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Expand Up @@ -1006,6 +1006,15 @@ local function run_ytdl_hook(url)
if result.status ~= 0 or json == "" then
json = nil
elseif json then
-- trim any preceding text before JSON
local start = json:find("{", 1, true)
if start == nil then
msg.error("youtube-dl failed: couldn't find JSON data")
return
elseif start > 1 then
json = json:sub(start)
end

json, parse_err = utils.parse_json(json)
end

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