+
+    def _extract_video(self, url, video_id, lang):
+        """Extract from videos.arte.tv"""
+        ref_xml_url = url.replace('/videos/', '/do_delegate/videos/')
+        ref_xml_url = ref_xml_url.replace('.html', ',view,asPlayerXml.xml')
+        ref_xml_doc = self._download_xml(ref_xml_url, video_id, note=u'Downloading metadata')
+        config_node = find_xpath_attr(ref_xml_doc, './/video', 'lang', lang)
+        config_xml_url = config_node.attrib['ref']
+        config_xml = self._download_webpage(config_xml_url, video_id, note=u'Downloading configuration')
+
+        video_urls = list(re.finditer(r'<url quality="(?P<quality>.*?)">(?P<url>.*?)</url>', config_xml))
+        def _key(m):
+            quality = m.group('quality')
+            if quality == 'hd':
+                return 2
+            else:
+                return 1
+        # We pick the best quality
+        video_urls = sorted(video_urls, key=_key)
+        video_url = list(video_urls)[-1].group('url')
+        
+        title = self._html_search_regex(r'<name>(.*?)</name>', config_xml, 'title')
+        thumbnail = self._html_search_regex(r'<firstThumbnailUrl>(.*?)</firstThumbnailUrl>',
+                                            config_xml, 'thumbnail')
+        return {'id': video_id,
+                'title': title,
+                'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+                'url': video_url,
+                'ext': 'flv',
+                }
+
+    def _extract_liveweb(self, url, name, lang):
+        """Extract form http://liveweb.arte.tv/"""
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, name)
+        video_id = self._search_regex(r'eventId=(\d+?)("|&)', webpage, 'event id')
+        config_doc = self._download_xml('http://download.liveweb.arte.tv/o21/liveweb/events/event-%s.xml' % video_id,
+                                            video_id, 'Downloading information')
+        event_doc = config_doc.find('event')
+        url_node = event_doc.find('video').find('urlHd')
+        if url_node is None:
+            url_node = event_doc.find('urlSd')
+
+        return {'id': video_id,
+                'title': event_doc.find('name%s' % lang.capitalize()).text,
+                'url': url_node.text.replace('MP4', 'mp4'),
+                'ext': 'flv',
+                'thumbnail': self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage),
+                }
+
+
+class ArteTVPlus7IE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'arte.tv:+7'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.arte.tv/guide/(?P<lang>fr|de)/(?:(?:sendungen|emissions)/)?(?P<id>.*?)/(?P<name>.*?)(\?.*)?'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _extract_url_info(cls, url):
+        mobj = re.match(cls._VALID_URL, url)
+        lang = mobj.group('lang')
+        # This is not a real id, it can be for example AJT for the news
+        # http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/emissions/AJT/arte-journal
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        return video_id, lang
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id, lang = self._extract_url_info(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+        return self._extract_from_webpage(webpage, video_id, lang)
+
+    def _extract_from_webpage(self, webpage, video_id, lang):
+        json_url = self._html_search_regex(r'arte_vp_url="(.*?)"', webpage, 'json url')
+        return self._extract_from_json_url(json_url, video_id, lang)
+
+    def _extract_from_json_url(self, json_url, video_id, lang):
+        json_info = self._download_webpage(json_url, video_id, 'Downloading info json')
+        self.report_extraction(video_id)
+        info = json.loads(json_info)
+        player_info = info['videoJsonPlayer']
+
+        info_dict = {
+            'id': player_info['VID'],
+            'title': player_info['VTI'],
+            'description': player_info.get('VDE'),
+            'upload_date': unified_strdate(player_info.get('VDA', '').split(' ')[0]),
+            'thumbnail': player_info.get('programImage') or player_info.get('VTU', {}).get('IUR'),
+        }
+
+        all_formats = player_info['VSR'].values()
+        # Some formats use the m3u8 protocol
+        all_formats = list(filter(lambda f: f.get('videoFormat') != 'M3U8', all_formats))
+        def _match_lang(f):
+            if f.get('versionCode') is None:
+                return True
+            # Return true if that format is in the language of the url
+            if lang == 'fr':
+                l = 'F'
+            elif lang == 'de':
+                l = 'A'
+            regexes = [r'VO?%s' % l, r'VO?.-ST%s' % l]
+            return any(re.match(r, f['versionCode']) for r in regexes)
+        # Some formats may not be in the same language as the url
+        formats = filter(_match_lang, all_formats)
+        formats = list(formats) # in python3 filter returns an iterator
+        if not formats:
+            # Some videos are only available in the 'Originalversion'
+            # they aren't tagged as being in French or German
+            if all(f['versionCode'] == 'VO' for f in all_formats):
+                formats = all_formats
+            else:
+                raise ExtractorError(u'The formats list is empty')
+
+        if re.match(r'[A-Z]Q', formats[0]['quality']) is not None:
+            def sort_key(f):
+                return ['HQ', 'MQ', 'EQ', 'SQ'].index(f['quality'])