+            self._set_cookie('youku.com', 'xreferrer', 'http://www.youku.com')
+            req = sanitized_Request(req_url, headers=headers)
+
+            cn_verification_proxy = self._downloader.params.get('cn_verification_proxy')
+            if cn_verification_proxy:
+                req.add_header('Ytdl-request-proxy', cn_verification_proxy)
+
+            raw_data = self._download_json(req, video_id, note=note)
+
+            return raw_data['data']
+
+        video_password = self._downloader.params.get('videopassword')
+
+        # request basic data
+        basic_data_url = 'http://play.youku.com/play/get.json?vid=%s&ct=12' % video_id
+        if video_password:
+            basic_data_url += '&pwd=%s' % video_password
+
+        data = retrieve_data(basic_data_url, 'Downloading JSON metadata')
+
+        error = data.get('error')
+        if error:
+            error_note = error.get('note')
+            if error_note is not None and '因版权原因无法观看此视频' in error_note:
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    'Youku said: Sorry, this video is available in China only', expected=True)
+            elif error_note and '该视频被设为私密' in error_note:
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    'Youku said: Sorry, this video is private', expected=True)
+            else:
+                msg = 'Youku server reported error %i' % error.get('code')
+                if error_note is not None:
+                    msg += ': ' + error_note
+                raise ExtractorError(msg)
+
+        # get video title
+        title = data['video']['title']
+
+        # generate video_urls_dict
+        video_urls_dict = self.construct_video_urls(data)
+
+        # construct info
+        entries = [{
+            'id': '%s_part%d' % (video_id, i + 1),
+            'title': title,
+            'formats': [],
+            # some formats are not available for all parts, we have to detect
+            # which one has all
+        } for i in range(max(len(v.get('segs')) for v in data['stream']))]
+        for stream in data['stream']:
+            if stream.get('channel_type') == 'tail':
+                continue
+            fm = stream.get('stream_type')
+            video_urls = video_urls_dict[fm]
+            for video_url, seg, entry in zip(video_urls, stream['segs'], entries):
+                entry['formats'].append({
+                    'url': video_url,
+                    'format_id': self.get_format_name(fm),
+                    'ext': self.parse_ext_l(fm),
+                    'filesize': int(seg['size']),
+                    'width': stream.get('width'),
+                    'height': stream.get('height'),
+                })
+
+        return {
+            '_type': 'multi_video',
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'entries': entries,
+        }
+
+
+class YoukuShowIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?youku\.com/show_page/id_(?P<id>[0-9a-z]+)\.html'
+    IE_NAME = 'youku:show'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://www.youku.com/show_page/id_zc7c670be07ff11e48b3f.html',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'zc7c670be07ff11e48b3f',
+            'title': '花千骨 未删减版',
+            'description': 'md5:578d4f2145ae3f9128d9d4d863312910',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 50,
+    }
+
+    _PAGE_SIZE = 40
+
+    def _find_videos_in_page(self, webpage):
+        videos = re.findall(
+            r'<li><a[^>]+href="(?P<url>https?://v\.youku\.com/[^"]+)"[^>]+title="(?P<title>[^"]+)"', webpage)
+        return [
+            self.url_result(video_url, YoukuIE.ie_key(), title)
+            for video_url, title in videos]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        show_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, show_id)
+
+        entries = self._find_videos_in_page(webpage)
+
+        playlist_title = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'<span[^>]+class="name">([^<]+)</span>', webpage, 'playlist title', fatal=False)
+        detail_div = get_element_by_attribute('class', 'detail', webpage) or ''
+        playlist_description = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'<span[^>]+style="display:none"[^>]*>([^<]+)</span>',
+            detail_div, 'playlist description', fatal=False)
+
+        for idx in itertools.count(1):
+            episodes_page = self._download_webpage(
+                'http://www.youku.com/show_episode/id_%s.html' % show_id,
+                show_id, query={'divid': 'reload_%d' % (idx * self._PAGE_SIZE + 1)},
+                note='Downloading episodes page %d' % idx)
+            new_entries = self._find_videos_in_page(episodes_page)
+            entries.extend(new_entries)
+            if len(new_entries) < self._PAGE_SIZE:
+                break