From 0b6f0e18d90b1540bff0a75e62ca63e0704b05df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: merismal34 <113308532+merismal34@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 19:28:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] extract audio channels from HLS streams

---
 yt_dlp/extractor/common.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index dae952f6a8..86dcab07db 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -2274,6 +2274,9 @@ def extract_media(x_media_line):
                 subtitles.setdefault(lang, []).append(sub_info)
             if media_type not in ('VIDEO', 'AUDIO'):
                 return
+            channels = media.get('CHANNELS')
+            if not channels is None and channels.isDigit():
+                channels = int(channels)
             media_url = media.get('URI')
             if media_url:
                 manifest_url = format_url(media_url)
@@ -2284,6 +2287,7 @@ def extract_media(x_media_line):
                     'url': manifest_url,
                     'manifest_url': m3u8_url,
                     'language': media.get('LANGUAGE'),
+                    'audio_channels': channels,
                     'ext': ext,
                     'protocol': entry_protocol,
                     'preference': preference,