+            if not videos:
+                raise ExtractorError('Cannot find video %s' % video_id)
+            return videos[0]
+
+
+# The original version of Livestream uses a different system
+class LivestreamOriginalIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'livestream:original'
+    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)https?://www\.livestream\.com/
+        (?P<user>[^/]+)/(?P<type>video|folder)
+        (?:\?.*?Id=|/)(?P<id>.*?)(&|$)
+        '''
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'http://www.livestream.com/dealbook/video?clipId=pla_8aa4a3f1-ba15-46a4-893b-902210e138fb',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'pla_8aa4a3f1-ba15-46a4-893b-902210e138fb',
+            'ext': 'flv',
+            'title': 'Spark 1 (BitCoin) with Cameron Winklevoss & Tyler Winklevoss of Winklevoss Capital',
+        },
+        'params': {
+            # rtmp
+            'skip_download': True,
+        },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.livestream.com/newplay/folder?dirId=a07bf706-d0e4-4e75-a747-b021d84f2fd3',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'a07bf706-d0e4-4e75-a747-b021d84f2fd3',
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 4,
+    }]
+
+    def _extract_video(self, user, video_id):
+        api_url = 'http://x{0}x.api.channel.livestream.com/2.0/clipdetails?extendedInfo=true&id={1}'.format(user, video_id)
+
+        info = self._download_xml(api_url, video_id)
+        item = info.find('channel').find('item')
+        ns = {'media': 'http://search.yahoo.com/mrss'}
+        thumbnail_url = item.find(xpath_with_ns('media:thumbnail', ns)).attrib['url']
+        # Remove the extension and number from the path (like 1.jpg)
+        path = self._search_regex(r'(user-files/.+)_.*?\.jpg$', thumbnail_url, 'path')
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': item.find('title').text,
+            'url': 'rtmp://extondemand.livestream.com/ondemand',
+            'play_path': 'trans/dv15/mogulus-{0}'.format(path),
+            'player_url': 'http://static.livestream.com/chromelessPlayer/v21/playerapi.swf?hash=5uetk&v=0803&classid=D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000&jsEnabled=false&wmode=opaque',
+            'ext': 'flv',
+            'thumbnail': thumbnail_url,
+        }
+
+    def _extract_folder(self, url, folder_id):
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, folder_id)
+        paths = orderedSet(re.findall(
+            r'''(?x)(?:
+                <li\s+class="folder">\s*<a\s+href="|
+                <a\s+href="(?=https?://livestre\.am/)
+            )([^"]+)"''', webpage))
+
+        return {
+            '_type': 'playlist',
+            'id': folder_id,
+            'entries': [{
+                '_type': 'url',
+                'url': compat_urlparse.urljoin(url, p),
+            } for p in paths],
+        }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        id = mobj.group('id')
+        user = mobj.group('user')
+        url_type = mobj.group('type')
+        if url_type == 'folder':
+            return self._extract_folder(url, id)
+        else:
+            return self._extract_video(user, id)
+
+
+# The server doesn't support HEAD request, the generic extractor can't detect
+# the redirection
+class LivestreamShortenerIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'livestream:shortener'
+    IE_DESC = False  # Do not list
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://livestre\.am/(?P<id>.+)'
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        id = mobj.group('id')
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, id)
+
+        return {
+            '_type': 'url',
+            'url': self._og_search_url(webpage),
+        }