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Fix fetching unavailable (deleted, private) videos throwing unrelated exceptions instead of VideoUnavailableException #912

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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions YoutubeExplode/Videos/Streams/StreamClient.cs
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Expand Up @@ -274,11 +274,14 @@ private async ValueTask<IReadOnlyList<IStreamInfo>> GetStreamInfosAsync(

return await GetStreamInfosAsync(videoId, playerResponse, cancellationToken);
}
catch (VideoUnplayableException)
// Retry with deciphering
catch (VideoUnplayableException ex)
// Only retry on videos that are unplayable for reasons other than being unavailable (deleted, private, etc)
when (ex is not VideoUnavailableException)
{
// Try to get player response from a client with cipher
var cipherManifest = await ResolveCipherManifestAsync(cancellationToken);

// Try to get player response from a client with cipher
var playerResponse = await _controller.GetPlayerResponseAsync(
videoId,
cipherManifest.SignatureTimestamp,
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