-                format = 'flv'
-                ext = u'flv'
-
-
-            fileid = config['data'][0]['streamfileids'][format]
-            keys = [s['k'] for s in config['data'][0]['segs'][format]]
-            # segs is usually a dictionary, but an empty *list* if an error occured.
-        except (UnicodeDecodeError, ValueError, KeyError):
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract info section')
-
-        files_info=[]
-        sid = self._gen_sid()
-        fileid = self._get_file_id(fileid, seed)
-
-        #column 8,9 of fileid represent the segment number
-        #fileid[7:9] should be changed
-        for index, key in enumerate(keys):
-
-            temp_fileid = '%s%02X%s' % (fileid[0:8], index, fileid[10:])
-            download_url = 'http://f.youku.com/player/getFlvPath/sid/%s_%02X/st/flv/fileid/%s?k=%s' % (sid, index, temp_fileid, key)
-
-            info = {
-                'id': '%s_part%02d' % (video_id, index),
-                'url': download_url,
-                'uploader': None,
-                'upload_date': None,
-                'title': video_title,
-                'ext': ext,
-            }
-            files_info.append(info)
-
-        return files_info
+                msg = 'Youku server reported error %i' % error.get('code')
+                if error_note is not None:
+                    msg += ': ' + error_note
+                raise ExtractorError(msg)
+
+        # get video title
+        video_data = data['video']
+        title = video_data['title']
+
+        formats = [{
+            'url': stream['m3u8_url'],
+            'format_id': self.get_format_name(stream.get('stream_type')),
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'protocol': 'm3u8_native',
+            'filesize': int(stream.get('size')),
+            'width': stream.get('width'),
+            'height': stream.get('height'),
+        } for stream in data['stream'] if stream.get('channel_type') != 'tail']
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'duration': video_data.get('seconds'),
+            'thumbnail': video_data.get('logo'),
+            'uploader': video_data.get('username'),
+            'uploader_id': str_or_none(video_data.get('userid')),
+            'uploader_url': data.get('uploader', {}).get('homepage'),
+            'tags': video_data.get('tags'),
+        }
+
+
+class YoukuShowIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://list\.youku\.com/show/id_(?P<id>[0-9a-z]+)\.html'
+    IE_NAME = 'youku:show'
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'http://list.youku.com/show/id_zc7c670be07ff11e48b3f.html',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'zc7c670be07ff11e48b3f',
+            'title': '花千骨 DVD版',
+            'description': 'md5:a1ae6f5618571bbeb5c9821f9c81b558',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 50,
+    }, {
+        # Episode number not starting from 1
+        'url': 'http://list.youku.com/show/id_zefbfbd70efbfbd780bef.html',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'zefbfbd70efbfbd780bef',
+            'title': '超级飞侠3',
+            'description': 'md5:275715156abebe5ccc2a1992e9d56b98',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 24,
+    }, {
+        # Ongoing playlist. The initial page is the last one
+        'url': 'http://list.youku.com/show/id_za7c275ecd7b411e1a19e.html',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        #  No data-id value.
+        'url': 'http://list.youku.com/show/id_zefbfbd61237fefbfbdef.html',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+
+    def _extract_entries(self, playlist_data_url, show_id, note, query):
+        query['callback'] = 'cb'
+        playlist_data = self._download_json(
+            playlist_data_url, show_id, query=query, note=note,
+            transform_source=lambda s: js_to_json(strip_jsonp(s)))['html']
+        drama_list = (get_element_by_class('p-drama-grid', playlist_data) or
+                      get_element_by_class('p-drama-half-row', playlist_data))
+        if drama_list is None:
+            raise ExtractorError('No episodes found')
+        video_urls = re.findall(r'<a[^>]+href="([^"]+)"', drama_list)
+        return playlist_data, [
+            self.url_result(self._proto_relative_url(video_url, 'http:'), YoukuIE.ie_key())
+            for video_url in video_urls]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        show_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, show_id)
+
+        entries = []
+        page_config = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
+            r'var\s+PageConfig\s*=\s*({.+});', webpage, 'page config'),
+            show_id, transform_source=js_to_json)
+        first_page, initial_entries = self._extract_entries(
+            'http://list.youku.com/show/module', show_id,
+            note='Downloading initial playlist data page',
+            query={
+                'id': page_config['showid'],
+                'tab': 'showInfo',
+            })
+        first_page_reload_id = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'<div[^>]+id="(reload_\d+)', first_page, 'first page reload id')
+        # The first reload_id has the same items as first_page
+        reload_ids = re.findall('<li[^>]+data-id="([^"]+)">', first_page)
+        entries.extend(initial_entries)
+        for idx, reload_id in enumerate(reload_ids):
+            if reload_id == first_page_reload_id:
+                continue
+            _, new_entries = self._extract_entries(
+                'http://list.youku.com/show/episode', show_id,
+                note='Downloading playlist data page %d' % (idx + 1),
+                query={
+                    'id': page_config['showid'],
+                    'stage': reload_id,
+                })
+            entries.extend(new_entries)
+
+        desc = self._html_search_meta('description', webpage, fatal=False)
+        playlist_title = desc.split(',')[0] if desc else None
+        detail_li = get_element_by_class('p-intro', webpage)
+        playlist_description = get_element_by_class(
+            'intro-more', detail_li) if detail_li else None
+
+        return self.playlist_result(
+            entries, show_id, playlist_title, playlist_description)