X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=youtube_dl%2FYoutubeDL.py;h=b68b110a461f50af2d163997d1acfa18ece3afaf;hb=6a656a843a629ceef6979976a353d177c97b9527;hp=711b5d79eb70aa9dbae685a6c7cf0400273055a1;hpb=4a98cdbf3b19b07c7a885d348e79ddf79318f133;p=youtube-dl

diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 711b5d79e..b68b110a4 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     cookiefile:        File name where cookies should be read from and dumped to.
     nocheckcertificate:Do not verify SSL certificates
     proxy:             URL of the proxy server to use
+    socket_timeout:    Time to wait for unresponsive hosts, in seconds
 
     The following parameters are not used by YoutubeDL itself, they are used by
     the FileDownloader:
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     _num_downloads = None
     _screen_file = None
 
-    def __init__(self, params={}):
+    def __init__(self, params=None):
         """Create a FileDownloader object with the given options."""
         self._ies = []
         self._ies_instances = {}
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         self._download_retcode = 0
         self._num_downloads = 0
         self._screen_file = [sys.stdout, sys.stderr][params.get('logtostderr', False)]
-        self.params = params
+        self.params = {} if params is None else params
 
         if (sys.version_info >= (3,) and sys.platform != 'win32' and
                 sys.getfilesystemencoding() in ['ascii', 'ANSI_X3.4-1968']
@@ -969,7 +970,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 proxy_map.update(handler.proxies)
         write_string(u'[debug] Proxy map: ' + compat_str(proxy_map) + u'\n')
 
-    def _setup_opener(self, timeout=20):
+    def _setup_opener(self):
+        timeout_val = self.params.get('socket_timeout')
+        timeout = 600 if timeout_val is None else float(timeout_val)
+
         opts_cookiefile = self.params.get('cookiefile')
         opts_proxy = self.params.get('proxy')