+class OoyalaBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
+
+    def _extract_result(self, info, more_info):
+        embedCode = info['embedCode']
+        video_url = info.get('ipad_url') or info['url']
+
+        if determine_ext(video_url) == 'm3u8':
+            formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(video_url, embedCode, ext='mp4')
+        else:
+            formats = [{
+                'url': video_url,
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+            }]
+
+        return {
+            'id': embedCode,
+            'title': unescapeHTML(info['title']),
+            'formats': formats,
+            'description': unescapeHTML(more_info['description']),
+            'thumbnail': more_info['promo'],
+        }
+
+    def _extract(self, player_url, video_id):
+        player = self._download_webpage(player_url, video_id)
+        mobile_url = self._search_regex(r'mobile_player_url="(.+?)&device="',
+                                        player, 'mobile player url')
+        # Looks like some videos are only available for particular devices
+        # (e.g. http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?embedCode=x1b3lqZDq9y_7kMyC2Op5qo-p077tXD0
+        # is only available for ipad)
+        # Working around with fetching URLs for all the devices found starting with 'unknown'
+        # until we succeed or eventually fail for each device.
+        devices = re.findall(r'device\s*=\s*"([^"]+)";', player)
+        devices.remove('unknown')
+        devices.insert(0, 'unknown')
+        for device in devices:
+            mobile_player = self._download_webpage(
+                '%s&device=%s' % (mobile_url, device), video_id,
+                'Downloading mobile player JS for %s device' % device)
+            videos_info = self._search_regex(
+                r'var streams=window.oo_testEnv\?\[\]:eval\("\((\[{.*?}\])\)"\);',
+                mobile_player, 'info', fatal=False, default=None)
+            if videos_info:
+                break
+
+        if not videos_info:
+            formats = []
+            auth_data = self._download_json(
+                'http://player.ooyala.com/sas/player_api/v1/authorization/embed_code/%s/%s?domain=www.example.org&supportedFormats=mp4,webm' % (video_id, video_id),
+                video_id)
+
+            cur_auth_data = auth_data['authorization_data'][video_id]
+
+            for stream in cur_auth_data['streams']:
+                formats.append({
+                    'url': base64.b64decode(stream['url']['data'].encode('ascii')).decode('utf-8'),
+                    'ext': stream.get('delivery_type'),
+                    'format': stream.get('video_codec'),
+                    'format_id': stream.get('profile'),
+                    'width': int_or_none(stream.get('width')),
+                    'height': int_or_none(stream.get('height')),
+                    'abr': int_or_none(stream.get('audio_bitrate')),
+                    'vbr': int_or_none(stream.get('video_bitrate')),
+                })
+            if formats:
+                return {
+                    'id': video_id,
+                    'formats': formats,
+                    'title': 'Ooyala video',
+                }
+
+            if not cur_auth_data['authorized']:
+                raise ExtractorError(cur_auth_data['message'], expected=True)
+
+        if not videos_info:
+            raise ExtractorError('Unable to extract info')
+        videos_info = videos_info.replace('\\"', '"')
+        videos_more_info = self._search_regex(
+            r'eval\("\(({.*?\\"promo\\".*?})\)"', mobile_player, 'more info').replace('\\"', '"')
+        videos_info = json.loads(videos_info)
+        videos_more_info = json.loads(videos_more_info)
+
+        if videos_more_info.get('lineup'):
+            videos = [self._extract_result(info, more_info) for (info, more_info) in zip(videos_info, videos_more_info['lineup'])]
+            return {
+                '_type': 'playlist',
+                'id': video_id,
+                'title': unescapeHTML(videos_more_info['title']),
+                'entries': videos,
+            }
+        else:
+            return self._extract_result(videos_info[0], videos_more_info)
+
+
+class OoyalaIE(OoyalaBaseIE):
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:ooyala:|https?://.+?\.ooyala\.com/.*?(?:embedCode|ec)=)(?P<id>.+?)(&|$)'
+
+    _TESTS = [
+        {
+            # From http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/04/25/178216/recovering-data-from-broken-hard-drives-and-ssds-video
+            'url': 'http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?embedCode=pxczE2YjpfHfn1f3M-ykG_AmJRRn0PD8',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'pxczE2YjpfHfn1f3M-ykG_AmJRRn0PD8',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Explaining Data Recovery from Hard Drives and SSDs',
+                'description': 'How badly damaged does a drive have to be to defeat Russell and his crew? Apparently, smashed to bits.',
+            },
+        }, {
+            # Only available for ipad
+            'url': 'http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?embedCode=x1b3lqZDq9y_7kMyC2Op5qo-p077tXD0',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'x1b3lqZDq9y_7kMyC2Op5qo-p077tXD0',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Simulation Overview - Levels of Simulation',
+                'description': '',
+            },