-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_id = mobj.group('video_id')
-
-        xml_url = u'http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/xmlservice/web/beitragsDetails?ak=web&id=%s' % video_id
-        doc = self._download_xml(
-            xml_url, video_id,
-            note=u'Downloading video info',
-            errnote=u'Failed to download video info')
-
-        title = doc.find('.//information/title').text
-        description = doc.find('.//information/detail').text
-        uploader_node = doc.find('.//details/originChannelTitle')
-        uploader = None if uploader_node is None else uploader_node.text
-        duration_str = doc.find('.//details/length').text
-        duration_m = re.match(r'''(?x)^
-            (?P<hours>[0-9]{2})
-            :(?P<minutes>[0-9]{2})
-            :(?P<seconds>[0-9]{2})
-            (?:\.(?P<ms>[0-9]+)?)
-            ''', duration_str)
-        duration = (
-            (
-                (int(duration_m.group('hours')) * 60 * 60) +
-                (int(duration_m.group('minutes')) * 60) +
-                int(duration_m.group('seconds'))
-            )
-            if duration_m
-            else None
-        )
-        upload_date = unified_strdate(doc.find('.//details/airtime').text)
-
-        def xml_to_format(fnode):
-            video_url = fnode.find('url').text
-            is_available = u'http://www.metafilegenerator' not in video_url
-
-            format_id = fnode.attrib['basetype']
-            format_m = re.match(r'''(?x)
-                (?P<vcodec>[^_]+)_(?P<acodec>[^_]+)_(?P<container>[^_]+)_
-                (?P<proto>[^_]+)_(?P<index>[^_]+)_(?P<indexproto>[^_]+)
-            ''', format_id)
-
-            ext = format_m.group('container')
-            is_supported = ext != 'f4f'
-
-            PROTO_ORDER = ['http', 'rtmp', 'rtsp']
-            try:
-                proto_pref = -PROTO_ORDER.index(format_m.group('proto'))
-            except ValueError:
-                proto_pref = -999
-
-            quality = fnode.find('./quality').text
-            QUALITY_ORDER = ['veryhigh', '300', 'high', 'med', 'low']
-            try:
-                quality_pref = -QUALITY_ORDER.index(quality)
-            except ValueError:
-                quality_pref = -999
-
-            abr = int(fnode.find('./audioBitrate').text) // 1000
-            vbr = int(fnode.find('./videoBitrate').text) // 1000
-            pref = (is_available, is_supported,
-                    proto_pref, quality_pref, vbr, abr)
-
-            format_note = u''
-            if not is_supported:
-                format_note += u'(unsupported)'
-            if not format_note:
-                format_note = None
-
-            return {
-                'format_id': format_id + u'-' + quality,
-                'url': video_url,
-                'ext': ext,
-                'acodec': format_m.group('acodec'),
-                'vcodec': format_m.group('vcodec'),
-                'abr': abr,
-                'vbr': vbr,
-                'width': int(fnode.find('./width').text),
-                'height': int(fnode.find('./height').text),
-                'filesize': int(fnode.find('./filesize').text),
-                'format_note': format_note,
-                '_pref': pref,
-                '_available': is_available,
-            }
-
-        format_nodes = doc.findall('.//formitaeten/formitaet')
-        formats = sorted(filter(lambda f: f['_available'],
-                                map(xml_to_format, format_nodes)),
-                         key=operator.itemgetter('_pref'))