From 008a871ccb86fc7859265fd84a02ce48b240f504 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20F=C3=A4hrmann?= <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 11:02:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [weibo] download 'm3u8' manifests with ytdl (#8339)

---
 gallery_dl/extractor/weibo.py | 13 +++++++++----
 test/results/weibo.py         | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/weibo.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/weibo.py
index 823e8e03..7bf52423 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/weibo.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/weibo.py
@@ -87,15 +87,20 @@ class WeiboExtractor(Extractor):
             yield Message.Directory, status
 
             for num, file in enumerate(files, 1):
-                if file["url"].startswith("http:"):
-                    file["url"] = "https:" + file["url"][5:]
+                url = file["url"]
+                if url.startswith("http:"):
+                    url = f"https:{url[5:]}"
                 if "filename" not in file:
-                    text.nameext_from_url(file["url"], file)
+                    text.nameext_from_url(url, file)
                     if file["extension"] == "json":
                         file["extension"] = "mp4"
+                if file["extension"] == "m3u8":
+                    url = f"ytdl:{url}"
+                    file["_ytdl_manifest"] = "hls"
+                    file["extension"] = "mp4"
                 file["status"] = status
                 file["num"] = num
-                yield Message.Url, file["url"], file
+                yield Message.Url, url, file
 
     def _extract_status(self, status, files):
         if "mix_media_info" in status:
diff --git a/test/results/weibo.py b/test/results/weibo.py
index c31b3fc7..29303c00 100644
--- a/test/results/weibo.py
+++ b/test/results/weibo.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ __tests__ = (
     "#comment" : "missing 'playback_list' (#2792)",
     "#category": ("", "weibo", "status"),
     "#class"   : weibo.WeiboStatusExtractor,
-    "#count"   : 10,
+    "#count"   : 9,
 },
 
 {
@@ -308,4 +308,20 @@ __tests__ = (
     "#class"   : weibo.WeiboStatusExtractor,
 },
 
+{
+    "#url"     : "https://weibo.com/7117031969/5208376084532264",
+    "#comment" : "'.m3u8' manifest (live replay #8339)",
+    "#class"   : weibo.WeiboStatusExtractor,
+    "#pattern" : r"ytdl:https://live.video.weibocdn.com/0f9e059c-3438-49ab-a84c-671a04d37b92_index.m3u8\?media_id=5208391172685924&.+&KID=unistore,video",
+    "#count"   : 1,
+},
+
+{
+    "#url"     : "https://weibo.com/2683260651/3774796733364550",
+    "#comment" : "'.m3u8' manifest (from 2014)",
+    "#class"   : weibo.WeiboStatusExtractor,
+    "#pattern" : r"ytdl:https://us.sinaimg.cn/001xN98Njx06NszB2n15010d0100008H0k01.m3u8\?ori=0&.+&KID=unistore,video",
+    "#count"   : 1,
+},
+
 )