[bbc] Clarify iptv-all mediaset rationale

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / extractor / bbc.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py
index c1692b6c59bb366202fbbcf2215abba750e2b1cf..074b56372a8c3fee32798321bf319fed1b7c1491 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ class BBCCoUkIE(InfoExtractor):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?bbc\.co\.uk/(?:(?:(?:programmes|iplayer(?:/[^/]+)?/(?:episode|playlist))/)|music/clips[/#])(?P<id>[\da-z]{8})'
 
     _MEDIASELECTOR_URLS = [
+        # Provides HQ HLS streams with even better quality that pc mediaset but fails
+        # with geolocation in some cases when it's even not geo restricted at all (e.g.
+        # http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06bp7lf)
         'http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/iptv-all/vpid/%s',
         'http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/pc/vpid/%s',
     ]