a2449df3b
1 changed files with 1 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/howcast.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/howcast.py
@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ class HowcastIE(InfoExtractor):
        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)

        video_id = mobj.group('id')
-        webpage_url = 'http://www.howcast.com/videos/' + video_id
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(webpage_url, video_id)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)

        self.report_extraction(video_id)