CBS manual content ID

[spookyahell]

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Description of my feature request

CBS extractor's first step is fetching the content id. I have a content id from a video that won't auto-detect. (http://www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek-2017/) But I can extract it manually (UnACteDDxshm4ZuS_XsNTxvpMjzZtEaJ). I would think it would be good if one can give youtube-dl the URL "http://can.cbs.com/thunder/player/videoPlayerService.php?partner=cbs&contentId=UnACteDDxshm4ZuS_XsNTxvpMjzZtEaJ" (when activating print-traffic it will show that URL for all other videos) directly and it would take it from there.

[remitamine]

you will be able to pass the content id to youtube-dl in the next version like that:youtube-dl cbs:content_id
replace content_id with the content id you want.