From: Philipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 03:49:32 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Merge remote-tracking branch 'jaimeMF/yt-toplists'
X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ffa8f0df0a878463078467709f615b1e57c61ec1;hp=0a688bc0b28c970e9af965b3fa0c7927507eeb97;p=youtube-dl

Merge remote-tracking branch 'jaimeMF/yt-toplists'
---

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index af4d969d6..9d4835053 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,13 +30,16 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
     --list-extractors          List all supported extractors and the URLs they
                                would handle
     --extractor-descriptions   Output descriptions of all supported extractors
-    --proxy URL                Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy
+    --proxy URL                Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an
+                               empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection
     --no-check-certificate     Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.
     --cache-dir DIR            Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can
                                store downloaded information permanently. By
                                default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache
                                /youtube-dl .
     --no-cache-dir             Disable filesystem caching
+    --bidi-workaround          Work around terminals that lack bidirectional
+                               text support. Requires fribidi executable in PATH
 
 ## Video Selection:
     --playlist-start NUMBER    playlist video to start at (default is 1)
@@ -55,8 +58,9 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
     --dateafter DATE           download only videos uploaded after this date
     --no-playlist              download only the currently playing video
     --age-limit YEARS          download only videos suitable for the given age
-    --download-archive FILE    Download only videos not present in the archive
-                               file. Record all downloaded videos in it.
+    --download-archive FILE    Download only videos not listed in the archive
+                               file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in
+                               it.
 
 ## Download Options:
     -r, --rate-limit LIMIT     maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g.
@@ -130,8 +134,8 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
     -v, --verbose              print various debugging information
     --dump-intermediate-pages  print downloaded pages to debug problems(very
                                verbose)
-    --write-pages              Write downloaded pages to files in the current
-                               directory
+    --write-pages              Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in
+                               the current directory to debug problems
 
 ## Video Format Options:
     -f, --format FORMAT        video format code, specify the order of
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
 
 # CONFIGURATION
 
-You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as `--extract-audio --no-mtime` to always extract the audio and not copy the mtime) into `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and/or `~/.config/youtube-dl.conf`.
+You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as `--extract-audio --no-mtime` to always extract the audio and not copy the mtime) into `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and/or `~/.config/youtube-dl.conf`. On Windows, the configuration file locations are `%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt` and `C:\Users\<Yourname>\youtube-dl.conf`.
 
 # OUTPUT TEMPLATE
 
@@ -272,14 +276,54 @@ This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/db
 
 # BUGS
 
-Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
+Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues> . Unless you were prompted so or there is another pertinent reason (e.g. GitHub fails to accept the bug report), please do not send bug reports via personal email.
 
-Please include:
-
-* Your exact command line, like `youtube-dl -t "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title"`. A common mistake is not to escape the `&`. Putting URLs in quotes should solve this problem.
-* If possible re-run the command with `--verbose`, and include the full output, it is really helpful to us.
-* The output of `youtube-dl --version`
-* The output of `python --version`
-* The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).
+Please include the full output of the command when run with `--verbose`. The output (including the first lines) contain important debugging information. Issues without the full output are often not reproducible and therefore do not get solved in short order, if ever.
 
 For discussions, join us in the irc channel #youtube-dl on freenode.
+
+When you submit a request, please re-read it once to avoid a couple of mistakes (you can and should use this as a checklist):
+
+### Is the description of the issue itself sufficient?
+
+We often get issue reports that we cannot really decipher. While in most cases we eventually get the required information after asking back multiple times, this poses an unnecessary drain on our resources. Many contributors, including myself, are also not native speakers, so we may misread some parts.
+
+So please elaborate on what feature you are requesting, or what bug you want to be fixed. Make sure that it's obvious
+
+- What the problem is
+- How it could be fixed
+- How your proposed solution would look like
+
+If your report is shorter than two lines, it is almost certainly missing some of these, which makes it hard for us to respond to it. We're often too polite to close the issue outright, but the missing info makes misinterpretation likely. As a commiter myself, I often get frustrated by these issues, since the only possible way for me to move forward on them is to ask for clarification over and over.
+
+For bug reports, this means that your report should contain the *complete* output of youtube-dl when called with the -v flag. The error message you get for (most) bugs even says so, but you would not believe how many of our bug reports do not contain this information.
+
+Site support requests must contain an example URL. An example URL is a URL you might want to download, like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc . There should be an obvious video present. Except under very special circumstances, the main page of a video service (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/ ) is *not* an example URL.
+
+###  Are you using the latest version?
+
+Before reporting any issue, type youtube-dl -U. This should report that you're up-to-date. Ábout 20% of the reports we receive are already fixed, but people are using outdated versions. This goes for feature requests as well.
+
+###  Is the issue already documented?
+
+Make sure that someone has not already opened the issue you're trying to open. Search at the top of the window or at https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/search?type=Issues . If there is an issue, feel free to write something along the lines of "This affects me as well, with version 2015.01.01. Here is some more information on the issue: ...". While some issues may be old, a new post into them often spurs rapid activity.
+
+###  Why are existing options not enough?
+
+Before requesting a new feature, please have a quick peek at [the list of supported options](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#synopsis). Many feature requests are for features that actually exist already! Please, absolutely do show off your work in the issue report and detail how the existing similar options do *not* solve your problem.
+
+###  Is there enough context in your bug report?
+
+People want to solve problems, and often think they do us a favor by breaking down their larger problems (e.g. wanting to skip already downloaded files) to a specific request (e.g. requesting us to look whether the file exists before downloading the info page). However, what often happens is that they break down the problem into two steps: One simple, and one impossible (or extremely complicated one).
+
+We are then presented with a very complicated request when the original problem could be solved far easier, e.g. by recording the downloaded video IDs in a separate file. To avoid this, you must include the greater context where it is non-obvious. In particular, every feature request that does not consist of adding support for a new site should contain a use case scenario that explains in what situation the missing feature would be useful.
+
+###  Does the issue involve one problem, and one problem only?
+
+Some of our users seem to think there is a limit of issues they can or should open. There is no limit of issues they can or should open. While it may seem appealing to be able to dump all your issues into one ticket, that means that someone who solves one of your issues cannot mark the issue as closed. Typically, reporting a bunch of issues leads to the ticket lingering since nobody wants to attack that behemoth, until someone mercifully splits the issue into multiple ones.
+
+In particular, every site support request issue should only pertain to services at one site (generally under a common domain, but always using the same backend technology). Do not request support for vimeo user videos, Whitehouse podcasts, and Google Plus pages in the same issue. Also, make sure that you don't post bug reports alongside feature requests. As a rule of thumb, a feature request does not include outputs of youtube-dl that are not immediately related to the feature at hand. Do not post reports of a network error alongside the request for a new video service.
+
+###  Is anyone going to need the feature?
+
+Only post features that you (or an incapicated friend you can personally talk to) require. Do not post features because they seem like a good idea. If they are really useful, they will be requested by someone who requires them.
diff --git a/test/parameters.json b/test/parameters.json
index f042880ed..487a46d56 100644
--- a/test/parameters.json
+++ b/test/parameters.json
@@ -39,5 +39,6 @@
     "writeinfojson": true, 
     "writesubtitles": false,
     "allsubtitles": false,
-    "listssubtitles": false
+    "listssubtitles": false,
+    "socket_timeout": 20
 }
diff --git a/test/test_all_urls.py b/test/test_all_urls.py
index 1f1adb6b4..6b9764c67 100644
--- a/test/test_all_urls.py
+++ b/test/test_all_urls.py
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ class TestAllURLsMatching(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertMatch(':colbertreport', ['ComedyCentralShows'])
         self.assertMatch(':cr', ['ComedyCentralShows'])
 
+    def test_vimeo_matching(self):
+        self.assertMatch('http://vimeo.com/channels/tributes', ['vimeo:channel'])
+        self.assertMatch('http://vimeo.com/user7108434', ['vimeo:user'])
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/test/test_playlists.py b/test/test_playlists.py
index 167801ae2..87ca401e5 100644
--- a/test/test_playlists.py
+++ b/test/test_playlists.py
@@ -15,13 +15,18 @@ from youtube_dl.extractor import (
     DailymotionPlaylistIE,
     DailymotionUserIE,
     VimeoChannelIE,
+    VimeoUserIE,
+    VimeoAlbumIE,
+    VimeoGroupsIE,
     UstreamChannelIE,
     SoundcloudSetIE,
     SoundcloudUserIE,
     LivestreamIE,
     NHLVideocenterIE,
     BambuserChannelIE,
-    BandcampAlbumIE
+    BandcampAlbumIE,
+    SmotriCommunityIE,
+    SmotriUserIE
 )
 
 
@@ -54,6 +59,30 @@ class TestPlaylists(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(result['title'], u'Vimeo Tributes')
         self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) > 24)
 
+    def test_vimeo_user(self):
+        dl = FakeYDL()
+        ie = VimeoUserIE(dl)
+        result = ie.extract('http://vimeo.com/nkistudio/videos')
+        self.assertIsPlaylist(result)
+        self.assertEqual(result['title'], u'Nki')
+        self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) > 65)
+
+    def test_vimeo_album(self):
+        dl = FakeYDL()
+        ie = VimeoAlbumIE(dl)
+        result = ie.extract('http://vimeo.com/album/2632481')
+        self.assertIsPlaylist(result)
+        self.assertEqual(result['title'], u'Staff Favorites: November 2013')
+        self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) > 12)
+
+    def test_vimeo_groups(self):
+        dl = FakeYDL()
+        ie = VimeoGroupsIE(dl)
+        result = ie.extract('http://vimeo.com/groups/rolexawards')
+        self.assertIsPlaylist(result)
+        self.assertEqual(result['title'], u'Rolex Awards for Enterprise')
+        self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) > 72)
+
     def test_ustream_channel(self):
         dl = FakeYDL()
         ie = UstreamChannelIE(dl)
@@ -110,6 +139,24 @@ class TestPlaylists(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIsPlaylist(result)
         self.assertEqual(result['title'], u'Nightmare Night EP')
         self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) >= 4)
+        
+    def test_smotri_community(self):
+        dl = FakeYDL()
+        ie = SmotriCommunityIE(dl)
+        result = ie.extract('http://smotri.com/community/video/kommuna')
+        self.assertIsPlaylist(result)
+        self.assertEqual(result['id'], u'kommuna')
+        self.assertEqual(result['title'], u'КПРФ')
+        self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) >= 4)
+        
+    def test_smotri_user(self):
+        dl = FakeYDL()
+        ie = SmotriUserIE(dl)
+        result = ie.extract('http://smotri.com/user/inspector')
+        self.assertIsPlaylist(result)
+        self.assertEqual(result['id'], u'inspector')
+        self.assertEqual(result['title'], u'Inspector')
+        self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) >= 9)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index e9e590e74..0fa66beec 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from youtube_dl.utils import (
     unsmuggle_url,
     shell_quote,
     encodeFilename,
+    str_to_int,
 )
 
 if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
@@ -176,6 +177,10 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
         args = ['ffmpeg', '-i', encodeFilename(u'ñ€ß\'.mp4')]
         self.assertEqual(shell_quote(args), u"""ffmpeg -i 'ñ€ß'"'"'.mp4'""")
 
+    def test_str_to_int(self):
+        self.assertEqual(str_to_int('123,456'), 123456)
+        self.assertEqual(str_to_int('123.456'), 123456)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/test/test_write_info_json.py b/test/test_write_info_json.py
index d7177611b..90426a559 100644
--- a/test/test_write_info_json.py
+++ b/test/test_write_info_json.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ TEST_ID = 'BaW_jenozKc'
 INFO_JSON_FILE = TEST_ID + '.info.json'
 DESCRIPTION_FILE = TEST_ID + '.mp4.description'
 EXPECTED_DESCRIPTION = u'''test chars:  "'/\ä↭𝕐
+test URL: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1892
 
 This is a test video for youtube-dl.
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
index 3ff9716b3..47124932f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
@@ -204,11 +204,27 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
         """Report destination filename."""
         self.to_screen(u'[download] Destination: ' + filename)
 
+    def _report_progress_status(self, msg, is_last_line=False):
+        fullmsg = u'[download] ' + msg
+        if self.params.get('progress_with_newline', False):
+            self.to_screen(fullmsg)
+        else:
+            if os.name == 'nt':
+                prev_len = getattr(self, '_report_progress_prev_line_length',
+                                   0)
+                if prev_len > len(fullmsg):
+                    fullmsg += u' ' * (prev_len - len(fullmsg))
+                self._report_progress_prev_line_length = len(fullmsg)
+                clear_line = u'\r'
+            else:
+                clear_line = (u'\r\x1b[K' if sys.stderr.isatty() else u'\r')
+            self.to_screen(clear_line + fullmsg, skip_eol=not is_last_line)
+        self.to_console_title(u'youtube-dl ' + msg)
+
     def report_progress(self, percent, data_len_str, speed, eta):
         """Report download progress."""
         if self.params.get('noprogress', False):
             return
-        clear_line = (u'\x1b[K' if sys.stderr.isatty() and os.name != 'nt' else u'')
         if eta is not None:
             eta_str = self.format_eta(eta)
         else:
@@ -218,14 +234,29 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
         else:
             percent_str = 'Unknown %'
         speed_str = self.format_speed(speed)
-        if self.params.get('progress_with_newline', False):
-            self.to_screen(u'[download] %s of %s at %s ETA %s' %
-                (percent_str, data_len_str, speed_str, eta_str))
+
+        msg = (u'%s of %s at %s ETA %s' %
+               (percent_str, data_len_str, speed_str, eta_str))
+        self._report_progress_status(msg)
+
+    def report_progress_live_stream(self, downloaded_data_len, speed, elapsed):
+        if self.params.get('noprogress', False):
+            return
+        downloaded_str = format_bytes(downloaded_data_len)
+        speed_str = self.format_speed(speed)
+        elapsed_str = FileDownloader.format_seconds(elapsed)
+        msg = u'%s at %s (%s)' % (downloaded_str, speed_str, elapsed_str)
+        self._report_progress_status(msg)
+
+    def report_finish(self, data_len_str, tot_time):
+        """Report download finished."""
+        if self.params.get('noprogress', False):
+            self.to_screen(u'[download] Download completed')
         else:
-            self.to_screen(u'\r%s[download] %s of %s at %s ETA %s' %
-                (clear_line, percent_str, data_len_str, speed_str, eta_str), skip_eol=True)
-        self.to_console_title(u'youtube-dl - %s of %s at %s ETA %s' %
-                (percent_str.strip(), data_len_str.strip(), speed_str.strip(), eta_str.strip()))
+            self._report_progress_status(
+                (u'100%% of %s in %s' %
+                 (data_len_str, self.format_seconds(tot_time))),
+                is_last_line=True)
 
     def report_resuming_byte(self, resume_len):
         """Report attempt to resume at given byte."""
@@ -246,16 +277,7 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
         """Report it was impossible to resume download."""
         self.to_screen(u'[download] Unable to resume')
 
-    def report_finish(self, data_len_str, tot_time):
-        """Report download finished."""
-        if self.params.get('noprogress', False):
-            self.to_screen(u'[download] Download completed')
-        else:
-            clear_line = (u'\x1b[K' if sys.stderr.isatty() and os.name != 'nt' else u'')
-            self.to_screen(u'\r%s[download] 100%% of %s in %s' %
-                (clear_line, data_len_str, self.format_seconds(tot_time)))
-
-    def _download_with_rtmpdump(self, filename, url, player_url, page_url, play_path, tc_url, live):
+    def _download_with_rtmpdump(self, filename, url, player_url, page_url, play_path, tc_url, live, conn):
         def run_rtmpdump(args):
             start = time.time()
             resume_percent = None
@@ -301,11 +323,27 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
                         'eta': eta,
                         'speed': speed,
                     })
-                elif self.params.get('verbose', False):
-                    if not cursor_in_new_line:
-                        self.to_screen(u'')
-                    cursor_in_new_line = True
-                    self.to_screen(u'[rtmpdump] '+line)
+                else:
+                    # no percent for live streams
+                    mobj = re.search(r'([0-9]+\.[0-9]{3}) kB / [0-9]+\.[0-9]{2} sec', line)
+                    if mobj:
+                        downloaded_data_len = int(float(mobj.group(1))*1024)
+                        time_now = time.time()
+                        speed = self.calc_speed(start, time_now, downloaded_data_len)
+                        self.report_progress_live_stream(downloaded_data_len, speed, time_now - start)
+                        cursor_in_new_line = False
+                        self._hook_progress({
+                            'downloaded_bytes': downloaded_data_len,
+                            'tmpfilename': tmpfilename,
+                            'filename': filename,
+                            'status': 'downloading',
+                            'speed': speed,
+                        })
+                    elif self.params.get('verbose', False):
+                        if not cursor_in_new_line:
+                            self.to_screen(u'')
+                        cursor_in_new_line = True
+                        self.to_screen(u'[rtmpdump] '+line)
             proc.wait()
             if not cursor_in_new_line:
                 self.to_screen(u'')
@@ -338,6 +376,8 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
             basic_args += ['--stop', '1']
         if live:
             basic_args += ['--live']
+        if conn:
+            basic_args += ['--conn', conn]
         args = basic_args + [[], ['--resume', '--skip', '1']][self.params.get('continuedl', False)]
 
         if sys.platform == 'win32' and sys.version_info < (3, 0):
@@ -479,7 +519,8 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
                                                 info_dict.get('page_url', None),
                                                 info_dict.get('play_path', None),
                                                 info_dict.get('tc_url', None),
-                                                info_dict.get('rtmp_live', False))
+                                                info_dict.get('rtmp_live', False),
+                                                info_dict.get('rtmp_conn', None))
 
         # Attempt to download using mplayer
         if url.startswith('mms') or url.startswith('rtsp'):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index b822930cb..3fbbf3ba0 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     cookiefile:        File name where cookies should be read from and dumped to.
     nocheckcertificate:Do not verify SSL certificates
     proxy:             URL of the proxy server to use
+    socket_timeout:    Time to wait for unresponsive hosts, in seconds
+    bidi_workaround:   Work around buggy terminals without bidirectional text
+                       support, using fridibi
 
     The following parameters are not used by YoutubeDL itself, they are used by
     the FileDownloader:
@@ -155,8 +158,45 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         self._download_retcode = 0
         self._num_downloads = 0
         self._screen_file = [sys.stdout, sys.stderr][params.get('logtostderr', False)]
+        self._err_file = sys.stderr
         self.params = {} if params is None else params
 
+        # Pipe messsages through fribidi
+        if params.get('bidi_workaround', False):
+            # fribidi does not support ungetting, so force newlines
+            params['progress_with_newline'] = True
+
+            for fid in ['_screen_file', '_err_file']:
+                class FribidiOut(object):
+                    def __init__(self, outfile, errfile):
+                        self.outfile = outfile
+                        self.process = subprocess.Popen(
+                            ['fribidi'],
+                            stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+                            stdout=outfile,
+                            stderr=errfile)
+
+                    def write(self, s):
+                        res = self.process.stdin.write(s)
+                        self.flush()
+                        return res
+
+                    def flush(self):
+                        return self.process.stdin.flush()
+
+                    def isatty(self):
+                        return self.outfile.isatty()
+
+                try:
+                    vout = FribidiOut(getattr(self, fid), self._err_file)
+                    setattr(self, fid, vout)
+                except OSError as ose:
+                    if ose.errno == 2:
+                        self.report_warning(u'Could not find fribidi executable, ignoring --bidi-workaround . Make sure that  fribidi  is an executable file in one of the directories in your $PATH.')
+                        break
+                    else:
+                        raise
+
         if (sys.version_info >= (3,) and sys.platform != 'win32' and
                 sys.getfilesystemencoding() in ['ascii', 'ANSI_X3.4-1968']
                 and not params['restrictfilenames']):
@@ -205,10 +245,14 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         pp.set_downloader(self)
 
     def to_screen(self, message, skip_eol=False):
+        """Print message to stdout if not in quiet mode."""
+        return self.to_stdout(message, skip_eol, check_quiet=True)
+
+    def to_stdout(self, message, skip_eol=False, check_quiet=False):
         """Print message to stdout if not in quiet mode."""
         if self.params.get('logger'):
             self.params['logger'].debug(message)
-        elif not self.params.get('quiet', False):
+        elif not check_quiet or not self.params.get('quiet', False):
             terminator = [u'\n', u''][skip_eol]
             output = message + terminator
             write_string(output, self._screen_file)
@@ -220,9 +264,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             self.params['logger'].error(message)
         else:
             output = message + u'\n'
-            if 'b' in getattr(self._screen_file, 'mode', '') or sys.version_info[0] < 3: # Python 2 lies about the mode of sys.stdout/sys.stderr
-                output = output.encode(preferredencoding())
-            sys.stderr.write(output)
+            write_string(output, self._err_file)
 
     def to_console_title(self, message):
         if not self.params.get('consoletitle', False):
@@ -293,7 +335,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         Print the message to stderr, it will be prefixed with 'WARNING:'
         If stderr is a tty file the 'WARNING:' will be colored
         '''
-        if sys.stderr.isatty() and os.name != 'nt':
+        if self._err_file.isatty() and os.name != 'nt':
             _msg_header = u'\033[0;33mWARNING:\033[0m'
         else:
             _msg_header = u'WARNING:'
@@ -305,7 +347,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         Do the same as trouble, but prefixes the message with 'ERROR:', colored
         in red if stderr is a tty file.
         '''
-        if sys.stderr.isatty() and os.name != 'nt':
+        if self._err_file.isatty() and os.name != 'nt':
             _msg_header = u'\033[0;31mERROR:\033[0m'
         else:
             _msg_header = u'ERROR:'
@@ -404,7 +446,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         for key, value in extra_info.items():
             info_dict.setdefault(key, value)
 
-    def extract_info(self, url, download=True, ie_key=None, extra_info={}):
+    def extract_info(self, url, download=True, ie_key=None, extra_info={},
+                     process=True):
         '''
         Returns a list with a dictionary for each video we find.
         If 'download', also downloads the videos.
@@ -440,7 +483,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                         'webpage_url': url,
                         'extractor_key': ie.ie_key(),
                     })
-                return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
+                if process:
+                    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
+                else:
+                    return ie_result
             except ExtractorError as de: # An error we somewhat expected
                 self.report_error(compat_str(de), de.format_traceback())
                 break
@@ -473,8 +519,33 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                                      download,
                                      ie_key=ie_result.get('ie_key'),
                                      extra_info=extra_info)
+        elif result_type == 'url_transparent':
+            # Use the information from the embedding page
+            info = self.extract_info(
+                ie_result['url'], ie_key=ie_result.get('ie_key'),
+                extra_info=extra_info, download=False, process=False)
+
+            def make_result(embedded_info):
+                new_result = ie_result.copy()
+                for f in ('_type', 'url', 'ext', 'player_url', 'formats',
+                          'entries', 'urlhandle', 'ie_key', 'duration',
+                          'subtitles', 'annotations', 'format',
+                          'thumbnail', 'thumbnails'):
+                    if f in new_result:
+                        del new_result[f]
+                    if f in embedded_info:
+                        new_result[f] = embedded_info[f]
+                return new_result
+            new_result = make_result(info)
+
+            assert new_result.get('_type') != 'url_transparent'
+            if new_result.get('_type') == 'compat_list':
+                new_result['entries'] = [
+                    make_result(e) for e in new_result['entries']]
+
+            return self.process_ie_result(
+                new_result, download=download, extra_info=extra_info)
         elif result_type == 'playlist':
-
             # We process each entry in the playlist
             playlist = ie_result.get('title', None) or ie_result.get('id', None)
             self.to_screen(u'[download] Downloading playlist: %s' % playlist)
@@ -665,22 +736,23 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
 
         # Forced printings
         if self.params.get('forcetitle', False):
-            compat_print(info_dict['fulltitle'])
+            self.to_stdout(info_dict['fulltitle'])
         if self.params.get('forceid', False):
-            compat_print(info_dict['id'])
+            self.to_stdout(info_dict['id'])
         if self.params.get('forceurl', False):
             # For RTMP URLs, also include the playpath
-            compat_print(info_dict['url'] + info_dict.get('play_path', u''))
+            self.to_stdout(info_dict['url'] + info_dict.get('play_path', u''))
         if self.params.get('forcethumbnail', False) and info_dict.get('thumbnail') is not None:
-            compat_print(info_dict['thumbnail'])
+            self.to_stdout(info_dict['thumbnail'])
         if self.params.get('forcedescription', False) and info_dict.get('description') is not None:
-            compat_print(info_dict['description'])
+            self.to_stdout(info_dict['description'])
         if self.params.get('forcefilename', False) and filename is not None:
-            compat_print(filename)
+            self.to_stdout(filename)
         if self.params.get('forceformat', False):
-            compat_print(info_dict['format'])
+            self.to_stdout(info_dict['format'])
         if self.params.get('forcejson', False):
-            compat_print(json.dumps(info_dict))
+            info_dict['_filename'] = filename
+            self.to_stdout(json.dumps(info_dict))
 
         # Do nothing else if in simulate mode
         if self.params.get('simulate', False):
@@ -969,7 +1041,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 proxy_map.update(handler.proxies)
         write_string(u'[debug] Proxy map: ' + compat_str(proxy_map) + u'\n')
 
-    def _setup_opener(self, timeout=20):
+    def _setup_opener(self):
+        timeout_val = self.params.get('socket_timeout')
+        timeout = 600 if timeout_val is None else float(timeout_val)
+
         opts_cookiefile = self.params.get('cookiefile')
         opts_proxy = self.params.get('proxy')
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 92e583744..2e3f96919 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ __authors__  = (
     'Marcin Cieślak',
     'Anton Larionov',
     'Takuya Tsuchida',
+    'Sergey M.',
 )
 
 __license__ = 'Public Domain'
@@ -80,11 +81,11 @@ from .PostProcessor import (
 
 
 def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
-    def _readOptions(filename_bytes):
+    def _readOptions(filename_bytes, default=[]):
         try:
             optionf = open(filename_bytes)
         except IOError:
-            return [] # silently skip if file is not present
+            return default  # silently skip if file is not present
         try:
             res = []
             for l in optionf:
@@ -190,7 +191,9 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     general.add_option('--extractor-descriptions',
             action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions',
             help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors', default=False)
-    general.add_option('--proxy', dest='proxy', default=None, help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy', metavar='URL')
+    general.add_option(
+        '--proxy', dest='proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
+        help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection')
     general.add_option('--no-check-certificate', action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False, help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.')
     general.add_option(
         '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=get_cachedir(), metavar='DIR',
@@ -198,6 +201,12 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     general.add_option(
         '--no-cache-dir', action='store_const', const=None, dest='cachedir',
         help='Disable filesystem caching')
+    general.add_option(
+        '--socket-timeout', dest='socket_timeout',
+        type=float, default=None, help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+    general.add_option(
+        '--bidi-workaround', dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
+        help=u'Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires fribidi executable in PATH')
 
 
     selection.add_option('--playlist-start',
@@ -220,7 +229,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
                          default=None, type=int)
     selection.add_option('--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
                          dest='download_archive',
-                         help='Download only videos not present in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it.')
+                         help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it.')
 
 
     authentication.add_option('-u', '--username',
@@ -415,6 +424,8 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         if opts.verbose:
             write_string(u'[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments) + '\n')
     else:
+        systemConf = _readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf')
+
         xdg_config_home = os.environ.get('XDG_CONFIG_HOME')
         if xdg_config_home:
             userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, 'youtube-dl', 'config')
@@ -424,8 +435,31 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
             userConfFile = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl', 'config')
             if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
                 userConfFile = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl.conf')
-        systemConf = _readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf')
-        userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile)
+        userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, None)
+
+        if userConf is None:
+            appdata_dir = os.environ.get('appdata')
+            if appdata_dir:
+                userConf = _readOptions(
+                    os.path.join(appdata_dir, 'youtube-dl', 'config'),
+                    default=None)
+                if userConf is None:
+                    userConf = _readOptions(
+                        os.path.join(appdata_dir, 'youtube-dl', 'config.txt'),
+                        default=None)
+
+        if userConf is None:
+            userConf = _readOptions(
+                os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), 'youtube-dl.conf'),
+                default=None)
+        if userConf is None:
+            userConf = _readOptions(
+                os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), 'youtube-dl.conf.txt'),
+                default=None)
+
+        if userConf is None:
+            userConf = []
+
         commandLineConf = sys.argv[1:]
         argv = systemConf + userConf + commandLineConf
         opts, args = parser.parse_args(argv)
@@ -652,6 +686,8 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'cookiefile': opts.cookiefile,
         'nocheckcertificate': opts.no_check_certificate,
         'proxy': opts.proxy,
+        'socket_timeout': opts.socket_timeout,
+        'bidi_workaround': opts.bidi_workaround,
     }
 
     with YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 0abf86e44..3f740baa1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from .arte import (
     ArteTVPlus7IE,
     ArteTVCreativeIE,
     ArteTVFutureIE,
+    ArteTVDDCIE,
 )
 from .auengine import AUEngineIE
 from .bambuser import BambuserIE, BambuserChannelIE
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ from .flickr import FlickrIE
 from .francetv import (
     PluzzIE,
     FranceTvInfoIE,
-    France2IE,
+    FranceTVIE,
     GenerationQuoiIE
 )
 from .freesound import FreesoundIE
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ from .nbc import NBCNewsIE
 from .newgrounds import NewgroundsIE
 from .nhl import NHLIE, NHLVideocenterIE
 from .niconico import NiconicoIE
+from .ninegag import NineGagIE
 from .nowvideo import NowVideoIE
 from .ooyala import OoyalaIE
 from .orf import ORFIE
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ from .photobucket import PhotobucketIE
 from .podomatic import PodomaticIE
 from .pornhub import PornHubIE
 from .pornotube import PornotubeIE
+from .pyvideo import PyvideoIE
 from .rbmaradio import RBMARadioIE
 from .redtube import RedTubeIE
 from .ringtv import RingTVIE
@@ -121,6 +124,12 @@ from .rutube import RutubeIE
 from .sina import SinaIE
 from .slashdot import SlashdotIE
 from .slideshare import SlideshareIE
+from .smotri import (
+    SmotriIE,
+    SmotriCommunityIE,
+    SmotriUserIE,
+    SmotriBroadcastIE,
+)
 from .sohu import SohuIE
 from .soundcloud import SoundcloudIE, SoundcloudSetIE, SoundcloudUserIE
 from .southparkstudios import (
@@ -139,6 +148,7 @@ from .teamcoco import TeamcocoIE
 from .techtalks import TechTalksIE
 from .ted import TEDIE
 from .tf1 import TF1IE
+from .theplatform import ThePlatformIE
 from .thisav import ThisAVIE
 from .toutv import TouTvIE
 from .traileraddict import TrailerAddictIE
@@ -159,7 +169,13 @@ from .viddler import ViddlerIE
 from .videodetective import VideoDetectiveIE
 from .videofyme import VideofyMeIE
 from .videopremium import VideoPremiumIE
-from .vimeo import VimeoIE, VimeoChannelIE
+from .vimeo import (
+    VimeoIE,
+    VimeoChannelIE,
+    VimeoUserIE,
+    VimeoAlbumIE,
+    VimeoGroupsIE,
+)
 from .vine import VineIE
 from .viki import VikiIE
 from .vk import VKIE
@@ -167,6 +183,7 @@ from .wat import WatIE
 from .websurg import WeBSurgIE
 from .weibo import WeiboIE
 from .wimp import WimpIE
+from .wistia import WistiaIE
 from .worldstarhiphop import WorldStarHipHopIE
 from .xhamster import XHamsterIE
 from .xnxx import XNXXIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/addanime.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/addanime.py
index b99d4b966..a3a1b999d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/addanime.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/addanime.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 class AddAnimeIE(InfoExtractor):
 
-    _VALID_URL = r'^http://(?:\w+\.)?add-anime\.net/watch_video.php\?(?:.*?)v=(?P<video_id>[\w_]+)(?:.*)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'^http://(?:\w+\.)?add-anime\.net/watch_video\.php\?(?:.*?)v=(?P<video_id>[\w_]+)(?:.*)'
     IE_NAME = u'AddAnime'
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://www.add-anime.net/watch_video.php?v=24MR3YO5SAS9',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/appletrailers.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/appletrailers.py
index 6d6237f8a..a527f10de 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/appletrailers.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/appletrailers.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 
 class AppleTrailersIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?trailers.apple.com/trailers/(?P<company>[^/]+)/(?P<movie>[^/]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?trailers\.apple\.com/trailers/(?P<company>[^/]+)/(?P<movie>[^/]+)'
     _TEST = {
         u"url": u"http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/manofsteel/",
         u"playlist": [
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class AppleTrailersIE(InfoExtractor):
                 })
             formats = sorted(formats, key=lambda f: (f['height'], f['width']))
 
-            info = {
+            playlist.append({
                 '_type': 'video',
                 'id': video_id,
                 'title': title,
@@ -124,12 +124,7 @@ class AppleTrailersIE(InfoExtractor):
                 'upload_date': upload_date,
                 'uploader_id': uploader_id,
                 'user_agent': 'QuickTime compatible (youtube-dl)',
-            }
-            # TODO: Remove when #980 has been merged
-            info['url'] = formats[-1]['url']
-            info['ext'] = formats[-1]['ext']
-
-            playlist.append(info)
+            })
 
         return {
             '_type': 'playlist',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/archiveorg.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/archiveorg.py
index 61ce4469a..8bb546410 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/archiveorg.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/archiveorg.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 class ArchiveOrgIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = 'archive.org'
     IE_DESC = 'archive.org videos'
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?archive.org/details/(?P<id>[^?/]+)(?:[?].*)?$'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?archive\.org/details/(?P<id>[^?/]+)(?:[?].*)?$'
     _TEST = {
         u"url": u"http://archive.org/details/XD300-23_68HighlightsAResearchCntAugHumanIntellect",
         u'file': u'XD300-23_68HighlightsAResearchCntAugHumanIntellect.ogv',
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class ArchiveOrgIE(InfoExtractor):
         for f in formats:
             f['ext'] = determine_ext(f['url'])
 
-        info = {
+        return {
             '_type': 'video',
             'id': video_id,
             'title': title,
@@ -57,12 +57,5 @@ class ArchiveOrgIE(InfoExtractor):
             'description': description,
             'uploader': uploader,
             'upload_date': upload_date,
+            'thumbnail': data.get('misc', {}).get('image'),
         }
-        thumbnail = data.get('misc', {}).get('image')
-        if thumbnail:
-            info['thumbnail'] = thumbnail
-
-        # TODO: Remove when #980 has been merged
-        info.update(formats[-1])
-
-        return info
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
index 8b62ee774..4b7bef775 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from ..utils import (
     determine_ext,
     get_element_by_id,
     compat_str,
+    get_element_by_attribute,
 )
 
 # There are different sources of video in arte.tv, the extraction process 
@@ -17,8 +18,8 @@ from ..utils import (
 # add tests.
 
 class ArteTvIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VIDEOS_URL = r'(?:http://)?videos.arte.tv/(?P<lang>fr|de)/.*-(?P<id>.*?).html'
-    _LIVEWEB_URL = r'(?:http://)?liveweb.arte.tv/(?P<lang>fr|de)/(?P<subpage>.+?)/(?P<name>.+)'
+    _VIDEOS_URL = r'(?:http://)?videos\.arte\.tv/(?P<lang>fr|de)/.*-(?P<id>.*?)\.html'
+    _LIVEWEB_URL = r'(?:http://)?liveweb\.arte\.tv/(?P<lang>fr|de)/(?P<subpage>.+?)/(?P<name>.+)'
     _LIVE_URL = r'index-[0-9]+\.html$'
 
     IE_NAME = u'arte.tv'
@@ -142,7 +143,9 @@ class ArteTVPlus7IE(InfoExtractor):
 
     def _extract_from_webpage(self, webpage, video_id, lang):
         json_url = self._html_search_regex(r'arte_vp_url="(.*?)"', webpage, 'json url')
+        return self._extract_from_json_url(json_url, video_id, lang)
 
+    def _extract_from_json_url(self, json_url, video_id, lang):
         json_info = self._download_webpage(json_url, video_id, 'Downloading info json')
         self.report_extraction(video_id)
         info = json.loads(json_info)
@@ -257,3 +260,35 @@ class ArteTVFutureIE(ArteTVPlus7IE):
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, anchor_id)
         row = get_element_by_id(anchor_id, webpage)
         return self._extract_from_webpage(row, anchor_id, lang)
+
+
+class ArteTVDDCIE(ArteTVPlus7IE):
+    IE_NAME = u'arte.tv:ddc'
+    _VALID_URL = r'http?://ddc\.arte\.tv/(?P<lang>emission|folge)/(?P<id>.+)'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        u'url': u'http://ddc.arte.tv/folge/neues-aus-mauretanien',
+        u'file': u'049881-009_PLUS7-D.flv',
+        u'info_dict': {
+            u'title': u'Mit offenen Karten',
+            u'description': u'md5:57929b0eaeddeb8a0c983f58e9ebd3b6',
+            u'upload_date': u'20131207',
+        },
+        u'params': {
+            # rtmp download
+            u'skip_download': True,
+        },
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id, lang = self._extract_url_info(url)
+        if lang == 'folge':
+            lang = 'de'
+        elif lang == 'emission':
+            lang = 'fr'
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+        scriptElement = get_element_by_attribute('class', 'visu_video_block', webpage)
+        script_url = self._html_search_regex(r'src="(.*?)"', scriptElement, 'script url')
+        javascriptPlayerGenerator = self._download_webpage(script_url, video_id, 'Download javascript player generator')
+        json_url = self._search_regex(r"json_url=(.*)&rendering_place.*", javascriptPlayerGenerator, 'json url')
+        return self._extract_from_json_url(json_url, video_id, lang)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/auengine.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/auengine.py
index 95c038003..bcccc0b7a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/auengine.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/auengine.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class AUEngineIE(InfoExtractor):
             u"title": u"[Commie]The Legend of the Legendary Heroes - 03 - Replication Eye (Alpha Stigma)[F9410F5A]"
         }
     }
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?auengine\.com/embed.php\?.*?file=([^&]+).*?'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?auengine\.com/embed\.php\?.*?file=([^&]+).*?'
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bambuser.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bambuser.py
index b80508efe..d48c0c38d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/bambuser.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bambuser.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class BambuserIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 class BambuserChannelIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = u'bambuser:channel'
-    _VALID_URL = r'http://bambuser.com/channel/(?P<user>.*?)(?:/|#|\?|$)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://bambuser\.com/channel/(?P<user>.*?)(?:/|#|\?|$)'
     # The maximum number we can get with each request
     _STEP = 50
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bliptv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bliptv.py
index 493504f75..5e33a69df 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/bliptv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bliptv.py
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ class BlipTVIE(InfoExtractor):
             url = 'http://blip.tv/play/g_%s' % api_mobj.group('video_id')
         urlp = compat_urllib_parse_urlparse(url)
         if urlp.path.startswith('/play/'):
-            request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url)
-            response = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request)
+            response = self._request_webpage(url, None, False)
             redirecturl = response.geturl()
             rurlp = compat_urllib_parse_urlparse(redirecturl)
             file_id = compat_parse_qs(rurlp.fragment)['file'][0].rpartition('/')[2]
@@ -69,25 +68,23 @@ class BlipTVIE(InfoExtractor):
         request.add_header('User-Agent', 'iTunes/10.6.1')
         self.report_extraction(mobj.group(1))
         info = None
-        try:
-            urlh = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request)
-            if urlh.headers.get('Content-Type', '').startswith('video/'): # Direct download
-                basename = url.split('/')[-1]
-                title,ext = os.path.splitext(basename)
-                title = title.decode('UTF-8')
-                ext = ext.replace('.', '')
-                self.report_direct_download(title)
-                info = {
-                    'id': title,
-                    'url': url,
-                    'uploader': None,
-                    'upload_date': None,
-                    'title': title,
-                    'ext': ext,
-                    'urlhandle': urlh
-                }
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'ERROR: unable to download video info webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
+        urlh = self._request_webpage(request, None, False,
+            u'unable to download video info webpage')
+        if urlh.headers.get('Content-Type', '').startswith('video/'): # Direct download
+            basename = url.split('/')[-1]
+            title,ext = os.path.splitext(basename)
+            title = title.decode('UTF-8')
+            ext = ext.replace('.', '')
+            self.report_direct_download(title)
+            info = {
+                'id': title,
+                'url': url,
+                'uploader': None,
+                'upload_date': None,
+                'title': title,
+                'ext': ext,
+                'urlhandle': urlh
+            }
         if info is None: # Regular URL
             try:
                 json_code_bytes = urlh.read()
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bloomberg.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bloomberg.py
index 3666a780b..755d9c9ef 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/bloomberg.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bloomberg.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 
 
 class BloombergIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.bloomberg\.com/video/(?P<name>.+?).html'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.bloomberg\.com/video/(?P<name>.+?)\.html'
 
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://www.bloomberg.com/video/shah-s-presentation-on-foreign-exchange-strategies-qurhIVlJSB6hzkVi229d8g.html',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/clipfish.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/clipfish.py
index 0d18e9a7a..43efb08bf 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/clipfish.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/clipfish.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ class ClipfishIE(InfoExtractor):
         u'info_dict': {
             u'title': u'FIFA 14 - E3 2013 Trailer',
             u'duration': 82,
-        }
+        },
+        u'skip': 'Blocked in the US'
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py
index 23647f99e..a54ce3ee7 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from .mtv import MTVIE, _media_xml_tag
+from .mtv import MTVServicesInfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     compat_str,
     compat_urllib_parse,
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ from ..utils import (
 )
 
 
-class ComedyCentralIE(MTVIE):
-    _VALID_URL = r'http://www.comedycentral.com/(video-clips|episodes|cc-studios)/(?P<title>.*)'
+class ComedyCentralIE(MTVServicesInfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www.)?comedycentral.com/(video-clips|episodes|cc-studios)/(?P<title>.*)'
     _FEED_URL = u'http://comedycentral.com/feeds/mrss/'
 
     _TEST = {
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ class ComedyCentralIE(MTVIE):
             u'description': u'After a certain point, breastfeeding becomes c**kblocking.',
         },
     }
-    # Overwrite MTVIE properties we don't want
-    _TESTS = []
-
-    def _get_thumbnail_url(self, uri, itemdoc):
-        search_path = '%s/%s' % (_media_xml_tag('group'), _media_xml_tag('thumbnail'))
-        return itemdoc.find(search_path).attrib['url']
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
@@ -197,7 +191,7 @@ class ComedyCentralShowsIE(InfoExtractor):
                 })
 
             effTitle = showId + u'-' + epTitle + u' part ' + compat_str(partNum+1)
-            info = {
+            results.append({
                 'id': shortMediaId,
                 'formats': formats,
                 'uploader': showId,
@@ -205,11 +199,6 @@ class ComedyCentralShowsIE(InfoExtractor):
                 'title': effTitle,
                 'thumbnail': None,
                 'description': compat_str(officialTitle),
-            }
-
-            # TODO: Remove when #980 has been merged
-            info.update(info['formats'][-1])
-
-            results.append(info)
+            })
 
         return results
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 4f1b50880..534908a2b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     subtitles:      The subtitle file contents as a dictionary in the format
                     {language: subtitles}.
     view_count:     How many users have watched the video on the platform.
+    like_count:     Number of positive ratings of the video
+    dislike_count:  Number of negative ratings of the video
+    comment_count:  Number of comments on the video
     urlhandle:      [internal] The urlHandle to be used to download the file,
                     like returned by urllib.request.urlopen
     age_limit:      Age restriction for the video, as an integer (years)
@@ -151,27 +154,38 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     def IE_NAME(self):
         return type(self).__name__[:-2]
 
-    def _request_webpage(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None):
+    def _request_webpage(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True):
         """ Returns the response handle """
         if note is None:
             self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
         elif note is not False:
-            self.to_screen(u'%s: %s' % (video_id, note))
+            if video_id is None:
+                self.to_screen(u'%s' % (note,))
+            else:
+                self.to_screen(u'%s: %s' % (video_id, note))
         try:
             return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
         except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
             if errnote is None:
                 errnote = u'Unable to download webpage'
-            raise ExtractorError(u'%s: %s' % (errnote, compat_str(err)), sys.exc_info()[2], cause=err)
+            errmsg = u'%s: %s' % (errnote, compat_str(err))
+            if fatal:
+                raise ExtractorError(errmsg, sys.exc_info()[2], cause=err)
+            else:
+                self._downloader.report_warning(errmsg)
+                return False
 
-    def _download_webpage_handle(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None):
+    def _download_webpage_handle(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True):
         """ Returns a tuple (page content as string, URL handle) """
 
         # Strip hashes from the URL (#1038)
         if isinstance(url_or_request, (compat_str, str)):
             url_or_request = url_or_request.partition('#')[0]
 
-        urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote)
+        urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal)
+        if urlh is False:
+            assert not fatal
+            return False
         content_type = urlh.headers.get('Content-Type', '')
         webpage_bytes = urlh.read()
         m = re.match(r'[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+/[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+\s*;\s*charset=(.+)', content_type)
@@ -206,9 +220,14 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         content = webpage_bytes.decode(encoding, 'replace')
         return (content, urlh)
 
-    def _download_webpage(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None):
+    def _download_webpage(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True):
         """ Returns the data of the page as a string """
-        return self._download_webpage_handle(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote)[0]
+        res = self._download_webpage_handle(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal)
+        if res is False:
+            return res
+        else:
+            content, _ = res
+            return content
 
     def _download_xml(self, url_or_request, video_id,
                       note=u'Downloading XML', errnote=u'Unable to download XML'):
@@ -364,7 +383,8 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         if display_name is None:
             display_name = name
         return self._html_search_regex(
-            r'''(?ix)<meta(?=[^>]+(?:name|property)=["\']%s["\'])
+            r'''(?ix)<meta
+                    (?=[^>]+(?:itemprop|name|property)=["\']%s["\'])
                     [^>]+content=["\']([^"\']+)["\']''' % re.escape(name),
             html, display_name, fatal=False)
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/cspan.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/cspan.py
index 7bf03c584..d5730684d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/cspan.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/cspan.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 )
 
 class CSpanIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/(.*)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://www\.c-spanvideo\.org/program/(.*)'
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/HolderonV',
         u'file': u'315139.flv',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/dailymotion.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/dailymotion.py
index 71f5e03ee..3bd0b862c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/dailymotion.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/dailymotion.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from ..utils import (
     get_element_by_attribute,
     get_element_by_id,
     orderedSet,
+    str_to_int,
 
     ExtractorError,
 )
@@ -146,6 +147,9 @@ class DailymotionIE(DailymotionBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
             self._list_available_subtitles(video_id, webpage)
             return
 
+        view_count = str_to_int(self._search_regex(
+            r'video_views_value[^>]+>([\d\.,]+)<', webpage, u'view count'))
+
         return {
             'id':       video_id,
             'formats': formats,
@@ -155,6 +159,7 @@ class DailymotionIE(DailymotionBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
             'subtitles':    video_subtitles,
             'thumbnail': info['thumbnail_url'],
             'age_limit': age_limit,
+            'view_count': view_count,
         }
 
     def _get_available_subtitles(self, video_id, webpage):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/daum.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/daum.py
index 3d1dcb793..d418ce4a8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/daum.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/daum.py
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ class DaumIE(InfoExtractor):
         video_id = mobj.group(1)
         canonical_url = 'http://tvpot.daum.net/v/%s' % video_id
         webpage = self._download_webpage(canonical_url, video_id)
-        full_id = self._search_regex(r'<link rel="video_src" href=".+?vid=(.+?)"',
+        full_id = self._search_regex(
+            r'<iframe src="http://videofarm.daum.net/controller/video/viewer/Video.html\?.*?vid=(.+?)[&"]',
             webpage, u'full id')
         query = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'vid': full_id})
         info = self._download_xml(
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ class DaumIE(InfoExtractor):
                 'format_id': profile,
             })
 
-        info = {
+        return {
             'id': video_id,
             'title': info.find('TITLE').text,
             'formats': formats,
@@ -65,6 +66,3 @@ class DaumIE(InfoExtractor):
             'duration': int(info.find('DURATION').text),
             'upload_date': info.find('REGDTTM').text[:8],
         }
-        # TODO: Remove when #980 has been merged
-        info.update(formats[-1])
-        return info
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/dreisat.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/dreisat.py
index 3cb382e12..cb7226f82 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/dreisat.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/dreisat.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 class DreiSatIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = '3sat'
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?3sat.de/mediathek/index.php\?(?:(?:mode|display)=[^&]+&)*obj=(?P<id>[0-9]+)$'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?3sat\.de/mediathek/index\.php\?(?:(?:mode|display)=[^&]+&)*obj=(?P<id>[0-9]+)$'
     _TEST = {
         u"url": u"http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/index.php?obj=36983",
         u'file': u'36983.webm',
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class DreiSatIE(InfoExtractor):
             return (qidx, prefer_http, format['video_bitrate'])
         formats.sort(key=_sortkey)
 
-        info = {
+        return {
             '_type': 'video',
             'id': video_id,
             'title': video_title,
@@ -76,8 +76,3 @@ class DreiSatIE(InfoExtractor):
             'uploader': video_uploader,
             'upload_date': upload_date,
         }
-
-        # TODO: Remove when #980 has been merged
-        info.update(formats[-1])
-
-        return info
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/eighttracks.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/eighttracks.py
index f21ef8853..88f5526b8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/eighttracks.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/eighttracks.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 class EightTracksIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = '8tracks'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://8tracks.com/(?P<user>[^/]+)/(?P<id>[^/#]+)(?:#.*)?$'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://8tracks\.com/(?P<user>[^/]+)/(?P<id>[^/#]+)(?:#.*)?$'
     _TEST = {
         u"name": u"EightTracks",
         u"url": u"http://8tracks.com/ytdl/youtube-dl-test-tracks-a",
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/exfm.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/exfm.py
index a51d79b08..682901d16 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/exfm.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/exfm.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class ExfmIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = u'exfm'
     IE_DESC = u'ex.fm'
     _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?ex\.fm/song/([^/]+)'
-    _SOUNDCLOUD_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?api\.soundcloud.com/tracks/([^/]+)/stream'
+    _SOUNDCLOUD_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?api\.soundcloud\.com/tracks/([^/]+)/stream'
     _TESTS = [
         {
             u'url': u'http://ex.fm/song/eh359',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/faz.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/faz.py
index c0169de04..c6ab6952e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/faz.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/faz.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 class FazIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = u'faz.net'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.faz\.net/multimedia/videos/.*?-(?P<id>\d+).html'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.faz\.net/multimedia/videos/.*?-(?P<id>\d+)\.html'
 
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://www.faz.net/multimedia/videos/stockholm-chemie-nobelpreis-fuer-drei-amerikanische-forscher-12610585.html',
@@ -44,13 +44,10 @@ class FazIE(InfoExtractor):
             })
 
         descr = self._html_search_regex(r'<p class="Content Copy">(.*?)</p>', webpage, u'description')
-        info = {
+        return {
             'id': video_id,
             'title': self._og_search_title(webpage),
             'formats': formats,
             'description': descr,
             'thumbnail': config.find('STILL/STILL_BIG').text,
         }
-        # TODO: Remove when #980 has been merged
-        info.update(formats[-1])
-        return info
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/fktv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/fktv.py
index dba1a8dc2..d7048c8c1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/fktv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/fktv.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 class FKTVIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = u'fernsehkritik.tv'
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?fernsehkritik.tv/folge-(?P<ep>[0-9]+)(?:/.*)?'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?fernsehkritik\.tv/folge-(?P<ep>[0-9]+)(?:/.*)?'
 
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://fernsehkritik.tv/folge-1',
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class FKTVIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 class FKTVPosteckeIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = u'fernsehkritik.tv:postecke'
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?fernsehkritik.tv/inline-video/postecke.php\?(.*&)?ep=(?P<ep>[0-9]+)(&|$)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?fernsehkritik\.tv/inline-video/postecke\.php\?(.*&)?ep=(?P<ep>[0-9]+)(&|$)'
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://fernsehkritik.tv/inline-video/postecke.php?iframe=true&width=625&height=440&ep=120',
         u'file': u'0120.flv',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/francetv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/francetv.py
index 6e1971043..ad85bc16d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/francetv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/francetv.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class FranceTVBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
         thumbnail_path = info.find('image').text
 
         return {'id': video_id,
-                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'ext': 'flv' if video_url.startswith('rtmp') else 'mp4',
                 'url': video_url,
                 'title': info.find('titre').text,
                 'thumbnail': compat_urlparse.urljoin('http://pluzz.francetv.fr', thumbnail_path),
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class PluzzIE(FranceTVBaseInfoExtractor):
 
 class FranceTvInfoIE(FranceTVBaseInfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = u'francetvinfo.fr'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.francetvinfo\.fr/replay.*/(?P<title>.+).html'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.francetvinfo\.fr/replay.*/(?P<title>.+)\.html'
 
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-jt/france-3/soir-3/jt-grand-soir-3-lundi-26-aout-2013_393427.html',
@@ -66,35 +66,101 @@ class FranceTvInfoIE(FranceTVBaseInfoExtractor):
         return self._extract_video(video_id)
 
 
-class France2IE(FranceTVBaseInfoExtractor):
-    IE_NAME = u'france2.fr'
-    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)https?://www\.france2\.fr/
+class FranceTVIE(FranceTVBaseInfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = u'francetv'
+    IE_DESC = u'France 2, 3, 4, 5 and Ô'
+    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)https?://www\.france[2345o]\.fr/
         (?:
-            emissions/.*?/videos/(?P<id>\d+)
-        |   emission/(?P<key>[^/?]+)
+            emissions/.*?/(videos|emissions)/(?P<id>[^/?]+)
+        |   (emissions?|jt)/(?P<key>[^/?]+)
         )'''
 
-    _TEST = {
-        u'url': u'http://www.france2.fr/emissions/13h15-le-samedi-le-dimanche/videos/75540104',
-        u'file': u'75540104.mp4',
-        u'info_dict': {
-            u'title': u'13h15, le samedi...',
-            u'description': u'md5:2e5b58ba7a2d3692b35c792be081a03d',
+    _TESTS = [
+        # france2
+        {
+            u'url': u'http://www.france2.fr/emissions/13h15-le-samedi-le-dimanche/videos/75540104',
+            u'file': u'75540104.mp4',
+            u'info_dict': {
+                u'title': u'13h15, le samedi...',
+                u'description': u'md5:2e5b58ba7a2d3692b35c792be081a03d',
+            },
+            u'params': {
+                # m3u8 download
+                u'skip_download': True,
+            },
         },
-        u'params': {
-            u'skip_download': True,
+        # france3
+        {
+            u'url': u'http://www.france3.fr/emissions/pieces-a-conviction/diffusions/13-11-2013_145575',
+            u'info_dict': {
+                u'id': u'000702326_CAPP_PicesconvictionExtrait313022013_120220131722_Au',
+                u'ext': u'flv',
+                u'title': u'Le scandale du prix des médicaments',
+                u'description': u'md5:1384089fbee2f04fc6c9de025ee2e9ce',
+            },
+            u'params': {
+                # rtmp download
+                u'skip_download': True,
+            },
         },
-    }
+        # france4
+        {
+            u'url': u'http://www.france4.fr/emissions/hero-corp/videos/rhozet_herocorp_bonus_1_20131106_1923_06112013172108_F4',
+            u'info_dict': {
+                u'id': u'rhozet_herocorp_bonus_1_20131106_1923_06112013172108_F4',
+                u'ext': u'flv',
+                u'title': u'Hero Corp Making of - Extrait 1',
+                u'description': u'md5:c87d54871b1790679aec1197e73d650a',
+            },
+            u'params': {
+                # rtmp download
+                u'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
+        # france5
+        {
+            u'url': u'http://www.france5.fr/emissions/c-a-dire/videos/92837968',
+            u'info_dict': {
+                u'id': u'92837968',
+                u'ext': u'mp4',
+                u'title': u'C à dire ?!',
+                u'description': u'md5:fb1db1cbad784dcce7c7a7bd177c8e2f',
+            },
+            u'params': {
+                # m3u8 download
+                u'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
+        # franceo
+        {
+            u'url': u'http://www.franceo.fr/jt/info-afrique/04-12-2013',
+            u'info_dict': {
+                u'id': u'92327925',
+                u'ext': u'mp4',
+                u'title': u'Infô-Afrique',
+                u'description': u'md5:ebf346da789428841bee0fd2a935ea55',
+            },
+            u'params': {
+                # m3u8 download
+                u'skip_download': True,
+            },
+            u'skip': u'The id changes frequently',
+        },
+    ]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         if mobj.group('key'):
             webpage = self._download_webpage(url, mobj.group('key'))
-            video_id = self._html_search_regex(
-                r'''(?x)<div\s+class="video-player">\s*
+            id_res = [
+                (r'''(?x)<div\s+class="video-player">\s*
                     <a\s+href="http://videos.francetv.fr/video/([0-9]+)"\s+
-                    class="francetv-video-player">''',
-                webpage, u'video ID')
+                    class="francetv-video-player">'''),
+                (r'<a id="player_direct" href="http://info\.francetelevisions'
+                 '\.fr/\?id-video=([^"/&]+)'),
+                (r'<a class="video" id="ftv_player_(.+?)"'),
+            ]
+            video_id = self._html_search_regex(id_res, webpage, u'video ID')
         else:
             video_id = mobj.group('id')
         return self._extract_video(video_id)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/gamekings.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/gamekings.py
index c91669b0e..a3a5251fe 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/gamekings.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/gamekings.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 
 
 class GamekingsIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'http?://www\.gamekings\.tv/videos/(?P<name>[0-9a-z\-]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://www\.gamekings\.tv/videos/(?P<name>[0-9a-z\-]+)'
     _TEST = {
         u"url": u"http://www.gamekings.tv/videos/phoenix-wright-ace-attorney-dual-destinies-review/",
         u'file': u'20130811.mp4',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/gamespot.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/gamespot.py
index 9645b00c3..26b7d2ae5 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/gamespot.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/gamespot.py
@@ -47,13 +47,10 @@ class GameSpotIE(InfoExtractor):
                 'format_id': q,
             })
 
-        info = {
+        return {
             'id': data_video['guid'],
             'title': compat_urllib_parse.unquote(data_video['title']),
             'formats': formats,
             'description': get_meta_content('description', webpage),
             'thumbnail': self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage),
         }
-        # TODO: Remove when #980 has been merged
-        info.update(formats[-1])
-        return info
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/gametrailers.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/gametrailers.py
index 3cc02d97e..d82a5d4b2 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/gametrailers.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/gametrailers.py
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 import re
 
-from .mtv import MTVIE, _media_xml_tag
+from .mtv import MTVServicesInfoExtractor
 
-class GametrailersIE(MTVIE):
-    """
-    Gametrailers use the same videos system as MTVIE, it just changes the feed
-    url, where the uri is and the method to get the thumbnails.
-    """
-    _VALID_URL = r'http://www.gametrailers.com/(?P<type>videos|reviews|full-episodes)/(?P<id>.*?)/(?P<title>.*)'
+
+class GametrailersIE(MTVServicesInfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://www\.gametrailers\.com/(?P<type>videos|reviews|full-episodes)/(?P<id>.*?)/(?P<title>.*)'
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/zbvr8i/mirror-s-edge-2-e3-2013--debut-trailer',
         u'file': u'70e9a5d7-cf25-4a10-9104-6f3e7342ae0d.mp4',
@@ -17,15 +14,9 @@ class GametrailersIE(MTVIE):
             u'description': u'Faith is back!  Check out the World Premiere trailer for Mirror\'s Edge 2 straight from the EA Press Conference at E3 2013!',
         },
     }
-    # Overwrite MTVIE properties we don't want
-    _TESTS = []
 
     _FEED_URL = 'http://www.gametrailers.com/feeds/mrss'
 
-    def _get_thumbnail_url(self, uri, itemdoc):
-        search_path = '%s/%s' % (_media_xml_tag('group'), _media_xml_tag('thumbnail'))
-        return itemdoc.find(search_path).attrib['url']
-
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         video_id = mobj.group('id')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index 37671430a..216e03218 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -169,8 +169,13 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
         #   Site Name | Video Title
         #   Video Title - Tagline | Site Name
         # and so on and so forth; it's just not practical
-        video_title = self._html_search_regex(r'<title>(.*)</title>',
-            webpage, u'video title', default=u'video', flags=re.DOTALL)
+        video_title = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'(?s)<title>(.*?)</title>', webpage, u'video title',
+            default=u'video')
+
+        # video uploader is domain name
+        video_uploader = self._search_regex(
+            r'^(?:https?://)?([^/]*)/.*', url, u'video uploader')
 
         # Look for BrightCove:
         bc_url = BrightcoveIE._extract_brightcove_url(webpage)
@@ -188,13 +193,35 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         # Look for embedded YouTube player
         matches = re.findall(
-            r'<iframe[^>]+?src=(["\'])(?P<url>(?:https?:)?//(?:www\.)?youtube.com/embed/.+?)\1', webpage)
+            r'<iframe[^>]+?src=(["\'])(?P<url>(?:https?:)?//(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/embed/.+?)\1', webpage)
         if matches:
             urlrs = [self.url_result(unescapeHTML(tuppl[1]), 'Youtube')
                      for tuppl in matches]
             return self.playlist_result(
                 urlrs, playlist_id=video_id, playlist_title=video_title)
 
+        # Look for embedded Dailymotion player
+        matches = re.findall(
+            r'<iframe[^>]+?src=(["\'])(?P<url>(?:https?:)?//(?:www\.)?dailymotion\.com/embed/video/.+?)\1', webpage)
+        if matches:
+            urlrs = [self.url_result(unescapeHTML(tuppl[1]), 'Dailymotion')
+                     for tuppl in matches]
+            return self.playlist_result(
+                urlrs, playlist_id=video_id, playlist_title=video_title)
+
+        # Look for embedded Wistia player
+        match = re.search(
+            r'<iframe[^>]+?src=(["\'])(?P<url>(?:https?:)?//(?:fast\.)?wistia\.net/embed/iframe/.+?)\1', webpage)
+        if match:
+            return {
+                '_type': 'url_transparent',
+                'url': unescapeHTML(match.group('url')),
+                'ie_key': 'Wistia',
+                'uploader': video_uploader,
+                'title': video_title,
+                'id': video_id,
+            }
+
         # Look for Bandcamp pages with custom domain
         mobj = re.search(r'<meta property="og:url"[^>]*?content="(.*?bandcamp\.com.*?)"', webpage)
         if mobj is not None:
@@ -238,14 +265,9 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
         # here's a fun little line of code for you:
         video_id = os.path.splitext(video_id)[0]
 
-        # video uploader is domain name
-        video_uploader = self._search_regex(r'(?:https?://)?([^/]*)/.*',
-            url, u'video uploader')
-
         return {
             'id':       video_id,
             'url':      video_url,
             'uploader': video_uploader,
-            'upload_date':  None,
             'title':    video_title,
         }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/hotnewhiphop.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/hotnewhiphop.py
index 3798118a7..0ee74fb38 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/hotnewhiphop.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/hotnewhiphop.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class HotNewHipHopIE(InfoExtractor):
         u'file': u'1435540.mp3',
         u'md5': u'2c2cd2f76ef11a9b3b581e8b232f3d96',
         u'info_dict': {
-            u"title": u"Freddie Gibbs - Lay It Down"
+            u"title": u'Freddie Gibbs "Lay It Down"'
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ign.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ign.py
index c52146f7d..57b79a336 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ign.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ign.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class IGNIE(InfoExtractor):
 class OneUPIE(IGNIE):
     """Extractor for 1up.com, it uses the ign videos system."""
 
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://gamevideos.1up.com/(?P<type>video)/id/(?P<name_or_id>.+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://gamevideos\.1up\.com/(?P<type>video)/id/(?P<name_or_id>.+)'
     IE_NAME = '1up.com'
 
     _DESCRIPTION_RE = r'<div id="vid_summary">(.+?)</div>'
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/imdb.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/imdb.py
index d8e9712a7..6fb373db2 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/imdb.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/imdb.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class ImdbIE(InfoExtractor):
             u'ext': u'mp4',
             u'title': u'Ice Age: Continental Drift Trailer (No. 2) - IMDb',
             u'description': u'md5:9061c2219254e5d14e03c25c98e96a81',
-            u'duration': 151,
         }
     }
 
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ class ImdbIE(InfoExtractor):
             flags=re.MULTILINE)
         formats = []
         for f_id, f_path in available_formats:
+            f_path = f_path.strip()
             format_page = self._download_webpage(
                 compat_urlparse.urljoin(url, f_path),
                 u'Downloading info for %s format' % f_id)
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ class ImdbIE(InfoExtractor):
             formats.append({
                 'format_id': f_id,
                 'url': format_info['url'],
-                'height': int(info['titleObject']['encoding']['selected'][:-1]),
             })
 
         return {
@@ -55,5 +54,4 @@ class ImdbIE(InfoExtractor):
             'formats': formats,
             'description': descr,
             'thumbnail': format_info['slate'],
-            'duration': int(info['titleObject']['title']['duration_seconds']),
         }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py
index 213aac428..660573d02 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import re
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 
 class InstagramIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?instagram.com/p/(.*?)/'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?instagram\.com/p/(.*?)/'
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://instagram.com/p/aye83DjauH/?foo=bar#abc',
         u'file': u'aye83DjauH.mp4',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/jukebox.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/jukebox.py
index c7bb234fe..592c64e1d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/jukebox.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/jukebox.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 )
 
 class JukeboxIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'^http://www\.jukebox?\..+?\/.+[,](?P<video_id>[a-z0-9\-]+).html'
+    _VALID_URL = r'^http://www\.jukebox?\..+?\/.+[,](?P<video_id>[a-z0-9\-]+)\.html'
     _IFRAME = r'<iframe .*src="(?P<iframe>[^"]*)".*>'
     _VIDEO_URL = r'"config":{"file":"(?P<video_url>http:[^"]+[.](?P<video_ext>[^.?]+)[?]mdtk=[0-9]+)"'
     _TITLE = r'<h1 class="inline">(?P<title>[^<]+)</h1>.*<span id="infos_article_artist">(?P<artist>[^<]+)</span>'
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/liveleak.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/liveleak.py
index dd062a14e..5ae57a77c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/liveleak.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/liveleak.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 class LiveLeakIE(InfoExtractor):
 
-    _VALID_URL = r'^(?:http?://)?(?:\w+\.)?liveleak\.com/view\?(?:.*?)i=(?P<video_id>[\w_]+)(?:.*)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'^(?:http://)?(?:\w+\.)?liveleak\.com/view\?(?:.*?)i=(?P<video_id>[\w_]+)(?:.*)'
     IE_NAME = u'liveleak'
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=757_1364311680',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/livestream.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/livestream.py
index 9bc35b115..1dcd1fb2d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/livestream.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/livestream.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 class LivestreamIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = u'livestream'
-    _VALID_URL = r'http://new.livestream.com/.*?/(?P<event_name>.*?)(/videos/(?P<id>\d+))?/?$'
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://new\.livestream\.com/.*?/(?P<event_name>.*?)(/videos/(?P<id>\d+))?/?$'
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://new.livestream.com/CoheedandCambria/WebsterHall/videos/4719370',
         u'file': u'4719370.mp4',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/metacafe.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/metacafe.py
index 91480ba87..bd044fb60 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/metacafe.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/metacafe.py
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 import re
-import socket
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
-    compat_http_client,
     compat_parse_qs,
-    compat_urllib_error,
     compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_request,
     compat_str,
@@ -69,6 +66,21 @@ class MetacafeIE(InfoExtractor):
             u'age_limit': 18,
         },
     },
+    # cbs video
+    {
+        u'url': u'http://www.metacafe.com/watch/cb-0rOxMBabDXN6/samsung_galaxy_note_2_samsungs_next_generation_phablet/',
+        u'info_dict': {
+            u'id': u'0rOxMBabDXN6',
+            u'ext': u'flv',
+            u'title': u'Samsung Galaxy Note 2: Samsung\'s next-generation phablet',
+            u'description': u'md5:54d49fac53d26d5a0aaeccd061ada09d',
+            u'duration': 129,
+        },
+        u'params': {
+            # rtmp download
+            u'skip_download': True,
+        },
+    },
     ]
 
 
@@ -78,12 +90,8 @@ class MetacafeIE(InfoExtractor):
 
     def _real_initialize(self):
         # Retrieve disclaimer
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._DISCLAIMER)
-        try:
-            self.report_disclaimer()
-            compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read()
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to retrieve disclaimer: %s' % compat_str(err))
+        self.report_disclaimer()
+        self._download_webpage(self._DISCLAIMER, None, False, u'Unable to retrieve disclaimer')
 
         # Confirm age
         disclaimer_form = {
@@ -92,11 +100,8 @@ class MetacafeIE(InfoExtractor):
             }
         request = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._FILTER_POST, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(disclaimer_form))
         request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
-        try:
-            self.report_age_confirmation()
-            compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read()
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to confirm age: %s' % compat_str(err))
+        self.report_age_confirmation()
+        self._download_webpage(request, None, False, u'Unable to confirm age')
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         # Extract id and simplified title from URL
@@ -106,10 +111,16 @@ class MetacafeIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         video_id = mobj.group(1)
 
-        # Check if video comes from YouTube
-        mobj2 = re.match(r'^yt-(.*)$', video_id)
-        if mobj2 is not None:
-            return [self.url_result('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s' % mobj2.group(1), 'Youtube')]
+        # the video may come from an external site
+        m_external = re.match('^(\w{2})-(.*)$', video_id)
+        if m_external is not None:
+            prefix, ext_id = m_external.groups()
+            # Check if video comes from YouTube
+            if prefix == 'yt':
+                return self.url_result('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s' % ext_id, 'Youtube')
+            # CBS videos use theplatform.com
+            if prefix == 'cb':
+                return self.url_result('theplatform:%s' % ext_id, 'ThePlatform')
 
         # Retrieve video webpage to extract further information
         req = compat_urllib_request.Request('http://www.metacafe.com/watch/%s/' % video_id)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/metacritic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/metacritic.py
index 449138b56..6b95b4998 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/metacritic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/metacritic.py
@@ -43,13 +43,10 @@ class MetacriticIE(InfoExtractor):
         description = self._html_search_regex(r'<b>Description:</b>(.*?)</p>',
             webpage, u'description', flags=re.DOTALL)
 
-        info = {
+        return {
             'id': video_id,
             'title': clip.find('title').text,
             'formats': formats,
             'description': description,
             'duration': int(clip.find('duration').text),
         }
-        # TODO: Remove when #980 has been merged
-        info.update(formats[-1])
-        return info
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/mixcloud.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/mixcloud.py
index e2baf44d7..04fa3ac7a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/mixcloud.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/mixcloud.py
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 import json
 import re
-import socket
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
-    compat_http_client,
-    compat_urllib_error,
-    compat_urllib_request,
     unified_strdate,
+    ExtractorError,
 )
 
 
@@ -31,9 +28,11 @@ class MixcloudIE(InfoExtractor):
         """Returns 1st active url from list"""
         for url in url_list:
             try:
-                compat_urllib_request.urlopen(url)
+                # We only want to know if the request succeed
+                # don't download the whole file
+                self._request_webpage(url, None, False)
                 return url
-            except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error):
+            except ExtractorError:
                 url = None
 
         return None
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
index 42aee58be..6b3feb560 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
@@ -10,35 +10,8 @@ from ..utils import (
 def _media_xml_tag(tag):
     return '{http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/}%s' % tag
 
-class MTVIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'^https?://(?:www\.)?mtv\.com/videos/.+?/(?P<videoid>[0-9]+)/[^/]+$'
-
-    _FEED_URL = 'http://www.mtv.com/player/embed/AS3/rss/'
-
-    _TESTS = [
-        {
-            u'url': u'http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/853555/ours-vh1-storytellers.jhtml',
-            u'file': u'853555.mp4',
-            u'md5': u'850f3f143316b1e71fa56a4edfd6e0f8',
-            u'info_dict': {
-                u'title': u'Taylor Swift - "Ours (VH1 Storytellers)"',
-                u'description': u'Album: Taylor Swift performs "Ours" for VH1 Storytellers at Harvey Mudd College.',
-            },
-        },
-        {
-            u'add_ie': ['Vevo'],
-            u'url': u'http://www.mtv.com/videos/taylor-swift/916187/everything-has-changed-ft-ed-sheeran.jhtml',
-            u'file': u'USCJY1331283.mp4',
-            u'md5': u'73b4e7fcadd88929292fe52c3ced8caf',
-            u'info_dict': {
-                u'title': u'Everything Has Changed',
-                u'upload_date': u'20130606',
-                u'uploader': u'Taylor Swift',
-            },
-            u'skip': u'VEVO is only available in some countries',
-        },
-    ]
 
+class MTVServicesInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     @staticmethod
     def _id_from_uri(uri):
         return uri.split(':')[-1]
@@ -53,7 +26,12 @@ class MTVIE(InfoExtractor):
         return base + m.group('finalid')
 
     def _get_thumbnail_url(self, uri, itemdoc):
-        return 'http://mtv.mtvnimages.com/uri/' + uri
+        search_path = '%s/%s' % (_media_xml_tag('group'), _media_xml_tag('thumbnail'))
+        thumb_node = itemdoc.find(search_path)
+        if thumb_node is None:
+            return None
+        else:
+            return thumb_node.attrib['url']
 
     def _extract_video_formats(self, metadataXml):
         if '/error_country_block.swf' in metadataXml:
@@ -93,7 +71,7 @@ class MTVIE(InfoExtractor):
         else:
             description = None
 
-        info = {
+        return {
             'title': itemdoc.find('title').text,
             'formats': self._extract_video_formats(mediagen_page),
             'id': video_id,
@@ -101,11 +79,6 @@ class MTVIE(InfoExtractor):
             'description': description,
         }
 
-        # TODO: Remove when #980 has been merged
-        info.update(info['formats'][-1])
-
-        return info
-
     def _get_videos_info(self, uri):
         video_id = self._id_from_uri(uri)
         data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'uri': uri})
@@ -113,6 +86,39 @@ class MTVIE(InfoExtractor):
                                          u'Downloading info')
         return [self._get_video_info(item) for item in idoc.findall('.//item')]
 
+
+class MTVIE(MTVServicesInfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'^https?://(?:www\.)?mtv\.com/videos/.+?/(?P<videoid>[0-9]+)/[^/]+$'
+
+    _FEED_URL = 'http://www.mtv.com/player/embed/AS3/rss/'
+
+    _TESTS = [
+        {
+            u'url': u'http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/853555/ours-vh1-storytellers.jhtml',
+            u'file': u'853555.mp4',
+            u'md5': u'850f3f143316b1e71fa56a4edfd6e0f8',
+            u'info_dict': {
+                u'title': u'Taylor Swift - "Ours (VH1 Storytellers)"',
+                u'description': u'Album: Taylor Swift performs "Ours" for VH1 Storytellers at Harvey Mudd College.',
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            u'add_ie': ['Vevo'],
+            u'url': u'http://www.mtv.com/videos/taylor-swift/916187/everything-has-changed-ft-ed-sheeran.jhtml',
+            u'file': u'USCJY1331283.mp4',
+            u'md5': u'73b4e7fcadd88929292fe52c3ced8caf',
+            u'info_dict': {
+                u'title': u'Everything Has Changed',
+                u'upload_date': u'20130606',
+                u'uploader': u'Taylor Swift',
+            },
+            u'skip': u'VEVO is only available in some countries',
+        },
+    ]
+
+    def _get_thumbnail_url(self, uri, itemdoc):
+        return 'http://mtv.mtvnimages.com/uri/' + uri
+
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         video_id = mobj.group('videoid')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/muzu.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/muzu.py
index 03e31ea1c..1772b7f9a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/muzu.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/muzu.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 
 class MuzuTVIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www.muzu.tv/(.+?)/(.+?)/(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.muzu\.tv/(.+?)/(.+?)/(?P<id>\d+)'
     IE_NAME = u'muzu.tv'
 
     _TEST = {
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/myspass.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/myspass.py
index 0067bf134..4becddee6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/myspass.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/myspass.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 
 class MySpassIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'http://www.myspass.de/.*'
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://www\.myspass\.de/.*'
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://www.myspass.de/myspass/shows/tvshows/absolute-mehrheit/Absolute-Mehrheit-vom-17022013-Die-Highlights-Teil-2--/11741/',
         u'file': u'11741.mp4',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/naver.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/naver.py
index d290397c7..c012ec0cf 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/naver.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/naver.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class NaverIE(InfoExtractor):
                 'height': int(format_el.find('height').text),
             })
 
-        info = {
+        return {
             'id': video_id,
             'title': info.find('Subject').text,
             'formats': formats,
@@ -65,6 +65,3 @@ class NaverIE(InfoExtractor):
             'upload_date': info.find('WriteDate').text.replace('.', ''),
             'view_count': int(info.find('PlayCount').text),
         }
-        # TODO: Remove when #980 has been merged
-        info.update(formats[-1])
-        return info
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ninegag.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ninegag.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea986c00e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ninegag.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import json
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+
+class NineGagIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = '9gag'
+    _VALID_URL = r'^https?://(?:www\.)?9gag\.tv/v/(?P<id>[0-9]+)'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        u"url": u"http://9gag.tv/v/1912",
+        u"file": u"1912.mp4",
+        u"info_dict": {
+            u"description": u"This 3-minute video will make you smile and then make you feel untalented and insignificant. Anyway, you should share this awesomeness. (Thanks, Dino!)",
+            u"title": u"\"People Are Awesome 2013\" Is Absolutely Awesome"
+        },
+        u'add_ie': [u'Youtube']
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+        data_json = self._html_search_regex(r'''(?x)
+            <div\s*id="tv-video"\s*data-video-source="youtube"\s*
+                data-video-meta="([^"]+)"''', webpage, u'video metadata')
+
+        data = json.loads(data_json)
+
+        return {
+            '_type': 'url_transparent',
+            'url': data['youtubeVideoId'],
+            'ie_key': 'Youtube',
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': data['title'],
+            'description': data['description'],
+            'view_count': int(data['view_count']),
+            'like_count': int(data['statistic']['like']),
+            'dislike_count': int(data['statistic']['dislike']),
+            'thumbnail': data['thumbnail_url'],
+        }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/orf.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/orf.py
index cfca2a063..b42eae89a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/orf.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/orf.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 )
 
 class ORFIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://tvthek.orf.at/(programs/.+?/episodes|topics/.+?)/(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://tvthek\.orf\.at/(programs/.+?/episodes|topics/.+?)/(?P<id>\d+)'
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py
index 65462d867..25f019231 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 
 
 class PBSIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://video.pbs.org/video/(?P<id>\d+)/?'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://video\.pbs\.org/video/(?P<id>\d+)/?'
 
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://video.pbs.org/video/2365006249/',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/pyvideo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/pyvideo.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33054591b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/pyvideo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import re
+import os
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+
+class PyvideoIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?pyvideo\.org/video/(?P<id>\d+)/(.*)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        u'url': u'http://pyvideo.org/video/1737/become-a-logging-expert-in-30-minutes',
+        u'file': u'24_4WWkSmNo.mp4',
+        u'md5': u'de317418c8bc76b1fd8633e4f32acbc6',
+        u'info_dict': {
+            u"title": u"Become a logging expert in 30 minutes",
+            u"description": u"md5:9665350d466c67fb5b1598de379021f7",
+            u"upload_date": u"20130320",
+            u"uploader": u"NextDayVideo",
+            u"uploader_id": u"NextDayVideo",
+        },
+        u'add_ie': ['Youtube'],
+    },
+    {
+        u'url': u'http://pyvideo.org/video/2542/gloriajw-spotifywitherikbernhardsson182m4v',
+        u'md5': u'5fe1c7e0a8aa5570330784c847ff6d12',
+        u'info_dict': {
+            u'id': u'2542',
+            u'ext': u'm4v',
+            u'title': u'Gloriajw-SpotifyWithErikBernhardsson182',
+        },
+    },
+    ]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+        m_youtube = re.search(r'(https?://www\.youtube\.com/watch\?v=.*)', webpage)
+
+        if m_youtube is not None:
+            return self.url_result(m_youtube.group(1), 'Youtube')
+
+        title = self._html_search_regex(r'<div class="section">.*?<h3>([^>]+?)</h3>',
+            webpage, u'title', flags=re.DOTALL)
+        video_url = self._search_regex([r'<source src="(.*?)"',
+            r'<dt>Download</dt>.*?<a href="(.+?)"'],
+            webpage, u'video url', flags=re.DOTALL)
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': os.path.splitext(title)[0],
+            'url': video_url,
+        }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/redtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/redtube.py
index 3bbda128e..c2254ae8a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/redtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/redtube.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class RedTubeIE(InfoExtractor):
             r'<source src="(.+?)" type="video/mp4">', webpage, u'video URL')
 
         video_title = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'<h1 class="videoTitle slidePanelMovable">(.+?)</h1>',
+            r'<h1 class="videoTitle[^"]*">(.+?)</h1>',
             webpage, u'title')
 
         # No self-labeling, but they describe themselves as
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/rutube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/rutube.py
index a18034fe2..e3e9bc07f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/rutube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/rutube.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 
 class RutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://rutube.ru/video/(?P<long_id>\w+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://rutube\.ru/video/(?P<long_id>\w+)'
 
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://rutube.ru/video/3eac3b4561676c17df9132a9a1e62e3e/',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/slashdot.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/slashdot.py
index f5003c7f9..d68646d24 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/slashdot.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/slashdot.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 
 
 class SlashdotIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://tv.slashdot.org/video/\?embed=(?P<id>.*?)(&|$)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://tv\.slashdot\.org/video/\?embed=(?P<id>.*?)(&|$)'
 
     _TEST = {
         u'add_ie': ['Ooyala'],
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/smotri.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/smotri.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ea89bf85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/smotri.py
@@ -0,0 +1,356 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+import re
+import json
+import hashlib
+import uuid
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_request,
+    ExtractorError,
+)
+
+
+class SmotriIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = u'Smotri.com'
+    IE_NAME = u'smotri'
+    _VALID_URL = r'^https?://(?:www\.)?(?P<url>smotri\.com/video/view/\?id=(?P<videoid>v(?P<realvideoid>[0-9]+)[a-z0-9]{4}))'
+
+    _TESTS = [
+        # real video id 2610366
+        {
+            u'url': u'http://smotri.com/video/view/?id=v261036632ab',
+            u'file': u'v261036632ab.mp4',
+            u'md5': u'2a7b08249e6f5636557579c368040eb9',
+            u'info_dict': {
+                u'title': u'катастрофа с камер видеонаблюдения',
+                u'uploader': u'rbc2008',
+                u'uploader_id': u'rbc08',
+                u'upload_date': u'20131118',
+                u'description': u'катастрофа с камер видеонаблюдения, видео катастрофа с камер видеонаблюдения',
+                u'thumbnail': u'http://frame6.loadup.ru/8b/a9/2610366.3.3.jpg',
+            },
+        },
+        # real video id 57591
+        {
+            u'url': u'http://smotri.com/video/view/?id=v57591cb20',
+            u'file': u'v57591cb20.flv',
+            u'md5': u'830266dfc21f077eac5afd1883091bcd',
+            u'info_dict': {
+                u'title': u'test',
+                u'uploader': u'Support Photofile@photofile',
+                u'uploader_id': u'support-photofile',
+                u'upload_date': u'20070704',
+                u'description': u'test, видео test',
+                u'thumbnail': u'http://frame4.loadup.ru/03/ed/57591.2.3.jpg',
+            },
+        },
+        # video-password
+        {
+            u'url': u'http://smotri.com/video/view/?id=v1390466a13c',
+            u'file': u'v1390466a13c.mp4',
+            u'md5': u'f6331cef33cad65a0815ee482a54440b',
+            u'info_dict': {
+                u'title': u'TOCCA_A_NOI_-_LE_COSE_NON_VANNO_CAMBIAMOLE_ORA-1',
+                u'uploader': u'timoxa40',
+                u'uploader_id': u'timoxa40',
+                u'upload_date': u'20100404',
+                u'thumbnail': u'http://frame7.loadup.ru/af/3f/1390466.3.3.jpg',
+                u'description': u'TOCCA_A_NOI_-_LE_COSE_NON_VANNO_CAMBIAMOLE_ORA-1, видео TOCCA_A_NOI_-_LE_COSE_NON_VANNO_CAMBIAMOLE_ORA-1',
+            },
+            u'params': {
+                u'videopassword': u'qwerty',
+            },
+        },
+        # age limit + video-password
+        {
+            u'url': u'http://smotri.com/video/view/?id=v15408898bcf',
+            u'file': u'v15408898bcf.flv',
+            u'md5': u'91e909c9f0521adf5ee86fbe073aad70',
+            u'info_dict': {
+                u'title': u'этот ролик не покажут по ТВ',
+                u'uploader': u'zzxxx',
+                u'uploader_id': u'ueggb',
+                u'upload_date': u'20101001',
+                u'thumbnail': u'http://frame3.loadup.ru/75/75/1540889.1.3.jpg',
+                u'age_limit': 18,
+                u'description': u'этот ролик не покажут по ТВ, видео этот ролик не покажут по ТВ',
+            },
+            u'params': {
+                u'videopassword': u'333'
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+    
+    _SUCCESS = 0
+    _PASSWORD_NOT_VERIFIED = 1
+    _PASSWORD_DETECTED = 2
+    _VIDEO_NOT_FOUND = 3
+
+    def _search_meta(self, name, html, display_name=None):
+        if display_name is None:
+            display_name = name
+        return self._html_search_regex(
+            r'<meta itemprop="%s" content="([^"]+)" />' % re.escape(name),
+            html, display_name, fatal=False)
+        return self._html_search_meta(name, html, display_name)
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('videoid')
+        real_video_id = mobj.group('realvideoid')
+
+        # Download video JSON data
+        video_json_url = 'http://smotri.com/vt.php?id=%s' % real_video_id
+        video_json_page = self._download_webpage(video_json_url, video_id, u'Downloading video JSON')
+        video_json = json.loads(video_json_page)
+        
+        status = video_json['status']
+        if status == self._VIDEO_NOT_FOUND:
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Video %s does not exist' % video_id, expected=True)
+        elif status == self._PASSWORD_DETECTED:  # The video is protected by a password, retry with
+                                                # video-password set
+            video_password = self._downloader.params.get('videopassword', None)
+            if not video_password:
+                raise ExtractorError(u'This video is protected by a password, use the --video-password option', expected=True)
+            video_json_url += '&md5pass=%s' % hashlib.md5(video_password.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
+            video_json_page = self._download_webpage(video_json_url, video_id, u'Downloading video JSON (video-password set)')
+            video_json = json.loads(video_json_page)
+            status = video_json['status']
+            if status == self._PASSWORD_NOT_VERIFIED:
+                raise ExtractorError(u'Video password is invalid', expected=True)
+        
+        if status != self._SUCCESS:
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Unexpected status value %s' % status)
+        
+        # Extract the URL of the video
+        video_url = video_json['file_data']
+        
+        # Video JSON does not provide enough meta data
+        # We will extract some from the video web page instead
+        video_page_url = 'http://' + mobj.group('url')
+        video_page = self._download_webpage(video_page_url, video_id, u'Downloading video page')
+        
+        # Adult content
+        if re.search(u'EroConfirmText">', video_page) is not None:
+            self.report_age_confirmation()
+            confirm_string = self._html_search_regex(
+                r'<a href="/video/view/\?id=%s&confirm=([^"]+)" title="[^"]+">' % video_id,
+                video_page, u'confirm string')
+            confirm_url = video_page_url + '&confirm=%s' % confirm_string
+            video_page = self._download_webpage(confirm_url, video_id, u'Downloading video page (age confirmed)')
+            adult_content = True
+        else:
+            adult_content = False
+        
+        # Extract the rest of meta data
+        video_title = self._search_meta(u'name', video_page, u'title')
+        if not video_title:
+            video_title = video_url.rsplit('/', 1)[-1]
+
+        video_description = self._search_meta(u'description', video_page)
+        END_TEXT = u' на сайте Smotri.com'
+        if video_description.endswith(END_TEXT):
+            video_description = video_description[:-len(END_TEXT)]
+        START_TEXT = u'Смотреть онлайн ролик '
+        if video_description.startswith(START_TEXT):
+            video_description = video_description[len(START_TEXT):]
+        video_thumbnail = self._search_meta(u'thumbnail', video_page)
+
+        upload_date_str = self._search_meta(u'uploadDate', video_page, u'upload date')
+        upload_date_m = re.search(r'(?P<year>\d{4})\.(?P<month>\d{2})\.(?P<day>\d{2})T', upload_date_str)
+        video_upload_date = (
+            (
+                upload_date_m.group('year') +
+                upload_date_m.group('month') +
+                upload_date_m.group('day')
+            )
+            if upload_date_m else None
+        )
+        
+        duration_str = self._search_meta(u'duration', video_page)
+        duration_m = re.search(r'T(?P<hours>[0-9]{2})H(?P<minutes>[0-9]{2})M(?P<seconds>[0-9]{2})S', duration_str)
+        video_duration = (
+            (
+                (int(duration_m.group('hours')) * 60 * 60) +
+                (int(duration_m.group('minutes')) * 60) +
+                int(duration_m.group('seconds'))
+            )
+            if duration_m else None
+        )
+        
+        video_uploader = self._html_search_regex(
+            u'<div class="DescrUser"><div>Автор.*?onmouseover="popup_user_info[^"]+">(.*?)</a>',
+            video_page, u'uploader', fatal=False, flags=re.MULTILINE|re.DOTALL)
+        
+        video_uploader_id = self._html_search_regex(
+            u'<div class="DescrUser"><div>Автор.*?onmouseover="popup_user_info\\(.*?\'([^\']+)\'\\);">',
+            video_page, u'uploader id', fatal=False, flags=re.MULTILINE|re.DOTALL)
+        
+        video_view_count = self._html_search_regex(
+            u'Общее количество просмотров.*?<span class="Number">(\\d+)</span>',
+            video_page, u'view count', fatal=False, flags=re.MULTILINE|re.DOTALL)
+                
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'url': video_url,
+            'title': video_title,
+            'thumbnail': video_thumbnail,
+            'description': video_description,
+            'uploader': video_uploader,
+            'upload_date': video_upload_date,
+            'uploader_id': video_uploader_id,
+            'video_duration': video_duration,
+            'view_count': video_view_count,
+            'age_limit': 18 if adult_content else 0,
+            'video_page_url': video_page_url
+        }
+
+
+class SmotriCommunityIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = u'Smotri.com community videos'
+    IE_NAME = u'smotri:community'
+    _VALID_URL = r'^https?://(?:www\.)?smotri\.com/community/video/(?P<communityid>[0-9A-Za-z_\'-]+)'
+    
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        community_id = mobj.group('communityid')
+
+        url = 'http://smotri.com/export/rss/video/by/community/-/%s/video.xml' % community_id
+        rss = self._download_xml(url, community_id, u'Downloading community RSS')
+
+        entries = [self.url_result(video_url.text, 'Smotri')
+                   for video_url in rss.findall('./channel/item/link')]
+
+        description_text = rss.find('./channel/description').text
+        community_title = self._html_search_regex(
+            u'^Видео сообщества "([^"]+)"$', description_text, u'community title')
+
+        return self.playlist_result(entries, community_id, community_title)
+
+
+class SmotriUserIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = u'Smotri.com user videos'
+    IE_NAME = u'smotri:user'
+    _VALID_URL = r'^https?://(?:www\.)?smotri\.com/user/(?P<userid>[0-9A-Za-z_\'-]+)'
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        user_id = mobj.group('userid')
+
+        url = 'http://smotri.com/export/rss/user/video/-/%s/video.xml' % user_id
+        rss = self._download_xml(url, user_id, u'Downloading user RSS')
+
+        entries = [self.url_result(video_url.text, 'Smotri')
+                   for video_url in rss.findall('./channel/item/link')]
+
+        description_text = rss.find('./channel/description').text
+        user_nickname = self._html_search_regex(
+            u'^Видео режиссера (.*)$', description_text,
+            u'user nickname')
+
+        return self.playlist_result(entries, user_id, user_nickname)
+
+
+class SmotriBroadcastIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = u'Smotri.com broadcasts'
+    IE_NAME = u'smotri:broadcast'
+    _VALID_URL = r'^https?://(?:www\.)?(?P<url>smotri\.com/live/(?P<broadcastid>[^/]+))/?.*'
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        broadcast_id = mobj.group('broadcastid')
+
+        broadcast_url = 'http://' + mobj.group('url')
+        broadcast_page = self._download_webpage(broadcast_url, broadcast_id, u'Downloading broadcast page')
+
+        if re.search(u'>Режиссер с логином <br/>"%s"<br/> <span>не существует<' % broadcast_id, broadcast_page) is not None:
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Broadcast %s does not exist' % broadcast_id, expected=True)
+
+        # Adult content
+        if re.search(u'EroConfirmText">', broadcast_page) is not None:
+
+            (username, password) = self._get_login_info()
+            if username is None:
+                raise ExtractorError(u'Erotic broadcasts allowed only for registered users, '
+                    u'use --username and --password options to provide account credentials.', expected=True)
+
+            # Log in
+            login_form_strs = {
+                u'login-hint53': '1',
+                u'confirm_erotic': '1',
+                u'login': username,
+                u'password': password,
+            }
+            # Convert to UTF-8 *before* urlencode because Python 2.x's urlencode
+            # chokes on unicode
+            login_form = dict((k.encode('utf-8'), v.encode('utf-8')) for k,v in login_form_strs.items())
+            login_data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8')
+            login_url = broadcast_url + '/?no_redirect=1'
+            request = compat_urllib_request.Request(login_url, login_data)
+            request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
+            broadcast_page = self._download_webpage(
+                request, broadcast_id, note=u'Logging in and confirming age')
+
+            if re.search(u'>Неверный логин или пароль<', broadcast_page) is not None:
+                raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to log in: bad username or password', expected=True)
+
+            adult_content = True
+        else:
+            adult_content = False
+
+        ticket = self._html_search_regex(
+            u'window\.broadcast_control\.addFlashVar\\(\'file\', \'([^\']+)\'\\);',
+            broadcast_page, u'broadcast ticket')
+
+        url = 'http://smotri.com/broadcast/view/url/?ticket=%s' % ticket
+
+        broadcast_password = self._downloader.params.get('videopassword', None)
+        if broadcast_password:
+            url += '&pass=%s' % hashlib.md5(broadcast_password.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
+
+        broadcast_json_page = self._download_webpage(url, broadcast_id, u'Downloading broadcast JSON')
+
+        try:
+            broadcast_json = json.loads(broadcast_json_page)
+
+            protected_broadcast = broadcast_json['_pass_protected'] == 1
+            if protected_broadcast and not broadcast_password:
+                raise ExtractorError(u'This broadcast is protected by a password, use the --video-password option', expected=True)
+
+            broadcast_offline = broadcast_json['is_play'] == 0
+            if broadcast_offline:
+                raise ExtractorError(u'Broadcast %s is offline' % broadcast_id, expected=True)
+
+            rtmp_url = broadcast_json['_server']
+            if not rtmp_url.startswith('rtmp://'):
+                raise ExtractorError(u'Unexpected broadcast rtmp URL')
+
+            broadcast_playpath = broadcast_json['_streamName']
+            broadcast_thumbnail = broadcast_json['_imgURL']
+            broadcast_title = broadcast_json['title']
+            broadcast_description = broadcast_json['description']
+            broadcaster_nick = broadcast_json['nick']
+            broadcaster_login = broadcast_json['login']
+            rtmp_conn = 'S:%s' % uuid.uuid4().hex
+        except KeyError:
+            if protected_broadcast:
+                raise ExtractorError(u'Bad broadcast password', expected=True)
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Unexpected broadcast JSON')
+
+        return {
+            'id': broadcast_id,
+            'url': rtmp_url,
+            'title': broadcast_title,
+            'thumbnail': broadcast_thumbnail,
+            'description': broadcast_description,
+            'uploader': broadcaster_nick,
+            'uploader_id': broadcaster_login,
+            'age_limit': 18 if adult_content else 0,
+            'ext': 'flv',
+            'play_path': broadcast_playpath,
+            'rtmp_live': True,
+            'rtmp_conn': rtmp_conn
+        }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py
index 3a19ab172..cb6dedab7 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class SoundcloudIE(InfoExtractor):
     _VALID_URL = r'''^(?:https?://)?
                     (?:(?:(?:www\.)?soundcloud\.com/([\w\d-]+)/([\w\d-]+)/?(?:[?].*)?$)
                        |(?:api\.soundcloud\.com/tracks/(?P<track_id>\d+))
-                       |(?P<widget>w.soundcloud.com/player/?.*?url=.*)
+                       |(?P<widget>w\.soundcloud\.com/player/?.*?url=.*)
                     )
                     '''
     IE_NAME = u'soundcloud'
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class SoundcloudSetIE(SoundcloudIE):
 
 
 class SoundcloudUserIE(SoundcloudIE):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(www\.)?soundcloud.com/(?P<user>[^/]+)(/?(tracks/)?)?(\?.*)?$'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(www\.)?soundcloud\.com/(?P<user>[^/]+)(/?(tracks/)?)?(\?.*)?$'
     IE_NAME = u'soundcloud:user'
 
     # it's in tests/test_playlists.py
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/southparkstudios.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/southparkstudios.py
index a711531e6..fd90cc5dd 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/southparkstudios.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/southparkstudios.py
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 import re
 
-from .mtv import MTVIE, _media_xml_tag
+from .mtv import MTVServicesInfoExtractor
 
 
-class SouthParkStudiosIE(MTVIE):
+class SouthParkStudiosIE(MTVServicesInfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = u'southparkstudios.com'
     _VALID_URL = r'(https?://)?(www\.)?(?P<url>southparkstudios\.com/(clips|full-episodes)/(?P<id>.+?)(\?|#|$))'
 
     _FEED_URL = 'http://www.southparkstudios.com/feeds/video-player/mrss'
 
-    # Overwrite MTVIE properties we don't want
     _TESTS = [{
         u'url': u'http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/104437/bat-daded#tab=featured',
         u'file': u'a7bff6c2-ed00-11e0-aca6-0026b9414f30.mp4',
@@ -19,14 +18,6 @@ class SouthParkStudiosIE(MTVIE):
         },
     }]
 
-    def _get_thumbnail_url(self, uri, itemdoc):
-        search_path = '%s/%s' % (_media_xml_tag('group'), _media_xml_tag('thumbnail'))
-        thumb_node = itemdoc.find(search_path)
-        if thumb_node is None:
-            return None
-        else:
-            return thumb_node.attrib['url']
-
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         url = u'http://www.' + mobj.group(u'url')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/space.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/space.py
index 0d32a0688..11455e0fa 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/space.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/space.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from ..utils import RegexNotFoundError, ExtractorError
 
 
 class SpaceIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.space\.com/\d+-(?P<title>[^/\.\?]*?)-video.html'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.space\.com/\d+-(?P<title>[^/\.\?]*?)-video\.html'
     _TEST = {
         u'add_ie': ['Brightcove'],
         u'url': u'http://www.space.com/23373-huge-martian-landforms-detail-revealed-by-european-probe-video.html',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/stanfordoc.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/stanfordoc.py
index b27838bf9..d0d0989f0 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/stanfordoc.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/stanfordoc.py
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 import re
-import socket
-import xml.etree.ElementTree
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
-    compat_http_client,
     compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_error,
-    compat_urllib_request,
 
     ExtractorError,
     orderedSet,
@@ -18,7 +13,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 class StanfordOpenClassroomIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = u'stanfordoc'
     IE_DESC = u'Stanford Open ClassRoom'
-    _VALID_URL = r'^(?:https?://)?openclassroom.stanford.edu(?P<path>/?|(/MainFolder/(?:HomePage|CoursePage|VideoPage)\.php([?]course=(?P<course>[^&]+)(&video=(?P<video>[^&]+))?(&.*)?)?))$'
+    _VALID_URL = r'^(?:https?://)?openclassroom\.stanford\.edu(?P<path>/?|(/MainFolder/(?:HomePage|CoursePage|VideoPage)\.php([?]course=(?P<course>[^&]+)(&video=(?P<video>[^&]+))?(&.*)?)?))$'
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://openclassroom.stanford.edu/MainFolder/VideoPage.php?course=PracticalUnix&video=intro-environment&speed=100',
         u'file': u'PracticalUnix_intro-environment.mp4',
@@ -45,11 +40,7 @@ class StanfordOpenClassroomIE(InfoExtractor):
             self.report_extraction(info['id'])
             baseUrl = 'http://openclassroom.stanford.edu/MainFolder/courses/' + course + '/videos/'
             xmlUrl = baseUrl + video + '.xml'
-            try:
-                metaXml = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(xmlUrl).read()
-            except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to download video info XML: %s' % compat_str(err))
-            mdoc = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(metaXml)
+            mdoc = self._download_xml(xmlUrl, info['id'])
             try:
                 info['title'] = mdoc.findall('./title')[0].text
                 info['url'] = baseUrl + mdoc.findall('./videoFile')[0].text
@@ -95,12 +86,9 @@ class StanfordOpenClassroomIE(InfoExtractor):
                 'upload_date': None,
             }
 
-            self.report_download_webpage(info['id'])
             rootURL = 'http://openclassroom.stanford.edu/MainFolder/HomePage.php'
-            try:
-                rootpage = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(rootURL).read()
-            except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to download course info page: ' + compat_str(err))
+            rootpage = self._download_webpage(rootURL, info['id'],
+                errnote=u'Unable to download course info page')
 
             info['title'] = info['id']
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/tf1.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/tf1.py
index 772134a12..2c5c88be8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/tf1.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/tf1.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 
 class TF1IE(InfoExtractor):
     """TF1 uses the wat.tv player."""
-    _VALID_URL = r'http://videos.tf1.fr/.*-(.*?).html'
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://videos\.tf1\.fr/.*-(.*?)\.html'
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://videos.tf1.fr/auto-moto/citroen-grand-c4-picasso-2013-presentation-officielle-8062060.html',
         u'file': u'10635995.mp4',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61452e47d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import re
+import json
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    xpath_with_ns,
+)
+
+_x = lambda p: xpath_with_ns(p, {'smil': 'http://www.w3.org/2005/SMIL21/Language'})
+
+
+class ThePlatformIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://link\.theplatform\.com/s/[^/]+/|theplatform:)(?P<id>[^/\?]+)'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        # from http://www.metacafe.com/watch/cb-e9I_cZgTgIPd/blackberrys_big_bold_z30/
+        u'url': u'http://link.theplatform.com/s/dJ5BDC/e9I_cZgTgIPd/meta.smil?format=smil&Tracking=true&mbr=true',
+        u'info_dict': {
+            u'id': u'e9I_cZgTgIPd',
+            u'ext': u'flv',
+            u'title': u'Blackberry\'s big, bold Z30',
+            u'description': u'The Z30 is Blackberry\'s biggest, baddest mobile messaging device yet.',
+            u'duration': 247,
+        },
+        u'params': {
+            # rtmp download
+            u'skip_download': True,
+        },
+    }
+
+    def _get_info(self, video_id):
+        smil_url = ('http://link.theplatform.com/s/dJ5BDC/{0}/meta.smil?'
+            'format=smil&mbr=true'.format(video_id))
+        meta = self._download_xml(smil_url, video_id)
+        info_url = 'http://link.theplatform.com/s/dJ5BDC/{0}?format=preview'.format(video_id)
+        info_json = self._download_webpage(info_url, video_id)
+        info = json.loads(info_json)
+
+        head = meta.find(_x('smil:head'))
+        body = meta.find(_x('smil:body'))
+        base_url = head.find(_x('smil:meta')).attrib['base']
+        switch = body.find(_x('smil:switch'))
+        formats = []
+        for f in switch.findall(_x('smil:video')):
+            attr = f.attrib
+            formats.append({
+                'url': base_url,
+                'play_path': 'mp4:' + attr['src'],
+                'ext': 'flv',
+                'width': int(attr['width']),
+                'height': int(attr['height']),
+                'vbr': int(attr['system-bitrate']),
+            })
+        formats.sort(key=lambda f: (f['height'], f['width'], f['vbr']))
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': info['title'],
+            'formats': formats,
+            'description': info['description'],
+            'thumbnail': info['defaultThumbnailUrl'],
+            'duration': info['duration']//1000,
+        }
+        
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        return self._get_info(video_id)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/trilulilu.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/trilulilu.py
index 1c49e580d..d64aaa41f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/trilulilu.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/trilulilu.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class TriluliluIE(InfoExtractor):
             for fnode in format_doc.findall('./formats/format')
         ]
 
-        info = {
+        return {
             '_type': 'video',
             'id': video_id,
             'formats': formats,
@@ -64,7 +64,3 @@ class TriluliluIE(InfoExtractor):
             'thumbnail': thumbnail,
         }
 
-        # TODO: Remove when #980 has been merged
-        info.update(formats[-1])
-
-        return info
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/unistra.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/unistra.py
index 516e18914..474610eec 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/unistra.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/unistra.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import re
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 
 class UnistraIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'http://utv.unistra.fr/(?:index|video).php\?id_video\=(\d+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://utv\.unistra\.fr/(?:index|video)\.php\?id_video\=(\d+)'
 
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://utv.unistra.fr/video.php?id_video=154',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/veehd.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/veehd.py
index 3a99a29c6..3cf8c853d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/veehd.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/veehd.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 )
 
 class VeeHDIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://veehd.com/video/(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://veehd\.com/video/(?P<id>\d+)'
 
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://veehd.com/video/4686958',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vevo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vevo.py
index 4378b1780..4823992ef 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vevo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vevo.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class VevoIE(InfoExtractor):
     Accepts urls from vevo.com or in the format 'vevo:{id}'
     (currently used by MTVIE)
     """
-    _VALID_URL = r'((http://www.vevo.com/watch/.*?/.*?/)|(vevo:))(?P<id>.*?)(\?|$)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'((http://www\.vevo\.com/watch/(?:[^/]+/[^/]+/)?)|(vevo:))(?P<id>.*?)(\?|$)'
     _TESTS = [{
         u'url': u'http://www.vevo.com/watch/hurts/somebody-to-die-for/GB1101300280',
         u'file': u'GB1101300280.mp4',
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class VevoIE(InfoExtractor):
             u"upload_date": u"20130624",
             u"uploader": u"Hurts",
             u"title": u"Somebody to Die For",
-            u"duration": 230,
+            u"duration": 230.12,
             u"width": 1920,
             u"height": 1080,
         }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vice.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vice.py
index 6b93afa50..87812d6af 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vice.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vice.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from ..utils import ExtractorError
 
 
 class ViceIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'http://www.vice.com/.*?/(?P<name>.+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://www\.vice\.com/.*?/(?P<name>.+)'
 
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://www.vice.com/Fringes/cowboy-capitalists-part-1',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/viddler.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/viddler.py
index 826804af3..9328ef4a2 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/viddler.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/viddler.py
@@ -2,13 +2,10 @@ import json
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..utils import (
-    determine_ext,
-)
 
 
 class ViddlerIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?P<domain>https?://(?:www\.)?viddler.com)/(?:v|embed|player)/(?P<id>[a-z0-9]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?P<domain>https?://(?:www\.)?viddler\.com)/(?:v|embed|player)/(?P<id>[a-z0-9]+)'
     _TEST = {
         u"url": u"http://www.viddler.com/v/43903784",
         u'file': u'43903784.mp4',
@@ -47,7 +44,7 @@ class ViddlerIE(InfoExtractor):
             r"thumbnail\s*:\s*'([^']*)'",
             webpage, u'thumbnail', fatal=False)
 
-        info = {
+        return {
             '_type': 'video',
             'id': video_id,
             'title': title,
@@ -56,9 +53,3 @@ class ViddlerIE(InfoExtractor):
             'duration': duration,
             'formats': formats,
         }
-
-        # TODO: Remove when #980 has been merged
-        info['formats'][-1]['ext'] = determine_ext(info['formats'][-1]['url'])
-        info.update(info['formats'][-1])
-
-        return info
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/videofyme.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/videofyme.py
index 912802d9a..f75169041 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/videofyme.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/videofyme.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 )
 
 class VideofyMeIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(www.videofy.me/.+?|p.videofy.me/v)/(?P<id>\d+)(&|#|$)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(www\.videofy\.me/.+?|p\.videofy\.me/v)/(?P<id>\d+)(&|#|$)'
     IE_NAME = u'videofy.me'
 
     _TEST = {
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
index 7d82c2cfa..fb2bd225a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class VimeoIE(InfoExtractor):
     """Information extractor for vimeo.com."""
 
     # _VALID_URL matches Vimeo URLs
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?P<proto>https?://)?(?:(?:www|(?P<player>player))\.)?vimeo(?P<pro>pro)?\.com/(?:(?:(?:groups|album)/[^/]+)|(?:.*?)/)?(?P<direct_link>play_redirect_hls\?clip_id=)?(?:videos?/)?(?P<id>[0-9]+)/?(?:[?].*)?(?:#.*)?$'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?P<proto>https?://)?(?:(?:www|(?P<player>player))\.)?vimeo(?P<pro>pro)?\.com/(?:.*?/)?(?P<direct_link>play_redirect_hls\?clip_id=)?(?:videos?/)?(?P<id>[0-9]+)/?(?:[?].*)?(?:#.*)?$'
     _NETRC_MACHINE = 'vimeo'
     IE_NAME = u'vimeo'
     _TESTS = [
@@ -196,6 +196,16 @@ class VimeoIE(InfoExtractor):
         if mobj is not None:
             video_upload_date = mobj.group(1) + mobj.group(2) + mobj.group(3)
 
+        try:
+            view_count = int(self._search_regex(r'UserPlays:(\d+)', webpage, u'view count'))
+            like_count = int(self._search_regex(r'UserLikes:(\d+)', webpage, u'like count'))
+            comment_count = int(self._search_regex(r'UserComments:(\d+)', webpage, u'comment count'))
+        except RegexNotFoundError:
+            # This info is only available in vimeo.com/{id} urls
+            view_count = None
+            like_count = None
+            comment_count = None
+
         # Vimeo specific: extract request signature and timestamp
         sig = config['request']['signature']
         timestamp = config['request']['timestamp']
@@ -242,6 +252,9 @@ class VimeoIE(InfoExtractor):
             'description':  video_description,
             'formats': formats,
             'webpage_url': url,
+            'view_count': view_count,
+            'like_count': like_count,
+            'comment_count': comment_count,
         }
 
 
@@ -249,25 +262,77 @@ class VimeoChannelIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = u'vimeo:channel'
     _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://)?vimeo.\com/channels/(?P<id>[^/]+)'
     _MORE_PAGES_INDICATOR = r'<a.+?rel="next"'
+    _TITLE_RE = r'<link rel="alternate"[^>]+?title="(.*?)"'
 
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        channel_id =  mobj.group('id')
-        video_ids = []
+    def _page_url(self, base_url, pagenum):
+        return '%s/videos/page:%d/' % (base_url, pagenum)
 
+    def _extract_list_title(self, webpage):
+        return self._html_search_regex(self._TITLE_RE, webpage, u'list title')
+
+    def _extract_videos(self, list_id, base_url):
+        video_ids = []
         for pagenum in itertools.count(1):
-            webpage = self._download_webpage('http://vimeo.com/channels/%s/videos/page:%d' % (channel_id, pagenum),
-                                             channel_id, u'Downloading page %s' % pagenum)
+            webpage = self._download_webpage(
+                self._page_url(base_url, pagenum) ,list_id,
+                u'Downloading page %s' % pagenum)
             video_ids.extend(re.findall(r'id="clip_(\d+?)"', webpage))
             if re.search(self._MORE_PAGES_INDICATOR, webpage, re.DOTALL) is None:
                 break
 
         entries = [self.url_result('http://vimeo.com/%s' % video_id, 'Vimeo')
                    for video_id in video_ids]
-        channel_title = self._html_search_regex(r'<a href="/channels/%s">(.*?)</a>' % channel_id,
-                                                webpage, u'channel title')
         return {'_type': 'playlist',
-                'id': channel_id,
-                'title': channel_title,
+                'id': list_id,
+                'title': self._extract_list_title(webpage),
                 'entries': entries,
                 }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        channel_id =  mobj.group('id')
+        return self._extract_videos(channel_id, 'http://vimeo.com/channels/%s' % channel_id)
+
+
+class VimeoUserIE(VimeoChannelIE):
+    IE_NAME = u'vimeo:user'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://)?vimeo.\com/(?P<name>[^/]+)'
+    _TITLE_RE = r'<a[^>]+?class="user">([^<>]+?)</a>'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def suitable(cls, url):
+        if VimeoChannelIE.suitable(url) or VimeoIE.suitable(url) or VimeoAlbumIE.suitable(url) or VimeoGroupsIE.suitable(url):
+            return False
+        return super(VimeoUserIE, cls).suitable(url)
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        name = mobj.group('name')
+        return self._extract_videos(name, 'http://vimeo.com/%s' % name)
+
+
+class VimeoAlbumIE(VimeoChannelIE):
+    IE_NAME = u'vimeo:album'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://)?vimeo.\com/album/(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _TITLE_RE = r'<header id="page_header">\n\s*<h1>(.*?)</h1>'
+
+    def _page_url(self, base_url, pagenum):
+        return '%s/page:%d/' % (base_url, pagenum)
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        album_id =  mobj.group('id')
+        return self._extract_videos(album_id, 'http://vimeo.com/album/%s' % album_id)
+
+
+class VimeoGroupsIE(VimeoAlbumIE):
+    IE_NAME = u'vimeo:group'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://)?vimeo.\com/groups/(?P<name>[^/]+)'
+
+    def _extract_list_title(self, webpage):
+        return self._og_search_title(webpage)
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        name = mobj.group('name')
+        return self._extract_videos(name, 'http://vimeo.com/groups/%s' % name)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/wat.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/wat.py
index 29c25f0e3..4fab6c6e8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/wat.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/wat.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 
 class WatIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL=r'http://www.wat.tv/.*-(?P<shortID>.*?)_.*?.html'
+    _VALID_URL=r'http://www\.wat\.tv/.*-(?P<shortID>.*?)_.*?\.html'
     IE_NAME = 'wat.tv'
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://www.wat.tv/video/world-war-philadelphia-vost-6bv55_2fjr7_.html',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/wimp.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/wimp.py
index b9c3b13f9..3635691e7 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/wimp.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/wimp.py
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ class WimpIE(InfoExtractor):
         u'file': u'deerfence.flv',
         u'md5': u'8b215e2e0168c6081a1cf84b2846a2b5',
         u'info_dict': {
-            u"title": u"Watch Till End: Herd of deer jump over a fence."
+            u"title": u"Watch Till End: Herd of deer jump over a fence.",
+            u"description": u"These deer look as fluid as running water when they jump over this fence as a herd. This video is one that needs to be watched until the very end for the true majesty to be witnessed, but once it comes, it's sure to take your breath away.",
         }
     }
 
@@ -19,18 +20,15 @@ class WimpIE(InfoExtractor):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         video_id = mobj.group(1)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
-        title = self._search_regex(r'<meta name="description" content="(.+?)" />',webpage, 'video title')
-        thumbnail_url = self._search_regex(r'<meta property="og\:image" content="(.+?)" />', webpage,'video thumbnail')
+        title = self._html_search_meta('description', webpage, u'video title')
         googleString = self._search_regex("googleCode = '(.*?)'", webpage, 'file url')
         googleString = base64.b64decode(googleString).decode('ascii')
         final_url = self._search_regex('","(.*?)"', googleString,'final video url')
-        ext = final_url.rpartition(u'.')[2]
-
-        return [{
-            'id':        video_id,
-            'url':       final_url,
-            'ext':       ext,
-            'title':     title,
-            'thumbnail': thumbnail_url,
-        }]
 
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'url': final_url,
+            'title': self._og_search_title(webpage),
+            'thumbnail': self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage),
+            'description': self._og_search_description(webpage),
+        }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/wistia.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/wistia.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1748c261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/wistia.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import json
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+
+class WistiaIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'^https?://(?:fast\.)?wistia\.net/embed/iframe/(?P<id>[a-z0-9]+)'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        u"url": u"http://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/sh7fpupwlt",
+        u"file": u"sh7fpupwlt.mov",
+        u"md5": u"cafeb56ec0c53c18c97405eecb3133df",
+        u"info_dict": {
+            u"title": u"cfh_resourceful_zdkh_final_1"
+        },
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+        data_json = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'Wistia.iframeInit\((.*?), {}\);', webpage, u'video data')
+
+        data = json.loads(data_json)
+
+        formats = []
+        thumbnails = []
+        for atype, a in data['assets'].items():
+            if atype == 'still':
+                thumbnails.append({
+                    'url': a['url'],
+                    'resolution': '%dx%d' % (a['width'], a['height']),
+                })
+                continue
+            if atype == 'preview':
+                continue
+            formats.append({
+                'format_id': atype,
+                'url': a['url'],
+                'width': a['width'],
+                'height': a['height'],
+                'filesize': a['size'],
+                'ext': a['ext'],
+            })
+        formats.sort(key=lambda a: a['filesize'])
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': data['name'],
+            'formats': formats,
+            'thumbnails': thumbnails,
+        }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/xhamster.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/xhamster.py
index 7444d3393..ef9997ee4 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/xhamster.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/xhamster.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class XHamsterIE(InfoExtractor):
                 return mobj.group('server')+'/key='+mobj.group('file')
 
         def is_hd(webpage):
-            return webpage.find('<div class=\'icon iconHD\'>') != -1
+            return webpage.find('<div class=\'icon iconHD\'') != -1
 
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/yahoo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/yahoo.py
index e457c4707..5c9c361b9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/yahoo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/yahoo.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class YahooIE(InfoExtractor):
         # The 'meta' field is not always in the video webpage, we request it
         # from another page
         long_id = info['id']
-        return self._get_info(info['id'], video_id)
+        return self._get_info(long_id, video_id)
 
     def _get_info(self, long_id, video_id):
         query = ('SELECT * FROM yahoo.media.video.streams WHERE id="%s"'
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youjizz.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youjizz.py
index 1fcc518ac..e971b5b4b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youjizz.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youjizz.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 
 class YouJizzIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'^(?:https?://)?(?:\w+\.)?youjizz\.com/videos/(?P<videoid>[^.]+).html$'
+    _VALID_URL = r'^(?:https?://)?(?:\w+\.)?youjizz\.com/videos/(?P<videoid>[^.]+)\.html$'
     _TEST = {
         u'url': u'http://www.youjizz.com/videos/zeichentrick-1-2189178.html',
         u'file': u'2189178.flv',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index a1a4d896d..874429b78 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import itertools
 import json
 import os.path
 import re
-import socket
 import string
 import struct
 import traceback
@@ -17,9 +16,7 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor
 from .subtitles import SubtitlesInfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     compat_chr,
-    compat_http_client,
     compat_parse_qs,
-    compat_urllib_error,
     compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urlparse,
@@ -45,19 +42,11 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     # If True it will raise an error if no login info is provided
     _LOGIN_REQUIRED = False
 
-    def report_lang(self):
-        """Report attempt to set language."""
-        self.to_screen(u'Setting language')
-
     def _set_language(self):
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._LANG_URL)
-        try:
-            self.report_lang()
-            compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read()
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            self._downloader.report_warning(u'unable to set language: %s' % compat_str(err))
-            return False
-        return True
+        return bool(self._download_webpage(
+            self._LANG_URL, None,
+            note=u'Setting language', errnote='unable to set language',
+            fatal=False))
 
     def _login(self):
         (username, password) = self._get_login_info()
@@ -67,12 +56,12 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
                 raise ExtractorError(u'No login info available, needed for using %s.' % self.IE_NAME, expected=True)
             return False
 
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._LOGIN_URL)
-        try:
-            login_page = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read().decode('utf-8')
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            self._downloader.report_warning(u'unable to fetch login page: %s' % compat_str(err))
-            return False
+        login_page = self._download_webpage(
+            self._LOGIN_URL, None,
+            note=u'Downloading login page',
+            errnote=u'unable to fetch login page', fatal=False)
+        if login_page is False:
+            return
 
         galx = self._search_regex(r'(?s)<input.+?name="GALX".+?value="(.+?)"',
                                   login_page, u'Login GALX parameter')
@@ -102,29 +91,28 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
         # chokes on unicode
         login_form = dict((k.encode('utf-8'), v.encode('utf-8')) for k,v in login_form_strs.items())
         login_data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form).encode('ascii')
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._LOGIN_URL, login_data)
-        try:
-            self.report_login()
-            login_results = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read().decode('utf-8')
-            if re.search(r'(?i)<form[^>]* id="gaia_loginform"', login_results) is not None:
-                self._downloader.report_warning(u'unable to log in: bad username or password')
-                return False
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            self._downloader.report_warning(u'unable to log in: %s' % compat_str(err))
+
+        req = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._LOGIN_URL, login_data)
+        login_results = self._download_webpage(
+            req, None,
+            note=u'Logging in', errnote=u'unable to log in', fatal=False)
+        if login_results is False:
+            return False
+        if re.search(r'(?i)<form[^>]* id="gaia_loginform"', login_results) is not None:
+            self._downloader.report_warning(u'unable to log in: bad username or password')
             return False
         return True
 
     def _confirm_age(self):
         age_form = {
-                'next_url':     '/',
-                'action_confirm':   'Confirm',
-                }
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._AGE_URL, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(age_form))
-        try:
-            self.report_age_confirmation()
-            compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read().decode('utf-8')
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to confirm age: %s' % compat_str(err))
+            'next_url': '/',
+            'action_confirm': 'Confirm',
+        }
+        req = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._AGE_URL, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(age_form))
+
+        self._download_webpage(
+            req, None,
+            note=u'Confirming age', errnote=u'Unable to confirm age')
         return True
 
     def _real_initialize(self):
@@ -336,7 +324,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
                 u"uploader": u"Philipp Hagemeister",
                 u"uploader_id": u"phihag",
                 u"upload_date": u"20121002",
-                u"description": u"test chars:  \"'/\\ä↭𝕐\n\nThis is a test video for youtube-dl.\n\nFor more information, contact phihag@phihag.de ."
+                u"description": u"test chars:  \"'/\\ä↭𝕐\ntest URL: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1892\n\nThis is a test video for youtube-dl.\n\nFor more information, contact phihag@phihag.de ."
             }
         },
         {
@@ -388,10 +376,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
         super(YoutubeIE, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self._player_cache = {}
 
-    def report_video_webpage_download(self, video_id):
-        """Report attempt to download video webpage."""
-        self.to_screen(u'%s: Downloading video webpage' % video_id)
-
     def report_video_info_webpage_download(self, video_id):
         """Report attempt to download video info webpage."""
         self.to_screen(u'%s: Downloading video info webpage' % video_id)
@@ -1258,15 +1242,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
         video_id = self._extract_id(url)
 
         # Get video webpage
-        self.report_video_webpage_download(video_id)
         url = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1' % video_id
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url)
-        try:
-            video_webpage_bytes = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read()
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to download video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
-
-        video_webpage = video_webpage_bytes.decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
+        video_webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
         # Attempt to extract SWF player URL
         mobj = re.search(r'swfConfig.*?"(https?:\\/\\/.*?watch.*?-.*?\.swf)"', video_webpage)
@@ -1366,6 +1343,15 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
         # description
         video_description = get_element_by_id("eow-description", video_webpage)
         if video_description:
+            video_description = re.sub(r'''(?x)
+                <a\s+
+                    (?:[a-zA-Z-]+="[^"]+"\s+)*?
+                    title="([^"]+)"\s+
+                    (?:[a-zA-Z-]+="[^"]+"\s+)*?
+                    class="yt-uix-redirect-link"\s*>
+                [^<]+
+                </a>
+            ''', r'\1', video_description)
             video_description = clean_html(video_description)
         else:
             fd_mobj = re.search(r'<meta name="description" content="([^"]+)"', video_webpage)
@@ -1374,6 +1360,14 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
             else:
                 video_description = u''
 
+        def _extract_count(klass):
+            count = self._search_regex(r'class="%s">([\d,]+)</span>' % re.escape(klass), video_webpage, klass, fatal=False)
+            if count is not None:
+                return int(count.replace(',', ''))
+            return None
+        like_count = _extract_count(u'likes-count')
+        dislike_count = _extract_count(u'dislikes-count')
+
         # subtitles
         video_subtitles = self.extract_subtitles(video_id, video_webpage)
 
@@ -1506,6 +1500,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
                 'annotations':  video_annotations,
                 'webpage_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s' % video_id,
                 'view_count': view_count,
+                'like_count': like_count,
+                'dislike_count': dislike_count,
             })
         return results
 
@@ -1520,10 +1516,10 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                            \? (?:.*?&)*? (?:p|a|list)=
                         |  p/
                         )
-                        ((?:PL|EC|UU|FL)?[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,})
+                        ((?:PL|EC|UU|FL|RD)?[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,})
                         .*
                      |
-                        ((?:PL|EC|UU|FL)[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,})
+                        ((?:PL|EC|UU|FL|RD)[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,})
                      )"""
     _TEMPLATE_URL = 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=%s&page=%s'
     _MORE_PAGES_INDICATOR = r'data-link-type="next"'
@@ -1545,7 +1541,7 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
     def _extract_mix(self, playlist_id):
         # The mixes are generated from a a single video
         # the id of the playlist is just 'RD' + video_id
-        url = 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=%s&list=%s' % (playlist_id[2:], playlist_id)
+        url = 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=%s&list=%s' % (playlist_id[-11:], playlist_id)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, playlist_id, u'Downloading Youtube mix')
         title_span = (get_element_by_attribute('class', 'title long-title', webpage) or
             get_element_by_attribute('class', 'title ', webpage))
@@ -1573,7 +1569,7 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             else:
                 self.to_screen(u'Downloading playlist PL%s - add --no-playlist to just download video %s' % (playlist_id, video_id))
 
-        if len(playlist_id) == 13:  # 'RD' + 11 characters for the video id
+        if playlist_id.startswith('RD'):
             # Mixes require a custom extraction process
             return self._extract_mix(playlist_id)
         if playlist_id.startswith('TL'):
@@ -1658,10 +1654,11 @@ class YoutubeChannelIE(InfoExtractor):
         video_ids = []
         url = 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/%s/videos' % channel_id
         channel_page = self._download_webpage(url, channel_id)
-        if re.search(r'channel-header-autogenerated-label', channel_page) is not None:
-            autogenerated = True
-        else:
-            autogenerated = False
+        autogenerated = re.search(r'''(?x)
+                class="[^"]*?(?:
+                    channel-header-autogenerated-label|
+                    yt-channel-title-autogenerated
+                )[^"]*"''', channel_page) is not None
 
         if autogenerated:
             # The videos are contained in a single page
@@ -1763,10 +1760,6 @@ class YoutubeSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = u'youtube:search'
     _SEARCH_KEY = 'ytsearch'
 
-    def report_download_page(self, query, pagenum):
-        """Report attempt to download search page with given number."""
-        self._downloader.to_screen(u'[youtube] query "%s": Downloading page %s' % (query, pagenum))
-
     def _get_n_results(self, query, n):
         """Get a specified number of results for a query"""
 
@@ -1775,16 +1768,15 @@ class YoutubeSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor):
         limit = n
 
         while (50 * pagenum) < limit:
-            self.report_download_page(query, pagenum+1)
             result_url = self._API_URL % (compat_urllib_parse.quote_plus(query), (50*pagenum)+1)
-            request = compat_urllib_request.Request(result_url)
-            try:
-                data = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read().decode('utf-8')
-            except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to download API page: %s' % compat_str(err))
-            api_response = json.loads(data)['data']
-
-            if not 'items' in api_response:
+            data_json = self._download_webpage(
+                result_url, video_id=u'query "%s"' % query,
+                note=u'Downloading page %s' % (pagenum + 1),
+                errnote=u'Unable to download API page')
+            data = json.loads(data_json)
+            api_response = data['data']
+
+            if 'items' not in api_response:
                 raise ExtractorError(u'[youtube] No video results')
 
             new_ids = list(video['id'] for video in api_response['items'])
@@ -1800,6 +1792,7 @@ class YoutubeSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor):
         return self.playlist_result(videos, query)
 
 class YoutubeSearchDateIE(YoutubeSearchIE):
+    IE_NAME = YoutubeSearchIE.IE_NAME + ':date'
     _API_URL = 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?q=%s&start-index=%i&max-results=50&v=2&alt=jsonc&orderby=published'
     _SEARCH_KEY = 'ytsearchdate'
     IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com searches, newest videos first'
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index c486ef8ec..5ba06d965 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import ssl
 import socket
 import sys
 import traceback
-import xml.etree.ElementTree
 import zlib
 
 try:
@@ -548,7 +547,7 @@ def make_HTTPS_handler(opts_no_check_certificate):
 
             def connect(self):
                 sock = socket.create_connection((self.host, self.port), self.timeout)
-                if self._tunnel_host:
+                if getattr(self, '_tunnel_host', False):
                     self.sock = sock
                     self._tunnel()
                 try:
@@ -562,11 +561,14 @@ def make_HTTPS_handler(opts_no_check_certificate):
         return HTTPSHandlerV3()
     else:
         context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3)
-        context.set_default_verify_paths()
-        
         context.verify_mode = (ssl.CERT_NONE
                                if opts_no_check_certificate
                                else ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
+        context.set_default_verify_paths()
+        try:
+            context.load_default_certs()
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass  # Python < 3.4
         return compat_urllib_request.HTTPSHandler(context=context)
 
 class ExtractorError(Exception):
@@ -1021,3 +1023,7 @@ def format_bytes(bytes):
     suffix = [u'B', u'KiB', u'MiB', u'GiB', u'TiB', u'PiB', u'EiB', u'ZiB', u'YiB'][exponent]
     converted = float(bytes) / float(1024 ** exponent)
     return u'%.2f%s' % (converted, suffix)
+
+def str_to_int(int_str):
+    int_str = re.sub(r'[,\.]', u'', int_str)
+    return int(int_str)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/version.py b/youtube_dl/version.py
index a73d7fb5c..f7f658f49 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/version.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 
-__version__ = '2013.11.29'
+__version__ = '2013.12.09.1'