- smil = self._download_smil(smil_url, video_id, fatal=False)
-
- # Probably a playlist
- if smil is False:
- webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
- entries = [
- self.url_result(compat_urlparse.urljoin(url, video_url), 'VideoLecturesNet')
- for _, video_url in re.findall(r'<a[^>]+href=(["\'])(.+?)\1[^>]+id=["\']lec=\d+', webpage)]
- playlist_title = self._html_search_meta('title', webpage, 'title', fatal=True)
- playlist_description = self._html_search_meta('description', webpage, 'description')
- return self.playlist_result(entries, video_id, playlist_title, playlist_description)
+
+ try:
+ smil = self._download_smil(smil_url, video_id)
+ except ExtractorError as e:
+ if isinstance(e.cause, compat_HTTPError) and e.cause.code == 404:
+ # Probably a playlist
+ webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+ entries = [
+ self.url_result(compat_urlparse.urljoin(url, video_url), 'VideoLecturesNet')
+ for _, video_url in re.findall(r'<a[^>]+href=(["\'])(.+?)\1[^>]+id=["\']lec=\d+', webpage)]
+ playlist_title = self._html_search_meta('title', webpage, 'title', fatal=True)
+ playlist_description = self._html_search_meta('description', webpage, 'description')
+ return self.playlist_result(entries, video_id, playlist_title, playlist_description)