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-rw-r--r--yt_dlp/downloader/__init__.py2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/yt_dlp/downloader/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/downloader/__init__.py
index ceb075472..3c8008890 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/__init__.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def get_suitable_downloader(info_dict, params={}, default=HttpFD):
downloaders = params.get('external_downloader')
external_downloader = (
- downloaders if isinstance(downloaders, compat_str)
+ downloaders if isinstance(downloaders, compat_str) or downloaders is None
else downloaders.get(shorten_protocol_name(protocol, True), downloaders.get('default')))
if external_downloader and external_downloader.lower() == 'native':
external_downloader = 'native'