Index: samesite.py
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--- samesite.py
+++ samesite.py
@@ -244,16 +244,22 @@
 							if range[0] == None:
 								break
 							ranges += '{}-{}'.format(range[0], range[1] - 1),
 						my_headers['range'] = 'bytes=' + ','.join(ranges)
 
+				headers['Accept-Encoding'] = 'gzip'
 				request = urllib2.Request(request, headers = my_headers)
 
 				source = urllib2.urlopen(request)
 				new_record = {}
 				new_record['_parts'] = record['_parts']
 				headers = source.info()
+
+				if 'content-encoding' in headers and headers['content-encoding'] == 'gzip':
+					import gzip, StringIO
+					buf = StringIO.StringIO(source.read())
+					source = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=buf)
 
 				# stripping unneeded headers (XXX make this inplace?)
 				for header in headers:
 					if header in desc_fields:
 						#if header == 'Pragma' and headers[header] != 'no-cache':
@@ -327,10 +333,11 @@
 					temp_file = open(temp_name, 'r+b')
 					if requested_ranges == None and needed == None:
 						needed = new_record['_parts']
 					needed.rewind()
 					while True:
+						# XXX can make this implicit - one request per range
 						(start, end) = needed.pop()
 						if start == None:
 							break
 						stream_last = start
 						old_record = copy.copy(new_record)