-            referer = smuggled_data.get('Referer', url)
-            return self._get_video_info(
-                videoPlayer[0], query_str, query, referer=referer)
-        elif 'playerKey' in query:
-            player_key = query['playerKey']
-            return self._get_playlist_info(player_key[0])
-        else:
-            raise ExtractorError(
-                'Cannot find playerKey= variable. Did you forget quotes in a shell invocation?',
-                expected=True)
-
-    def _get_video_info(self, video_id, query_str, query, referer=None):
-        request_url = self._FEDERATED_URL_TEMPLATE % query_str
-        req = compat_urllib_request.Request(request_url)
-        linkBase = query.get('linkBaseURL')
-        if linkBase is not None:
-            referer = linkBase[0]
-        if referer is not None:
-            req.add_header('Referer', referer)
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(req, video_id)
-
-        error_msg = self._html_search_regex(
-            r"<h1>We're sorry.</h1>([\s\n]*<p>.*?</p>)+", webpage,
-            'error message', default=None)
-        if error_msg is not None:
-            raise ExtractorError(
-                'brightcove said: %s' % error_msg, expected=True)
-
-        self.report_extraction(video_id)
-        info = self._search_regex(r'var experienceJSON = ({.*});', webpage, 'json')
-        info = json.loads(info)['data']
-        video_info = info['programmedContent']['videoPlayer']['mediaDTO']
-        video_info['_youtubedl_adServerURL'] = info.get('adServerURL')
-
-        return self._extract_video_info(video_info)
-
-    def _get_playlist_info(self, player_key):
-        info_url = 'http://c.brightcove.com/services/json/experience/runtime/?command=get_programming_for_experience&playerKey=%s' % player_key
-        playlist_info = self._download_webpage(
-            info_url, player_key, 'Downloading playlist information')
-
-        json_data = json.loads(playlist_info)
-        if 'videoList' not in json_data:
-            raise ExtractorError('Empty playlist')
-        playlist_info = json_data['videoList']
-        videos = [self._extract_video_info(video_info) for video_info in playlist_info['mediaCollectionDTO']['videoDTOs']]
-
-        return self.playlist_result(videos, playlist_id='%s' % playlist_info['id'],
-                                    playlist_title=playlist_info['mediaCollectionDTO']['displayName'])
-
-    def _extract_video_info(self, video_info):
-        info = {
-            'id': compat_str(video_info['id']),
-            'title': video_info['displayName'].strip(),
-            'description': video_info.get('shortDescription'),
-            'thumbnail': video_info.get('videoStillURL') or video_info.get('thumbnailURL'),
-            'uploader': video_info.get('publisherName'),
+            referer = query.get('linkBaseURL', [None])[0] or smuggled_data.get('Referer', url)
+            video_id = videoPlayer[0]
+            if 'playerID' not in query:
+                mobj = re.search(r'/bcpid(\d+)', url)
+                if mobj is not None:
+                    query['playerID'] = [mobj.group(1)]
+            publisher_id = query.get('publisherId')
+            if publisher_id and publisher_id[0].isdigit():
+                publisher_id = publisher_id[0]
+            if not publisher_id:
+                player_key = query.get('playerKey')
+                if player_key and ',' in player_key[0]:
+                    player_key = player_key[0]
+                else:
+                    player_id = query.get('playerID')
+                    if player_id and player_id[0].isdigit():
+                        headers = {}
+                        if referer:
+                            headers['Referer'] = referer
+                        player_page = self._download_webpage(
+                            'http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid' + player_id[0],
+                            video_id, headers=headers, fatal=False)
+                        if player_page:
+                            player_key = self._search_regex(
+                                r'<param\s+name="playerKey"\s+value="([\w~,-]+)"',
+                                player_page, 'player key', fatal=False)
+                if player_key:
+                    enc_pub_id = player_key.split(',')[1].replace('~', '=')
+                    publisher_id = struct.unpack('>Q', base64.urlsafe_b64decode(enc_pub_id))[0]
+            if publisher_id:
+                brightcove_new_url = 'http://players.brightcove.net/%s/default_default/index.html?videoId=%s' % (publisher_id, video_id)
+                if referer:
+                    brightcove_new_url = smuggle_url(brightcove_new_url, {'referrer': referer})
+                return self.url_result(brightcove_new_url, BrightcoveNewIE.ie_key(), video_id)
+        # TODO: figure out if it's possible to extract playlistId from playerKey
+        # elif 'playerKey' in query:
+        #     player_key = query['playerKey']
+        #     return self._get_playlist_info(player_key[0])
+        raise UnsupportedError(url)
+
+
+class BrightcoveNewIE(AdobePassIE):
+    IE_NAME = 'brightcove:new'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://players\.brightcove\.net/(?P<account_id>\d+)/(?P<player_id>[^/]+)_(?P<embed>[^/]+)/index\.html\?.*(?P<content_type>video|playlist)Id=(?P<video_id>\d+|ref:[^&]+)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'http://players.brightcove.net/929656772001/e41d32dc-ec74-459e-a845-6c69f7b724ea_default/index.html?videoId=4463358922001',
+        'md5': 'c8100925723840d4b0d243f7025703be',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '4463358922001',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Meet the man behind Popcorn Time',
+            'description': 'md5:eac376a4fe366edc70279bfb681aea16',
+            'duration': 165.768,
+            'timestamp': 1441391203,
+            'upload_date': '20150904',
+            'uploader_id': '929656772001',
+            'formats': 'mincount:20',
+        },
+    }, {
+        # with rtmp streams
+        'url': 'http://players.brightcove.net/4036320279001/5d112ed9-283f-485f-a7f9-33f42e8bc042_default/index.html?videoId=4279049078001',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '4279049078001',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Titansgrave: Chapter 0',
+            'description': 'Titansgrave: Chapter 0',
+            'duration': 1242.058,
+            'timestamp': 1433556729,
+            'upload_date': '20150606',
+            'uploader_id': '4036320279001',
+            'formats': 'mincount:39',
+        },
+        'params': {
+            # m3u8 download
+            'skip_download': True,
+        }
+    }, {
+        # playlist stream
+        'url': 'https://players.brightcove.net/1752604059001/S13cJdUBz_default/index.html?playlistId=5718313430001',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '5718313430001',
+            'title': 'No Audio Playlist',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 7,
+        'params': {
+            # m3u8 download
+            'skip_download': True,