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diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 7757bf950..3ae5d5212 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     information possibly downloading the video to the file system, among
     other possible outcomes.
 
-    The type field determines the the type of the result.
+    The type field determines the type of the result.
     By far the most common value (and the default if _type is missing) is
     "video", which indicates a single video.
 
@@ -111,11 +111,8 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                                   (quality takes higher priority)
                                  -1 for default (order by other properties),
                                  -2 or smaller for less than default.
-                    * http_method  HTTP method to use for the download.
                     * http_headers  A dictionary of additional HTTP headers
                                  to add to the request.
-                    * http_post_data  Additional data to send with a POST
-                                 request.
                     * stretched_ratio  If given and not 1, indicates that the
                                  video's pixels are not square.
                                  width : height ratio as float.
@@ -572,7 +569,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 
     def _get_login_info(self):
         """
-        Get the the login info as (username, password)
+        Get the login info as (username, password)
         It will look in the netrc file using the _NETRC_MACHINE value
         If there's no info available, return (None, None)
         """
@@ -708,7 +705,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         return self._html_search_meta('twitter:player', html,
                                       'twitter card player')
 
-    def _sort_formats(self, formats):
+    def _sort_formats(self, formats, field_preference=None):
         if not formats:
             raise ExtractorError('No video formats found')
 
@@ -718,6 +715,9 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
             if not f.get('ext') and 'url' in f:
                 f['ext'] = determine_ext(f['url'])
 
+            if isinstance(field_preference, (list, tuple)):
+                return tuple(f.get(field) if f.get(field) is not None else -1 for field in field_preference)
+
             preference = f.get('preference')
             if preference is None:
                 proto = f.get('protocol')