From 34f4d6bff732fcb2297c73f2816c19edd83df9b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy <scene@scene.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:57:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(track): fallback to requests downloader from n_m3u8dl_re
 for unsupported track types

---
 unshackle/commands/dl.py       |  5 -----
 unshackle/core/tracks/track.py | 25 +++++++------------------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/unshackle/commands/dl.py b/unshackle/commands/dl.py
index 4328228..ec592b6 100644
--- a/unshackle/commands/dl.py
+++ b/unshackle/commands/dl.py
@@ -1861,11 +1861,6 @@ class dl:
                             )
                             self.cdm = quality_based_cdm
 
-            for track in title.tracks.subtitles:
-                if callable(track.OnSegmentFilter) and track.downloader.__name__ == "n_m3u8dl_re":
-                    from unshackle.core.downloaders import requests as requests_downloader
-                    track.downloader = requests_downloader
-
             dl_start_time = time.time()
 
             try:
diff --git a/unshackle/core/tracks/track.py b/unshackle/core/tracks/track.py
index b9e3720..a6beb7f 100644
--- a/unshackle/core/tracks/track.py
+++ b/unshackle/core/tracks/track.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from unshackle.core.constants import DOWNLOAD_CANCELLED, DOWNLOAD_LICENCE_ONLY
 from unshackle.core.downloaders import aria2c, curl_impersonate, n_m3u8dl_re, requests
 from unshackle.core.drm import DRM_T, PlayReady, Widevine
 from unshackle.core.events import events
-from unshackle.core.utilities import get_boxes, get_extension, try_ensure_utf8
+from unshackle.core.utilities import get_boxes, try_ensure_utf8
 from unshackle.core.utils.subprocess import ffprobe
 
 
@@ -210,23 +210,12 @@ class Track:
         save_path = config.directories.temp / f"{track_type}_{self.id}.mp4"
         if track_type == "Subtitle":
             save_path = save_path.with_suffix(f".{self.codec.extension}")
-            # n_m3u8dl_re doesn't support directly downloading subtitles from URLs
-            # or when the subtitle has a direct file extension
-            if self.downloader.__name__ == "n_m3u8dl_re" and (
-                self.descriptor == self.Descriptor.URL
-                or get_extension(self.url)
-                in {
-                    ".srt",
-                    ".vtt",
-                    ".ttml",
-                    ".ssa",
-                    ".ass",
-                    ".stpp",
-                    ".wvtt",
-                    ".xml",
-                }
-            ):
-                self.downloader = requests
+
+        if self.downloader.__name__ == "n_m3u8dl_re" and (
+            self.descriptor == self.Descriptor.URL
+            or track_type in ("Subtitle", "Attachment")
+        ):
+            self.downloader = requests
 
         if self.descriptor != self.Descriptor.URL:
             save_dir = save_path.with_name(save_path.name + "_segments")