[downloader] Improve downloader selection

youtube_dl/utils.py

@@ -1642,3 +1642,25 @@ def is_html(first_bytes):
         s = first_bytes.decode('utf-8', 'replace')
 
     return re.match(r'^\s*<', s)
+
+
+def determine_protocol(info_dict):
+    protocol = info_dict.get('protocol')
+    if protocol is not None:
+        return protocol
+
+    url = info_dict['url']
+    if url.startswith('rtmp'):
+        return 'rtmp'
+    elif url.startswith('mms'):
+        return 'mms'
+    elif url.startswith('rtsp'):
+        return 'rtsp'
+
+    ext = determine_ext(url)
+    if ext == 'm3u8':
+        return 'm3u8'
+    elif ext == 'f4m':
+        return 'f4m'
+
+    return compat_urllib_parse_urlparse(url).scheme