[ie/generic] Improve direct video link ext detection #8340
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Closes #8265
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Improved file extension detection for generic extractor by using a helper function and passing the detected extension to the format info. This affects the file
yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py
.Walkthrough
urlhandle_detect_ext
function fromutils.py
to detect file extension from URL response (link)determine_ext
function to acceptdefault_ext
argument and returnNone
if URL has no clear extension (link)urlhandle_detect_ext
function withfull_response
object to get more accurate extension from response headers or content type (link)ext
variable tof
dictionary to pass extension information to downloader (link)