diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py index dee4175ef..4a7d82b7a 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py +++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py @@ -148,9 +148,17 @@ class VimeoIE(InfoExtractor): _, video_thumbnail = sorted((int(width), t_url) for (width, t_url) in config["video"]["thumbs"].items())[-1] # Extract video description - video_description = get_element_by_attribute("itemprop", "description", webpage) - if video_description: video_description = clean_html(video_description) - else: video_description = u'' + video_description = None + try: + video_description = get_element_by_attribute("itemprop", "description", webpage) + if video_description: video_description = clean_html(video_description) + except AssertionError as err: + # On some pages like (http://player.vimeo.com/video/54469442) the + # html tags are not closed, python 2.6 cannot handle it + if err.args[0] == 'we should not get here!': + pass + else: + raise # Extract upload date video_upload_date = None