- meta = self._download_xml(smil_url, video_id, note=note)
- error_element = find_xpath_attr(
- meta, _x('.//smil:ref'), 'src',
- 'http://link.theplatform.com/s/errorFiles/Unavailable.mp4')
- if error_element is not None:
+ meta = self._download_xml(smil_url, video_id, note=note, query={'format': 'SMIL'})
+ error_element = find_xpath_attr(meta, _x('.//smil:ref'), 'src')
+ if error_element is not None and error_element.attrib['src'].startswith(
+ 'http://link.theplatform.com/s/errorFiles/Unavailable.'):