diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 9de8ca270..a91a379f8 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ def _download_with_rtmpdump(self, filename, url, player_url):
# possible. This is part of rtmpdump's normal usage, AFAIK.
basic_args = ['rtmpdump', '-q'] + [[], ['-W', player_url]][player_url is not None] + ['-r', url, '-o', tmpfilename]
args = basic_args + [[], ['-e', '-k', '1']][self.params.get('continuedl', False)]
- if self.params['verbose']:
+ if self.params.get('verbose', False):
try:
import pipes
shell_quote = lambda args: ' '.join(map(pipes.quote, args))
@@ -1381,10 +1381,9 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
lxml.etree
except NameError:
video_description = u'No description available.'
- if self._downloader.params.get('forcedescription', False) or self._downloader.params.get('writedescription', False):
- mobj = re.search(r'', video_webpage)
- if mobj is not None:
- video_description = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
+ mobj = re.search(r'', video_webpage)
+ if mobj is not None:
+ video_description = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
else:
html_parser = lxml.etree.HTMLParser(encoding='utf-8')
vwebpage_doc = lxml.etree.parse(StringIO.StringIO(video_webpage), html_parser)