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 ## Extractor Options:
     --extractor-retries RETRIES      Number of retries for known extractor
-                                     errors (default is 10), or "infinite"
+                                     errors (default is 3), or "infinite"
     --allow-dynamic-mpd              Process dynamic DASH manifests (default)
                                      (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)
     --ignore-dynamic-mpd             Do not process dynamic DASH manifests