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@@ -294,6 +294,14 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
players on other sites. Can be True (=always allowed),
False (=never allowed), None (=unknown), or a string
specifying the criteria for embedability (Eg: 'whitelist').
+ __post_extractor: A function to be called just before the metadata is
+ written to either disk, logger or console. The function
+ must return a dict which will be added to the info_dict.
+ This is usefull for additional information that is
+ time-consuming to extract. Note that the fields thus
+ extracted will not be available to output template and
+ match_filter. So, only "comments" and "comment_count" are
+ currently allowed to be extracted via this method.
The following fields should only be used when the video belongs to some logical
chapter or section: