-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_id = mobj.group(2)
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
-
-        m = re.search(r'vcode:\s*[\'"](.+?)[\'"]', webpage)
-        if m and m.group(1):
-            return {
-                '_type': 'url',
-                'url': 'youku:' + m.group(1),
-                'ie_key': 'Youku'
-            }
-
-        title = self._search_regex(
-            r",kw:\s*['\"](.+?)[\"']", webpage, 'title')
-        thumbnail_url = self._search_regex(
-            r",pic:\s*[\"'](.+?)[\"']", webpage, 'thumbnail URL', fatal=False)
-
-        segs_json = self._search_regex(r'segs: \'(.*)\'', webpage, 'segments')
-        segments = json.loads(segs_json)
-        # It looks like the keys are the arguments that have to be passed as
-        # the hd field in the request url, we pick the higher
-        # Also, filter non-number qualities (see issue #3643).
-        quality = sorted(filter(lambda k: k.isdigit(), segments.keys()),
-                         key=lambda k: int(k))[-1]
-        parts = segments[quality]
-        result = []
-        len_parts = len(parts)
-        if len_parts > 1:
-            self.to_screen('%s: found %s parts' % (video_id, len_parts))
-        for part in parts:
-            part_id = part['k']
-            final_url = self._url_for_id(part_id, quality)
-            ext = (final_url.split('?')[0]).split('.')[-1]
-            part_info = {
-                'id': '%s' % part_id,
-                'url': final_url,
-                'ext': ext,
-                'title': title,
-                'thumbnail': thumbnail_url,
-            }
-            result.append(part_info)
+        playlist_id = self._match_id(url)
+        playlist_data = self._download_json(
+            'http://www.tudou.com/tvp/plist.action?lcode=%s' % playlist_id, playlist_id)
+        entries = [self.url_result(
+            'http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/%s' % item['icode'],
+            'Tudou', item['icode'],
+            item['kw']) for item in playlist_data['items']]
+        return self.playlist_result(entries, playlist_id)
+
+
+class TudouAlbumIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'tudou:album'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?tudou\.com/album(?:cover|play)/(?P<id>[\w-]{11})'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'http://www.tudou.com/albumplay/v5qckFJvNJg.html',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'v5qckFJvNJg',
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 45,
+    }]