From 2a212dff25f2a20b771d32f066188fffc90210eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: WyattBlue <wyattblue@auto-editor.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 03:58:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify StreamContainer.get method

---
 av/container/streams.py | 36 ++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/av/container/streams.py b/av/container/streams.py
index 027c0016b..0045b5c85 100644
--- a/av/container/streams.py
+++ b/av/container/streams.py
@@ -3,15 +3,6 @@
 from cython.cimports.av.stream import Stream
 
 
-def _flatten(input_):
-    for x in input_:
-        if isinstance(x, (tuple, list)):
-            for y in _flatten(x):
-                yield y
-        else:
-            yield x
-
-
 @cython.cfunc
 def _get_media_type_enum(type: str) -> lib.AVMediaType:
     if type == "video":
@@ -131,35 +122,36 @@ def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
         If nothing is selected, then all streams are returned.
 
         """
+        selection: list = []
 
-        selection = []
-
-        for x in _flatten((args, kwargs)):
+        def process(x):
             if x is None:
                 pass
-
             elif isinstance(x, Stream):
                 selection.append(x)
-
             elif isinstance(x, int):
                 selection.append(self._streams[x])
-
+            elif isinstance(x, (tuple, list)):
+                for item in x:
+                    process(item)
             elif isinstance(x, dict):
                 for type_, indices in x.items():
-                    if (
-                        type_ == "streams"
-                    ):  # For compatibility with the pseudo signature
-                        streams = self._streams
-                    else:
-                        streams = getattr(self, type_)
+                    # For compatibility with the pseudo signature
+                    streams = (
+                        self._streams if type_ == "streams" else getattr(self, type_)
+                    )
                     if not isinstance(indices, (tuple, list)):
                         indices = [indices]
                     for i in indices:
                         selection.append(streams[i])
-
             else:
                 raise TypeError("Argument must be Stream or int.", type(x))
 
+        for arg in args:
+            process(arg)
+        if kwargs:
+            process(kwargs)
+
         return selection or self._streams[:]
 
     def best(self, type: str, /, related: Stream | None = None):