[niconico] Clarify download

diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/niconico.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/niconico.py
index 22898b5a1b142cb9febed95dbabb6a5f28b3ad02..729607ea3a95c28b7507a3347f200d065a4e3a39 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/niconico.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/niconico.py
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ class NiconicoIE(InfoExtractor):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         video_id = mobj.group(1)
 
-        # Get video webpage
-        video_webpage = self._download_webpage(
-            'http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/' + video_id, video_id)
+        # Get video webpage. We are not actually interested in it, but need
+        # the cookies in order to be able to download the info webpage
+        self._download_webpage('http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/' + video_id, video_id)
 
         video_info_webpage = self._download_webpage(
             'http://ext.nicovideo.jp/api/getthumbinfo/' + video_id, video_id,