Detect (and use) unknown codecs - idea by JPeg

diff --git a/share/lua/playlist/dailymotion.lua b/share/lua/playlist/dailymotion.lua
index 2cbae59842b3b20dc67136cf30923177871feb62..f334cd21dbedfef8fbaefa1165b074046012514c 100644 (file)
--- a/share/lua/playlist/dailymotion.lua
+++ b/share/lua/playlist/dailymotion.lua
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ function parse()
             local score = 666
             local bestcodec
             for codec,_ in pairs(available) do
+                if pref[codec] == nil then
+                    vlc.msg_warn( "Unknown codec: " .. codec )
+                    pref[codec] = 42 -- try the 1st unknown codec if other fail
+                end
                 if pref[codec] < score then
                     bestcodec = codec
                     score = pref[codec]