@ -767,6 +767,10 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
formats)
def _is_valid_url(self, url, video_id, item='video'):
url = self._proto_relative_url(url, scheme='http:')
# For now assume non HTTP(S) URLs always valid
if not (url.startswith('http://') or url.startswith('https://')):
return True
try:
self._request_webpage(url, video_id, 'Checking %s URL' % item)