Sanitize `chapters`

Closes #4182

diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index 6ffc5f71c311198e1bd243228184a4070f386b3d..c6882d0d795b0cf78e06b09857e893a723595fef 100644 (file)
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -2375,6 +2375,15 @@ def sanitize_numeric_fields(info):
         if (info_dict.get('duration') or 0) <= 0 and info_dict.pop('duration', None):
             self.report_warning('"duration" field is negative, there is an error in extractor')
 
+        chapters = info_dict.get('chapters') or []
+        dummy_chapter = {'end_time': 0, 'start_time': info_dict.get('duration')}
+        for prev, current, next_ in zip(
+                (dummy_chapter, *chapters), chapters, (*chapters[1:], dummy_chapter)):
+            if current.get('start_time') is None:
+                current['start_time'] = prev.get('end_time')
+            if not current.get('end_time'):
+                current['end_time'] = next_.get('start_time')
+
         if 'playlist' not in info_dict:
             # It isn't part of a playlist
             info_dict['playlist'] = None