-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_id = mobj.group('videoid')
-        url = 'http://www.' + mobj.group('url')
-
-        req = compat_urllib_request.Request(url)
-        req.add_header('Cookie', 'age_verified=1')
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(req, video_id)
-
-        video_title = self._html_search_regex(r'<h1 [^>]+>([^<]+)', webpage, u'title')
-        video_uploader = self._html_search_regex(r'<b>From: </b>(?:\s|<[^>]*>)*(.+?)<', webpage, u'uploader', fatal=False)
-        thumbnail = self._html_search_regex(r'"image_url":"([^"]+)', webpage, u'thumbnail', fatal=False)
-        if thumbnail:
-            thumbnail = compat_urllib_parse.unquote(thumbnail)
-
-        video_urls = list(map(compat_urllib_parse.unquote , re.findall(r'"quality_[0-9]{3}p":"([^"]+)', webpage)))
-        if webpage.find('"encrypted":true') != -1:
-            password = self._html_search_regex(r'"video_title":"([^"]+)', webpage, u'password').replace('+', ' ')
-            video_urls = list(map(lambda s: aes_decrypt_text(s, password, 32).decode('utf-8'), video_urls))
-
-        formats = []
-        for video_url in video_urls:
-            path = compat_urllib_parse_urlparse(video_url).path
-            extension = os.path.splitext(path)[1][1:]
-            format = path.split('/')[5].split('_')[:2]
-            format = "-".join(format)
-            formats.append({
-                'url': video_url,
-                'ext': extension,
-                'format': format,
-                'format_id': format,
-            })
-        formats.sort(key=lambda format: list(map(lambda s: s.zfill(6), format['format'].split('-'))))
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        def dl_webpage(platform):
+            return self._download_webpage(
+                'http://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=%s' % video_id,
+                video_id, headers={
+                    'Cookie': 'age_verified=1; platform=%s' % platform,
+                })
+
+        webpage = dl_webpage('pc')
+
+        error_msg = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'(?s)<div[^>]+class=(["\'])(?:(?!\1).)*\b(?:removed|userMessageSection)\b(?:(?!\1).)*\1[^>]*>(?P<error>.+?)</div>',
+            webpage, 'error message', default=None, group='error')
+        if error_msg:
+            error_msg = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', error_msg)
+            raise ExtractorError(
+                'PornHub said: %s' % error_msg,
+                expected=True, video_id=video_id)
+
+        tv_webpage = dl_webpage('tv')
+
+        assignments = self._search_regex(
+            r'(var.+?mediastring.+?)</script>', tv_webpage,
+            'encoded url').split(';')
+
+        js_vars = {}
+
+        def parse_js_value(inp):
+            inp = re.sub(r'/\*(?:(?!\*/).)*?\*/', '', inp)
+            if '+' in inp:
+                inps = inp.split('+')
+                return functools.reduce(
+                    operator.concat, map(parse_js_value, inps))
+            inp = inp.strip()
+            if inp in js_vars:
+                return js_vars[inp]
+            return remove_quotes(inp)
+
+        for assn in assignments:
+            assn = assn.strip()
+            if not assn:
+                continue
+            assn = re.sub(r'var\s+', '', assn)
+            vname, value = assn.split('=', 1)
+            js_vars[vname] = parse_js_value(value)
+
+        video_url = js_vars['mediastring']
+
+        title = self._search_regex(
+            r'<h1>([^>]+)</h1>', tv_webpage, 'title', default=None)
+
+        # video_title from flashvars contains whitespace instead of non-ASCII (see
+        # http://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=1331683002), not relying
+        # on that anymore.
+        title = title or self._html_search_meta(
+            'twitter:title', webpage, default=None) or self._search_regex(
+            (r'<h1[^>]+class=["\']title["\'][^>]*>(?P<title>[^<]+)',
+             r'<div[^>]+data-video-title=(["\'])(?P<title>.+?)\1',
+             r'shareTitle\s*=\s*(["\'])(?P<title>.+?)\1'),
+            webpage, 'title', group='title')
+
+        flashvars = self._parse_json(
+            self._search_regex(
+                r'var\s+flashvars_\d+\s*=\s*({.+?});', webpage, 'flashvars', default='{}'),
+            video_id)
+        if flashvars:
+            thumbnail = flashvars.get('image_url')
+            duration = int_or_none(flashvars.get('video_duration'))
+        else:
+            title, thumbnail, duration = [None] * 3
+
+        video_uploader = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'(?s)From: .+?<(?:a\b[^>]+\bhref=["\']/(?:user|channel)s/|span\b[^>]+\bclass=["\']username)[^>]+>(.+?)<',
+            webpage, 'uploader', fatal=False)
+
+        view_count = self._extract_count(
+            r'<span class="count">([\d,\.]+)</span> views', webpage, 'view')
+        like_count = self._extract_count(
+            r'<span class="votesUp">([\d,\.]+)</span>', webpage, 'like')
+        dislike_count = self._extract_count(
+            r'<span class="votesDown">([\d,\.]+)</span>', webpage, 'dislike')
+        comment_count = self._extract_count(
+            r'All Comments\s*<span>\(([\d,.]+)\)', webpage, 'comment')
+
+        page_params = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
+            r'page_params\.zoneDetails\[([\'"])[^\'"]+\1\]\s*=\s*(?P<data>{[^}]+})',
+            webpage, 'page parameters', group='data', default='{}'),
+            video_id, transform_source=js_to_json, fatal=False)
+        tags = categories = None
+        if page_params:
+            tags = page_params.get('tags', '').split(',')
+            categories = page_params.get('categories', '').split(',')