From 2381881fe58a723853350a6ab750a5efc9f10c85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sepro <sepro@sepr0.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:31:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [ie/vk] Fix uploader extraction (#12985)

Closes #12967
Authored by: seproDev
---
 yt_dlp/extractor/vk.py | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 mode change 100644 => 100755 yt_dlp/extractor/vk.py

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/vk.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/vk.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index ef67c210bc..c269802b37
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/vk.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/vk.py
@@ -300,6 +300,24 @@ class VKIE(VKBaseIE):
                 'upload_date': '20250130',
             },
         },
+        {
+            'url': 'https://vkvideo.ru/video-50883936_456244102',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '-50883936_456244102',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Добивание Украины // Техник в коме // МОЯ ЗЛОСТЬ №140',
+                'description': 'md5:a9bc46181e9ebd0fdd82cef6c0191140',
+                'uploader': 'Стас Ай, Как Просто!',
+                'uploader_id': '-50883936',
+                'comment_count': int,
+                'like_count': int,
+                'duration': 4651,
+                'thumbnail': r're:https?://.+\.jpg',
+                'chapters': 'count:59',
+                'timestamp': 1743333869,
+                'upload_date': '20250330',
+            },
+        },
         {
             # live stream, hls and rtmp links, most likely already finished live
             # stream by the time you are reading this comment
@@ -540,7 +558,7 @@ class VKIE(VKBaseIE):
                 'title': ('md_title', {unescapeHTML}),
                 'description': ('description', {clean_html}, filter),
                 'thumbnail': ('jpg', {url_or_none}),
-                'uploader': ('md_author', {str}),
+                'uploader': ('md_author', {unescapeHTML}),
                 'uploader_id': (('author_id', 'authorId'), {str_or_none}, any),
                 'duration': ('duration', {int_or_none}),
                 'chapters': ('time_codes', lambda _, v: isinstance(v['time'], int), {